Request To Redact Address

The Request To Redact Address is the form a designated public service worker files with a public office to ask that the worker's address be redacted from records the office makes available to the public on the internet.

The form cites O.R.C. 149.45(D)(1) as its authority and points to O.R.C. 149.43(A)(7) for the definition of "designated public service worker." Under O.R.C. 149.45(D)(2), as the form quotes it, a public office that receives a request must act within five (5) business days: it either redacts the requested information or gives the individual a verbal or written explanation of why the redaction is not practicable.

The form has three working parts. First, you name yourself and the public office, and check the box showing the covered professional you are, or are the spouse, former spouse or child of. Second, for each known instance you identify the document title and description, the specific web address (URL) and the location of your address within the document; page 2 holds room for additional locations. Third, you sign and give your contact details.

The form applies to public offices other than a county auditor's office. It is a request to the office that holds the records, not to the Ohio Attorney General, who neither forwards nor reviews it. The form also warns that it is a public record and the information you provide may be released in response to a public records request.

The form is for a "designated public service worker," as defined at O.R.C. 149.43(A)(7), who wants a public office to redact their address from records the office makes available to the public on the internet. The form also lets a spouse, a former spouse or a child of a covered professional make the request.

The covered professionals printed on the form are: Asst. Prosecuting Attorney, Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Peace Officer, Bailiff, Firefighter, Probation Officer, BCI Investigator, Forensic Mental Health Provider, Protective Services Worker, Correctional Employee, Judge, Regional Psychiatric Hospital Employee, Board of Pharmacy Employee, Magistrate, County or Multicounty Corrections Officer, Prosecuting Attorney, Youth Services Employee, Designated Ohio National Guard Member, EMS Medical Director, Mental Health Evaluation Provider, Emergency Service Telecommunicator, EMT, Parole Officer, Community-Based Correctional Facility Employee, and Member of EMS Cooperating Physician Advisory Board.

Do not use this form for a request to a county auditor's office: it applies to public offices other than a county auditor's office. The Ohio Attorney General will not forward a request for you and is not required or permitted to review or approve it, so you complete the form yourself.

Send the Request To Redact Address when you want a public office to redact your address from a record it makes available on the internet; the form prints no due date. Once the office receives the request, it must act within five (5) business days, either by redacting the information or by giving you a verbal or written explanation of why the redaction is not practicable (O.R.C. 149.45(D)(2)).

Because the form asks you to identify each known instance, with the document title and description, the web address (URL) and where the address appears in the document, find those records before you start. If you find more records later, you can complete the form again for the additional locations.

Send the completed Request To Redact Address directly to the public office that maintains the records to be redacted; the form names no other channel.

• Recipient: the public office you named on the first line of the form. The form prints no mailing address, portal or fee, so use that office's own contact details.
• Not the Attorney General: the Ohio Attorney General will not forward requests for you and does not review or approve them.
• Not a county auditor's office: the form is for public offices other than a county auditor's office.
• Public office box: leave Date Request Received blank; it is marked for public office use.

After the office receives the request, it must redact the address or explain why it cannot within five (5) business days. Remember that the form is a public record, so the contact details you enter may be released in response to a public records request. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channel described above. The Summit County Fiscal Office publishes the form at https://fiscaloffice.summitoh.net/forms.