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Title 3, Title 3. Counties

32 chapters · 1,167 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 31,167 Ch 307, Chapter 307 | Board of County Commis…229 Ch 303, Chapter 303 | County Zoning; Renewal…77 Ch 323, Chapter 323 | Collection of Taxes75 Ch 319, Chapter 319 | Auditor69 Ch 306, Chapter 306 | County Transit System;…65 Ch 321, Chapter 321 | Treasurer55 Ch 317, Chapter 317 | Recorder51 Ch 305, Chapter 305 | Board of County Commis…43 Ch 339, Chapter 339 | Hospitals40 Ch 311, Chapter 311 | Sheriff38 Ch 341, Chapter 341 | Jails38 Ch 315, Chapter 315 | Engineer35 Ch 313, Chapter 313 | Coroner33 Ch 325, Chapter 325 | Compensation33

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.32 Public hearing on county renewal project
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The board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on a county renewal project. Publication of the hearing shall be made on at least two successive days by the board at least fifteen days before the scheduled hearing date, using at least one of the following methods: (…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.33 Approving county renewal project for county renewal area
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Following the public hearing required by section 303.32 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may approve a county renewal project for the county renewal area if it finds that a feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the co…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.34 Modifying county renewal plan
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A county renewal plan may be modified at any time. If such a plan is modified after the lease or sale by the county of real property in the county renewal area, such modification may be conditioned upon such approval of the owner, lessee, or successor in interest as the board of …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.35 Plan or modification to be in full force and effect upon approval
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Upon the approval by the board of county commissioners of a county renewal plan or any modification thereof, such plan or modification shall be in full force and effect for the respective county renewal area and the board may then cause such plan or modification to be carried out…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.36 Redeveloping or rehabilitating disaster areas

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Where the board of county commissioners certifies that an area in the county, but outside the corporate limits of any city or other incorporated municipality, is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catast…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.37 Board of county commissioners - powers and duties

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Every board of county commissioners shall have all the powers, and the right to exercise such powers, necessary or convenient to carry out sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, including the following powers granted in addition to those specifically authorize…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.38 Acquiring real property by right of eminent domain

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Every board of county commissioners may acquire by eminent domain any interest in real property, whether owned privately or publicly, including a fee simple title thereto, which it determines necessary for or in connection with a county renewal project within the county, and this…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.39 Disposing of real property

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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of sections 303.07 to 303.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a county which acquires any real property, or any interest therein, in a county renewal area for or in connection with a county renewal project thereof for such area may dispose of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.40 Cost of street maintenance within a county renewal area

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Costs of maintaining, repairing, constructing, relocating, paving, and repairing of public streets, alleys, curbs, and gutters within a county renewal area may be paid out of moneys distributed to counties under sections 5735.27 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.41 Special assessments

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A board of county commissioners may levy assessments against specially benefited lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas for any purpose within or without such area or areas for which special assessments may be levied by a county. In the exercise of such power to levy…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.42 Method of making a special assessment

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In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, on county-owned, or other, lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the board of county…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.43 Waiving right to collect assessments

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In the event a board of county commissioners instituted assessment proceedings affecting lots or lands within a county renewal area, and then or thereafter eminent domain proceedings arising under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are pending or contempla…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.44 Paying assessments on county owned lands

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In the event of the levy of special assessments against lots or lands within a county renewal area which lots or lands are or become county-owned, the board of county commissioners may authorize the amount of the assessments thereon, or the amounts of the respective unpaid instal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.45 Funds for planning or county renewal project functions

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In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board, in order to provide funds for or in connection with its planning or county renewal project functions, under sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, or for the exercise …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.46 Bonds for county renewal project

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In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to time to finance its undertaking and carrying out of any county renewal project of such county, including, without limiting the generality thereof, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.47 Validity of signatures of public officials

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In case any of the public officials whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.48 Validity or enforcement of bond

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In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of any bond issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the count…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.49 Bond interest and income exempted from taxes

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Bonds issued under any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempted from all taxes.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.50 Bonds are lawful investments

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All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.51 Property exempt from levy and sale by virtue of execution

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All property of a county, including funds owned or held by it for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.52 Property exempt from taxation

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The property of a county, acquired or held for the purposes of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the county, any muni…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.53 Transfer of property to county

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Any public body, for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a county renewal project located within an area in which such public body is authorized to act, may, upon such terms, with or without consideration as it may determine: dedicate, sell, con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.54 Presumption of compliance

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Any instrument executed by a county respecting a county renewal project thereof and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in complian…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.55 Establishing and maintaining records and funds

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Any board of county commissioners, in carrying out its operations and activities under sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, with respect to any county renewal project or projects, may set up, establish, and maintain, for and on behalf of the county or any af…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.56 Rules and regulations

