Ohio Code § 3705.21
Ohio Code § 3705.21. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3705.21.
All marriages taking place within the state, all divorces, dissolutions, and annulments
of marriages decreed by a court of this state, and all corrections of certificates
of marriage shall be registered with the office of vital statistics of the department
of health. On or before the tenth day of each month, the probate judge of each county shall
forward to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of health
a certified abstract of each marriage record made by the probate judge during the
preceding month. The clerk of the court of common pleas, on or before the tenth day of each month,
shall send to the department on a form to be prescribed and furnished by the director
a certified abstract of all decrees of divorce, dissolution, and annulment of marriage
and orders correcting certificates of marriage that the clerk recorded during the
preceding month. The office of vital statistics shall record and index all records received under
this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 3705.21
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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