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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. § 959.134 Chemical capture by certified officer not an act of cruelty
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chemical capture" and "certified officer" have the same meanings as in section 955.151 of the Revised Code. (2) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (B) Chemical capture of a companion animal by a cer…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.14 Horse tails
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No owner or person having the custody, control, or possession of a horse, nor an agent or employee of such owner or custodian, shall cut off or cause to be cut off or amputated the skin, flesh, muscles, bone, or integuments of the dock or tail of the horse in order to shorten its…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.15 Animal fights
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(A) No person shall knowingly do either of the following: (1) Engage in cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; (2) Use, train, or possess any animal for seizing, detaining, or maltreating a domestic animal. (B) No person shall knowingly do either of the …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.16 Dogfighting offenses
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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Promote, engage in, or be employed at dogfighting;(2) Receive money or anything else of value for the admission of another person to a dogfighting event or a place kept for dogfighting;(3) Sell, purchase, possess, or trai…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.161 Impounding and disposition of fighting dog

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fighting dog" means a dog that a peace officer has probable cause to believe has been, is, or is intended to be used in dogfighting in violation of section 959.16 of the Revised Code.(2) "Impounding entity" means the entity that has possession of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.17 Trapshooting

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Live birds or fowl shall not be used as targets in trapshooting.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.18 Prohibition against killing a carrier pigeon

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No person who is not the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill, or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as "carrier" pigeon, nor shall such person entrap, catch, or detain a carrier pigeon, provided it has the name of the owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or has a band …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.19 Prohibition against servicing mare in public street

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No owner of a stallion or jack or the agent of such owner, shall permit it to serve a mare within thirty feet of a public street or alley in a municipal corporation.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.20 Use of certain devices on work animals prohibited

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As used in this section:(A) "Work animal" includes a horse, pony, mule, donkey, mare, ox, bull, gelding, or other animal used or intended to be used for a work purpose.(B) "Work purpose" means the performance by a work animal of some work or labor, including showing, performing, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.21 Sexual conduct with an animal

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Animal" means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive. (2) "Offense" means a violation of this section or an attempt, in violation of section 2923.02 of the Revised Code, to violate this section. (3) "Officer" has the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 959.99 Violation; penalties

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(A) Whoever violates section 959.18 or 959.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the value of the animal k…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.01 Pet cemetery definitions

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As used in sections 961.01 to 961.05 of the Revised Code:(A) "Burial right" means the right of interment.(B) "Interment" means the disposition of pet remains by earth burial, entombment in a mausoleum, or inurnment in a columbarium.(C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.02 Filing declaration restricting land for use as pet cemetery

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The owner of any land used or to be used as a pet cemetery shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located, a declaration restricting the land to being used only for such purposes as are usual and normal for the op…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.03 Size requirement of pet cemetery

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No person shall operate a pet cemetery in this state that is less than three acres in size, unless such cemetery was organized or developed and was operating on the effective date of this section.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.04 Establishing endowment care fund

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(A) Any person desiring to operate any pet cemetery which is organized or developed on or after the effective date of this section shall, before selling or offering to sell any burial right in such pet cemetery, establish an endowment care fund, as required by division (B) of thi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.05 Removal of land restriction

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(A) After a declaration has been filed pursuant to section 961.02 of the Revised Code, the land described in the declaration shall be used for pet cemetery purposes only unless the restriction for such use is removed by order of the court of common pleas in the county where the l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 961.99 Penalty

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Whoever violates section 961.02 or 961.03 or division (B) of section 961.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.01 Owner defined

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As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicable county recorder" means the county recorder of a county in which a partition fence is, was, or is not required to be constructed and maintained in good repair.(B) "Build a fence," "construct a fence," and "maintain a fence in good repair" i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.02 Preferred partition fence for livestock enclosures

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fields and enclosures in which livestock are kept or placed and that are bordered by a division line between the adjoining properties of different owners shall be enclosed by a preferred partition fence. (B) Nothing in this ch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.03 Application of chapter

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This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) The enclosure of lots in municipal corporations;(B) The enclosure of adjoining properties that are laid out into lots outside of municipal corporations;(C) Fences that are required to be constructed by persons or corporatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.04 Alternative fence agreement between owners

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Nothing in this chapter prevents the owners of adjoining properties from entering into a written agreement that states that no fence is needed between the properties, a fence other than a preferred partition fence may be built and maintained pursuant to division (C)(1) of section…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.05 Affidavit concerning previous partition fence

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(A) If there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties of two owners, one of the owners, or both, may file an affidavit with the applicable county recorder to be placed in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.06 Responsibility for maintaining existing fence - removal

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(A) If a partition fence exists between adjoining properties, the owners of the adjoining properties shall maintain the fence in good repair in equitable shares. If the owners decide to build a new fence, they shall do so in equitable shares in accordance with this chapter unless…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.07 Responsibility for new partition fence - reimbursement

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(A) If a partition fence does not exist between adjoining properties, there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, an affidavit has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.05 or 971.06 of the Revised Code, or a written …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.071 Allocation of fence costs between property owners

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Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence between that owner and the ow…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.08 Entry onto adjoining property to maintain fence

