Ohio § 3599.15 Purchase, theft, sale, destruction, or mutilation of petitions

Ohio Statutes

§ 3599.15 — Purchase, theft, sale, destruction, or mutilation of petitions

Ohio § 3599.15

Title 35Elections

Ch. 3599Offenses And Penalties

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3599.15 (2026).

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No person shall purchase, steal, attempt to steal, sell, attempt to sell, or willfully destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the words "purchase" and "sell" do not apply to persons paying or receiving pay for soliciting signatures to or circulating a petition or petition paper.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

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No person shall purchase, steal, attempt to steal, sell, attempt to sell, or willfully destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the words "purchase" and "sell" do not apply to persons paying or receiving pay for soliciting signatures to or circulating a petition or petition paper.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.