Ohio Code § 731.02
Ohio Code § 731.02. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 731.02.
Members of the legislative authority at large shall have resided in their respective
cities, and members from wards shall have resided in their respective wards, for at
least one year immediately preceding their election. Each member of the legislative authority shall be an elector of the city, shall
not hold any other public office, except that of notary public or member of the state
militia, and shall not be interested in any contract with the city, and no such member
may hold employment with said city. A member who ceases to possess any of such qualifications, or removes from the member's
ward, if elected from a ward, or from the city, if elected from the city at large,
shall forthwith forfeit the member's office. The purpose of establishing a one-year residency requirement in this section is to
recognize that the state has a substantial and compelling interest in encouraging
qualified candidacies for election to the office of member of the legislative authority
of a city by ensuring that a candidate for such office has every opportunity to become
knowledgeable with and concerned about the problems and needs of the area the candidate
seeks to represent. In enacting this requirement, the general assembly finds that the one-year period
is reasonably related to this purpose, while leaving unimpaired a person's right to
travel, to vote, and to be a candidate for public office.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 731.02
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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