Any document filed with the secretary of state that, by statute or by rule or determination of the secretary of state, is required to include a signature of a person may contain, in lieu of the person's original signature, a copy of the person's original signature transmitted by facsimile machine to the secretary of state, or be a photocopy or similar reproduction of the person's original signature.
Facsimile signature
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 111.202, under Chapter 111 | Secretary of State.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 111.202