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Section 5123.191 | Appointing receiver to operate residential facility.

...nsolvency of the operator, licensee, or landowner threatens the operation of the facility. (5) The facility or operator has demonstrated a pattern and practice of repeated violations of state or federal laws or regulations. (B) A court in which a petition is filed pursuant to this section shall notify the person holding the license for the facility and the department of developmental disabilities of the filing. T...

Section 5123.51 | Reviewing report of abuse, neglect or misappropriation.

...(A) In addition to any other action required by sections 5123.61 and 5126.31 of the Revised Code, the department of developmental disabilities shall review each report the department receives of abuse or neglect of an individual with a developmental disability or misappropriation of an individual's property that includes an allegation that a developmental disabilities employee committed or was responsible for the abu...

Section 5123.701 | Application for short-term care.

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person in the community who is eighteen years of age or older and who is or believes self to be a person with an intellectual disability may make written application to the managing officer of any institution for temporary admission for short-term care. The application may be made on behalf of a minor by a parent or guardian, and on behalf of an adult adjudi...

Section 5126.23 | Discipline of management employee or superintendent.

...(A) As used in this section, "employee" means a management employee or superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) An employee may be removed, suspended, or demoted in accordance with this section for violation of written rules set forth by the board or for incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of...

Section 5139.13 | Facilities for treatment and training of children.

...(A) The department of youth services shall do all of the following: (1) Control and manage all institutions for the rehabilitation of delinquent children and youthful offenders that are operated by the state, except where the control and management of an institution is vested by law in another agency; (2) Provide treatment and training for children committed to the department and assigned by the department to vari...

Section 5153.23 | Superintendent of home - powers and duties.

...The superintendent of the county children's home shall control, manage, operate, and have general charge of such home, subject to the rules, standards, and orders of the public children services agency.

Section 5153.41 | Superintendent of home - bond - powers and duties.

...The board of trustees of a district children's home shall appoint the superintendent thereof. Before entering upon his duties such superintendent shall give a bond to the board, in such sum as it fixes, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the full and faithful accounting of the funds and properties coming into his hands. The superintendent shall appoint all employees, ...

Section 5164.56 | Lien for amount owed by provider.

...Under the medicaid program, any amount determined to be owed the state by a final fiscal audit conducted pursuant to section 5164.55 of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an adjudication order pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that contains a finding that there is a preponderance of the evidence that a medicaid provider will liquidate assets or file bankruptcy in order to prevent payment of the a...

Section 5165.83 | Fines.

...(A) As used in this section, "certified beds" means beds certified under Title XVIII or Title XIX. (B) If the department of medicaid or a contracting agency imposes a fine on a nursing facility under section 5165.72, 5165.73, or 5165.74 of the Revised Code, it may impose one or more of the following: (1) One hundred sixty per cent of the amount calculated under division (C) of this section for any deficiency...

Section 5167.24 | Third-party administrator as single pharmacy benefit manager.

...(A) If the department of medicaid includes prescribed drugs in the care management system as authorized under section 5167.05 of the Revised Code, the medicaid director, through a procurement process, shall select a third-party administrator to serve as the single pharmacy benefit manager used by medicaid managed care organizations under the care management system. The state pharmacy benefit manager shall be responsi...

Section 517.26 | Removal of dead.

...When remains laid in a vault or other receptacle become offensive, on the complaint of a householder of the township, the board of township trustees immediately shall issue an order to the sexton or other person in charge of the vault or receptacle to have the remains immediately interred. If the interment is neglected for three days after the complaint, any judge of the county court within the county may issue a wri...

Section 5180.17 | Infant safe sleep screening procedure.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contractor" means a person who provides personal services pursuant to a contract. (2) "Critical access hospital" means a facility designated as a critical access hospital by the director of health under section 3701.073 of the Revised Code. (3) "Crib" includes a portable play yard or other suitable sleeping place. (B) Each hospital and freestanding birthing center shall i...

Section 5180.56 | [Former R.C. 5101.8812, amended and renumbered by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2025] Inalienability of kinship benefits.

...Benefits and services provided under the kinship guardianship assistance program, extended kinship guardianship assistance program, kinship support program, and kinship permanency incentive program are inalienable whether by way of assignment, charge, or otherwise and exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, and other like processes.

Section 5301.332 | Forfeiture for failure of lessee, successors or assigns to abide by specifically described covenants.

...Whenever leases of natural gas and oil lands recorded under section 5301.09 of the Revised Code concerning lands upon which there are no producing or drilling oil or gas wells become forfeited for failure of the lessee or the lessee's successors or assigns to abide by specifically described covenants provided for in the lease, or because the term of the lease has expired, the lessor or the lessor's successors o...

