Seal of Ohio

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The design of the Great Seal of the State of Ohio is defined in Ohio Revised Code section 5.10:

{{quote|The great seal of the state shall be two and one-half inches in diameter and shall consist of the coat of arms of the state within a circle having a diameter of one and three-fourths inches, surrounded by the words "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO" in news gothic capitals.|{{ORC||5|10}}}}

The coat of arms is defined in section 5.04:

{{quote|The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following device: a circular shield; in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat; in the background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as viewed from Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising sun three-quarters exposed and radiating thirteen rays to represent the thirteen original colonies shining over the first state in the northwest territory, the exterior extremities of which rays form a semicircle; and uniting the background and foreground, a representation of the Scioto river and cultivated fields.

The coat of arms of the state shall correspond substantially with the following design:

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When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the colors used shall be substantially the same as the natural color of the terrain and objects shown.|{{ORC||5|04}}}}

The hills shown in the seal are managed by the Department of Natural Resources as Great Seal State Park.{{cite web|title=Great Seal State Park|publisher=Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation|access-date=July 31, 2014|url=http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/greatseal#history}} Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the United States of America, and that is reflected symbolically by the 17 arrows in the foreground of the seal.

Ohio's state seal has been redesigned at least ten times in the state's history.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/pages/capitol_square/rotunda.cfm?submenu=statehouse|title=Rotunda|work=The Ohio Statehouse|publisher=Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board|date=2005-12-20|access-date=2007-08-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929041947/http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/pages/capitol_square/rotunda.cfm?submenu=statehouse |archive-date = 2007-09-29}} From 1805 to 1866, the seal's design was left unspecified, a situation unique among the states.

File:Seal of the Northwest Territory.png of the River Ohio
Motto: {{lang|la|Meliorem lapsa locavit}} ("He has planted one better than the one fallen")]]

Before Ohio's statehood, the territorial government of the Northwest Territory had its own seal. The United States Congress passed legislation on May 8, 1792, that directed the U.S. Secretary of State to "provide proper seals for the several and respective public offices in the [Northwest] Territories". A seal was created by the State Department to be used on official papers of the territory. The original seal was maintained by Governor Arthur St. Clair. Its first recorded use was in a proclamation made on July 26, 1788.{{cite web|first1=Pamela J.|last1=Bennett|first2=Alan|last2=January|title=Indiana's State Seal—An Overview|publisher=Indiana Historical Bureau|date=January 21, 2005|access-date=2008-05-31|url=http://www.in.gov/history/2804.htm}} The seal bears a Latin inscription, {{lang|la|Meliorem lapsa locavit}}, "He has planted one better than the one fallen," commemorating the decline of wilderness to make way for civilization.{{cite journal|first=Edgar C.|last=Reinke|title=Meliorem Lapsa Locavit: An Intriguing Puzzle Solved|journal=Ohio History|volume=94|page=74|url=http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=009474.html&StartPage=68&EndPage=74&volume=94&newtitle=Volume%2094%20Page%2068}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} says the young tree on the seal is an apple tree, while {{cite book|title=History of Marietta|last=Summers|first=Thomas J.|year=1903|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymarietta00summgoog/page/n143 115]|publisher=Leader Publishing|location=Marietta, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historymarietta00summgoog}} says it is a buckeye and perhaps the genesis of Ohio's nickname.

The first Constitution of Ohio, adopted on November 29, 1802, and effective March 1, 1803, provided for a state seal but left the details unspecified:{{cite conference|first=Rush R.|last=Sloane|title=The Organization and Admission of Ohio into the Union and the Great Seal of the State|book-title=Ohio Centennial Anniversary Celebration at Chillicothe, May 20–21, 1903, under the auspices of the Ohio State Archælogical and Historical Society: complete proceedings|conference=Ohio Centennial Anniversary Celebration|location=Chillicothe, Ohio|publisher=Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society|year=1903|via=Internet Archive|pages=90–119|oclc=855752|lccn=04018527|url=https://archive.org/details/ohiocentennialan00ohiorich}}

{{quote|There shall be a seal of this State, which shall be kept by the Governor and used by him officially, and shall be called "The great Seal of the State of Ohio."|Ohio Constitution of 1802, Article II, section 14}}

The first Secretary of State, William Creighton, Jr., initially used his personal seal on official documents.{{cite journal|first=Charles Burleigh|last=Galbreath|author-link=Charles Burleigh Galbreath|title=Seals and Ohio flag|journal=Monthly Bulletins of the Ohio State Library|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Ohio Board of Library Commissioners|volume=2|issue=4|year=1902|pages=1–5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DrwVAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA177|via=Google Books}}

