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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. § 5559.06 Copies of plans - notice of hearing
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Upon the completion of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for an improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code by the county engineer, the engineer shall transmit to the board of county commissioners copies of such surveys, plans, …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.08 Resolution to proceed with improvement
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If, after determination of all claims for compensation and damages on account of land or property taken for an improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners is still satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such imp…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.09 Assessing of costs
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The entire compensation, damages, and costs of the improvement, including the expense of engineering and inspection, shall be assessed against the real estate abutting upon an improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code according to the benefits accruing to such real es…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.10 Estimated assessment - notice - hearing

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As soon as all questions of compensation and damages have been determined in a road improvement case, the county engineer shall make, upon actual view, an estimated assessment upon the real estate to be charged therewith, of the compensation, damages, and costs of an improvement …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.11 Assessments - appeal

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All assessments, with interest accrued thereon, made under sections 5559.02 to 5559.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be placed by the county auditor upon a special duplicate, to be collected as other taxes, and the principal shall be payable in not more than twenty semia…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.12 Publication of notice for bids

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After the board of county commissioners has decided to proceed with an improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, it shall advertise for bids once, not later than two weeks prior to the date fixed for the letting of the contract, in a newspaper of general cir…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.13 Conditions of bond

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Before entering into a contract, the board of county commissioners shall require a bond indemnifying the county against the damages that may be suffered by failure to perform such contract according to the provisions thereof and in accordance with the specifications for an improv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.14 Payment on contract - estimates

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The payment of the cost of the construction of an improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code shall be made as the work progresses, upon estimates made by the county engineer. No payment on account of the contract for any improvement, shall, before the completi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.15 County engineer shall superintend - allowance for extra work

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The improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code shall be done under the general care and superintendence of the county engineer, and he shall see that the specifications are complied with by the contractor. Allowances for extra work, rendered necessary by unforeseen con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5559.16 Certain powers supplementary

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The powers conferred by sections 5559.02 to 5559.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be supplementary to those conferred by law upon boards of county commissioners, with respect to the improvement of public highways, and the authority of the board in such respect, under exi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.01 Road grade above or below railroad tracks

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Any county may raise or lower the grade of any state or intercounty highway above or below the tracks of railroads and parallel and adjacent interurban railways within the county, and require any railroad company operating a railroad in such county, and any interurban railway com…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.02 Change of location of state highways

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When the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, in the abolishment of grade crossings, to change the location of any state or intercounty highway in the county, such board may, with the approval of the director of transportation, relocate such highway or any part there…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.03 Hearing by director of transportation

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As a condition precedent to the exercise of jurisdiction under sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, by a board of county commissioners, such board shall transmit to the director of transportation a full written description of the grade crossing which it is…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.04 Public hearing as to expediency of constructing improvement

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The board of county commissioners, desiring to proceed under sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, shall, after receipt of the certificate of necessity and expediency from the director of transportation, as provided in section 5561.03 of the Revised Code, h…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.05 Hearing - finding - appeal

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Upon the filing the petition as provided by section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or county opposed to the prayer thereof, or directly interested therein, may, within sixty days file an answer to such petition and present other plans for …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.06 Apportionment of cost between county and railroad - right of action

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The cost of constructing a grade crossing improvement, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as required by the county and made ne…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.07 Notice of change of grade to abutting owners

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Before any work is done which may be required in the making of a proposed grade crossing improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, require notice of its intention to make such improvement, in accordance with the plans and specifications agreed upon or o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.08 Service of summons and publication

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Notice of the passage of a resolution for a grade crossing improvement shall be served by the sheriff of the county, upon the owner of each piece of property which will be affected by any change of grade, in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. If any …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.09 Payment

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The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement which such company shall pay.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.10 Height of crossing above grade

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Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5561.01 to 5561.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be of such height as not to be of less than twenty-one feet in the clear, from the top surface of the rails in the railroad t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.11 Appropriation of property

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The land or property required to make alterations in the road or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a road or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports necessitated by a proposed grade crossing improvement, and the land or property required to make any…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.12 Cost of repairs

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After the completion of construction work, grade crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses a railroad or interurban railway, by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne by the county or state, as may be provided …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.13 Townships and municipal corporations - bond issues - tax levies

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The board of township trustees and the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in which a proposed grade crossing improvement is to be made may assume and agree to pay to the county, on behalf of the municipal corporation such portion of the costs of the improvement as…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.14 Grade crossings of state and intercounty highways

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In case the tracks of any street or interurban railway company cross, on a state or intercounty highway, the right of way of any railroad company at a point where, under the plans and specifications as provided for in section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, it has been determined to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.15 Appeal from order of director

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From the finding and order of the director of transportation that a grade crossing improvement is reasonably necessary and expedient, the board of county commissioners or any railroad or interurban railway company may, upon the question of such necessity and expediency, take an a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5561.16 Cost to be borne by company - notification - cost

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Any person, firm, or corporation operating a railroad for the transportation of passengers, freight, or express, crossing at grade any street or road, shall construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, and repair that portion of the highway at such crossing and lying between the ou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.01 Execution of order to open road

