A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1.48
Presumption that statute is prospective
Known as the Revised Code
The act spans §§ 1–1 (44 sections).
Applied in 24 court decisions — leading case Simon v. Chase Manhattan Bank (In Re Zaptocky) (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Jarvis (March 2020)
Effective: January 3, 1972; Latest Legislation: House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
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.
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.