§ 3513.06Change of name of candidate

If any person desiring to become a candidate for public office has had a change of name within five
years immediately preceding the filing of the person's declaration of candidacy, the person's
declaration of candidacy and petition shall both contain, immediately following the person's present
name, the person's former names. Any person who has been elected under the person's changed
name, without submission of the person's former name, shall be immediately suspended from the
office and the office declared vacated, and shall be liable to the state for any salary he has received
while holding such office. The attorney general in the case of candidates for state offices, the
prosecuting attorney of the most populous county in a district in the case of candidates for district
offices, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in the case of all other candidates shall institute
necessary action to enforce this section.


This section does not apply to a change of name by reason of marriage; to a candidate for a state
office who has once complied with this section and who has previously been elected to a state office;
to a candidate for a district office who has once complied with this section and who has previously
been elected to a state or district office; to a candidate for a county office who has once complied
with this section and has previously been elected to a state, district, or county office; to a candidate
for a municipal office who has once complied with this section and has previously been elected to a
municipal office; or to a candidate for a township office who has once complied with this section and
has previously been elected to a township office; provided that such previous election was one at
which his candidacy complied with this section.




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