Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about Ohio, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about Ohio
These are the figures where Ohio differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Return deadline: 30 days after termination of the rental agreement and delivery of possession — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Formation fee: $99 — the only jurisdiction of the 48 we have data for
- Trigger: the due date of every premium after the first — one of only 2 of 47
- Contested: No — one of only 20 of 47
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 35000
- Small estate scope: unstated
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: yes
- Statute or act: Ohio Rev. Code 147.60-147.66 (Notary Public Modernization Act, Sub. S.B. 263, 132nd G.A.)
- Effective date: 2019-09-20
- Conditions: Must already hold an Ohio commission and obtain separate online-notary authorization from the SOS; live two-way audio-video meeting SOS standards; remote presentation for ID; fees capped at $30 per online notarization plus a $10 technology fee ($40 max). Substantially amended by H.B. 315 effectiv…
- Association name: Ohio Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $100,000
- Annuity limit: $250,000
- Aggregate limit: $300,000
- Statute citation: Ohio Rev. Code § 3956.04(D)(2)(a)
- Trigger: delivery of the policy or contract (replacement rule only)
- Extended windows: 30 days for replacement transactions (OAC 3901-6-05)
- Refund basis: replacement: an unconditional full refund
- Grace period days: one month
- Coverage during grace: the insurance shall continue in force; if the insured dies during the month of grace the overdue premium will be deducted in any settlement
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: No separation-specific acceleration; final wages follow the employer’s regular semimonthly (or more frequent) payday schedule
- Fired deadline: Same as quit: no separation-specific acceleration; final wages follow the regular payday schedule
- Statute citation: Ohio Rev. Code 4113.15
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none
- Salary history ban: No
- Contested: No
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Deposit cap: No statutory maximum
- Return deadline: 30 days after termination of the rental agreement and delivery of possession
- Interest required: conditional
- Statute citation: Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Formation fee: $99
- Annual report: none — Ohio requires no annual or biennial report from LLCs
- Publication requirement: none identified
- Statute citation: Ohio Rev. Code § 111.16(F) (SOS fee schedule); § 111.23 (expedited filing); ch. 1706 (Ohio Revised LLC Act)
- Five year total: at least $99
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: ordinary income
- Rate: 2.75% (TY2026 and thereafter) — effectively flat above the exempt band; 3.125% top marginal (TY2025)
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2026
- Statute citation: Ohio Rev. Code sec. 5747.02(A)(3)(c)
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, Ohio Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/ohio/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 39 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also Ohio financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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