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...The lien or priority of any existing valid mortgage or lien shall not be affected by reason of the fact that this state or any political subdivision thereof acquires the property on which said lien exists, unless said property is acquired by regular judicial proceedings. The state, or any board or commission of the state, may be made a party in any court of common pleas or probate court, to any foreclosure proceeding...

...The provisions of sections 5301.47 to 5301.56 of the Revised Code shall not be applied to bar or extinguish any of the following: (A) Any lessor or his successor as reversioner of his right to possession on the expiration of any lease, or any lessee or his successor of his rights in and to any lease, except as may be permitted under section 5301.56 of the Revised Code; (B) Any easement or interest in the nature of...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Holder" means the record holder of a mineral interest, and any person who derives the person's rights from, or has a common source with, the record holder and whose claim does not indicate, expressly or by clear implication, that it is adverse to the interest of the record holder. (2) "Drilling or mining permit" means a permit issued under Chapter 1509., 1513., or 1514. of th...

...As used in sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code: (A) "Activity and use limitations" means restrictions or obligations created under sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code with respect to real property. (B) "Agency" means the environmental protection agency or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which an environmental co...

...Under the direction and approval of the court of common pleas, money arising from the sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code and from the notes given for purchase money shall be invested in the bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of this state, any political subdivision of this state, or the United States, or in bonds or notes secured by a mortgage on unencumbered real estate locat...

...If the probate court or the court of common pleas after a hearing in a land registration case finds that the applicant has title in whole or in part as stated in his application, and proper for registration, then to the extent of the title so found a decree of confirmation and registration shall be entered, which shall have the effect of a decree in rem and, subject only to the exceptions stated in section 5309.28 of...

...(A) Sections 5311.25 to 5311.27 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following, unless the method of disposing of the condominium property is adopted for the purpose of evading their provisions: (1) The sale of a condominium ownership interest solely for commercial or industrial purposes or uses; (2) The sale of real estate under or pursuant to court order; (3) The sale of real estate by the United State...

...(A) Whenever a tenant deposits rent with the clerk of a court as provided in section 5321.07 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall give written notice of this fact to the landlord and to his agent, if any. (B) The clerk shall place all rent deposited with him in a separate rent escrow account in the name of the clerk in a bank or building and loan association domiciled in this state. (C) The clerk shall keep in a se...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Hotel" has the same meaning as in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (C) "Mobile home" and "recreational vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Political subdivision" means a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to...

...(A) All information filed with a county auditor under this chapter is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) An owner of residential rental property who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be in full compliance with any request by the state or any political subdivision to that owner for information that is identical to the information filed with the county auditor...

...A transportation facility and any tangible personal property used exclusively with a transportation facility that is owned by the department of transportation and leased, licensed, financed, or otherwise conveyed to an operator, or that is acquired, constructed, or otherwise provided by an operator on behalf of the department, is exempt from all ad valorem property taxes and special assessments levied against p...

...Every law enforcement agency representing a township, county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision investigating a motor vehicle accident involving a fatality, personal injury, or property damage in an amount greater than one thousand dollars, within five days, shall forward a written report of such accident to the director of public safety on a form, which the director shall adopt subject to s...

...Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, persons engaged in emergency management activities, members of emergency management agencies in this state, and members of the emergency management agencies of other states or of the federal government or of another country or of a province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services at any place in this state pursuant to agreements, compacts, or...

...All courts shall take judicial notice of plans, ordinances, resolutions, rules, or orders adopted pursuant to sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code. Such a plan, ordinance, resolution, rule, or order may be read in evidence, at any time, from a copy thereof, if there is contained on the same page or in the same publication in which the copy is contained a printed certificate of the secretary of state or of...

...(A)(1) The general administration and management of the state highway patrol retirement system and the making effective of this chapter are hereby vested in the state highway patrol retirement board. The board may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and do all things necessary to carry out this chapter. The board shall consist of the following members: (a) The superintendent ...

...This section applies if a political subdivision outside the jurisdiction of a metropolitan planning organization submits a request to the department of transportation for an interchange to be constructed on an interstate highway or a multi-lane, fully controlled-access highway under the jurisdiction of the department. When reviewing such a request, the department or the transportation review advisory council shall co...

