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Section 707.01 | Incorporation of Villages.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly Villages may be incorporated in the manner provided in sections 707.01 to 707.28 of the Revised Code. Application for incorporation of a village shall be made by petition addressed to the board of county commissioners. No territory within the boundaries of a […]

Section 707.02 | Petition for Incorporation as Village.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly The petition required by section 707.01 of the Revised Code shall be signed by fifty-one per cent of the electors within the territory proposed to be incorporated, as determined by the total number of votes cast within that territory for the office […]

Section 707.03 | Petition Presented to County Commissioners.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly The petition required by section 707.02 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the board, after which the board shall make it available for inspection of any interested person. Upon presentation of […]

Section 707.05 | Fixing Time and Place for Hearing Petition – Notice.

Effective: October 7, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 42 – 112th General Assembly The board shall fix, and communicate to the agent of the petitioners, the time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than forty nor more than ninety days after the petition is presented to the board pursuant […]

Section 707.06 | Hearing – Amendments.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly The hearing provided for in section 707.05 of the Revised Code shall be public. Any person interested may appear, in person or by attorney, and contest the granting of the prayer of the petition provided for by section 707.02 of the Revised […]

Section 707.07 | Order of Incorporation.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly After the hearing on a petition to incorporate, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order on its journal allowing the incorporation if it finds that: (A) The petition contains all the matters required in section 707.02 of the Revised Code […]

Section 707.08 | Recording of Journal Entry.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners grants the petition for incorporation as a village or if the board of elections certifies to the board of county commissioners the results of a favorable election for incorporation as a city pursuant to section 707.30 […]

Section 707.09 | Record.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder shall file the transcript or other papers provided by section 707.08 of the Revised Code in the county recorder’s office, and at the expiration of sixty days thereafter, unless enjoined as provided in section 707.11 of the Revised Code, […]

Section 707.11 | Injunction Against Recorder.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly Within sixty days from the filing of the papers relating to the incorporation of a village by the board of county commissioners with the county recorder as provided by sections 707.08 and 707.09 of the Revised Code, any person interested may make […]

Section 707.12 | Procedure in Injunction Cases.

Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 107th General Assembly When a petition is filed under section 707.11 of the Revised Code, the person filing it shall give notice by delivering a copy of the petition to the county recorder and the agent of the petitioners for the municipal corporation. On receiving […]

Section 707.13 | Filing, Docketing, and Hearing of Petition.

Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 107th General Assembly The court of common pleas shall hear the petition not less than twenty days from the filing thereof and at such hearing the court may hear evidence upon the matters averred in the petition. If the court finds no error in the […]

Section 707.14 | Proceedings if Error Is Found.

Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 107th General Assembly If the court finds error in the proceedings before the board of county commissioners or that the board’s decision was unreasonable or unlawful, the court shall make an order enjoining the county recorder from making the record and filing a copy of […]

Section 707.21 | Election of Officers – Special Election.

Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly The first election of officers for a municipal corporation organized under Chapter 707. of the Revised Code shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal election if one occurs not less than one hundred five nor more than one […]

Section 707.22 | Territory Embracing Parts of More Than One County.

Effective: March 2, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 228 – 119th General Assembly When electors residing in two or more counties desire the organization of such territory into a municipal corporation, the petition shall be made to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the largest number of qualified voters of the […]

Section 707.23 | Jurisdiction of Officers.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the jurisdiction of municipal officers is coextensive with the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, their jurisdiction in a municipal corporation embracing territory of more than one county shall be coextensive with each of the counties in which any […]

Section 707.24 | Fees.

Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 107th General Assembly Each municipal officer shall receive for the services required of him under sections 707.01 to 707.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the same fees he would be entitled to for similar services in other cases. Unless such fees are paid in advance […]

Section 707.25 | Proceedings to Change Name.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When it is desirable to change the name of a municipal corporation a petition for the purpose, subscribed by at least twelve freeholders of the municipal corporation, setting forth the reasons such change is desirable, shall be filed in the court of […]

Section 707.26 | Power of Court – Saving Rights.

Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 107th General Assembly The court of common pleas may order a change in the name of a municipal corporation as provided by section 707.25 of the Revised Code, upon being satisfied, by proof, of the following: (A) The prayer of the petitioners is just and […]

Section 707.27 | Effect of Error.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No error, irregularity, or defect in any proceeding for the creation of a municipal corporation shall render it invalid if the territory sought to be incorporated has been recognized as such municipal corporation, and if any tax levied upon it as such […]