{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2717.01","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2717.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(A) \"Application\" means, as context requires, an application under section 2717.02, 2717.04, or 2717.13 of the Revised Code.\n(B) \"Applicant\" means, as context requires, a person who makes the filing under section 2717.02 or 2717.04 of the Revised Code, or the minor on whose behalf a filing is made under section 2717.13 of the Revised Code.\n(C) \"Conform\" means to make a person's legal name consistent in all official identity documents by correcting a misspelling, inconsistency, or other error in an official identity document.\n(D) \"Official identity document\" means a birth record, marriage record, divorce decree, driver's license, state issued identification card, social security card with the social security number redacted, passport, or any other official government-issued document required or commonly used to verify a person's identity.\n(E) \"Sexually oriented offense\" and \"child-victim oriented offense\" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.","path":["Title 27 Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies","Chapter 2717 Change Of Name"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2717.01","current_through":"2021-08-17 (House Bill 7 - 134th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"c658971e26546cd8e5e2a91b4718bc33ee4af94460abf44f941d96b02265ca50","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2716.21","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2717.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}