5745.10 Date of postmark deemed date of delivery or date of payment. - Ohio Statutes

5745.10 Date of postmark deemed date of delivery or date of payment.

Except as otherwise provided in section 5703.053 of the Revised Code, if any report, claim, statement, or other document required to be filed, or any payment required to be made, within a prescribed period or on or before a prescribed date under this chapter is, after such period or such date, delivered by United States mail to the agency, officer, or office with which such report, claim, statement, or other document is required to be filed, or to which such payment is required to be made, the date of the postmark stamped on the cover in which such report, claim, statement, or other document, or payment is mailed shall be deemed the date of delivery or the date of payment.

“The date of the postmark” means, in the event there is more than one date on the cover, the earliest date imprinted on the cover by the post office.

Effective Date: 01-01-2001