File:Great Seal of Ohio actual view.jpg and Sand Hill from Adena]]

On March 25, 1803, the General Assembly passed an act concerning the duties of the Secretary of State, introducing the first of many designs for the state seal, based on a sketch by Creighton:

{{quote|That the secretary of state shall procure a seal, two inches in diameter, for the use of the state; a seal of the supreme court, for each clerk thereof that may be appointed, of one inch and three-fourths in diameter; and also one other seal, one inch and a half diameter, for the use of each and every county now or hereafter to be created; on which seals shall be engraved the following device: On the right side, near the bottom, a sheaf of wheat, and on the left a bundle of seventeen arrows, both standing erect, in the back ground, and rising above the sheaf and arrows a mountain, over which shall appear a rising sun. The state seal to be surrounded with these words, "The great seal of the state of Ohio." The seal of the supreme court, with these words: "The supreme court of the state of Ohio;" and the county seal with these words, "Common pleas of the county of _____," the expense of said seals to be audited by the auditor and paid out of the state treasury.|Act of 1st General Assembly, March 25, 1803{{cite book|chapter=An act designating the duties of the secretary of state|title=Acts of the State of Ohio: first session of the General Assembly, held under the Constitution of the State|location=Norwalk, Ohio|publisher=The Lansing Company|orig-year=1803|year=1901|pages=17–18|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qI4AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA17}}}}

The design was traditionally said to depict the view from U.S. Senator Thomas Worthington's Chillicothe-area estate, Belle View: in 1803, Creighton emerged from an all-night meeting at the estate and saw "the rising sun of the new state" just beyond Mount Logan. Creighton and Worthington both belonged to the "Chillicothe Junto" that dominated early state politics.{{cite web|title=History of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio|publisher=United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Ohio|access-date=July 21, 2014|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/ohs/usahistory.html}} However, most historians regard the story to be apocryphal, noting that the sun, mountains, and agricultural implements were common in seals of that era.{{cite news|title=Is state-seal story fact or fiction?|first=Rita|last=Price|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=September 10, 2003|page=3D|issn=1074-097X|id={{ProQuest|394573203}}}} Regardless, the present seal does represent the view from Worthington's estate, now known as Adena, as a matter of law.

The physical seal of 1803 followed the adopted design loosely: from behind a full mountain range rose a sun with eyes.{{cite news|first=Jack|last=Baessler|title=Seal has picturesque history|location=Toledo, Ohio|work=The Blade|date=March 3, 2003|access-date=July 21, 2014|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2003/03/02/Seal-has-picturesque-history.html}}

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On February 19, 1805, the 1803 statute was replaced with identical wording, except for the omission of a design for the great seal. The original state seal had long since fallen out of use.{{cite book|chapter=Secretary of State|title=Statutes of the State of Ohio, of a general nature, in force, December 7, 1840|editor-first=J. R.|editor-last=Swan|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Samuel Medary|year=1841|page=850|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psU5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA850}} Despite the 1805 act being itself repealed on January 31, 1831, no replacement design was specified. Legislators neglected to address the issue even after the Constitution of 1851 left intact the constitutional requirement for a design.

In the meantime, a wide array of designs emerged,{{cite book|title=From A Territory To the State of Ohio: Student Activities to Understand the Transition|publisher=Museums and Interpretation Division, Ohio Historical Society|date=2005-08-22|access-date=2010-10-27|url=http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/02/05/05td.pdf#page=13|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313204212/http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/02/05/05td.pdf|archive-date=2012-03-13}} particularly on court seals. Common embellishments included a plow and recumbent sheath of wheat, a range of mountains instead of a single peak (as in the Creighton seal), and an "ark" (a broad horn flatboat with a roof) floating on a river (understood to be the Ohio River, quite a distance from Chillicothe).{{cite book|first=William Henry|last=Smith|author-link=William Henry Smith (American politician)|title=Report of the Secretary of State|location=Columbus, Ohio|date=November 25, 1865|pages=435–441|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ll5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA435}} The 1847 seal depicted in the Statehouse rotunda skylight substitutes the Ohio with a canal, replete with a canal boat.{{cite web|title=Art in the Rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse|work=The Ohio Statehouse|publisher=Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board|date=2008-07-26|access-date=2010-10-17|url=http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/Education/CapitolSquare/Rotunda.aspx}} In an 1860s version, the arrows levitate among the clouds. Besides artistic liberty, some seals reflected confusion over the state's founding year, which was popularly believed to be 1802, the year the original constitution was adopted.

