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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The <i>Ohio Revised Code</i> replaced the <i>Ohio General Code</i> in 1953.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> However the current organization and form of the <i>Ohio Revised Code</i> Title 29 (Crimes) was completely re-written and issued into law by the General Assembly in 1974. </p> <h2 id="ohio-law">Ohio law</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Law_of_Ohio/6eJt571W">Law of Ohio</a></p> <p>The <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_Ohio/gCQHFhcu">Constitution of Ohio</a> is the foremost source of state law. <a href="/facts/Legislation/yUjkPsgX">Legislation</a> is enacted by the <a href="/facts/Ohio_General_Assembly/zpRkKjPk">Ohio General Assembly</a>, published in the <i>Laws of Ohio</i>, and <a href="/facts/Codification_(law)/LVcXpbPU">codified</a> in the <i>Ohio Revised Code</i>. State agencies promulgate rules and regulations (sometimes called <a href="/facts/United_States_administrative_law/46baYkcl">administrative law</a>) in the <i>Register of Ohio</i>, which are in turn codified in the <i>Ohio Administrative Code</i> (OAC). Ohio's legal system is based on <a href="/facts/Common_law/vGVcW4Kf">common law</a>, which is interpreted by <a href="/facts/Case_law/2xMz9eeA">case law</a> through the <a href="/facts/Legal_opinion/Dm2z6v6J">decisions</a> of the <a href="/facts/Ohio_Supreme_Court/1CLyHUUo">Ohio Supreme Court</a>, <a href="/facts/Ohio_District_Courts_of_Appeals/Qdjnqt1j">Ohio District Courts of Appeals</a>, and trial courts, which are published in the <i>Ohio Official Reports</i>. Counties, townships, and municipalities may also promulgate <a href="/facts/Local_ordinance/SGtBDyF0">local ordinances</a> or resolutions. </p> <h2 id="organization">Organization</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>OHIO REVISED CODE GENERAL PROVISIONS</th></tr><tr><td>TITLE I STATE GOVERNMENT</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE III COUNTIES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE V TOWNSHIPS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE VII MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE IX AGRICULTURE - ANIMALS - FENCES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XI FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XIII COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS - OHIO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XV CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XVII CORPORATIONS - PARTNERSHIPS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XIX COURTS - MUNICIPAL - MAYOR'S - COUNTY</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXIII COURTS - COMMON PLEAS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXV COURTS - APPELLATE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXVII COURTS - GENERAL PROVISIONS - SPECIAL REMEDIES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXIX CRIMES - PROCEDURE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXXI DOMESTIC RELATIONS - CHILDREN</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXXIII EDUCATION - LIBRARIES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXXV ELECTIONS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXXVII HEALTH - SAFETY - MORALS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XXXIX INSURANCE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XLIII LIQUOR</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XLV MOTOR VEHICLES - AERONAUTICS - WATERCRAFT</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XLVII OCCUPATIONS - PROFESSIONS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE XLIX PUBLIC UTILITIES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LI PUBLIC WELFARE</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LIII REAL PROPERTY</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LV ROADS - HIGHWAYS - BRIDGES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LVII TAXATION</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LIX VETERANS - MILITARY AFFAIRS</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LXI WATER SUPPLY - SANITATION - DITCHES</td></tr><tr><td>TITLE LXIII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/United_States_Code/2AjxEDPq">United States Code</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://codes.ohio.gov/orc">Ohio Revised Code</a> from LAWriter</li> <li><a href="http://codes.findlaw.com/oh">Ohio Revised Code</a> from <a href="/facts/FindLaw/yG66PGat">FindLaw</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Putnam, Melanie K.; Schaefgen, Susan M. (1997). Ohio Legal Research Guide. Wm. S. Hein Publishing. pp. 65–66. ISBN 1-57588-087-3. LCCN 96-16186. <a href="1-57588-087-3" target="_blank">1-57588-087-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Laws, Acts, and Legislation". Ohio General Assembly Legislative Information Systems. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130831220808/http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/laws.cfm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130831220808/http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/laws.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Putnam & Schaefgen 1997, p. 68. - Putnam, Melanie K.; Schaefgen, Susan M. (1997). Ohio Legal Research Guide. Wm. S. Hein Publishing. pp. 65–66. ISBN 1-57588-087-3. LCCN 96-16186. <a href="https://archive.org/details/ohiolegalresearc0000putn" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ohiolegalresearc0000putn</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1794. URL accessed 15 September 2006. <a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1794" target="_blank">http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/disp.aspx?z=1794</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>