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Title 7, Title 7. Municipal Corporations

36 chapters · 1,301 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 71,301 Ch 742, Chapter 742 | Police And Fire Pensio…132 Ch 733, Chapter 733 | Officers87 Ch 715, Chapter 715 | General Powers84 Ch 705, Chapter 705 | Plans Of Government68 Ch 718, Chapter 718 | Municipal Income Taxes62 Ch 731, Chapter 731 | Organization62 Ch 709, Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment61 Ch 727, Chapter 727 | Assessments - Generally58 Ch 723, Chapter 723 | Streets; Public Grounds53 Ch 759, Chapter 759 | Cemeteries50 Ch 737, Chapter 737 | Public Safety49 Ch 711, Chapter 711 | Plats48 Ch 743, Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; …47 Ch 703, Chapter 703 | Classification43

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.01 Power to levy and collect special assessments - methods
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Each municipal corporation shall have special power to levy and collect special assessments. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may assess upon the abutting, adjacent, and contiguous, or other specially benefited, lots or lands in the municipal corporation, any …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.011 Control, planting, care, and maintenance of shade trees
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For the purpose of controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way, and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees in and along the streets of a municipality, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may establish on…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.012 Constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing of ditches
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For the purpose of constructing, maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and enclosing ditches, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may establish one or more districts in the municipality designating the boundaries thereof, and may each year thereafter, by ordinance…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.013 Relocation of overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment
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A municipal corporation may contract with any corporation, company, partnership, association, or person maintaining overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipment on a street of the municipal corporation for the relocation of such overhead cables, wires, and appurtenant equipm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.02 Fixing value of lands not assessed for taxation

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In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the foot front on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.03 Limitation on special assessments

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall limit all special assessments levied under sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to the special benefits conferred upon the property assessed. In no case shall there be levied, under sections 727.01 t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.031 Exemption from special assessments - nonprofit arts institutions

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Nonprofit arts institution" has the same meaning as in division (G) of section 5709.121 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying real property" means any real property that is located in a county having a population greater than five hundred thousand…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.04 Assessments for repaving of streets

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When a special assessment is levied under sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the reimproving of any street within the municipal corporation by paving, for the original paving of which a special as…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.05 Portion of improvement cost to be paid by municipal corporation

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The municipal corporation shall pay such part of the total cost of improvements for which special assessments are levied under sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the legislative authority thereof deems just, which part shall not be less than one-fiftiet…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.06 Petition by 60% of owners of front footage for improvement

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When a petition subscribed by the owners of sixty per cent of the front footage of property abutting upon a street, alley, public road, place, boulevard, parkway, park entrance, easement, or other public improvement in a municipal corporation, or the owners of seventy-five per ce…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.07 Change in grade assessment

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When a street, alley, public highway, sidewalk, wharf, or landing within a municipal corporation is graded, or pavements are constructed in conformity to grades established by the authorities of the municipal corporation, and the expense of such work is assessed on the lots or la…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.08 Determining total cost of public improvement

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The cost of any public improvement to be paid for directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by funds derived from special assessments may include but not be limited to: (A) The purchase price of real estate or any interest therein when acquired by purchase, or not more than fi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.09 Special assessment proceedings may include more than one improvement

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When it is determined by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and is recited in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, that the streets, alleys, easements, or other public places, or parts thereof, to be improved by construct…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.10 Describing lots and lands to be charged

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In all proceedings in which lots or lands are to be charged with special assessments to pay any part of the cost of a public improvement, such lots and lands bounding and abutting upon the improvement may be described as all the lots and lands bounding and abutting upon such impr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.11 Annual installment payment schedules

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Special assessments for any improvement under this chapter shall be payable in annual installments pursuant to one or more payment schedules authorized by the legislative authority in the resolution of necessity adopted pursuant to section 727.12 of the Revised Code. Except as ot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.12 Filing plans - resolution of necessity

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When it is deemed necessary by a municipal corporation to make a public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments levied under this chapter, plans, specifications, profiles of the proposed improvement showing the proposed grade of the street and improv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.13 Notice of passage of resolution of necessity and filing of estimated assessment

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(A) Notice of the passage of a resolution of necessity and the filing of the estimated assessment under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, shall, after the estimated assessment has been made and filed as provided by section 727.12 of the Revised Code, be served by the clerk of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.14 Publishing notice of certain special assessments

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(A) In lieu of the procedure provided in section 727.13 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority may provide for notice of the passage of a resolution of necessity providing for the lighting, sprinkling, sweeping, or cleaning of any street, alley, public road, or place, or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.15 Objection filed by owner

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The owner of any lot or parcel of land who objects to the amount or apportionment of, or the assessment against such lot or parcel as set forth in the estimated assessment filed under section 727.12 of the Revised Code, shall file such objection, in writing, with the clerk of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.16 Assessment equalization board

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In the event the owner of any lot or parcel of land to be assessed objects to the amount or apportionment of the estimated assessment or to the assessment against such lot or parcel, as provided in section 727.15 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipal cor…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.17 Powers and duties of board

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On the day appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for that purpose, the assessment equalization board appointed under section 727.16 of the Revised Code, shall meet and take an oath before a proper officer to honestly and impartially discharge its dut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.171 Special assessment for off-street parking facilities

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may declare, by resolution, the necessity of levying and collecting special assessments for the purpose of paying the principal and interest, or part thereof, of bonds previously issued to pay the cost and expense of acquiring,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.18 Filing damage claims

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An owner of a lot or parcel of land, claiming that he will sustain damages by reason of a proposed public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, shall, within two weeks from the date of completion of the notice required under section 727.13 of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.19 Claims for damages

