Ohio Code § 5.01
Ohio Code § 5.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5.01.
The flag of the state shall be burgee-shaped. It shall have three red and two white horizontal stripes that represent the roads
and waterways of the state. The union of the flag shall be seventeen five-pointed stars, white in a blue triangular
field that represents the state's hills and valleys, the base of which shall be the
staff end or vertical edge of the flag, and the apex of which shall be the center
of the middle red stripe. The stars shall be grouped around a red disc superimposed upon a white circular
“O.” The thirteen stars grouped around the “O” represent the original states of the
United States and the four stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that
Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union. The “O” represents the “O” in “Ohio” and suggests the state's nickname, the buckeye
state. The proportional dimensions of the flag and of its various parts shall be according
to the official design on file in the office of the secretary of state. One state flag of uniform dimensions shall be furnished to each company of the organized
militia.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
At a glance
- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5.01
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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