Determining legislative intent
Known as the Revised Code
The act spans §§ 1–1 (44 sections).
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (2020)
Most recently applied in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (April 2020)
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.
If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the legislature, may consider among other matters:
(A) The object sought to be attained;
(B) The circumstances under which the statute was enacted;
(C) The legislative history;
(D) The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;
(E) The consequences of a particular construction;
(F) The administrative construction of the statute.
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.