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| caption1 = An illustration of the 1866 seal. The engraver omitted many of the embellishments but did include the motto {{lang|la|Imperium in imperio}}.

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| caption2 = A stained-glass 1866 seal originally hung in 1889 in the San Diego County Superior Courthouse.

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In 1865, Secretary of State William Henry Smith issued a report on the need to reign in the seal's design. Though appreciative of the symbolism behind the 1803 design, he found the state's {{convert|2|in|adj=on}} seal to compare unfavorably to other states' larger, more ornate seals, which also featured mottoes and obverse designs. On April 6, 1866, a Republican General Assembly responded, calling for an elaborate coat of arms:

{{quote|That the coat of arms of the state of Ohio shall consist of the following device: A shield, upon which shall be engraved on the left, in the foreground, a bundle of 17 arrows; to the right of the arrows, a sheaf of wheat; both standing erect; in the background, and rising above the sheaf and arrows, a range of mountains and the arrows and sheaf, in the left foreground, a river shall be represented flowing toward the right foreground; supporting the shield, on the right, shall be the figure of a farmer, with implements of agriculture, and sheafs of wheat standing erect and recumbent; and in the distance, a locomotive and train of cars; supporting the shield, on the left, shall be the figure of a smith with anvil and hammer; and in the distance, water, with a steamboat; at the bottom of the shield there shall be a motto, in these words: "Imperium in Imperio."|63 Ohio Laws 185}}

The act increased the size of the great seal to {{convert|2+1/2|in}} and added mandatory seals for various public officials at the state and county levels. Governor Jacob Dolson Cox issued a proclamation on November 5, 1866, that describes and bears the seal adopted that year.{{cite web|title=Jacob D. Cox Proclamation Adopting a New Seal for Ohio|first=Jacob Dolson|last=Cox|type=proclamation|date=November 5, 1866|access-date=May 14, 2018|url=http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267401coll32/id/2461|via=Ohio Memory}}

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| caption1 = The great seal in 1879.{{cite wikisource |chapter=Ohio |first=Eaton S. |last=Drone |plaintitle=The American Cyclopædia |editor1-first=George |editor1-last=Ripley |editor2-first=Charles A. |editor2-last=Dana |year=1879 |wslink=The American Cyclopædia (1879)}} A very similar design was used by the Governor's office in 1902.

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The Republicans' new motto was problematic, as it ironically recalled states' rights just after the Civil War.{{cite journal|title=Great Seal of Ohio|journal=Ohio History|volume=10|pages=392–393|url=http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0010392.html&StartPage=388&EndPage=394&volume=10}} Moreover, the increased size, intricate design, and additional seals more than exhausted the $1,000 that had been appropriated to the Secretary of State ({{inflation|US-GDP|1000|1866|fmt=eq}}). An even larger budget overrun would have resulted from an amendment on April 16, 1867.

On May 9, 1868, a newly elected Democratic General Assembly reverted to the 1803 coat of arms and formalized the depiction of a mountain range, present since Creighton's seal. The river remained in contemporary depictions.{{cite journal|title=The Great Seal of Ohio|first=S. S.|last=Knabenshue|journal=Ohio History|volume=10|pages=489–490|url=http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0010489.html&StartPage=489&EndPage=491&volume=10}}

Despite the about-face, the 1866 device persisted in various capacities for decades. To the dismay of one historian, the Governor, Secretary of State, and Supreme Court all continued to seal documents with the 1866 device into the 1880s. The State Printer also published books featuring the old seal and motto into the 1900s.{{cite book|title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901|first=Elliot Howard|last=Gilkey|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=Fred J. Heer, State Printer|year=1901|page=[https://archive.org/details/ohiohundredyear00assegoog/page/n788 762]|url=https://archive.org/details/ohiohundredyear00assegoog}} In 1889, stained glass seals of 42 states then in existence, including the 1866 Ohio seal, were hung in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California.{{cite web|title=Ohio|work=A Tribute To San Diego County Courts Of The Past|publisher=San Diego County Superior Court|url=http://www.sandiego.courts.ca.gov/portal/stglass/stgls_oh.html}}

