When a special provision is made in a remedial law as to service, pleadings, competency of witnesses, or in any other respect inconsistent with the general provisions of sections of the Revised Code relating to procedure in the court of common pleas and procedure on appeal, the special provision shall govern, unless it appears that the provisions are cumulative.
Special provision shall govern unless it appears that provisions are cumulative
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1.12, under Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1.12