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Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies
Chapter 2739 | Slander; Libel
Section 2739.13 | Correction of False Statement Formerly Published.

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OH Rev Code § 2739.13 (2025)
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Effective: October 1, 1953

Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

If any newspaper company, at any time, prints, publishes, or circulates any false statement, allegation, or rumor relating to any individual or association of individuals, or to any trade, labor, business, social, economic, or religious organization or to any firm, corporation, or business, or to any public official or candidate for a public office, such company upon demand of any persons affected or of their representatives, shall print, publish, and circulate any statement or article setting forth in proper language the truth pertaining to such statement, allegation, or rumor, which such persons or their representatives shall offer to such company for publication.

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