City Council

Initial Registration Statement

A lobbyist must:

• Register with the Clerk of Council within ten business days of a client’s engagement of the lobbyist.
• Separately register each engagement with a different client.
• Update each registration by the last business day of January and July of each year.
• Report the termination of any engagement within 28 business days of the termination.
• Inquire of their client and report all financial transactions when the update or termination report is submitted.

Please read these instructions and review Chapter 112 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code prior to registering or updating your registration.

There is a $45 fee for registering each engagement. Each engagement expires automatically at the end of each Council session and must be renewed, and the fee paid at the beginning of the next session of Council if the engagement is continuing. There is no fee for updating registrations, reporting financial transactions, or reporting the termination of an engagement. At this time, you may pay the fee only by check or money order made payable to "City of Cincinnati Treasurer" and mailed to the following address:

Clerk of Council
801 Plum St., Room 308
Cincinnati, OH 45202

ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE. Other related prohibitions and penalties are contained in Section 112-99 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.

Initial Registration Statement

Registration Update/Termination/Financial Transactions Statement

Upon termination of this engagement, there is an affirmative duty to notify the Clerk of Council within twenty-eight (28) days.

Registration Update/Termination/Financial Transactions Statement