Ohio Administrative Code

19.03 PDF: (A) When conducting a medical examination of a victim of an offense under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.06 of the Revised Code for the purpose of gathering physical evidence for a possible prosecution, a hospital, children's advocacy center, or other emerge…

19.03 PDF: A hospital, children's advocacy center, or other emergency medical facility shall accept a flat fee payment of:(A) Six hundred thirty-two dollars as payment in full for any cost incurred in conducting a medical examination and test of a victim of an offense under any p…

19.03 PDF: As used in division 109:7 of the Administrative Code, unless otherwise stated:(A) "Administrative costs" means expenses incurred in managing the rape crisis trust fund. Administrative expenses include, but are not limited to, salaries, benefits, and other expenses incu…

19.03 PDF: (A) A rape crisis program that wishes to obtain funding from the rape crisis trust fund shall complete the application established by the attorney general, found on the attorney general's website at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/RCTFapplication. The attorney general shal…

19.03 PDF: For the purpose of food services, "The Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina County," shall directly receive an annual disbursement of fifty thousand dollars from the "Rape Crisis Trust Fund" pursuant to sections 307.515 and 311.172 of the Revised Code as autho…

19.03 PDF: As used in division 109:7 of the Administrative Code, unless otherwise stated:(A) "Rape Crisis Trust Fund" means the fund created in the state treasury, consisting of money paid into the fund pursuant to sections 307.515 and 311.172 of the Revised Code and any money ap…

19.03 PDF: (A) Evidence collected by a hospital, children's advocacy center, or other emergency medical facility as part of preparing a sexual assault evidence kit shall be tested by a forensic laboratory. The evidence shall be tested according to protocols established by the lab…

19.03 PDF: (A) "Administrative costs" means expenses incurred in managing funds paid to domestic violence programs as defined in this rule. Administrative expenses include, but are not limited to, salaries, benefits, and other expenses incurred in the course of distributing funds…

19.03 PDF: (A) A domestic violence program that wishes to obtain funding shall complete the application established by the attorney general, found on the attorney general's website at www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/. The attorney general shall approve or disapprove programs for fund…

19.03 PDF: (A) The following definitions shall apply to all rules promulgated and contained in this chapter:(1) "Brand Family" has the meaning given that term in division (A) of section 1346.04 of the Revised Code.(2) "Cigarette" has the meaning given that term in division (B) of…

19.03 PDF: (A) In carrying out the requirements of division (B) of section 1346.05 of the Revised Code to determine whether a certification is current and accurate or to update the directory to correct mistakes or otherwise keep the directory in conformity with section 1346.05 of…

19.03 PDF: (A) As authorized by section 1346.08 of the Revised Code, all nonparticipating manufacturers must make the annual escrow deposits required by section 1346.02 of the Revised Code in quarterly installments. The installment deposit for each quarter must be based on the ma…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each person that desires to conduct a sweepstakes shall submit an application for registration with the attorney general. Such application shall be on forms provided by the attorney general. (1) Each natural person filer is required to submit the following informat…

19.03 PDF: (A) A person may submit an application for a certificate of compliance that the person is not operating a sweepstakes terminal device facility. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall require the following information:(1) Informa…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each person who is registered to conduct sweepstakes under rule 109:9-1-01 of the Administrative Code shall submit a report no later than the 10th day of each month on a form prescribed by the attorney general detailing the following information:(1) The name, locat…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each person who has been issued a certificate of compliance under rule 109:9-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall submit a semi-annual report no later than June thirtieth and December thirty-first in each year in which sweepstakes are conducted on a form prescribe…

19.03 PDF: (A) The manner of giving public notice of the proposed adoption, amendment, or rescission of any rule of the secretary of state under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code shall consist of posting the notice in the register of Ohio at least thirty days prior to such hearing…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule:(1) "Access" as a noun means an instance of copying, viewing, conveying, or otherwise perceiving, whereas "access" as a verb means to copy, view, convey, transfer or otherwise perceive.(2) "Acquisition of a new computer system" means the purcha…

19.03 PDF: At the expiration of the four year certification period, a program participant has a sixty-day grace period during which the participant whose certification has expired may renew such certification without losing status as a program participant. Last updated March 28, …

19.03 PDF: Service upon the secretary of state as the agent is made when the secretary of state forwards the process, notice, or demand to the program participant, as set forth in division (C)(2) of section 111.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 28, 2022 at 9:23 AM Author…

11.15 PDF: As used in section 5301.254 of the Revised Code:(A) "Any interest" means any fee interest, security interest, life estate, trust beneficiary interest, option, purchase contract, leasehold for ten or more years, and non-contingent future interest.(B) "Foreign nation" me…

11.15 PDF: (A) Expedited service shall be available for any filing under Chapter 1329. and Title 17 of the Revised Code.(B) For the purposes of this rule, certification requests (i.e., good standing certificates, copies) are not considered filings. Therefore, certification reques…

19.03 PDF: Terms used in these filing-office rules that are defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined in this rule shall have the respective meanings accorded such terms in the UCC.(A) "Address" means information provided as an address on a UCC record as long as it includes at…

