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Ohio Statutes, Title 55

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Title 55, Roads-Highways-Bridges

46 chapters · 1,507 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 551,507 Ch 5534, Memorial Highways336 Ch 5533, Memorial Highways276 Ch 5505, Highway Patrol Retirement System88 Ch 5502, Department of Public Safety77 Ch 5501, Department Of Transportation71 Ch 5555, County Road Improvement51 Ch 5553, County Roads - Establishment; Altera…38 Ch 5591, County Bridges35 Ch 5537, Ohio Turnpike And Infrastructure Com…33 Ch 5531, Federal Cooperation30 Ch 5525, Construction Contracts27 Ch 5589, Offenses Relating To Highways24 Ch 5577, Load Limits On Highways23 Ch 5543, Duties Of County Engineer21

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.04 Procedure for establishing, altering, or vacating road - petition
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(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, w hen the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it will be for the public convenience or welfare to locate, establish, alter, widen, straighten, vacate, or change the direction of a public road, it shall so declare by re…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.041 Procedure for establishing, altering, or vacating road - petition by director of transportation
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When in the construction or improvement of a state highway, in the opinion of the director of transportation, it is in the public interest to vacate or close a public highway or any portion thereof under the jurisdiction of the county commissioners, said director may petition the…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.042 Losing right to abandoned, unused township road
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electric cooperative" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Service facilities" includes any conduit, cable, wire, tower, pole, or other equipment or appliance of a public utility or electric cooperative. (B) A town…
Railroad or public utility company deemed to have permanent easement in vacated portion of road

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.043

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When any street, highway, or road, or a portion of any street, highway, or road, is vacated pursuant to any section of this chapter or Chapter 5571. of the Revised Code, and the relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, sewer lines, steam lines, pipelines, gas and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.044 Roads for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use

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In any proceeding on a petition or resolution to vacate a road which begins on a public road and ends on a public road, the board of county commissioners may determine the suitability of the road for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use. Such uses include, but are not l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.045 Petition by township trustees to vacate township road - title to pass to abutting landowners

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(A) As used in this section, "road" means a road, or portion of a road, which is not used to calculate distributions of the auto registration distribution fund under division (E) of section 4501.04 of the Revised Code and, thus, is not a road or portion of a road certified by the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.05 Hearing on petition for vacation of road

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(A) In the resolution required by section 5553.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date when it will view the proposed improvement, and also a date for a final hearing thereon. The board shall give notice of the time and place for both such view …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.051 Fees to cover costs of notice

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The board of county commissioners may establish a fee to cover the actual costs the county incurs in providing published notice and mailed notice as required by section 5553.05 of the Revised Code. The board may require an initial deposit to be paid at the time a petition for vac…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.06 Plat and survey - report of county engineer

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If the board of county commissioners, after viewing the proposed improvement, considers such improvement of sufficient public importance, it shall instruct the county engineer to make an accurate survey and plat of such improvement and furnish an accurate and detailed description…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.07 Report of engineer read at final hearing - testimony - resolution to proceed

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The board of county commissioners shall at the date of the final hearing on the proposed improvement read the report of the county engineer, and it shall hear any testimony bearing upon the necessity of the improvement for the public convenience or welfare and offered either for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.08 Determination to proceed with improvement after modification of plan

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The board of county commissioners, acting in accordance with sections 5553.04 to 5553.07, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may determine to proceed with the proposed improvement with such modifications and changes in the route and termini as in its judgment the public convenience …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.09 Payment of compensation and damages

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If the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the proposed improvement is of sufficient importance to the public to cause the compensation and damages on account thereof to be paid to the persons entitled thereto out of the county treasury, it may so order If the bo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.10 Record of proceedings - board shall make improvement and furnish map - unopened road shall be vacated

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When, on the final hearing on the proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners finds in favor of such improvement, and determines to proceed therewith, it shall cause a record of the proceedings, including the survey, plat, and accurate and detailed description of such…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.11 Proceedings after improvement ordered

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If the proceeding is for an improvement other than the vacation of a road and the board of county commissioners, at its final hearing on the proposed improvement, orders the improvement established, it shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.13 Improvement on county line

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When the proposed improvement is along or upon a county line or crosses such county line or extends as a continuous road from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties, the boards of county commissioners of the counties interested shall sit as a joint board.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.14 View and hearing by joint board - resolution

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If the joint board of county commissioners is of the opinion that it is for the public convenience or welfare to make the proposed improvement, it shall declare the necessity therefor by resolution at the meeting provided for in section 5553.13 of the Revised Code. Such resolutio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.15 Record of proceedings of joint board - copies sent to other counties

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The board of county commissioners of the county having the greatest population of any of the interested counties participating in the proposed improvement shall keep a full and accurate record of the proceedings. At the conclusion of the proceedings, it shall certify a copy there…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.16 Cost of joint improvement divided among interested counties

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The compensation and damages awarded in case of a joint improvement, together with the expenses thereof, shall be divided among the counties interested, as the joint board of county commissioners agrees and determines. In case of failure to agree on the proportion which each coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.18 Determining true line of road - petition

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When the place of beginning the true course or boundaries of a road is uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, the board of county commissioners of the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.19 Notice of hearing upon report of county engineer - objections

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The county engineer shall view and survey the road as provided in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code, and shall make a return of the survey and plat of the road to the board of county commissioners. Upon the filing of the report of the engineer, the board shall give notice of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.20 Civil action to establish true line of road

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When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and have the boundaries of such road judi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.21 Establishing true line of road by agreement

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Whenever the place of beginning, true course, or boundaries of a road are uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, and the adjacent landowners are able to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.22 Determining boundaries of road located in two or more counties - joint meeting

