Ohio § 3517.18 [Former R.C. 3517.157, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.18 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procedural requirements

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§ 3517.18 — [Former R.C. 3517.157, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.18 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procedural requirements

Ohio § 3517.18

Title 35Elections

Ch. 3517Campaigns; Political Parties

This text of Ohio § 3517.18 ([Former R.C. 3517.157, amended and renumbered as R.C. 3517.18 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Procedural requirements) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Ohio primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3517.18 (2026).

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(A)A complaint shall be filed with the secretary of state under section3517.16of the Revised Code within two years after the occurrence of the act or failure to act that is the subject of the complaint, except that if the act or failure to act involves fraud, concealment, or misrepresentation and was not discovered during that two-year period, a complaint may be filed within one year after discovery of such act or failure to act.

(B)Whoever files a complaint with the secretary of state under section3517.16of the Revised Code may withdraw it at any time.

(C)A party adversely affected by a final determination of the commission, including the secretary of state, may appeal from the determination under section119.12of the Revised Code.

(D)The members of the commission shall not do eithe

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(A) A complaint shall be filed with the secretary of state under section3517.16of the Revised Code within two years after the occurrence of the act or failure to act that is the subject of the complaint, except that if the act or failure to act involves fraud, concealment, or misrepresentation and was not discovered during that two-year period, a complaint may be filed within one year after discovery of such act or failure to act.

(B) Whoever files a complaint with the secretary of state under section3517.16of the Revised Code may withdraw it at any time.

(C) A party adversely affected by a final determination of the commission, including the secretary of state, may appeal from the determination under section119.12of the Revised Code.

(D) The members of the commission shall not do either of the following except at a meeting of the commission subject to section121.22of the Revised Code:

(1) Discuss among themselves a complaint pending before the commission;

(2) Discuss a complaint pending before the commission with a party to the complaint, an attorney representing a party to the complaint, or an attorney appointed to hear the complaint.

Last updated October 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM