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Ohio Rev. Code § 3513.06 (2026)

Change of name of candidate

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Effective:
August 22, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly
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If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of the person's declaration of candidacy, the person's declaration of candidacy and petition shall both contain, immediately following the person's present name, the person's former names. Any person who has been elected under the person's changed name, without submission of the person's former name, shall be immediately suspended from the office and the office declared vacated, and shall be liable to the state for any salary he has received while holding such office. The attorney general in the case of candidates for state offices, the prosecuting attorney of the most populous county in a district in the case of candidates for district offices, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in the case of all other candidates shall institute necessary action to enforce this section.

This section does not apply to a change of name by reason of marriage; to a candidate for a state office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state office; to a candidate for a district office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state or district office; to a candidate for a county office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a state, district, or county office; to a candidate for a municipal office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a municipal office; or to a candidate for a township office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a township office; provided that such previous election was one at which his candidacy complied with this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1960–2023 · leading case: McLaughlin v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 804 N.E.2d 1004 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2004).
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McLaughlin v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 804 N.E.2d 1004 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2004). · cites it 3× “06, captioned “Effect of change of name on declaration of candidacy,” provides: “If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five years immediately preceding the filing of the *101 person’s declaration of candidacy, the person’s…”
State ex rel. Krupa v. Green, 177 N.E.2d 616 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1961). · cites it 2× “The relator also maintains that, “even assuming that *503 Blanche Vargo’s name is now Blanche Krupansky, her statement of candidacy and nominating petition are nevertheless invalid for failure to list both names,” as required by Sections 3513.06, and 3513.271, Revised Code.”
State ex rel. Green v. Casey, 554 N.E.2d 1288 (Ohio 1990). “Under R.C. 3513.06, a candidate must indicate on these papers any name changes within the preceding five years, but name changes “by reason of marriage” are excepted.”
State ex rel. Gold v. Washington Cty. Bd. of Elections, 2023-Ohio-1051, 206 N.E.3d 748. · cites it 21× “] Elections—Mandamus—R.C. 3513.06—Change of name of candidate—Writ of mandamus sought to compel board of elections to place relator’s name on May 2, 2023 primary-election ballot as mayoral candidate—Relator failed to show that the board abused its discretion or clearly…”
El-Bey v. Sylvester, No. 1:21-cv-00680 (S.D. Ohio Sept. 15, 2022). · cites it 4× “He cites to limited Ohio authority, such as Ohio R.C. § 3513.06 and Ohio R.C. § 2717.01. R.”
State ex rel. Kay v. Bd. of Elections, 167 N.E.2d 112 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1960). “There were 105 undisputed valid signers on the petition, one hundred signers being the number required by §3513.06 R. C., to qualify for the office for which the petition was filed.”
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