Ohio Revised Code Title XIII. Commercial Transactions § 1303.10

(A) A promise or order is “payable to bearer” if any of the following apply:

(B) A promise or order that is not payable to bearer is payable to order if it is payable to the order of an identified person or to an identified person or order.

(C) A promise or order that is payable to order is payable to the identified person.

(D) An instrument payable to bearer may become payable to an identified person if it is specially indorsed pursuant to division (A) of section 1303.25 of the Revised Code. An instrument payable to an identified person may become payable to the bearer if it is indorsed in blank pursuant to division (B) of section 1303.25 of the Revised Code.