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Contents of this brief guide include major sources of law and legal information in Ohio, as well as general information about state and local government.

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Statutes

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Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (Lexis) (Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (LexisNexis))

WorldCat: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (LexisNexis)

Library of Congress: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (LexisNexis)

Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (West))

Law Library, Call Number: State 1st Floor KFO30 1994 .A2, last updated at Law Library in 2020.

WorldCat: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (West)

Library of Congress: Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (West)

More on State Statutes in General

The National Conference of State Legislatures publishes a list of official state code publications, and their available formats, based upon a  2011 survey of Official Version of the State Statutes/Code.

More on Legislative History in General

In Westlaw, see also state legislative historystatutes annotated - historicalbill trackingbill tracking historical, and proposed & enacted legislation.

In Lexis, full-text bills, advance legislative service, and legislative bill history may be found in Statutes and Legislation. It also offers an Archived Code Search.

In Bloomberg Law, text of enacted legislation may be found through State Laws & Regulations.

LLMC Digital may contain digitized historical senate and house journals as well as historical state statutes and/or session laws (Online Services > Browse Collections > U.S. States and Territories > State Name > Legislative).

State Legislative Sourcebook (in print, Call Number: Reference Desk JK2495 .S689), though ceased in 2021, is a 50-state guide on legislative information resources. In addition to providing the location of a state's legislative documents, it also includes sources for tracking services, document mailing services and best live person initial contact.