Section 5321.20 | State Policy and Legislative Findings.
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly The general assembly finds and declares that maintenance of an adequate housing supply, including access to livable, clean, and well-maintained residential rental premises, in the state of Ohio is an urgent statewide priority and necessary to the well-being of Ohioans. In furtherance […]
Section 5321.13 | Terms Prohibited in Rental Agreement.
Effective: August 22, 1990 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 258 – 118th General Assembly (A) No provision of this chapter may be modified or waived by any oral or written agreement except as provided in division (F) of this section. (B) No warrant of attorney to confess judgment shall be recognized in any rental agreement or […]
Section 5321.131 | Display of Certain Flags.
Effective: March 21, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 131st General Assembly (A) No landlord shall include any restriction in a rental agreement against, or otherwise prohibit on a tenant’s rental property, any of the following: (1) The display of the flag of the United States or the national league of families POW/MIA flag […]
Section 5321.14 | Unconscionable Terms.
Effective: November 4, 1974 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 103 – 110th General Assembly (A) If the court as a matter of law finds a rental agreement, or any clause thereof, to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, it may refuse to enforce the rental agreement or it may enforce the remainder of […]
Section 5321.15 | Acts of Landlord Prohibited if Residential Property Involved.
Effective: November 4, 1974 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 103 – 110th General Assembly (A) No landlord of residential premises shall initiate any act, including termination of utilities or services, exclusion from the premises, or threat of any unlawful act, against a tenant, or a tenant whose right to possession has terminated, for the purpose of […]
Section 5321.16 | Procedures for Security Deposits.
Effective: November 4, 1974 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 103 – 110th General Assembly (A) Any security deposit in excess of fifty dollars or one month’s periodic rent, whichever is greater, shall bear interest on the excess at the rate of five per cent per annum if the tenant remains in possession of the premises for […]
Section 5321.17 | Termination of Tenancy.
Effective: August 22, 1990 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 258 – 118th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the landlord or the tenant may terminate or fail to renew a week-to-week tenancy by notice given the other at least seven days prior to the termination date specified in the notice. […]
Section 5321.18 | Written Rental Agreement for Residential Premises Provisions.
Effective: November 4, 1974 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 103 – 110th General Assembly (A) Every written rental agreement for residential premises shall contain the name and address of the owner and the name and address of the owner’s agent, if any. If the owner or the owner’s agent is a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, association, […]
Section 5321.19 | Effect of Chapter on Political Subdivisions.
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no political subdivision may enact, adopt, renew, maintain, enforce, or continue in existence any charter provision, ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure that is in conflict with this chapter, or that regulates […]
Section 5321.11 | Failure of Tenant to Fulfill Obligations – Remedies of Landlord.
Effective: August 22, 1990 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 258 – 118th General Assembly If the tenant fails to fulfill any obligation imposed upon him by section 5321.05 of the Revised Code that materially affects health and safety, other than the obligation described in division (A)(9) of that section, the landlord may deliver a written notice […]