...When a separated crossing, which was not constructed in accordance with sections 4957.01 to 4957.26 or sections 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, is situated on a road or highway on the state highway system or an extension thereof, and is so located that in order to provide for the safety and convenience of the traveling public having occasion to use such road or highway or extension, the director of transporta...

...(A) The director of transportation shall award contracts pursuant to this chapter in conformity to the requirements of subsection (f) of section 105 of the federal "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982," 96 Stat. 2099, 23 U.S.C.A. 105. (B) Notwithstanding sections 153.50 to 153.52 of the Revised Code, neither the director nor any political subdivision or other public authority is required to solicit separat...

...(A) For each fiscal year, not more than one-fifth of the department of transportation's capital construction projects shall be bid requiring a warranty as specified in the bidding documents and in division (B) of this section. (B) A warranty period under this section shall be: (1) Not more than seven years, for pavement in the case of new construction; (2) Not more than five years, in the case of bridge paintin...

...The director of transportation shall establish a procedure whereby a political subdivision or other governmental agency or agencies may submit a written application to the director requesting the department of transportation to construct and operate a toll project within the boundaries of the subdivision, agency, or agencies making the request. The procedure shall include a requirement that the director send a ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Commission" means the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission created by section 5537.02 of the Revised Code or, if that commission is abolished, the board, body, officer, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers given by this chapter to the commission are given by law. (B) "Turnpike project" means any express or limited access highway, ...

...(A) There is hereby created a commission to be known on and after July 1, 2013, as the "Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission." The commission is a body both corporate and politic, constituting an instrumentality of the state, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Ohio turnpike system, and also in entering into agreements with the d...

...(A) In paying the cost of any turnpike project, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may issue bonds and bond anticipation notes as permitted by this chapter, and may accept moneys from any source to pay the cost of any portion of the turnpike project, including, but not limited to, the federal government, any department or agency of this state, and any political subdivision or other government agenc...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Transportation improvement district" or "district" means a transportation improvement district designated pursuant to section 5540.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or other unit of state government; a county, township, or municipal corporation or other political subdivision; a regional transit authority or regional transit commission cr...

...(A) A transportation improvement district may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county. The board, by resolution, shall determine the structure of the board of trustees of the transportation improvement district it creates by adopting the structure contained either in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) A transportation improvement district is a body both corporate and politic, and the e...

...ement to that effect in the judgment of conviction entered on the journal or in the sentence pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code, at any time before the offender is released from imprisonment under that term and at a hearing conducted in accordance with division (C) of this section, the court may prepare and issue a correction to the judgment of conviction that includes in the judgment ...

...r's request for intervention in lieu of conviction. The request shall include a statement from the offender as to whether the offender is alleging that drug or alcohol usage by the offender was a factor leading to the criminal offense with which the offender is charged or is alleging that, at the time of committing that offense, the offender had a mental illness, was a person with an intellectual disability, or was a...

...t apply to any of the following: (a) Convictions under Chapter 4506., 4507., 4510., 4511., or 4549. of the Revised Code, or a conviction for a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any section contained in any of those chapters; (b) Convictions of a felony offense of violence that is not a sexually oriented offense; (c) Convictions of a sexually oriented offense when the offende...

...proof of any otherwise admissible prior conviction may be introduced and proved, notwithstanding the fact that for any such prior conviction an order of sealing or expungement previously was issued pursuant to sections 2953.31 to 2953.34 of the Revised Code. (C) The person or governmental agency, office, or department that maintains sealed records pertaining to convictions or bail forfeitures that have been sealed...

...rt for the expungement of the record of conviction of any offense, other than a record of conviction of a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2907.02 of the Revised Code, the person's participation in which was a result of the person having been a victim of human trafficking. (2) Any person who is or was convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony of the fourth or fifth degree may apply to the sentencing court fo...

...the record of a case that pertains to a conviction of a person of a low-level controlled substance offense. (2) "Low-level controlled substance offense" means a violation of any provision of Chapter 2925. of the Revised Code that is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree or a minor misdemeanor or a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is substantially equivalent to a violation of any provision of ...

