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Ohio Rev. Code § 124.59 (2026)

Payment for appointment or promotion

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Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
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No applicant for appointment or promotion in the classified service shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing, nor shall he ask or receive any recommendation or assistance from any person, upon the consideration of any political service to be rendered, for or on account of his appointment or promotion, or proposed appointment or promotion.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Marsh v. Lampert, 718 N.E.2d 997 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1998).
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Marsh v. Lampert, 718 N.E.2d 997 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1998). “03, governing public employee ethics, and R.C. 2921.43 forbid any public employee to solicit or accept, or use his office to secure, money or anything of value from a subordinate as an incentive to retire if it would enable the subordinate to be promoted to the vacant position.”
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