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Ohio Rev. Code § 731.25 (2026)

[Former R.C. 731.26, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Effect of not making publication

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October 3, 2023
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House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
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It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution under an ordinance, to show that no publication or posting was made as required by sections 731.21 to 731.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1958–1993 · leading case: Huebner v. Miles, 636 N.E.2d 348 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993).
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Huebner v. Miles, 636 N.E.2d 348 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “19 states that “[n]o bylaw or ordinance, or section thereof, shall be revived or amended, unless the new bylaw or ordinance contains the entire bylaws, ordinance, or section revived or amended, and the bylaw, ordinance or section so amended shall be repealed.”
Babyak v. Alten, 154 N.E.2d 14 (Ohio Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 2× “The ordinance was thereafter posted, as required by law (Section 731.25, Revised Code). The ordinance had also been posted after the vote taken on the ordinance on August 14, 1957, thereby giving notice of its enactment.”
Vill. of Wintersville v. Argo Sales Co., 299 N.E.2d 269 (Ohio 1973). · cites it 2× “21 provides, in pertinent part: “All municipal ordinances, * * * required by law or ordinance to be published, shall be published as follows: * # * “(G) 1X1 * # or by posting as provided in Section 731.25 of the Revised Code, at the option of the legislative authority of such…”
Jackson v. City of Franklin, 594 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “are not published and of general circulation in the municipal corporation, then in one such political newspaper and one other English newspaper published and of general circulation therein; “(C) If no English newspaper is published and of general circulation in the municipal…”
Evans v. Lakeview, 585 N.E.2d 1018 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). “12 and, as pointed out above, the provisions of R.C. 713.12 must be followed in the enactment of zoning legislation by a noncharter village.”
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