Section 5301.56 | Mineral interests - vesting in surface owner.

...arth. (5) "Owner of the surface of the lands subject to the interest" includes the owner's successors and assignees. (B) Any mineral interest held by any person, other than the owner of the surface of the lands subject to the interest, shall be deemed abandoned and vested in the owner of the surface of the lands subject to the interest if the requirements established in division (E) of this section are satisfi...

Section 5301.94 | Right-to-list home sale agreements.

...(A) As used in this section, "right-to-list home sale agreement" has the same meaning as in section 4735.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A right-to-list home sale agreement executed, modified, or extended after the effective date of this section is void ab initio and unenforceable. (C) A right-to-list home sale agreement described in division (B) of this section is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violatio...

Section 5309.16 | Answer day.

...n a conspicuous place on each parcel of land included in the application, at least fourteen days before the answer day of such notice. Such sheriff's return shall be proof of such posting. The court may cause additional notice of the application to be given or additional persons to be made parties and served as provided by law in civil actions. The court shall, so far as it considers it possible, require proof of act...

Section 5311.18 | Lien for common expenses.

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or the bylaws, the unit owners association has a continuing lien upon the estate or interest of the owner in any unit and the appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements for the payment of any of the following expenses that are chargeable against the unit and that remain unpaid for ten days after any portion has become due and payable: (a) The portion of...

Section 5311.26 | Written statement of material circumstances or features affecting condominium development.

...Except as provided in section 5311.24 of the Revised Code, no developer or agent, directly or indirectly, shall sell or offer to sell a condominium ownership interest in a residential or water slip condominium development unless the developer or agent provides the prospective purchaser a condominium development disclosure statement that discloses fully and accurately all material circumstances or features affecting...

Section 5312.06 | Powers and duties of owner's association.

...tle, or compromise any civil, criminal, land use planning, or administrative action or proceeding that is in the name of, or threatened against, the association, the board of directors, or the property, or that involves two or more owners, impacts zoning, or otherwise relates to matters affecting the property; (3) Enter into contracts and incur liabilities relating to the operation of the property; (4) Enforce al...

Section 5312.11 | Individual lot assessments.

...(A) An owners association may assess an individual lot for any of the following: (1) Enforcement assessments and individual assessments for utility service that are imposed or levied in accordance with the declaration, as well as expenses the board incurs in collecting those assessments; (2) Costs of maintenance, repair, or replacement incurred due to the willful or negligent act of an owner or occupant of a lot...

Section 5313.02 | Required provisions of land installment contracts.

...(A) Every land installment contract shall be executed in duplicate, and a copy of the contract shall be provided to the vendor and the vendee. The contract shall contain at least the following provisions: (1) The full names and then current mailing addresses of all the parties to the contract; (2) The date when the contract was signed by each party; (3) A legal description of the property conveyed; (4) The contra...

Section 5321.05 | Tenant obligations.

...er, or other appliances supplied by the landlord and required to be maintained by the tenant under the terms and conditions of a written rental agreement; (8) Conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises; (9) Conduct himself, and require persons in his household and persons on the ...

Section 5501.04 | Distribution of duties, powers, and functions of the department; deputy directors.

...Pursuant to section 5501.02 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall distribute the duties, powers, and functions of the department among the divisions of the department. Each division shall be headed by a deputy director, whose title shall be designated by the director, and shall include those other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of the division. Each deputy...

Section 5502.34 | Disqualification for subversive activities - registration and oath required.

...No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any position or agency established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or of this state or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States or th...

Section 5309.60 | No registration or certificate of title shall issue upon tax deed except on order of court.

...A tax deed of registered land, or an interest therein, issued in pursuance of any sale for a tax, assessment, or other imposition, shall have only the effect of an agreement for the transfer of the title upon the register. Before any person dealing with such land is affected by such tax deed such deed must be filed in the county recorder's office and a memorial of such filing be made by the recorder on the registered...

Section 5309.65 | Transfer of title by assignee or trustee - procedure.

... shall deal with or transfer registered land, or any interest therein, such person shall file in the county recorder's office a certified copy of the deed, order of the court, will, or other authority showing that such person is authorized to deal with or transfer such land or interest, and shall present to the recorder the duplicate certificate of title for such land. The recorder shall enter upon the registered cer...

Section 5309.79 | References required in instruments transferring title or creating or discharging liens.

...rring any title or estate in registered land, or in creating any lien or charge thereon, or assigning, releasing, or discharging any lien or charge, in whole or in part, and every certificate or other paper filed with the county recorder for the purpose of acquiring or creating an involuntary lien, interest, or charge upon registered land, shall at least refer by number to the certificate of title covering such land ...

