(A) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. The filing-office rules shall be:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.526

  • Filing office: means an office designated in section 1309. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Ohio Code 1309.102

(1) Consistent with this chapter; and

(2) Adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code.

(B) To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially sections 1309.501 to 1309.527 of the Revised Code, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially those sections, the secretary of state, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, shall do all of the following in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules:

(1) Consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially sections 1309.501 to 1309.527 of the Revised Code;

(2) Consult the most recent version of the model rules promulgated by the international association of corporate administrators or any successor organization; and

(3) Take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially sections 1309.501 to 1309.527 of the Revised Code.

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