Ohio Revised Code Title XVII. Corporations Partnerships § 1726.03

When the articles of incorporation or any amendment or amendments thereof, are filed in the office of the secretary of state under section 1726.02 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall submit them to the attorney general for examination. If such articles, or any amendment or amendments thereof, are found by him to be in accordance with Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and of this state, he shall certify to and deliver them to the secretary of state, who shall cause them, together with the certificate of the attorney general, to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.