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...Courts of common pleas may enjoin the illegal levy or collection of taxes and assessments and entertain actions to recover them when collected, without regard to the amount thereof, but no recovery shall be had unless the action is brought within one year after the taxes or assessments are collected.

...Actions to enjoin the illegal levy of taxes and assessments must be brought against the corporation or person for whose use and benefit the levy is made. If the levy would go upon the county duplicate, the county auditor must be joined in the action.

...o the illegality thereof, together with notice of his intention to sue under sections 2723.01 to 2723.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such action shall not be dismissed on the ground that the taxes or assessments, sought to be recovered, were voluntarily paid.

...If the plaintiff in an action to enjoin the collection of taxes or assessments admits that a part thereof was legally levied, he first must pay or tender the sum admitted to be due. When an injunction is allowed, bond must be given as in other cases. The injunction shall be a justification of the officers charged with the collection of such taxes or assessments for not collecting them.

...If, by judgment or final order of any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, in an action not pending on appeal, it is determined that any tax or assessment or part thereof was illegal and such judgment or order is not made in time to prevent the collection or payment of such tax or assessment, then such tax or assessment or such part thereof as is at the time of such judgment or order unexpended and in the p...

...As used in sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Value" means, in the case of any deed not a gift in whole or part, the amount of the full consideration therefor, paid or to be paid for the real estate described in the deed, including the amount of any liens thereon, with the following exceptions: (1) The amount owed on a debt secured by a mortgage which has been of record at least twelve months ...

...nor more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, time, and place of the hearings shall be given by publication once a week on the same day of the week for two consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revise...

...tions for county offices in the county. Notice of the election shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks before the election using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the county; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media a...

...The funds collected by a county levying a real property transfer tax or a manufactured home transfer tax pursuant to sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code shall be allocated and disbursed as follows: (A) First, for payment of the costs incurred by the county in the administration and enforcement of the tax; (B) The balance remaining after payment of the expenses referred to in division (A) of this section s...

...A county levying a real property transfer tax, by proper suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, may recover the amount of such taxes due the county and not paid to the county at the time specified in section 322.02 of the Revised Code, together with a penalty of ten per cent of the amount of such tax.

...The levy of any excise, income, property, real property, or manufactured home transfer tax or fee by the state or by any political subdivision of the state shall not be construed as preempting the power of a county to levy a real property or manufactured home transfer tax pursuant to sections 322.01 to 322.07 of the Revised Code.

...(A) For the purpose of paying the costs of enforcing and administering the tax and providing additional general revenue for the county, any county may levy and collect a tax to be known as the manufactured home transfer tax on each certificate of title that conveys, by resale on or after January 1, 2000, a used manufactured home or used mobile home, as defined in division (A)(6) of section 5739.0210 of the Revised Co...

...(A) By resolution the board of county commissioners may prescribe a lower rate for the real property transfer tax levied under section 322.02 of the Revised Code than the uniform rate that is otherwise levied. The lower rate shall apply to any deed conveying a homestead receiving a reduction in taxes under division (A) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code. (B) A board of county commissioners that prescribes a...

...Whoever violates section 322.02 or 322.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

...Except as otherwise provided, as used in Chapter 323. of the Revised Code: (A) "Subdivision" means any county, township, school district, or municipal corporation. (B) "Municipal corporation" includes charter municipalities. (C) "Taxes" means the total amount of all charges against an entry appearing on a tax list and the duplicate thereof that was prepared and certified in accordance with section 319.28 of the Re...

...As used in sections 323.02 to 323.05 of the Revised Code, "taxes" means taxes levied against real estate and general taxes levied against tangible personal property and all delinquencies.

...The county treasurer shall, upon submission of evidence of a liquidated claim by a taxpayer, accept it in full or partial payment of those taxes which are to be allocated to the subdivision against which the claim exists. Before any such liquidated claim is used, it shall first be presented by the taxpayer to the fiscal officer of the subdivision for verification. If such fiscal officer, upon examination, determines...

...Each certificate furnished as provided in sections 323.02 to 323.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be dated and used by the taxpayer for the payment of taxes as provided by such sections within six months from its date; otherwise it shall be void for the payment of taxes. This shall in no manner impair the validity of the claim on which the certificate is based. Such certificates shall only be used for the p...

...A taxpayer may, subject to sections 323.01 to 323.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, use in the payment of his taxes any liquidated claim which such taxpayer, or the husband or wife of such taxpayer, has against any subdivision which is to derive benefit from the tax collection.

...The liquidated claims and certificates described in sections 323.01 to 323.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be nonnegotiable for the purposes of such sections, except that where the tax is for property owned jointly by a husband and wife or by either of them when the other is the owner of a liquidated claim, such liquidated claim and certificate shall be accepted by the county treasurer in the manner provide...

...Where improvements have been made for which special assessments have been levied and bonds have been issued, in anticipation of the collection of such special assessments, under section 133.17 of the Revised Code, a person chargeable by law with the payment of such special assessments may purchase and acquire such special assessment bonds and use them at their full face value plus any accrued interest in the payment ...

...The county treasurer may accept special assessment bonds as provided in section 323.06 of the Revised Code when offered in an amount equal or greater than the amount of the assessment owing, in full payment of such special assessment. The treasurer shall not refund in cash or in any other form to the special assessment taxpayer the difference between the value of the bonds offered and the amount of the special assess...

...The taxing authority of any political subdivision which levies any special assessment or reassessment payable in installments over a period of more than one year may by resolution authorize its fiscal officer to accept payment in cash of all of the installments of such assessments or reassessments charged against any lot or parcel of land and not due at the time such resolution is adopted. Such taxing authority may w...

...he county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. Alternatively, in lieu of such publication, the county treasurer may insert a copy of such schedule with each tax bill mailed. Such schedule shall specify particularly the rates and effective rates of taxation levied for all purposes on the tax...

...The office of the county treasurer shall be kept open for the collection of taxes from the time of delivery of the duplicate to the treasurer until the twentieth day of June, except during such time as it may be necessary to close the office for the purpose of the February settlement of such taxes.