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Title 9, Title 9. Agriculture-Animals-Fences

42 chapters · 929 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 9929 Ch 905, Chapter 905 | Agricultural Additives…57 Ch 901, Chapter 901 | Department Of Agriculture54 Ch 955, Chapter 955 | Dogs43 Ch 926, Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity…42 Ch 940, Chapter 940 | Soil And Water Conserv…42 Ch 924, Chapter 924 | Agricultural Commodity…41 Ch 925, Chapter 925 | Marketing37 Ch 907, Chapter 907 | Agricultural Seed34 Ch 941, Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases34 Ch 927, Chapter 927 | Nursery Stock; Plant Pests30 Ch 918, Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection29 Ch 921, Chapter 921 | Pesticides29 Ch 935, Chapter 935 | Possession Of Wild Ani…29 Ch 943, Chapter 943 | Livestock Dealers29

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.01 Office equipment and supplies - expense
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The department of agriculture shall provide necessary office furniture, stationery, books, periodicals, maps, instruments, and other necessary supplies. The necessary expense shall be audited and paid as other expenses are audited and paid.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.02 Record of investigation - distribution of bulletins
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The department of agriculture shall keep a record of its acts and investigations. The department may publish and distribute bulletins on matters of general interest relating to the work of the department.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.03 Rules and regulations
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The department of agriculture shall adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, inspections, and hearings.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.04 Grants, gifts or bequests credited to agro Ohio fund
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(A) The department of agriculture may solicit or accept from any public or private source and shall deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the agro Ohio fund any grant, gift, devise, or bequest of money made to or for the use of the department in fulfilling its statutory …

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.041 Sustainable agriculture program fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the sustainable agriculture program fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to it, including, without limitation, federal money. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to support programs and activities that ad…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.05 Conferences with other states

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The director of agriculture or authorized representatives may confer and meet with the officers of other states and of the United States on any matter pertaining to their official duties.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.051 Cooperative or contractual arrangements with public bodies

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The director of agriculture may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with the United States or any agency or department thereof, other states, other departments and subdivisions of this state, any other person or body politic, and by mutual agreement, may utilize th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.08 Appointment of chiefs of divisions

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The director of agriculture shall appoint a chief of the division of administration, a chief of the division of animal health, a chief of the division of livestock environmental permitting, a chief of the division of soil and water conservation, a chief of the division of dairy, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.09 Seasonal produce graders and gypsy mothtrap tenders

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(A) The director of agriculture may employ and establish a compensation rate for seasonal produce graders and seasonal gypsy mothtrap tenders, who shall be in the unclassified civil service. (B) In lieu of employing seasonal gypsy moth tenders as provided in division (A) of this …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.10 Division of weights and measures - state sealer - duties

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(A) There is hereby created in the department of agriculture a division of weights and measures. The director of agriculture shall be the state sealer of weights and measures. The director shall appoint a deputy state sealer as prescribed by section 901.08 of the Revised Code. Su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.16 Inspection of gas meters and meter provers

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The state sealer shall have charge of all the apparatus and property, belonging to the state, intended for the inspection of illuminating gas and gas meters, and the testing of the registration of meter provers; he shall test the registration of all meter provers that are present…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.17 Division of markets - inspection fund

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The division of markets may do all of the following:(A) Investigate the cost of production and marketing in all its phases;(B) Gather and disseminate information concerning supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of food prod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.171 Promotion of use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods

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(A) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods, including natural spring water, through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the div…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.172 Ohio Proud Craft Beer and Spirits

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(A) As used in this section, "beer," "cider," and "spirituous liquor" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods grown for inclusion in both of the following: (1) Beer…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.18 Collection and dissemination of agricultural information

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The director of agriculture may collect and disseminate such information relative to agriculture, agricultural labor, waste, and uncultivated land, undeveloped resources, and decrease of rural population as he deems wise for the promotion of agricultural production.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.19 Promotion and protection of livestock interests

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The director of agriculture shall promote and protect the livestock interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases, and co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture in such work. He shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.20 Market development duties of director

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(A) The director of agriculture may do either or both of the following: (1) Reserve exhibition space for exhibitors to exhibit their goods in trade shows held in this country or in any other country. The director may charge and collect fees from any exhibitor who uses space reser…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.21 Acquisition of real property used predominantly in agriculture and agricultural easements

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(A) As used in this section and section 901.22 of the Revised Code:(1) "Agricultural easement" has the same meaning as in section 5301.67 of the Revised Code.(2) "Agriculture" means those activities occurring on land devoted exclusively to agricultural use, as defined in section …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.22 Matching grants for purchasing agricultural easements

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(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following:(1) Establish procedures and eligibility criteria for making matching grants to municipal corporations, counties, townships, soil and water conserv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.23 Farmland preservation advisory board

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(A) There is hereby created the farmland preservation advisory board consisting of twelve voting members appointed by the director of agriculture as follows:(1) One member who is a county commissioner or a representative of a statewide organization that represents county commissi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.24 Legal adviser - furnishing of supplies

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The attorney general is the legal adviser of the department of agriculture in all matters relating to its powers and duties. The department of administrative services shall furnish to the department such stationery as it requires for the proper discharge of its duties and all bla…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.25 Prosecutions

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Upon the request of the director of agriculture, the attorney general, or under his direction, the prosecuting attorney of any county, shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department of agriculture or the director is required to administe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.26 Power to conduct hearings