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When claims for damages are filed under section 727.18 of the Revised Code and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code that the damages shall be assessed before commencing such improvement…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.20 Assessment of damages

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When claims for damages are filed in accordance with section 727.18 of the Revised Code and the legislative authority of the municipal corporation determines, in the ordinance adopted under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, that the damages shall be assessed after the completio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.21 Jury procedure

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The jury summoned under section 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code shall be sworn to inquire into and assess the actual damages in each case separately, under such rules and instructions as are given it by the court. When the jury cannot agree, it may be discharged, but the cou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.22 Jury costs

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If the jury summoned under section 727.19 or 727.20 of the Revised Code finds no damages, the costs of the inquiry shall be taxed against the claimant or claimants and collected on execution. In other cases the costs shall be paid by the municipal corporation.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.23 Ordinance for public improvement

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation which has adopted a resolution under section 727.12 of the Revised Code declaring the necessity for a public improvement shall, after the expiration of the time for filing claims for damages under section 727.18 of the Revised …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.24 Low bid exceeds estimates

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After the passage of an ordinance under section 727.23 of the Revised Code, to proceed with a public improvement, the improvement may be constructed by force account, or a contract for the construction of the improvement shall be let in the manner provided by law, provided that i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.25 Procedure for ordinance of assessment

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After the actual cost of a public improvement authorized under section 727.23 of the Revised Code has been ascertained, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall by ordinance assess, in the manner provided in the resolution of necessity adopted under section 72…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.251 Applying for deferment of payment

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Within fifteen days after adoption of an ordinance of assessment pursuant to section 727.25 of the Revised Code, an owner of property against which assessments are levied or are to be levied pursuant to this chapter may apply to the legislative authority of the municipal corporat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.26 Notice of passage of ordinance

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Upon the passage of an ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code levying a special assessment, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall publish notice of the passage of such ordinance once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corpora…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.27 Payment schedule

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Special assessments are payable by the time and in the manner stipulated in the assessing ordinance passed under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, except that any such assessment in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, or any unpaid balance of any such assessment which is…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.28 Interest rate on securities issued in anticipation of collection of special assessments

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(A) When securities are issued in anticipation of the collection of special assessments, the interest on the securities shall be treated as part of the cost of the improvement for which the special assessments are made. The unpaid special assessments anticipated by issuance of se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.29 Apportioning assessment between life tenant and owner

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When a special assessment is made on real estate subject to a life estate, the assessment shall be payable by the tenant for life, but upon application by the life tenant to a court of competent jurisdiction, by action against the owner of the estate in fee, such court may apport…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.30 Duties of officers in implementing special assessments

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When any special assessment is levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and securities of the municipal corporation are issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, the clerk of the legislative authority, on or before the second Monday in September of each year, shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.301 Collecting assessments by municipal treasurer

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When securities are issued in anticipation of the collection of a special assessment, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in the assessing ordinance, may provide that the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collect the special assessments in place of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.31 Proceedings to recover special assessment

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If the payment of a special assessment, which has not been certified to the county auditor for collection, is not made by the time stipulated in the ordinance providing therefor, the amount assessed, with interest, and a forfeiture of ten per cent thereon, may be recovered by sui…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.32 Court to determine amount of recovery

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If in any action for the recovery of a special assessment, it appears that by reason of any technical irregularity or defect, whether in the proceedings of the legislative authority or of any officer of the municipal corporation, or in the plans or estimates, the assessment has n…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.33 Collecting unpaid assessments

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When any special assessment, levied under section 727.25 of the Revised Code and in anticipation of which securities of the municipal corporation have not been issued, is unpaid, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may order the clerk of the legislative authori…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.331 Municipal treasurer to collect unpaid assessments

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The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, when securities are not issued in anticipation of the collection of a special assessment, may provide, in the assessing ordinance, that if a special assessment is unpaid, the treasurer of the municipal corporation shall collec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.332 Municipal treasurer to deliver statement showing amount collected to auditor

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The treasurer of a municipal corporation collecting special assessments pursuant to section 727.301 or 727.331 of the Revised Code, within five business days after the collection, shall prepare a written statement showing the amount collected and deliver the statement to the coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.34 Lien of assessment or installment

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The lien of an assessment or any installment thereof shall continue for two years from date of passage of the ordinance under section 727.25 of the Revised Code, and no longer, unless the municipal corporation, before the expiration of such time, causes it to be certified to the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.35 Statute of limitations for action for recovery

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If an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced within due time, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits and the time limited for the action has expired, a new action may be commence…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.36 Adding collection costs to assessment

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In placing any assessment on the tax list, the county auditor shall add to each assessment such per cent as he deems necessary to defray the expense of collecting it.If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation provides that the treasurer of the municipal corporation s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.37 Court of common pleas jurisdiction

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The court of common pleas shall have the jurisdiction authorized by sections 727.01 to 727.49, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the collection of any charge or debt or the enforcement of any lien, notwithstanding the amount involved is less than that to which the jurisdiction …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.38 Additional assessment to supply deficiency

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If an assessment proves insufficient to pay the cost of a public improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may levy an additional assessment to supply the deficiency. Such additional assessment shall be levied against the same properties as were assessed f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.39 Reassessment order

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When it appears to the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that a special assessment is invalid by reason of informality or irregularity in the proceedings, or when an assessment is adjudged to be illegal by a court of competent jurisdiction, the legislative authorit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.40 Rules of construction

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Proceedings with respect to public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments shall be liberally construed by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and by the courts in order to secure a speedy completion of the work at reasonable cost,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 727.41 Cooperative agreements for street improvements

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Whenever the boundary line between two municipal corporations is located within or along the side lines of a street, avenue, or other public highway, such municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the improvement of such street, avenue, or other public highway in suc…