HB368 • 2026

Require eviction records to be sealed after three years

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Terrence Upchurch
Last action
Official status: As Introduced
Effective date: Not listed

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Require eviction records to be sealed after three years

To enact section 1923.111 of the Revised Code to require eviction records to be sealed after three years.

What This Bill Does

To enact section 1923.111 of the Revised Code to require eviction records to be sealed after three years.

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Bill History

Ohio Legislature
As Introduced

Official Summary Text

To enact section 1923.111 of the Revised Code to require eviction records to be sealed after three years.

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 368

2025-2026

Representatives Upchurch, Brewer

Cosponsors: Representatives Brownlee,
Grim, Mohamed, Synenberg, Thomas, C.

To
enact section 1923.111 of the Revised Code
to
require eviction records to be sealed after three years.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 1923.111 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
1923.111.
(A)
All records of actions commenced under this chapter shall be
automatically sealed by the clerk of the court's office three years
after the final judgment entry in the case or, if any financial
judgment was awarded, three years after the date of final
satisfaction of the judgment.

(B)
Any records of actions eligible to be sealed under division (A) of
this section shall be automatically sealed by the clerk of the
court's office within ninety days after the effective date of this
section.