Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 507.04 (2026)

Personal attendance at board meetings - request for copies of township records

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December 20, 2005

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly

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(A) The township fiscal officer shall keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the board of township trustees at all of its meetings, and of all its accounts and transactions, including the acceptance of the bonds of township officers. The township fiscal officer shall personally attend at least one meeting of the board during each quarter of every year, unless prevented by the occurrence of an emergency from attending.

(B) In any township where the township fiscal officer does not keep the township's records in a public facility, the board of township trustees, once each quarter of each year, may request the fiscal officer to provide the board with copies of township records for its review. If the board makes such a request, it shall tell the township fiscal officer which records it wants copies of by indicating the dates or types of the records it is requesting. A request made under this section does not diminish any trustee's right to inspect township records under division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2022 · leading case: State ex rel. Citizens for Open, Responsive & Accountable Gov't v. Register, 116 Ohio St. 3d 88 (Ohio 2007).

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State ex rel. Citizens for Open, Responsive & Accountable Gov't v. Register, 116 Ohio St. 3d 88 (Ohio 2007). · cites it 7× “107, which amended R.C. 507.04 and many other provisions to replace “township clerk” with “township fiscal officer.”

State ex rel. Stoll v. Logan Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 117 Ohio St. 3d 76 (Ohio 2008). “See also R.C. 507.04, requiring the township fiscal officer to maintain certain township records.”

State ex rel. Young v. Lebanon City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2013 Ohio 1111 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “{¶ 20} The Ohio Supreme Court in Register considered the open meetings act, the public records act and R.C. 507.04, which required the fiscal officer keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the trustees at all of their meetings, and found that construing the three statutes…”

State ex rel. Fairfield Leader v. Ricketts, 564 N.E.2d 486 (Ohio 1990). “10 requires the clerk of the board of county commissioners to “keep a full record of the proceedings of the board * * R.C. 507.04 requires the township clerk to “keep an accurate record of the proceedings of the board of township trustees at all its meetings * * *.”

State ex rel. Ames v. Brimfield Twp. Bd. of Trs., 2019 Ohio 4926 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “09 (“Notwithstanding section 507.04 of the Revised Code and anything to the contrary in section 504.”

State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs., 2022 Ohio 336 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “2d 913 , ¶ 34 (finding that a township fiscal officer “fully complied with her duties under R.C. 507.04, 121.22, and 14 Case No. 2019-P-0125 149.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 507.04(A) — 2 cases

State ex rel. Citizens for Open, Responsive & Accountable Gov't v. Register, 116 Ohio St. 3d 88 (Ohio 2007). “107, which amended R.C. 507.04 and many other provisions to replace “township clerk” with “township fiscal officer.”

State ex rel. Ames v. Brimfield Twp. Bd. of Trs., 2019 Ohio 4926 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “09 (“Notwithstanding section 507.04 of the Revised Code and anything to the contrary in section 504.”

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