Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Applicable county recorder” means the county recorder of a county in which a partition fence is, was, or is not required to be constructed and maintained in good repair. (B) “Build a fence,” “construct a fence,” […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fields and enclosures in which livestock are kept or placed and that are bordered by a division line between the adjoining properties of different owners shall be enclosed by a preferred partition fence. […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) The enclosure of lots in municipal corporations; (B) The enclosure of adjoining properties that are laid out into lots outside of municipal corporations; (C) Fences that are required to be constructed […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly Nothing in this chapter prevents the owners of adjoining properties from entering into a written agreement that states that no fence is needed between the properties, a fence other than a preferred partition fence may be built and maintained pursuant to division […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) If there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties of two owners, one of the owners, or both, may file an affidavit with the applicable county recorder to be placed in the partition fence record established […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) If a partition fence exists between adjoining properties, the owners of the adjoining properties shall maintain the fence in good repair in equitable shares. If the owners decide to build a new fence, they shall do so in equitable shares in […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) If a partition fence does not exist between adjoining properties, there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, an affidavit has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.05 or 971.06 of the Revised […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) If an owner chooses to build a partition fence and the owner of adjoining property does not share in the construction of the fence, the owner building the fence, or a contractor hired by the owner, may enter on the adjoining […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A)(1) When an owner neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence, or the portion thereof that the owner is required to build or maintain, the aggrieved owner may do either of the following: (a) File an action in […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly The cost due the township fiscal officer and the board of township trustees for making the assignment set forth in section 971.09 of the Revised Code shall be taxed equally against each of the persons and, if not paid to the fiscal […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly The county auditor shall place the amount authorized in section 971.10 of the Revised Code upon the duplicate to be collected as other taxes, and the county treasurer shall pay it, when collected, to the township fiscal officer as other funds are […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323, Senate Bill 268 – 127th General Assembly (A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section 971.09 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, upon the application of the […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly When the work provided for under section 971.12 of the Revised Code is completed to the satisfaction of the board of township trustees, it shall certify the costs to the township fiscal officer. If the costs are not paid within thirty days, […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly The county auditor shall place the amounts certified, as provided in section 971.13 of the Revised Code, upon the tax duplicate, which amounts shall become a lien and be collected as other taxes. The board of township trustees shall certify the amount […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair partition […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) An owner may file an action in a court of common pleas of the county in which the owner resides if the owner of adjoining property neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence or the portion of […]
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly (A) Not fewer than twenty-eight days prior to removing a partition fence, an owner shall notify the owner of adjoining property in writing that the owner intends to remove the partition fence. The notice may be delivered personally or by certified mail, […]
Effective: September 23, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 22 – 129th General Assembly An owner of livestock who negligently permits the livestock to run at large out of the livestock’s enclosure is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the livestock on the premises of another.
Effective: September 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 323 – 127th General Assembly An owner of land, adjacent to a partition fence, shall keep all brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds cut in the fence corners and a strip four feet wide on the owner’s side along the line of a partition fence, but […]
