Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.04 (2026)

Impartial report of proceedings privileged

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Effective:

October 1, 1953

Latest Legislation:

House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards, or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any bill, ordinance, report, resolution, bulletin, notice, petition, or other document presented, filed, or issued in any proceeding before such legislative or executive body, board, or officer, shall be privileged, unless it is proved that such publication was made maliciously.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1956–2016 · leading case: Medico, Philip T. v. Time, Inc, 643 F.2d 134 (3rd Cir. 1981).

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Medico, Philip T. v. Time, Inc, 643 F.2d 134 (3rd Cir. 1981). “Civil Rights Laws § 74 (McKinney 1976); Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 2317.04 (Page 1953); Wis.”

Boddie v. Landers, 2016 Ohio 1410 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “This section and section 2317.04 of the Revised Code do not authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.”

Painter v. E. W. Scripps Co., 148 N.E.2d 503 (Ohio Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 4× “If this is a correct conclusion, then the communication was privileged, even if libelous per se, under Section 2317.04, Revised Code, providing the publication was made without malice.”

April v. Reflector-Herald, Inc., 546 N.E.2d 466 (Ohio Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “This section and section 2317.04 of the Revised Code do not authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.”

Driscoll v. Block, 210 N.E.2d 899 (Ohio Ct. App. 1965). “Sections 2317.04 and 2317.05, Revised Code, do not deal directly with reporting occurrences in the actual conduct of a trial or proceedings in a trial court, yet the substance of these sections points the way in support of the rule that is now well founded upon case law that a…”

Torski v. Mansfield Journal Co., 137 N.E.2d 679 (Ohio Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 2× “This section and Section 2317.04 of the Revised Code do not authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.”

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