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The coat of arms received a substantial revision in December 1967. Cincinnati-based interior decorator Robert Greiwe had been commissioned to paint the Great Seal on the dropped ceiling of the Ohio Statehouse rotunda. His uncertainty over which version to paint led State Representatives Ralph B. Kohnen and Myrl Shoemaker to sponsor 107 HB 164, which standardized a specific design throughout state government.{{cite news|title=General Assembly Solved Ohio's Great Seal Dispute, Or Did It?|first=Edson|last=Whipple|location=Toledo, Ohio|work=The Blade|date=October 15, 1967|page=A2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b_1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=7346,16364|via=Google News}}[http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/35652520 Card catalog entry] for Greiwe Interiors Records, 1888–1975 (bulk 1888–1940, 1965–1968), Mss BC 011, Cincinnati Historical Society, Cincinnati Museum Center. {{OCLC|35652520}}.{{cite magazine|title=Secret Columbus: Insider's Tour of the Ohio Statehouse|first=Anthony|last=Dominic|magazine=Columbus Monthly|publisher=Dispatch Printing Company|date=October 2014|access-date=January 19, 2015|url=http://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2014/10/secret-columbus-insiders-tour-of-the-ohio-statehouse.html|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422225826/https://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2014/10/secret-columbus-insiders-tour-of-the-ohio-statehouse.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Ohio's Great Seal Still Unofficial|location=Dover, Ohio|work=The Daily Reporter|agency=Associated Press|date=September 12, 1967|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/30453981/}} The river was reintroduced to the coat of arms, while seventeen distinct rays of sunlight extended to the perimeter of the coat of arms. Now the scene officially depicted the view from Adena. A reference image was for the first time included in the statute:{{cite web|title=The Great Seal of Ohio; The ODOT Emblem|publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation|date=2005-08-12|access-date=2007-08-04|url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist9/Seal_Logo.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214002936/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist9/Seal_Logo.htm|archive-date=2007-12-14}}{{cite book|title=Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated|editor-first=William Herbert|editor-last=Page|year=1984|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1BOAQAAIAAJ}}{{cite news|title=Sunlight and the seal|department=editorial|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=August 24, 1996|access-date=January 11, 2015|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72858992.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329142026/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72858992.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015|url-access=subscription |via=HighBeam Research}}

{{quote|The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following device: a circular shield; in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat; in the background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as viewed from Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising sun three-quarters exposed and radiating seventeen rays, the exterior extremities of which form a semicircle; and uniting the background and foreground, a representation of the Scioto river and cultivated fields. The coat of arms of the state shall correspond substantially with the following design:

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When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the colors shall be substantially the same as the natural color of the terrain and objects shown.}}

Under the new legislation, the Governor was given authorization to regulate the seal's use. All new seals acquired after January 1, 1969, were required to bear the new design, and the requirement was extended to county and municipal governments for the first time. Many cities had already adopted seals that bore no relation to the state seal, but they were exempted under a grandfather clause. Though the physical Great Seal was also exempted, the Governor's office eventually replaced it with one that conformed to the new design.

The latest modification, adopted November 20, 1996, reduced the number of rays from 17 to 13, "to represent the thirteen original colonies shining over the first state in the northwest territory".{{cite web|title=FINAL Legislative Status Sheet - 121st GA|publisher=Ohio Legislative Service Commission|date=1996-12-31|access-date=2010-10-17|url=http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/status/final121.pdf|quote=[SB 213] Great Seal/Coat of Arms-change-13 rays}} The reference image was also modified to include a small dot at the interior end of each ray. The bill's sponsor, Senator Roy Ray, argued that the number 17 was already present in the bundle of arrows. State agencies were given a deadline of March 1, 2003{{spaced ndash}} the state bicentennial{{spaced ndash}} to update the seal on all publications. There were unsuccessful attempts in 1997, 1999, 2003, and 2011 to add the Wright Flyer to the seal.[http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_99 125 HB 99], 125th General Assembly.{{cite news|title=Dayton urges Wright Brothers' plane on state seal|first=James|last=Hannah|work=The Plain Dealer|publisher=Newhouse Newspapers|agency=Associated Press|date=June 29, 1997|page=8B|id={{ProQuest|291812076}}}}[http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=123_HB_17 123 HB 17], 123rd General Assembly.[http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_309 129 HB 309], 129th General Assembly.

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Section 5.10 of the Ohio Revised Code requires the seals of all "state, county, and municipal agencies, divisions, boards and commissions" to bear the state coat of arms. It also specifies the exact wording of the text surrounding the coat of arms of various courts and statewide elected offices. Notaries public are also required to incorporate the state coat of arms in their seals. Various state agencies, such as the Departments of Transportation and Veterans Services, along with many cities, have developed more distinctive emblems and logos to complement their seals.

