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Ohio Rev. Code § 111.241

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§ 111.241. Documents with social security numbers

Official statutory text

September 1, 2008 House Bill 46 - 127th General Assembly (A) The secretary of state shall not accept a document for filing or recording if the document includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number. If a document presented for filing or recording includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number and the secretary of state refuses to accept that document for filing or recording, the secretary of state or the person who attempted to file or record the document with the secretary of state may immediately redact the individual's social security number or federal tax identification number from the document. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any document that originates with any court or taxing authority; (2) Any publicly recorded document that is required by federal or state law to include an individual's social security number or federal tax identification number. (C) This section does not apply to documents that were executed by an individual prior to the effective date of this section.

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