A fictitious name is a name used in business or trade that the user has not registered as a trade name or is not entitled to register as a trade name. Registration of a fictitious name does not give the user any exclusive right to use the name. State the trade name or fictitious name to be registered or reported.
Under Ohio's Nonprofit Corporation Law ("NCL"), your nonprofit's voting members must authorize dissolution by voting to adopt a resolution to dissolve. In many states, it is possible to authorize dissolution by a vote of a nonprofit's directors.
To withdraw or cancel your foreign Ohio Corporation in Ohio, you must provide the completed Certificate of Surrender of Foreign Licensed Corporation form to the Secretary of State by mail or in person. You don't have to have original signatures on the certificate. Make checks for fees payable to “Secretary of State.”
It is possible to electronically file (“e-file”) certain divorce documents online in Ohio. However, you and your spouse need to physically appear in court for any divorce or dissolution in Ohio.
To dissolve your corporation in Ohio, you must provide the completed Certificate of Dissolution by Shareholders, Directors, or Incorporators form (561) to Ohio's Secretary of State (SOS) by mail or in person. The certificate itself is not too complicated and instructions are included at the end of Form 561.
If you wish make a public record request, please call 1-888-278-7101. Please provide as much information as possible to assist us in retrieving the correct records.
Anyone may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. In fact records requests need not even be submitted in writing and can be made anonymously. There are no restrictions to the use of records and the Ohio Open Records Law does not specify a time limit on open records request.
Usually, the request does not have to be in writing and can be made in any manner the requester chooses: by phone, in person, or in an e-mail or letter. The requester cannot be required to identify him- or herself, or to explain why the records are being requested, unless a specific law requires it.
The requester should also be told that requests can be submitted to the Medical Board's public records request e-mail in-box at MedPublicRecordRequests@med.ohio. If the requestor declines to submit the request in writing the request will be processed based upon the information conveyed verbally.
Ohio Revised Code Exempts medical records from public records requests. The Security Breach Notification Act requires sellers to notify consumers if a security breach puts their personal information at risk for identity theft or other fraud.