The state coat of arms appears in the center of the flag of the governor of Ohio. This design was adopted unofficially in 1905 and officially in 1945.{{cite book|title=The Flag Book of the United States|first=Whitney|last=Smith|author-link=Whitney Smith|location=New York City|publisher=William Morrow and Company|year=1975|page=[https://archive.org/details/flagbookofunit00smit/page/164 164]|url=https://archive.org/details/flagbookofunit00smit|url-access=registration|isbn=9780688079772}} Previously, in 1860, state militia officials unsuccessfully proposed a state flag consisting of the seal upon a white field.{{cite speech|title=Speech by State Regent O. J. Hodge|first=Orlando John|last=Hodge|event=Thirteenth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution|location=Washington, D.C.|date=April 19, 1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fANHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA77|via=Google Books}}

From 2004 to 2010, the state's official coat of arms served as a backdrop for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' "Sunburst" license plate design, which was issued over a longer period than any other design since the 1980s. Since 2021, the full-color Artist's Version also appears in the background of the "Sunrise in Ohio" license plate design.{{cite news |last=Tobias |first=Andrew J. |date=October 21, 2021 |title=Ohio unveils new 'Sunrise in Ohio' license plate design |url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/10/ohio-unveils-new-sunrise-in-ohio-license-plate-design.html |work=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland |publisher=Advance Publications |access-date=December 30, 2021}}

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File:Seal of the Governor of Ohio.svg|Seal of the governor of Ohio

File:Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.svg|Seal of the lieutenant governor of Ohio

File:Seal of the Ohio House of Representatives.svg|Seal of the Ohio House of Representatives

File:Seal of the Ohio Senate.svg|Seal of the Ohio Senate

File:Seal of the President of the Ohio Senate.svg|Seal of the president of the Ohio Senate

File:Seal of the Supreme Court of Ohio.svg|Seal of the Supreme Court of Ohio

File:Seal of Ohio Secretary of State.svg|Seal of the secretary of state of Ohio

File:Seal of the Attorney General of Ohio.svg|Seal of the attorney general of Ohio

File:Seal of the State Treasurer of Ohio.svg|Seal of the Ohio state treasurer

File:Seal of the State Auditor of Ohio.svg|Seal of the Ohio state auditor

File:Seal of the Inspector General of Ohio.svg|Seal of the inspector general of Ohio

File:Seal of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.svg|Seal of the Ohio Department of Agriculture

File:Seal of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.svg|Seal of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles

File:Seal of the Ohio Department of Commerce.svg|Seal of the Ohio Department of Commerce

File:Seal of the Ohio Department of Taxation.svg|Seal of the Ohio Department of Taxation

File:Seal of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs.svg|Seal of the Ohio Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs

File:OBM-Logo rgb 1000px-1000px.png|Seal of the Ohio Office of Budget and Management

File:Seal of the Ohio Elections Commission.svg|Seal of the Ohio Elections Commission

File:Seal of the Ohio Ethics Commission.svg|Seal of the Ohio Ethics Commission

File:Seal of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.svg|Seal of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission

File:Seal of the Ohio Consumers Counsel.svg|Seal of the Ohio consumers' counsel

File:Seal of the Ohio Public Defender.svg|Seal of the Ohio public defender

File:Seal of the Ohio Medical Board.svg|Seal of the Ohio Medical Board

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File:Seal of the County Auditors Association of Ohio.svg|Seal of the County Auditors' Association of Ohio

File:Seal of the County Treasurers Association of Ohio.svg|Seal of the County Treasurers Association of Ohio

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File:Seal of Hubbard, Ohio.svg|Seal of the City of Hubbard

File:Seal of Portsmouth, Ohio.svg|Seal of the City of Portsmouth

File:Seal of Youngstown, Ohio.svg|Seal of the City of Youngstown

File:Seal of Adams County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Adams County

File:Seal of Columbiana County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Columbiana County

File:Seal of Fairfield County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Fairfield County

File:Seal of Franklin County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Franklin County

File:Seal of Guernsey County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Guernsey County

File:Seal of Hamilton County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Hamilton County

File:Seal of Hancock County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Hancock County

File:Seal of Highland County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Highland County

File:Seal of Mahoning County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Mahoning County

File:Seal of Ross County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Ross County

File:Seal of Warren County (Ohio).svg|Seal of Warren County

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{{Commons category|Great Seal of the State of Ohio}}

• [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.04 Section 5.04 of the Ohio Revised Code] (Lawriter) – defines the state coat of arms
• [http://gwav.tripod.com/ohio.htm Graphical version of §5.04]
• [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/gp5.10 Section 5.10 of the Ohio Revised Code] (Lawriter) – defines the state seal

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Category:Symbols of Ohio

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