...vehicle as follows: (1) Upon a first conviction for a violation of any provision of divisions (A)(2) to (12) of section 4506.15 of the Revised Code or a similar law of another state or a foreign jurisdiction, or upon a first suspension imposed under section 4511.191 of the Revised Code or a similar law of another state or foreign jurisdiction, one year; (2) Upon a second conviction for a violation of any provis...

...certificate is under suspension; (3) Conviction of, a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, a judicial finding of guilt resulting from a plea of no contest to, or a judicial finding of eligibility for a pretrial diversion or similar program or for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (4) Conviction of, a plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of ...

... specific criminal offenses for which a conviction, judicial finding of guilt, or plea of guilty may disqualify an individual from obtaining an initial license. The licensing authority shall make the list available to the public on the licensing authority's web site pursuant to division (C) of section 9.78 of the Revised Code. The licensing authority, in adopting the list, shall do both of the following: (a) Ident...

...inated, as a result of the individual's conviction of or plea of guilty to an offense and that applies by operation of law in this state whether or not the penalty, disability, or disadvantage is included in the sentence or judgment imposed. "Collateral sanction" does not include imprisonment, probation, parole, supervised release, forfeiture, restitution, fine, assessment, or costs of prosecution. (2) "Decisio...

...ction 4510.07 of the Revised Code for a conviction of a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance. (2) No judge or mayor shall suspend the following portions of the suspension of an offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege imposed under division (G) or (H) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or under section 4510.07 of the Revised Code for a conviction of a vio...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (12) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (13) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (14) A plea of guilty to,...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction of, a violation of any federal or state law regulating the possession, distribution, or use of any drug; (4) Willfully betraying a professional confidence. For purposes of this division, "willfully betraying a professional confidence" does not include providing any information, documents, or reports under sections 307.621 to 307.629 of the Revised Code to a chi...

...this section for the expungement of the conviction record may apply to the sentencing court for the expungement of the record of conviction. Any person who is convicted of, was convicted of, pleads guilty to, or has pleaded guilty to a violation of division (B)(1) of section 2923.12 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to June 13, 2022, and who is authorized by division (E)(2) of that section may apply to the sent...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (11) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (12) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (13) A plea of guilty to,...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (12) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (13) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (14) A plea of guilty to,...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (11) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (12) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (13) A plea of guilty to, a ...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (11) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (12) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (13) A plea of guilty to,...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (11) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (12) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (13) A plea of guilty to,...

...acle that was or could be the basis for conviction of a violation of this chapter or a division rule, the fish may be seized by any law enforcement officer authorized by section 1531.13 of the Revised Code to enforce laws and division rules, and the fish shall escheat to the state unless a court of this state makes a specific finding that the consignor at the time of seizure had a valid permit under this section and...

...ng of guilt by a jury or court of, or a conviction of any of the following: (a) A felony other than a felony listed in division (C) of this section; (b) An offense of violence other than an offense of violence listed in division (C) of this section; (c) A theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, other than a theft offense listed in division (C) of this section; (d) A drug abuse of...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (5) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (6) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (7) Commission of an act in...

...eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a felony; (2) Commission of an act that constitutes a felony in this state, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the act was committed; (3) A plea of guilty to, a judicial finding of guilt of, or a judicial finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction for, a misdemeanor committed in the course of practice; (4) Commission of an act in...

...h taken during the previous five years, conviction records relating to Chapter 1531. and this chapter of the Revised Code and division rules, and any other facts the chief determines necessary to assist the chief in determining whether or not the applicant may engage in commercial fishing in accordance with those chapters and division rules. All questions shall be answered fully and completely by the applicant. The a...

...was found guilty. (4) The individual's conviction was vacated, dismissed, or reversed on appeal and all of the following apply: (a) No criminal proceeding is pending against the individual for any act associated with that conviction. (b) The prosecuting attorney in the case, within one year after the date of the vacating, dismissal, or reversal, has not sought any further appeal of right or upon leave of court, pr...