Ohio Coat of Arms
Legislative Code for the Ohio Coat of Arms
5.04 State coat of arms.
Ohio Coat of Arms
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:
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.
Effective Date: 11-20-1996
Source: LA Writer Ohio Laws and Rules
Citation styles
- APA style
- Ohio Coat of Arms. (2010, July 3). In State Reports by ClassBrain. Retrieved 17:22, May 18, 2012, from http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/
- MLA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, “Ohio Coat of Arms.” State Reports by ClassBrain. 3 July 2010, 08:11 UTC. . 18 May 2012 <http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/>.
- MHRA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, 'Ohio Coat of Arms', State Reports by ClassBrain, 3 July 2010, 08:11 UTC, <http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/> [accessed 18 May 2012]
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, “Ohio Coat of Arms.” State Reports by ClassBrain, http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/ [accessed May 18, 2012].
- CBE/CSE style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, Ohio Coat of Arms [Internet]. State Reports by ClassBrain; 2010 July 3, 08:11 UTC [cited 2012 May 18]. Available from: http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/.
- Bluebook style
- Ohio Coat of Arms, http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/ (last visited May. 18, 2012).
- AMA style
- Cynthia Kirkeby, Ohio Coat of Arms. State Reports by ClassBrain. July 3, 2010, 08:11 UTC. Available at: http://www.statereports.us/2010/07/ohio-coat-arms/. Accessed May 18, 2012.