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No order of the board of county commissioners for locating, establishing, altering, straightening, widening, or changing the direction of a public road, shall be executed until ten days have elapsed after the board has made its final order in the matter of compensation and damage…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.02 Appeal - notice - bond

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Any person, firm, or corporation interested therein, may appeal from the final order or judgment of the board of county commissioners, made in any road improvement proceeding and entered upon their journal, determining any of the following matters: (A) The order establishing the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.03 Board of county commissioners shall transmit papers to court

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Within ten days after the filing of an appeal bond or the making of the journal entry as provided by section 5563.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall transmit to the probate court or to the common pleas court the original papers in the road improvement…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.04 Hearing of preliminary questions and motions

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The probate judge or common pleas judge shall designate a day, not exceeding five days after the docketing of the cause as provided by section 5563.03 of the Revised Code for the hearing of all preliminary questions and motions on an appeal and the examination of the papers and p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.05 Trial by jury - selection of jurors

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If the probate judge or common pleas judge finds that an appeal in a road improvement case has been properly perfected, and that the proceedings are substantially regular, the judge shall fix a day, not more than twenty days after the finding, for the trial of the case by jury. T…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.06 Consolidation of cases

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If more than one party appeals, the probate court or common pleas court shall order the cases to be consolidated and tried together, but the rights of each person, firm, or corporation, as to compensation or damages, shall be separately determined by the jury in its verdict.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.08 Oath of jurors

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The probate court or common pleas court shall administer to the jurors in road improvement cases an oath that they will faithfully, impartially, and to the best of their ability, determine the particular matters appealed from, and render a true verdict, according to the evidence,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.09 Right to view premises before testimony is submitted

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On motion of either party, the jury, under the care of an officer of the court and with such persons as the court may designate to show them the premises, and before any testimony shall be submitted, except the plat and a survey of the improvement and the title papers of the clai…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.10 Verdict of jury - court to make finding

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At the conclusion of a trial under section 5563.05 of the Revised Code, the judge shall charge the jury and the jury shall determine in its verdict whether the improvement petitioned for or granted will be conducive to the public convenience and welfare, if an order establishing …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.11 Taxing costs

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The probate judge or the common pleas judge shall make a record of all proceedings before him, and tax the costs, which shall include jury fees, in favor of the prevailing party and against the losing party. If more than one matter is appealed from, and a party prevails as to one…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.12 Enforcement of judgment

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Any judgment rendered by the probate court or the common pleas court in favor of any party in a road improvement cause may be enforced by execution issued out of the court, on its own motion or at the instance of the persons entitled to said judgment or a part thereof, and the mo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.13 Transcript and papers certified to county auditor

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The probate judge or the common pleas judge shall make a record of all proceedings had in the court on appeal in a road improvement case, and after the termination of such proceedings, or at the conclusion of an appeal, if an appeal is prosecuted, shall certify the record to the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.16 Fees and compensation taxed as costs

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For their services required on appeal the officers and other persons mentioned in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be entitled to the fees and compensation to which they are entitled for like services in other cases. The persons appointed by the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5563.17 Procedure after judgment establishing improvement

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If an appeal is taken from the order of the board of county commissioners dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of a petition for a road improvement, and the jury finds in favor of such improvement, the court shall render judgment establishing such improvement, unless a new …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.01 Road improvements

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(A) A board of township trustees may construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve any public road or part thereof under its jurisdiction, or any county road, intercounty highway, or state highway within its township. In the case of a county road, the plans and specifications for…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.011 Relocating roads

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If a person through whose land a public road has been established which is under the jurisdiction of a board of township trustees, 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 such b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.02 Control and maintenance of township roads

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The board of township trustees shall have control of the township roads of its township and, except for those township roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, shall keep them in good repair. The board of township trustees, w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.03 Compensation of trustees

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When the board of township trustees determines to proceed in the method provided by division (A) or (B) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code, the trustee designated to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads and culverts within the township, or within a road district…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.04 Compensation of superintendent

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When the board of township trustees determines to proceed as provided in division (C) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code and appoints a highway superintendent, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall, before entering upon th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.05 Supervision of maintenance and repair of township roads

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In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees and any township highway superintendent appointed by it, shall be subject to the general supervision and direction of the county engineer. Such board of township trustees shall follow the direction of the engi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.06 Persons not to be counted either for or against the improvement

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In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement: (A) Resident landowners …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.07 Petition by landowners - duties of board of township trustees

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When a petition, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land owners or lot owners, residents of the county, who are to be specifically taxed or assessed for such improvement as provided in this section, or signed by the owner of the right to mine coal lying under or adjacen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.08 Removal of obstructions

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Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause all the township roads within the township to be kept free from obstruction by snow. The cost and expense thereof shall be paid from the road funds of the township or from the fu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5571.09 Suits by board of township trustees

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The board of township trustees may bring and maintain all suits involving an injury to any townhsip road, ditch, drain, or watercourse under the jurisdiction of such board and for the prevention of injury thereto. In case such road, ditch, drain, or watercourse is under the juris…