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Any county availing itself of any of the provisions of sections 303.26 to 303.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in order to fully effectuate the purposes and objectives of said sections in respect of any planning or project activities thereunder by such county, may, by its boar…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.57 County wind and solar generation restriction definitions

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As used in this section and sections 303.58 to 303.62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Economically significant wind farm" has the same meaning as in section 4906.13 of the Revised Code. (B) "Large wind farm" and "large solar facility" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.58 Restricted area resolution by county commissioners

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(A) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution designating all or part of the unincorporated area of a county as a restricted area, prohibiting the construction of any or all of the following: (1) An economically significant wind farm; (2) A large wind farm; (3) A l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.59 Restricted area resolution effective date; referendum

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A resolution designating a restricted area prohibiting the construction of utility facilities, if adopted by the board of county commissioners, becomes effective thirty days after the date of its adoption, unless, within thirty days after the adoption, there is presented to the b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.60 Power siting board certificate or amendment prohibited in restricted area

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If a resolution described in this section is adopted and becomes effective under sections 303.58 and 303.59 of the Revised Code, no person shall file, and the power siting board shall not accept, an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.61 Public meeting before power siting board application for certificate or amendment

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(A) At least ninety days, but not more than three hundred days, prior to applying for a certificate from the power siting board, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, to be located in whole or in part in the unincorporated area of a county, t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.62 County commissioner prohibition or limitation resolution after public meeting

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(A) Not later than ninety days after the public meeting described in section 303.61 of the Revised Code regarding an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.65 Claim preclusion and zoning appeals

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A final judgment on the merits issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to its power of review under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code, on claims brought under this chapter, does not preclude later claims for damages, including claims brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983, eve…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 303.99 Penalty

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Whoever violates sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 304.01 Definitions

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As used in this chapter:(A) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 304.02 County office to adopt security procedure prior to use

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Prior to the use of electronic records and electronic signatures by a county office under Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code, and except as otherwise provided in section 955.023 of the Revised Code, a county office shall adopt, in writing, a security procedure for the purpose of v…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 304.03 Authorized electronic filing to have same effect as paper filing

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(A) Whenever any rule or law requires or authorizes the filing of any information, notice, lien, or other document or record with any county office, a filing made by an electronic record shall have the same force and effect as a filing made on paper in all cases where the county …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 304.04 Use not required

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Nothing in this chapter or Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code requires or shall be construed to require any county office to use or permit the use of electronic records and electronic signatures.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.01 Board of county commissioners - election, term

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The board of county commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall be elected as follows:(A) In November, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, one county commissioner shall be elected to take office on the first day of January following.(B) In November, 1972, and quadrenni…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.02 Vacancy in county offices filled by election or appointment

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(A) If a vacancy in the office of county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner occurs more than forty days before the next general election for state and coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.021 County engineer vacancy

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(A) When there is a vacancy in the county engineer's office as a result of death or resignation and the vacancy cannot be filled by election or appointment as provided in section 305.02 of the Revised Code, or if no one runs for the office of county engineer and, for that reason,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.03 Absence of certain county officers; office deemed vacant

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(A) Whenever any county officer fails to perform the duties of office for thirty consecutive days, except in case of sickness or injury as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the office shall be deemed vacant. Performing the duties of office includes a county offic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.04 Bond of county commissioners - oath of office

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Before entering upon the discharge of official duties, each county commissioner, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the county commissioner's opt…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.05 Organization; election of president

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The board of county commissioners shall organize not later than the second Monday of January of each year, by the election of one of its members as president for a term of one year. The member so elected shall preside at all regular and special sessions of the board. If the posit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.06 Regular sessions

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(A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions shall be conducted at a specific time f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.07 Special sessions

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(A) Special sessions of the board of county commissioners may be held as often as the commissioners deem it necessary. At a regular or special session, the board may make any necessary order or contract in relation to the building, furnishing, repairing, or insuring of public bui…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.08 Quorum

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A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.09 Proceedings of board of county commissioners

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All the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of the Revised Code, and, as far as possible,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.10 Written or electronic record and index of proceedings

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall keep a full written record of the proceedings of the board, and a written general index of those proceedings, entering each motion with the name of the person ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.11 Signing of record

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Immediately upon the opening of each day's session of the board of county commissioners, the records of the proceedings of the session of the previous day shall be read, or provided to each commissioner in written form, by the clerk of the board and, if correct, approved and sign…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 305.12 Liability of commissioners

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The board of county commissioners may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in any court. It may bring, maintain, and defend suits involving an injury to any public, state, or county road, bridge, ditch, drain, or watercourse in the county with respect to which the county …