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When any road, the true course of which it is sought to fix, establish, and determine, is located in two or more counties, the petition provided for in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the board of county commissioners of either county interested. The board…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.23 Petition by landowner to relocate road or trail - vacation of unimproved public roads

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If a person through whose land a public road has been established, which is under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.24 Survey and report of county engineer on desired change in road

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Upon the receipt of the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall order the county engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed and to make a report in writing, together with a pl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.25 Hearing upon petition to change road - finding of board

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At the hearing had upon the petition provided for in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may hear evidence for or against changing the road, and if it is satisfied that the proposed change will not cause serious injury or disadvantage to the pub…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.26 Petitioner shall pay cost of changing road - bond

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Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it under section 5553.25 of the Revised Code, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of county commissioners shall declare such new road a public highway and caus…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.27 Procedure to change road located in two or more counties - proceedings by joint board

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If the road which a landowner proposes to turn or change as provided in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code is located in two or more counties, he may file his petition with the board of county commissioners of either county. Such board shall within ten days thereafter cause a co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.28 Majority vote of joint board required

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In all hearings before a joint board of county commissioners under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a majority vote of the board of each county shall be necessary to establish any improvement.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.29 Adjournment of hearing - proceedings of joint board certified to other counties

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The board of county commissioners or the joint board of county commissioners may adjourn any hearings under sections 5553.01 to 5553.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, as the necessities of the case require. Such adjournment shall be taken to a day certain to be fixed by the boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.30 Appeal from order dismissing or refusing to grant petition for improvement

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Any petitioner may appeal from the order of the board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners, dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition for an improvement. Any person interested may appeal from an order granting such improvement. Such app…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.31 Dedication of land for road purposes - proceedings

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Any person may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, dedicate lands for road purposes. A definite description of the lands to be dedicated with a plat of such lands thereto attached and signed by the party dedicating such lands, with the approval and acceptance…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.41 Petition to obtain road through lands of another

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Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to secure for the use of the public a road leading from any land owned by said person, firm, or corporation through the land of another person to a public highway may file a petition with the board of county commissioners describing the r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.42 Notice of filing petition to obtain road through lands of another - service

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The board of county commissioners shall give notice to the owners of lands through which the proposed road will pass of the filing of the petition provided for in section 5553.41 of the Revised Code and the date and place of the hearing thereon. Such notice shall be served on suc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.43 Establishing road - right of entry

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If the board of county commissioners finds the road petitioned for will serve the public convenience or welfare, it shall establish such road; or it may establish a road for the use of the public, with such changes or alterations in the route or course thereof as it deems necessa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.01 County road improvement definitions

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As used in this chapter: (A) "Cost" or "costs" includes compensation, damages, and expenses that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter and all items of cost described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code that are incident to an improvement covere…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.02 General powers of board of county commissioners relating to public roads

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The board of county commissioners may construct a public road by laying out and building a new road, or by improving, reconstructing, or repairing any existing public road or part of an existing public road by grading, paving, widening, altering, straightening, vacating, changing…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.021 Improving approaches to rural mail boxes

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The board of county commissioners may construct, improve, maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to rural mail boxes located on public highways.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.022 Improving roads where no special assessment levied

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(A) A board of county commissioners, by resolution adopted by a majority vote and acting without regard to or the necessity for a petition, may find that the public convenience and welfare require the improvement of any public road or roads, or parts of any public road or roads, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.03 Petition to board by fifty-one per cent of landowners

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When a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any public road or part thereof and signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be sp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.04 Landowners must be specially taxed to be counted as petitioners

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Lot or land owners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost and expenses of the improvement, petitioned for pursuant to section 5555.03 of the Revised Code, to be paid by the township, or by the county as a whole, shall not be considered as specially t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.05 Certain persons shall not be counted as petitioners

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In determining whether the required number of persons necessary to give the board of county commissioners jurisdiction of the improvement have signed the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code asking for such improvement, the following persons shall not be coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.06 Resolution by board - plans by county engineer

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The board of county commissioners may by resolution adopted by a unanimous vote find that the public convenience and welfare require the improving of any public road or part thereof by grading, draining, paving, straightening, or widening such road and constructing or reconstruct…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.07 Copies of surveys, plans, and estimates transmitted to board - notice, hearing

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The county engineer shall prepare and file with the board of county commissioners, by the time fixed therefor by the board, copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of costs, and specifications for the improvement and estimated assessments upon lands bene…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.08 Confirmation of estimated assessments - certification to county auditor

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A board of county commissioners may defer its consideration, adjustment, approval, and confirmation of the estimated assessments until all questions of compensation and damages have been determined and until the contract for the improvement has been let and the exact cost of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.09 Appropriation of land for improvements

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If the surveys, plans, profiles, and cross sections prepared by the county engineer pursuant to section 5555.07 of the Revised Code show that lands will be required for the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.13 Order after determination

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After the determination of claims for compensation for lands taken, if the board of county commissioners is still satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that the cost of such improvement will not be excessive in view of the pu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.21 Petition relating to improvement in more than one county

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When the proposed improvement is in two or more counties or along the county line between two or more counties in this state or extends from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties in this state, the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code may …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.22 Action by joint board on petition

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The boards of county commissioners shall meet as a joint board at the time and place designated by the board of the county where the original petition is filed pursuant to section 5555.21 of the Revised Code. The time so designated for the joint meeting shall be within thirty day…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5555.23 Improvement by joint board without petition

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The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, acting as a joint board, may, by a resolution passed by unanimous vote, order the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any road located in said counties, or extending from one of said counties into or …