19.03 PDF: UCC records may be tendered for filing at the filing office as follows.(A) Electronic filing - XML format. UCC records, excluding filing officer statements, may be transmitted electronically using the XML format approved by the international association of commercial a…

19.03 PDF: UCC search requests may be delivered to the filing office by any of the means by which UCC records may be delivered to the filing office. Last updated February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM Authorized By: 1309.526 Amplifies: 1309.523 Five Year Review Date: 1/15/2031 Prior Effect…

19.03 PDF: The forms prescribed by section 1309.521 of the Revised Code are accepted by the filing office. In the case of hardship, paper-based forms approved by the international association of commercial administrators from time to time shall be accepted with prior approval fro…

19.03 PDF: The fee for filing a UCC record is prescribed by section 1309.525 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM Authorized By: 1309.526 Amplifies: 1309.525 Five Year Review Date: 1/15/2031

19.03 PDF: Expedited services are not available for UCC records. Last updated February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM Authorized By: 1309.526 Amplifies: 1309.520 Five Year Review Date: 1/15/2031

19.03 PDF: Filing fees and fees for public records services may be paid by the following methods:(A) Electronic funds transfer. The filing office may accept payment via electronic funds transfer under "National Automated Clearing House Association" (NACHA) rules from remitters wh…

19.03 PDF: (A) Overpayment.The filing office shall refund the amount of an overpayment exceeding ten dollars to the Remitter.(B) Underpayment.The UCC record shall be returned to the Remitter as provided in rule 111:1-3-14 of the Administrative Code. Any fee received will be retur…

19.03 PDF: Public records services are provided on a non- discriminatory basis to any member of the public. Copies of individual UCC records, bulk copies of records and data elements from the filing offices UCC information management system are made available in such forms, at su…

19.03 PDF: Fees for public records services (other than those established under rule 111:1-3-05 of the Administrative Code) are established by the filing office from time to time and are available upon request. Last updated February 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM Authorized By: 1309.526, 13…

19.03 PDF: Unless otherwise expressly provided for by statute, the duties and responsibilities of the filing office with respect to the administration of the UCC are ministerial. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record pursuant to this chapter, the filing office …

19.03 PDF: (A) First day permitted. The first day on which a continuation statement may be filed is the date corresponding to the date upon which the related financing statement would lapse, six months preceding the month in which such financing statement would lapse. If there is…

19.03 PDF: The filing office shall refuse to accept a record for each applicable ground as set forth in section 1309.516 or 111.24 of the Revised Code, and will not refuse a record for any other reason. A record that does not provide an address that meets the minimum requirements…

19.03 PDF: If the filing office finds grounds to refuse to accept a UCC record, the reason(s) for the refusal and other related information will be made to the remitter. During the submission process, the electronic filing system will indicate any deficiencies and will prompt the…

19.03 PDF: If a secured party or a Remitter believes that a UCC record that the filing office refused to file should not have been refused under rule 111:1-3-13 of the Administrative Code, the person may contact the filing office to request a review of the refusal decision. The p…

19.03 PDF: Nothing in these rules prevents a filing office from communicating to a filer or a Remitter that the filing office noticed apparent potential defects in a UCC record, whether or not it was filed or refused for filing. However, the filing office is under no obligation t…

19.03 PDF: The filing office uses the UCC information management system to store, index, and retrieve information relating to financing statements. The UCC information management system includes the searchable indexes. The rules in this chapter describe the UCC information manage…

19.03 PDF: The primary data elements used in the UCC information management system are the following.(A) Identification numbers.(1) Each initial financing statement is identified by its file number. Identification of the initial financing statement is permanently associated with …

19.03 PDF: For purposes of this rule, an "individual debtor name" is any name provided as a debtor name in a UCC record in a format that identifies the name as that of a debtor who is an individual, without regard to the nature or character of the name or to the nature or charact…

19.03 PDF: For purposes of this chapter, an "organization debtor name" is any name provided as a debtor name in a UCC record in a format that identifies the name as that of a debtor who is an organization, without regard to the nature or character of the name or to the nature or …

19.03 PDF: The debtor name to be provided on a financing statement when the collateral is being administered by a decedent's personal representative is the name of the relevant decedent. In order for the UCC information management system to function in accordance with the usual e…

19.03 PDF: The debtor name to be provided when the collateral is held in a trust that is not a registered organization is the name of the trust as set forth in its organic record(s), if the trust has such a name or, if the trust is not so named, the name of the trust's settlor or…

19.03 PDF: Upon the filing of an initial financing statement the status of the parties and the status of the financing statement shall be as follows.(A) Status of secured party.Each secured party named on an initial financing statement shall be a secured party of record, except t…

19.03 PDF: Upon the filing of an amendment the status of the parties shall be unchanged, except that in the case of an amendment that adds a debtor or a secured party, the new debtor or secured party shall be added to appropriate index and associated with the record of the financ…

19.03 PDF: (A) Continuation of lapse date.Upon the timely filing of one or more continuation statements by any secured party(ies) of record, the lapse date of the financing statement shall be postponed for five years. The lapse date is postponed once notwithstanding the fact that…