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The director of agriculture in conducting investigations, inquiries, or hearings, and every person appointed by him, may administer oaths, certify to official acts, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.261 Assessment of costs of action for noncompliance

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The director of agriculture, in conducting investigations, inquiries, or hearings, may assess the party to an action that is brought before the department of agriculture pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code the actual costs incurred by the department for depositions, inve…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.27 Investigations

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For the purpose of making any investigation with regard to any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership, subject to the laws which the department of agriculture is required to administer, the director of agriculture may appoint, by an order in writing, an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.28 Inspection of records

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The director of agriculture, or any person designated by the director, shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any company, firm, corporation, persons, association, or copartnership, subject to the sections of the Revised Code admi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.29 Production of records

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The director of agriculture may require, by order of subpoena, to be served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action at such time and place as he designates, the production of any books,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.30 Application for and receipt of rural rehabilitation trust assets

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The director of agriculture is hereby designated as the state official to make application to, and as the state agent to receive from, the secretary of agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant to the "Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.31 Agreements for use of assets

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The director of agriculture may enter into agreements with the secretary of agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f) of the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), referred to in section 901.30 of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.32 Ohio farm loan fund

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Funds and the proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the secretary of agriculture of the United States under section 901.31 of the Revised Code shall be paid to and received by the director of agriculture, and paid by the director into the stat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.33 Powers of director - delegation

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The director of agriculture may:(A) Collect, compromise, adjust, or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or under any mortgage, lease, contract, or agreement entered into or administered purs…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.34 The United States not liable

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The United States and the secretary of agriculture thereof are free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the director of agriculture of the state pursuant to sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.35 Administrative rules pertaining to mink

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For the purpose of all classification and administration of acts of the general assembly, executive orders, administrative orders, and regulations pertaining to mink, the following rules apply:(A) Mink raised in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes are deemed domestic …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.41 Livestock exhibition at Ohio expositions center definitions

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As used in this section and in section 901.42 of the Revised Code: (A) "Director" means the director of agriculture or the designee of the director of agriculture.(B) "Exhibition" means a display of animals that is open to the public.(C) "National exhibition" means an exhibition …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.42 Financial assistance for livestock species exhibitions at expositions center

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(A) The director of agriculture may provide financial assistance to a statewide, multi-state, or national nonprofit livestock association to defray not more than fifty per cent of the rental costs of the Ohio expositions center for purposes of conducting a livestock species exhib…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.43 Administrative rules for rendering laboratory services

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(A) As used in this section, "certificate of free sale" means a document issued by the director of agriculture that certifies to states and countries receiving the listed product that the product being exported is freely marketed without restriction in the United States. (B) The …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.44 Laboratory and administrative support fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the laboratory and administrative support fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.50 Regulation of invasive plant species

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(A) "Invasive plant species" means plant species that are not native to this state whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health as determined by scientific studies. "Invasive plant species" does not include cultivated plan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.51 Injuring vines, bushes, trees, or crops on land of another

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No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.In addition to the penalty provided in section 901.99 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.511 Prohibiting terrorism involving agricultural products or equipment

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural product" means any of the following items that is produced for testing or research in the context of a product development program in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility, a university, or any federal, state, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.52 Assurance of safety or assumption of responsibility not imputed

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(A) As used in this section, "tort action" has the same meaning as in section 2305.35 of the Revised Code.(B) In a tort action, in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct, no owner, lessee, renter, or operator of premises that are open to the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.53 Applicability of fire prevention and safety provisions

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(A) As used in this section, "agricultural structure" means any building or structure that is used in production, growing, harvesting, or housing for the purposes of agriculture. (B) With regard to fire prevention and safety, agriculture and agricultural structures are subject on…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.54 Office of farmland preservation

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There is hereby created the office of farmland preservation within the department of agriculture. The office shall do all of the following: (A) Prepare guidelines and criteria for use in the development of comprehensive local land use plans that encourage the efficient use of pub…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.61 Beginning farmer tax credit certifications

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural asset" means agricultural land, livestock, facilities, buildings, and machinery used for agricultural production in this state. (2) "Agricultural land" means land that is composed of tracts, lots, or parcels totaling not less than te…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.70 Livestock exhibition definitions

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As used in sections 901.70 to 901.76 of the Revised Code: (A) "Exhibition" means any of the following:(1) A show or sale of livestock at a fair or elsewhere that is sponsored by or under the control of a county or independent agricultural society organized under section 1711.01 o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.71 Advisory committee on livestock exhibitions

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(A) There is hereby created the advisory committee on livestock exhibitions consisting of not more than twenty-one members, as follows: (1) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee; (2) The state veterinarian, or the state veterinarian's designee; (3) A representat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.72 Administrative rules for livestock exhibitions

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(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, and to provide for related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock, and may adopt by reference rules ad…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.73 Investigations concerning livestock exhibitions

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(A)(1) The director of agriculture may inspect and investigate any matter involving livestock that is not present at an exhibition, but is registered or entered in an exhibition, or raised with the apparent intent of being so registered or entered, when the director reasonably su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.74 Disciplinary actions

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(A) Any person involved in any activity in connection with exhibiting livestock at an exhibition or with raising livestock with the apparent intent that the livestock eventually is to be entered in an exhibition is subject to disciplinary action by the department of agriculture f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 901.75 No exhibition after disqualification

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No person shall exhibit livestock owned or raised by another person if the person owning or raising the livestock has been disqualified by the director of agriculture under section 901.74 of the Revised Code or has been disqualified from exhibiting livestock by any court having j…