Presumptions in enactment of statutes
Known as the Revised Code
The act spans §§ 1–1 (44 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case In Re Tudor (2005)
Most recently applied in In Re Delmoe (March 2007)
Effective: January 3, 1972; Latest Legislation: House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In enacting a statute, it is presumed that:
(A) Compliance with the constitutions of the state and of the United States is intended;
(B) The entire statute is intended to be effective;
(C) A just and reasonable result is intended;
(D) A result feasible of execution is intended.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.