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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. § 709.50 Removal of area
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(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, when a township contains at least ninety per cent of the geographic area of a municipal corporation, either that township or the municipal corporation may remove that part of that township that is located within the munic…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.001 Plat definitions
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As used in this chapter: (A) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land.(B) "Subdivision" means either of the following:(1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding general tax list and duplicate of real and public utili…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.01 Plat of proposed village or addition
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Any person may lay out a village, or subdivision or addition to a municipal corporation, by causing the territory to be surveyed, and by having a plat of it made by a competent surveyor. The plat shall particularly describe the streets, alleys, commons, or public grounds, and all…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.02 Contents of plat
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(A) In-lots intended for sale shall be numbered in progressive numbers, or by the squares in which situated, and their precise length and width shall be stated on the plat provided for in section 711.01 of the Revised Code. Out-lots which do not exceed ten acres in size shall, in…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.03 Cornerstones, markers, and iron pins

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At the time of surveying and laying out a village, or subdivision or addition to a municipal corporation, the proprietor of such village, or subdivision or addition, shall plant at the corner of the public ground or lot, if there is such, and if there is none, then at the corner …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.04 Acknowledgment and recording

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After a plat of a subdivision is completed, it shall be certified by the surveyor and acknowledged by the owner before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, which officer shall certify his official act on the plat. If any owner is a nonresident of the state, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.041 Approval of plats outside municipal corporation

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No plat certifying lands outside a municipal corporation may be recorded without the approval thereon of the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such lands are situated.The approval of a plat by the board of county commissioners shall not be deemed to be an accept…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.05 Approval or rejection - rules to govern plats

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(A) Upon the submission of a plat for approval, in accordance with section 711.041 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall certify on it the date of the submission. Within five days of submission of the plat, the board shall schedule a meeting to consider the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.06 Plat of subdivision - acknowledgment and record

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A proprietor of lots or grounds in a municipal corporation, who subdivides or lays them out for sale, shall make an accurate plat of such subdivision, describing with certainty all grounds laid out or granted for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses. The proprieto…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.07 Fee shall vest in municipal corporation

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Upon recording, as required by section 711.06 of the Revised Code, the plat shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the municipal corporation the fee of the parcel of land designated or intended for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses, to be held in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.08 Map or plat by platting commission must be approved by city engineer or legislative authority

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When plats adopted by a platting commission or board of public works are on record, the plat mentioned in section 711.06 of the Revised Code of any addition within the limits of a municipal corporation shall not be recorded until the engineer thereof certifies that the streets, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.09 Plats to be approved by planning commission

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(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, when a city planning commission adopts a plan for the major streets or thoroughfares and for the parks and other open public grounds of a city or any part of it, or for the unincorporated territory within thr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.091 Inspection of street construction

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The city or village engineer in the case of lands within a city or village, and the county engineer in the case of lands outside of a city or village, shall, upon written request by the owner of the land upon which the street has been constructed check the construction and if the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.10 Platting in unincorporated territory - county or regional planning commission to adopt rules

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(A) Whenever a county planning commission or a regional planning commission adopts a plan for the major streets or highways of the county or region, no plat of a subdivision of land within the county or region, other than land within a municipal corporation or land within three m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.101 General rules setting standards and requiring and securing construction of improvements shown on the plats and plans

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As to land falling within its jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of its planning commission, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or the board of county commissioners, may adopt general rules setting standards and requiring and securing the construction of improvem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.102 Violations

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Whoever willfully violates a rule or regulation adopted by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 711.101 of the Revised Code or fails to comply with any order issued pursuant thereto, shall forfeit and pay not …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.103 Tentative approval of plat by planning commission

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When, prior to June 1, 1953, a subdivision plat has been tentatively approved by a planning commission, and lots have been transferred from the subdivision by metes and bounds descriptions prior to June 1, 1953, and a registered surveyor certifies on such plat, or copy thereof, t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.104 Entry of lots shown on plat upon tax list

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When a plat has been recorded under the provisions of section 711.103 of the Revised Code, the lots shown thereon shall be entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their lot numbers and subdivision, and conveyances made by lot number and subdivision shall be legally su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.11 Fee simple title

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The plats, mentioned in section 711.01 of the Revised Code, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest a fee simple title of all such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named, or intended for public use, in the county in which the village is situated, for the uses and purpos…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.121 Evidence of legality of conveyance by metes and bounds by affidavit

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The county auditor and the county recorder shall not transfer property or record deeds or leases which attempt to convey property contrary to the provisions of Chapter 711. of the Revised Code. In case of doubt, the county auditor or county recorder may require the person present…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.13 Transfer of land before recording - forfeiture

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Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without a municipal corporation, willfully transfers any lot, parcel, or tract of such land from or in accordance with a plat of a subdivision as specifically defined in this chapter, before the plat has been re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.131 Approval without plat

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(A) Notwithstanding sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (C) of this section, unless the rules adopted under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code are amended pursuant to division (B) of this section, a proposed divisio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.132 Effective date of planning commission rules

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No rule or regulation of a planning commission adopted pursuant to this chapter, including any rule adopted under section 711.133 of the Revised Code, shall become effective until it has been approved, after public hearing, by the legislative authority of the municipal corporatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.133 Procedure for approval of qualifying division without plat

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(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code, rules may be adopted and amended that require a proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening, or extension of any street o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.14 Planting of cornerstone - forfeiture

