An affidavit may be made in or out of this state before any person authorized to take depositions, and unless it is a verification of a pleading it must be authenticated in the same way as a deposition.Such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths whether an attorney in the case or not.
Before whom affidavit may be made
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2319.04, under Chapter 2319 | Affidavits; Depositions.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2319.04