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(A) If an owner chooses to build a partition fence and the owner of adjoining property does not share in the construction of the fence, the owner building the fence, or a contractor hired by the owner, may enter on the adjoining property for no more than ten feet for the length o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.09 Action for costs of maintaining fence

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(A)(1) When an owner neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence, or the portion thereof that the owner is required to build or maintain, the aggrieved owner may do either of the following: (a) File an action in a court of common pleas as provided in section 97…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.10 Costs for making assignment

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The cost due the township fiscal officer and the board of township trustees for making the assignment set forth in section 971.09 of the Revised Code shall be taxed equally against each of the persons and, if not paid to the fiscal officer within thirty days from the date of the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.11 Collection of tax

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The county auditor shall place the amount authorized in section 971.10 of the Revised Code upon the duplicate to be collected as other taxes, and the county treasurer shall pay it, when collected, to the township fiscal officer as other funds are paid.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.12 Partition fences - failure to comply with assignment

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(A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section 971.09 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, upon the application of the aggrieved owner, shall award the contract to the lowest respo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.13 Costs for building fences

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When the work provided for under section 971.12 of the Revised Code is completed to the satisfaction of the board of township trustees, it shall certify the costs to the township fiscal officer. If the costs are not paid within thirty days, the township fiscal officer shall certi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.14 Duties of county auditor

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The county auditor shall place the amounts certified, as provided in section 971.13 of the Revised Code, upon the tax duplicate, which amounts shall become a lien and be collected as other taxes. The board of township trustees shall certify the amount due each person for building…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.15 Partition fence records

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All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.16 Action for failure to build or maintain partition fence

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(A) An owner may file an action in a court of common pleas of the county in which the owner resides if the owner of adjoining property neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence or the portion of a partition fence that the owner is required to build or maintai…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.17 Notification of removal

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(A) Not fewer than twenty-eight days prior to removing a partition fence, an owner shall notify the owner of adjoining property in writing that the owner intends to remove the partition fence. The notice may be delivered personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.18 Negligently permitting livestock to run at large

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An owner of livestock who negligently permits the livestock to run at large out of the livestock's enclosure is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the livestock on the premises of another.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.33 Cutting of noxious weeds

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An owner of land, adjacent to a partition fence, shall keep all brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds cut in the fence corners and a strip four feet wide on the owner's side along the line of a partition fence, but this section does not affect the planting of vines or t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.34 Notice to landowner failing to cut noxious weeds

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If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds, as provided in section 971.33 of the Revised Code, an owner or occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after having given the owner or tenant not less than …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.35 Cost - collection and payment

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When the work authorized in section 971.34 of the Revised Code is completed, the board of township trustees shall certify to the county auditor the amount of the cost of the work with the expense thereto attached, and a correct description of the land upon which the work was perf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.36 Anticipating cost

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The board of township trustees may anticipate the collection, and refund the cost of the work authorized in section 971.34 of the Revised Code, to the township fiscal officer for the amount, payable out of any township funds that may be in the fiscal officer's hands.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.99 Penalty

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.01 Timber dealers may adopt a trade-mark

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Persons, firms, or corporations dealing in timber in any form shall be known as "timber dealers," and may adopt a trade-mark in the manner and with the effect provided in sections 981.02 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.02 Trade-mark - application - exclusive property

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A timber dealer desiring to adopt a trade-mark under section 981.01 of the Revised Code may do so by executing in writing in form and effect as follows:"Trade-mark.Notice is hereby given that I (we) have adopted the following trade-mark, to be used in my (our) business as a timbe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.03 Trade-mark to be stamped on timber

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The proprietor of a trade-mark under section 981.02 of the Revised Code shall cause it to be plainly stamped, branded, or impressed upon each piece of timber upon which it is used. On the sale of such timber and at the request of the purchaser thereof, the dealer or owner of such…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.04 Trade-mark evidence of ownership

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In an action or contest in which the title to trade-marked timber is in question, such trade-mark, in the absence of proof to the contrary, is prima-facie evidence that such timber is the property of the proprietor of such trade-mark.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.05 Compensation for securing drift timber

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A person taking and securing boats, fleets of timber rafts, platforms, logs or trees prepared for the purpose of sale, crossties, railroad ties, boards, planks, staves, heading, or timber prepared for market, the property of another, found adrift in the Ohio river and the rivers …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.06 Additional compensation

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A person taking a raft, fleet, or platform, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the fees provided in such section, shall receive a reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for such property not exceeding the following rates:(A) For each fleet, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.07 Sale of drift timber to secure compensation

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If the owner of a fleet, raft, platform, log, or tree prepared for the purpose of sale, a crosstie, railroad tie, board, plank, stave, heading, or timber prepared for market, fails to pay the sum chargeable thereon under sections 981.05 and 981.06 of the Revised Code within sixty…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.08 Disposition of moneys

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The officer making a sale under section 981.07 of the Revised Code shall pay to the person to whom the charges are due the legal fees and charges, and after deducting his commission, which shall be as upon sales under execution, shall pay the balance of the moneys arising therefr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 981.09 Liability of constable

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For any failure to perform his duties under sections 981.07 and 981.08 of the Revised Code, the constable or other officer is liable on his official bond to the party injured thereby.