Ohio Code § 733.68
Ohio Code § 733.68. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 733.68.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section or in another section
of the Revised Code, each officer of a municipal corporation, or of any department
or board of a municipal corporation, whether elected or appointed as a substitute
for a regular officer, shall be an elector of the municipal corporation and, before
entering upon official duties, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the
United States and the constitution of this state and an oath that the officer will
faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties of the office to which
elected or appointed. These provisions as to official oaths shall extend to deputies, but they need not
be electors. (B) Neither this section nor any other section of the Revised Code requires, or shall
be construed to require, that a city fire chief be an elector of the city or that
a village fire chief be an elector of the village.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 733.68
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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