Ohio Primary Law Legal Research Guide: Statutes

Links to annotated and unannotated codes.

The latest version of the Ohio Code, the Ohio Revised Code, was created in 1953. Previous to the 1953 Ohio Revised Code was the General Code (1910), and before that the 1879 Revised Statutes. Find out how to locate these older codes, and how to correlate cites from each code to the other.

How to find passed bills, known as Session Laws.

How do you update the Ohio Revised Code in print or in electronic form, to take into account brand new legislation? How can you tell if a statute has recently been found unconstitutional by a court? If you have an old General Code section, how can you find where the statute is in the Ohio Revised Code?

How can I find an Ohio Revised Code section as it read at some prior time?