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Any person who lays out a village or an addition to a municipal corporation, and neglects to plant the cornerstones therein, or causes such village or addition to be surveyed or platted in any manner other than that prescribed in sections 711.01 to 711.13, inclusive, of the Revis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.15 Disposal of lots - forfeiture

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Any person who disposes of, offers for sale, or leases for a time exceeding five years, any lot, or any part of a lot, in a subdivision with intent to violate sections 711.001 to 711.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than ten nor more t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.151 Exceptions

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Sections 711.001 to 711.151 of the Revised Code do not apply to conveyances executed and delivered prior to October 16, 1953 and to conveyances made in performance of executory contracts existing prior to October 16, 1953.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.16 Directors to lay out village where county seat located

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The directors appointed by the court of common pleas to lay out a village, where a seat of justice is situated, shall be governed by sections 711.01 to 711.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and liable to the same forfeitures for violation of such sections as county recorders un…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.17 Vacation of plat

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Upon the application of two thirds of the proprietors of land described in a plat of a municipal corporation, the court of common pleas may alter or vacate the plat of any such municipal corporation, addition thereto, or parts thereof, within the county.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.18 Application for vacating or altering plat - notice

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Applications for vacating or altering a plat, addition, or part thereof, shall be by petition in writing, filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas. The applicant shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.19 Vacation of plat by court action

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If the petitioners for the alteration or vacation of a plat under section 711.17 of the Revised Code produce to the court of common pleas satisfactory evidence that notice has been given as required by section 711.18 of the Revised Code, and that two thirds of the persons owning …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.20 Record - party defendant

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The proceedings for vacating or altering a plat under sections 711.17 to 711.19 of the Revised Code, shall be recorded by the clerk of the court of common pleas in the records of the court of common pleas. A copy of such record shall be made and certified, under the seal of the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.21 Commons may be changed into streets

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On application made and notice given according to sections 711.17 and 711.18 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas may change any commons included in the plat of a municipal corporation into streets, and cause such change to be recorded as provided by section 711.20 of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.22 Clerk's fees

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The clerk of the court of common pleas, for recording a plat required to be recorded under sections 711.17 to 711.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and for other services required of him, is entitled to the same fees as are allowed him for similar services.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.23 Application for vacation and assessment of damages

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As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper ca…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.24 Changing of town lots

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Any person owning, either jointly or severally, and either in his own right or in trust, and having the legal title to any land laid out in town lots, not within the limits or subject to the control of a municipal corporation, may change such lots and the streets and alleys bound…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.28 Lots may be revised and renumbered

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Where the lots of a municipal corporation are not numbered consecutively upon the original plat thereof, the plats of additions thereto, or subdivisions thereof, the county auditor and county recorder, in conjunction with a person appointed by the mayor of such municipal corporat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.29 Mode of renumbering

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The county auditor and the county recorder, in conjunction with an associate appointed as provided by section 711.28 of the Revised Code, shall make a schedule of all the in-lots of a municipal corporation, beginning with the original plat thereof, by setting down the lots in the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.30 New numbers shall be legal designation

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When the revision and renumbering of lots has been made, and the schedule thereof recorded as required by sections 711.28 and 711.29 of the Revised Code, such lots shall be assessed and entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their new numbers. In the assessment and c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.31 Payment of expenses

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When the revision and renumbering of lots are done at the request of a municipal corporation, the expenses shall be paid by such municipal corporation. The board of county commissioners of the county in which unincorporated territory is situated may direct the county auditor and …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.32 Numbering of additions or subdivisions after revision

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After the revision of lot numbers in a municipal corporation is made and recorded as provided by sections 711.28 to 711.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, each person who lays off lots as an addition to such municipal corporation, or who makes a subdivision of lots therein, shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.33 Fees

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The county auditor, county recorder, and their associate, shall each receive two dollars per day for their services under sections 711.28 to 711.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.34 Application to supply lost or destroyed records

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Any ten persons, owning or interested in any lots of land in a municipal corporation, or the agents or attorneys of such persons, where the original plat of lands in such municipal corporation, or any addition thereto, has been recorded in the records of the county in which such …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.35 Publication of notice

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Upon the filing of the application provided for in section 711.34 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall give notice of the filing, by publication, for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.36 Order by board to replat

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Upon the filing of the application and the giving of notice, as required in sections 711.34 and 711.35 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith employ a competent surveyor, who, after being sworn to well and faithfully discharge the duties assigned h…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.37 Record of plat and certificate

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Upon the filing of the plat and certificate by the surveyor as required by section 711.36 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall cause them to be recorded in the office of the county recorder, and such record, or a copy thereof, certified by the recorder, is…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.38 Record of proceedings

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The county auditor shall keep a complete record of the proceedings under sections 711.34 to 711.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in the journal of the board of county commissioners. The surveyor shall be paid for his services from the county fund, on the order of the auditor, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.39 Vacating plat by legislative authority

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Upon the institution of proceedings by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners of a county, the department of transportation of the state, or an individual, partnership, or corporation in the court of common pleas, for the vacation …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 711.40 Platting rules do not apply to division of parcel of land by instrument of conveyance

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Unless required by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 711.05, 711.09 and 711.10 of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 711.01 to 711.39, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not apply to the division of any parcel of land by an instrume…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 713.01 Establishment of planning commissions

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The legislative authority of each city having a board of park commissioners may establish a city planning commission of seven members, consisting of the mayor, the director of public service, the president of the board of park commissioners, two citizens of the municipal corporat…