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(A) If a public auction is held for abandoned land pursuant to section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but the land is not sold at the public auction, the county board of revision may order the disposition of the abandoned land in accordance with division (B) or (C) of this section.
(B) The abandoned land offered for sale at a public auction as described in section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but not sold at the auction, may be offered, at the discretion of the county board of revision, at a subsequent public auction occurring within sixty days after the public auction at which it first was offered. The subsequent public auction shall be held in the same manner as the public auction was held under section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but the minimum bid at an auction held under this division shall be the lesser of fifty per cent of fair market value of the abandoned land as currently shown by the county auditor’s latest valuation, or the sum of the impositions against the abandoned land plus the costs apportioned to the land under section 323.75 of the Revised Code.
(C) Upon certification from the sheriff that abandoned land was offered for sale at a public auction as described in section 323.73 of the Revised Code but was not purchased, a community development organization or any municipal corporation, county, or township in which the land is located may file a petition with the county board of revision for transfer of the land to the community development organization, municipal corporation, county, or township at the time described in this division. The board must receive the petition at any time from the date the complaint for foreclosure is filed under section 323.69 of the Revised Code, but not later than sixty days after the date on which the land was first offered for sale. The petition shall include a representation that the petitioner will commence, not later than thirty days after receiving legal title to the abandoned land, basic exterior improvements that will protect the land from further unreasonable deterioration. The improvements shall include, but are not limited to, the removal of trash and refuse from the exterior of the premises and the securing of open, vacant, or vandalized areas on the exterior of the premises.
(D) The county board of revision, by resolution, may certify to the sheriff that it has entered an adjudication of foreclosure and forfeiture against the abandoned land and order the sheriff to dispose of the abandoned land as prescribed in this division. The order by the board shall include instructions to the sheriff to transfer the land to the specified community development organization, municipal corporation, county, or township after payment of the costs of disposing of the abandoned land pursuant to section 323.75 of the Revised Code or, if any negotiated price has been agreed to between the county treasurer and the community development organization, municipal corporation, county, or township, after payment of that negotiated price as certified by the board to the sheriff.
(E) Upon receipt of a certification and payment under this section, the sheriff shall convey by sheriff’s deed the owner’s fee simple interest in, and to, the abandoned land. If the abandoned land is transferred pursuant to division (D) of this section, the county treasurer may waive, but is not required to waive, some or all of the impositions against the abandoned land or costs apportioned to the land under section 323.75 of the Revised Code if the county treasurer determines, in the treasurer’s reasonable discretion, that the transfer of the abandoned property will result in the property being occupied.
(F) Upon a transfer under this section, all liens for taxes due at the time the deed of the property is conveyed to a purchaser or transferred to a community development organization, municipal corporation, county, or township, and liens subordinate to liens for taxes, shall be deemed satisfied and discharged.
Effective Date: 09-28-2006