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...Each separate parcel of real property shall be classified by the county auditor according to its principal, current use. Vacant lots and tracts of land upon which there are no structures or improvements shall be classified in accordance with their location and their highest and best probable legal use. In the case of lands containing or producing minerals, the minerals or any rights to the minerals that are lis...

...ls which have been begun or constructed since the last preceding appraisal. If, by reason of the discovery of such minerals, the construction of such works, the commencement of such operations, or the development of such minerals, or otherwise, within the year, the value of the lands containing or producing such minerals or the value of any right to such minerals, listed and taxed separately from such lands, has inc...

...d gas actually produced and sold from a single well that is developed and producing on the tax lien date. For commonly metered wells, "total production" means the total amount of oil, measured in barrels, and the total amount of gas, measured in M.C.F., of all oil and gas actually produced and sold from the commonly metered wells divided by the number of the commonly metered wells. (7) "Flush production" means total...

...Where the fee of the soil and the minerals, or part of either, of a lot or parcel of land has been previously assessed for taxation in the name of the same person, but the title to the fee of the soil is in one or more persons and the title to such minerals, or any right to the minerals, is in another person, the county auditor shall ascertain the aggregate value of such lot or parcel of land and the minerals or righ...

...715.27 of the Revised Code or by the housing officer under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code. The auditor shall value such houses, buildings, property, and lots and tracts of land at their taxable value in the same manner as the auditor is required to value other real property, designating in each case the township, municipal corporation, and number of the school district, or the name or designation of the sc...

...use the property has been conveyed to a single member limited liability company with a nonprofit purpose from its nonprofit member or because the property has been conveyed by a single member limited liability company with a nonprofit purpose to its nonprofit member. No additions shall be made to such exempt lists and no additional items of property shall be exempted from taxation without the consent of the tax commi...

...constitute public ownership thereof, passing under the auditor's control, or which come into the auditor's possession, and such deductions shall be made on a continuing basis until all delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest noted in this section have been paid. (C) As used in division (B) of this section, "political subdivision" includes townships, municipalities, counties, school districts, boards of educa...

...taxes and penalties for each prior year since the property was reentered on the tax list, notwithstanding division (A) of section 5713.081 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The owner of property appearing on the exempt list shall notify the county auditor, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner, if the use of the property changes from the use stated on the application for exemption filed for the property. The notification shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the last day of the tax year for which the property's use so changes. Upon receipt of the notification, t...

...The board of county commissioners may designate the county engineer to provide for making, correcting, and keeping up to date a complete set of tax maps of the county, and shall employ the necessary number of assistants. Such maps shall show all original lots and parcels of land, and all divisions, subdivisions, and allotments thereof, with the name of the owner of each original lot or parcel and of each division, su...

...The county engineer shall appoint the necessary draftsmen and fix the salary thereof, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners. The salaries of the assistants shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are paid.

...The county auditor shall ascertain from the owner or his agent the amount of the mortgage indebtedness upon each tract and lot in any district. The blanks necessary for the purpose of this section and sections 5713.02 and 5713.03 of the Revised Code shall be furnished by the auditor and paid for by the board of county commissioners out of the county treasury.

...doubtful, the county auditor when appraising any such survey, section, tract, or lot, or part thereof, shall cause the said section, or such parts thereof as are necessary, to be accurately platted and laid out into such subdivisions as the different titles to the land therein require, and number the said fractions or subdivisions as fractions or subdivisions of said section, tract, or lot, or part thereof, or the pa...

...When the assessor has neglected to plat and number the divisions, mentioned in section 5713.13 of the Revised Code or the survey, section, tract, lot, or part thereof, is subdivided after the assessement and appraisal thereof, and the county auditor believes it should be platted and numbered for the purpose of a pertinent description thereof upon his duplicate, the auditor may require the owner or occupier of such se...

...If the owner or occupier of a subdivided survey, section, tract, lot, or part thereof fails to appear when required, and to produce the title papers, or produces them in such manner that the county auditor cannot plat and number said subdivisions without a survey, the auditor may require such owner or occupier to cause such subdivisions to be surveyed, platted, and numbered within twenty days, and to deliver said sur...

...When the title papers are produced to the county auditor, he may plat, allot, and number said subdivisions. The plat made by the auditor shall be recorded upon the records of deeds of the county. After it has been platted and numbered by the auditor, or by the county engineer, it shall be sufficient for all purposes of taxation to enter such subdivisions upon the duplicate by their numbers, as provided by law for se...

...To enable the county auditor to determine the value and location of buildings and other improvements, any person, other than a railroad company or a public utility whose real property is valued for taxation by the tax commissioner, that constructs any building or other improvement costing more than two thousand dollars upon any lot or land within a township or municipal corporation not having a system of building reg...

...When any person lays out a municipal corporation, any addition thereto, or any subdivision of any lot or tract of land before the plat thereof is recorded, he shall present it to the county auditor, who shall assess and return the taxable valuation of each lot or parcel of land described in such plat in the same manner as other such lots or parcels are valued. Thereupon such lots or parcels shall be entered on the ta...

...A county auditor shall correct any clerical errors, as defined in section 319.35 of the Revised Code, that the auditor discovers concerning the name of the owner, valuation, description, or quantity of any tract or lot contained in the list of real property in the county.

...in which case only the taxes chargeable since the last change of ownership shall be computed. No penalty or interest shall be added to the amount of taxes so computed. The county auditor shall order the county treasurer to correct the duplicate of real property accordingly, and shall certify to the county treasurer the sum of taxes determined by the county auditor under this section to be due on the omitted property...

...The county auditor, if he ascertains that a mistake was made in the valuation of an improvement or betterment of real property or that its valuation was omitted, shall return the correct taxable value, after giving notice to the owner or agent thereof of his intention to do so. Additions made by the auditor pursuant to this section shall be listed upon the grand duplicate of the county and placed in the hands of the...

...As used in sections 5713.22 to 5713.26 of the Revised Code, "forest land" consists of any land bearing a stand of trees which the chief of the division of forestry determines is suitable for classification under such sections.

...Forest land which the owner thereof declares is devoted exclusively to forestry or timber growing under the rules prescribed under the authority of section 5713.24 of the Revised Code, shall be taxed annually at fifty per cent of the local tax rate upon its value as determined under sections 5701.02 and 5713.04 of the Revised Code. The method of determining forest lands or land bearing forest growth which is subject...

...inistration of sections 5713.22 to 5713.26 of the Revised Code shall be prepared by the chief of the division of forestry and become effective when approved by the tax commissioner. The chief also shall determine the amount of a fee, payable to the division of forestry, that shall be submitted with each application seeking a determination of forest lands or land bearing forest growth as provided in section 5713.23 of...

...Forest lands which have been listed for taxation in accordance with section 5713.23 of the Revised Code may be withdrawn from such class upon certification to the chief of the division of forestry of such intention by the owner thereof. The chief shall send a copy of said certification to the county auditor of the county in which such lands are located, who shall thereupon tax such land at the full rate thereafter.