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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 corporations owning, controlling, or managing a railroad pursuant to Chapter 4959. of the Revised Code.

...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 971.02 of the Revised Code, or the rights and obligations of the owners are different from what is established in this chapter. The a...

...(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 the Revised Code stating that a partition fence existed between the adjoining properties within two years prior to the filing of the a...

...(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 the owners enter into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The owners of adjoining properties sh...

...(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 agreement between the owners of adjoining properties has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section...

...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 owner of adjoining property unless a written agreement has been entered into under section 971.04 of the Revised Code.

...(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 of the fence to build and maintain in good repair the fence. The owner or contractor building the fence is not guilty of a violation of...

...(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 971.16 of the Revised Code; (b) File a complaint with the board of township trustees of the township in which the land or fenc...

...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 assignment, shall be certified by the fiscal officer to the county auditor, with a correct description of the lands and the amount...

...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.

...(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 responsible bidder agreeing to furnish the labor and material, and build or maintain the fence according to the specifications proposed by the bo...

...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 certify them to the county auditor with a statement of the cost of the construction or maintenance and incidental costs incurred by the tr...

...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 or maintaining the fence and the amount due each trustee and the township fiscal officer for services rendered. In anticipation...

...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 partition fences made under this chapter shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder. A document recorded in the ...

...(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 maintain. (B) In an action filed under this section, a court shall consider all of the following when making an assignment of responsibilit...

...(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, to the last known address of the adjoining owner. If the notice delivered by certified mail is refused or unclaimed, the notice may be...

...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.

...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 trees for use.

...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 ten days' notice to cut or remove them, may notify the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is situated, wh...

...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 performed. The auditor shall place the amount upon the tax duplicate to be collected as other taxes. The county treasurer shall pay the amount, ...

...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.

...(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 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree if, in committing the offense, the...

...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.

...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 timber dealer, to-wit: -- (Here insert the letters, words or figures, etc., constituting the trade-mark, or if it is any device other than le...

...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 trade-mark shall remove or cancel it.