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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter:
(A) “Agreement” means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction.
(B) “County office” means any officer, department, board, commission, agency, court, or other instrumentality of a county.
(C) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(D) “Electronic record” means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.
(E) “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
(F) “Information” means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like.
(G) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or other legal or commercial entity.
(H) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(I) “Transaction” means an action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title III. Counties § 304.01 - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-iii-counties/oh-rev-code-sect-304-01/
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