Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) As provided in this chapter, any judge of a county or municipal court or a court of common pleas, within the judge’s proper area of jurisdiction, may inquire about persons who make unlawful and forcible entry into lands or tenements and […]
Effective: June 13, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 265 – 134th General Assembly (A) Proceedings under this chapter may be had as follows: (1) Against tenants or manufactured home park residents holding over their terms; (2) Against tenants or manufactured home park residents in possession under an oral tenancy, who are in default in the […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly Judgments under this chapter are not a bar to a later action brought by either party.
Effective: October 18, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 56 – 127th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, a party desiring to commence an action under this chapter shall notify the adverse party to leave the premises, for the possession of which the action is about to be […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly The summons shall not issue in an action under this chapter until the plaintiff files his complaint in writing with the court. The complaint shall particularly describe the premises so entered upon and detained, and set forth either an unlawful and forcible […]
Effective: July 31, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 125th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding the time-for-service of a summons provision of division (A) of section 1923.06 of the Revised Code, if the complaint described in section 1923.05 of the Revised Code that is filed by a landlord in an action under this chapter states […]
Effective: October 18, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 56 – 127th General Assembly (A) Any summons in an action, including a claim for possession, pursuant to this chapter shall be issued, be in the form specified, and be served and returned as provided in this section. Such service shall be at least seven days before […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any defense in an action under this chapter may be asserted at trial. (B) In an action for possession of residential premises based upon nonpayment of the rent or in an action for rent when the tenant or manufactured home park […]
Effective: May 18, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 426 – 125th General Assembly (A) In an action under this chapter for possession of residential premises of a tenant or manufactured home park resident who is deployed on active duty or of any member of the tenant’s or resident’s immediate family, if the tenant or resident […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly If the defendant does not appear in action under this chapter and the summons was properly served, the court shall try the cause as though the defendant were present.
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly No continuance in an action under this chapter shall be granted for a period longer than eight days, unless the plaintiff applies for the continuance and the defendant consents to it, or unless the defendant applies for the continuance and gives a […]
Effective: October 18, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 56 – 127th General Assembly A trial in an action for forcible entry and detainer for residential premises, other than an action against a deceased resident of a manufactured home park, or for a storage space at a self-service storage facility, as defined in division (A) of […]
Effective: April 3, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 520 – 124th General Assembly (A) If an action under this chapter is not continued, the place of trial is not changed, and neither party demands a jury on the return day of the summons, a judge of the court shall try the cause. After hearing the […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly If a jury is demanded by either party in an action under this chapter, until the impaneling of the jury, the proceedings shall be in all respects as in other cases. The jury shall be sworn to try and determine whether the […]
Effective: March 17, 1987 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 116th General Assembly In actions under this chapter before a county court, a party demanding a jury shall first deposit money with the court sufficient to pay the jury fee.
Effective: April 3, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 520 – 124th General Assembly (A) The court shall enter the verdict rendered by a jury under section 1923.10 of the Revised Code upon the docket, and render judgment in the action as if the facts, authorizing the finding of the verdict, had been found by the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) If a resident or a resident’s estate has been evicted from a manufactured home park pursuant to a judgment entered under section 1923.09 or 1923.11 of the Revised Code and if the resident or estate has abandoned or otherwise left unoccupied […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) When a judgment of restitution is entered by a court in an action under this chapter, unless the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s agent or attorney proceeds under division (B) of this section, at the request of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, within ten days after receiving a writ of execution described in division (A) or (B) of section 1923.13 of the Revised Code, the sheriff, police officer, constable, or bailiff shall execute it by restoring […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly During any proceeding involving residential premises under this chapter, the court may order an appropriate governmental agency to inspect the residential premises. If the agency determines and the court finds conditions which constitute a violation of section 4781.38 or 5321.04 of the […]
