(A) At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy for nomination for any office, or a
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, each candidate, except joint candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor, shall pay a fee as follows:
For statewide office $100
For court of appeals judge $50
For court of common pleas judge $50
For county court judge $50
For municipal court judge $50
For district office, including member of the $50
United States house of representatives and
member of the general assembly
For county office $50
For city office $20
For village office $10
For township office $10
For member of local, city, or exempted village $10
board of education or educational service
center governing board
At the time of filing a declaration of candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the joint candidates shall jointly
pay to the secretary of state a fee of one hundred dollars.
(B)(1) At the same time the fee required under division (A) of this section is paid, each
candidate shall pay an additional fee as follows:
For the joint candidates for governor and $50
lieutenant governor
For statewide office $50
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For district office, including member of the $35
United States house of representatives and
member of the general assembly
For member of state board of education $35
For court of appeals judge $30
For court of common pleas judge $30
For county court judge $30
For municipal court judge $30
For county office $30
For city office $25
For village office $20
For township office $20
For member of local, city, or exempted village $20
board of education or educational service
center governing board
(2) Whoever seeks to propose a ballot question or issue to be submitted to the electors shall
pay the following fee at the time the petition proposing the question or issue is filed:
(a) If the question or issue is to be submitted to the electors throughout the entire state,
twenty-five dollars;
(b) If the question or issue is to be submitted to the electors of a county or of a district that
consists of all or part of two or more counties but less than the entire state, fifteen dollars;
(c) If the question or issue is to be submitted to the electors of a city, twelve dollars and fifty
cents;
(d) If the question or issue is to be submitted to the electors of a village, a township, a local,
city, county, or exempted village school district, a precinct, or another district consisting of less
than an entire county, ten dollars.
(C) No fee shall be required of candidates filing for the office of delegate or alternate to the
national convention of political parties, member of the state central committee of a political
party, or member of the county central committee of a political party.
(D) All fees required under division (A) of this section immediately shall be paid by the officer
receiving them into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, in the case of
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fees received by the secretary of state, and into the county treasury to the credit of the county
general fund, in the case of fees received by a board of elections.
(E) The officer who receives a fee required under division (B) of this section immediately shall
pay the fee to the credit of the Ohio election integrity commission fund created under section
111.29 of the Revised Code.
(F)(1) In no case shall a fee paid under this section be returned to a candidate.
(2) Whenever a section of law refers to a filing fee to be paid by a candidate or by a
committee proposing a ballot question or issue to be submitted to the electors, that fee
includes the fees required under divisions (A) and (B) of this section.
(G) As used in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, "statewide office" means the office of
secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, justice and chief
justice of the supreme court, and member of the United States senate.
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