Ohio Secretary of State
Ohio Veteran-Owned Small Business Fee Waiver
Who's eligible
Ohio businesses 51%+ owned by honorably discharged veterans. Verify current program with SOS.
How to claim
File formation documents with Ohio SOS and provide DD-214 with veteran-owned business affidavit.
Editor's take
Nobody, until this is confirmed. Listed only so Ohio veterans know the claim circulating online is unverified.
You are counting on this to reduce your formation cost. Budget the full filing fee.
Third-party roundups repeatedly list Ohio among states with veteran LLC fee waivers, but none cite a statute or an Ohio SOS page. That pattern usually means the benefit expired or never existed. Call the Ohio SOS Business Services Division at (614) 466-3910 before relying on it.
Three consecutive verification passes have failed to substantiate this benefit on any official Ohio source. Retained with an explicit unverified flag rather than deleted, so the next research pass does not rediscover the same third-party claim and treat it as new. If a fourth pass fails, drop the entry.