Section 5310.42 | Certificate of title of registered land effect after abolition.

...entation in a county that has abolished land registration has the following effects on and after such date: (A) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the date of implementation and noted on the certificate; (B) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the date of implementation that, as of the date of implementation were not noted on the certificate, but ...

Section 5310.45 | Certificates of title resulting from pending proceedings.

...5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code, land registered under the certificate shall be dealt with the same as if it were not registered land, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance shall be recorded in the traditional recordation system, not in the land registration system. Until there has been a conveyance of the entire fee of such land, in preparing the prior instrument reference on each such instrument ...

Section 5310.47 | Abolition of land registration does not bar certain actions.

...Abolition of land registration in a county does not bar a person who is deprived of land, any interest therein, or any encumbrance thereon as the result of a decree obtained by fraud in a case relating to registered land or to the initial registration of land from filing a complaint to open up and review the case as provided in section 5309.23 or 5309.81 of the Revised Code.

Section 5310.48 | Duplicate certificate of title.

...plementation, with regard to registered land in a county that has abolished land registration: (A) A duplicate certificate of title has no use other than as a copy of the certificate that is transcribed or bound in the register of titles; (B) No person shall present, and the county recorder shall not accept, the duplicate as the instrument of any conveyance or encumbrance of the land to which it pertains. The hold...

Section 5313.01 | Land installment contract definitions.

...hapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installment payments,...

Section 5313.07 | Proceeding for foreclosure and judicial sale.

...If the vendee of a land installment contract has paid in accordance with the terms of the contract for a period of five years or more from the date of the first payment or has paid toward the purchase price a total sum equal to or in excess of twenty per cent thereof, the vendor may recover possession of his property only by use of a proceeding for foreclosure and judicial sale of the foreclosed property as provided ...

Section 5543.12 | County engineer right of entry.

...s, may enter immediately: (A) Upon any lands adjacent to any of the highways in the county for the purpose of opening an existing ditch or drain, or for digging a new ditch or drain for the free passage of water for the drainage of highways; (B) Upon any lands adjoining rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, reservoirs, or ponds, to drive piles, throw up embankments, and perform such other labor as is necessary to keep su...

Section 5551.03 | Resolution to acquire railway right of way.

...uire the acquisition of right of way or lands and the removal, relocation, or both, of tracks, sidings, and other facilities of a street or interurban railway company in connection with a proposed improvement or construction. The resolution shall state the location and extent of lands to be acquired and of any lands proposed to be conveyed to such company in exchange therefor if they are within or contiguous to the b...

Section 5553.23 | Petition by landowner to relocate road or trail - vacation of unimproved public roads.

...If a person through whose land a public road has been established, which is under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with the board of county commissioners setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon the receipt of such petition, the board sh...

Section 5555.07 | Copies of surveys, plans, and estimates transmitted to board - notice, hearing.

...rovement and estimated assessments upon lands benefited thereby. Thereupon such board shall file such copies in its office for the inspection and examination of all persons interested. Except in a case involving the improvement of a public road in which no land or property is taken or assessed, the board shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, for the period of two weeks or as provide...

Section 5571.14 | Object bounding township road may be declared public nuisance.

...ad and located wholly or in part on the land belonging to the road interferes with snow or ice removal from, the maintenance of, or the proper grading, draining, or dragging of the road, causes the drifting of snow on the road, or in any other manner obstructs or endangers the public travel of the road. The board or superintendent then may declare the object to be a public nuisance and order the owner, agent, o...

Section 5705.11 | Distribution of revenue derived from federal government.

...Whenever lands are removed from the tax duplicate of a county under the act of June 28, 1938, 45 Stat. 535, 33 U.S.C.A. 701b, or the "Flood Control Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 1266, U.S.C.A. 701c-3, and the federal government makes payments to the county in lieu of the general real property taxes, in the form of rents or otherwise, such revenues shall be distributed by the board of county commissioners to the taxing distr...

Section 5709.081 | Exempting public recreational facility used for athletic events.

...es, and improvements of any kind to the land, that are constructed or, in the case of personal property, acquired after March 2, 1992, and are part of or used in a public recreational facility used by a major league professional athletic team or a class A to class AAA minor league affiliate of a major league baseball team for a significant portion of its home schedule, and land acquired by a political subdivision in ...

Section 5709.56 | Residential development land exemption.

...at includes the date a plat subdividing land including such property is presented to the county auditor under section 5713.18 of the Revised Code, or any other person to which title to the property is transferred, without consideration, by another qualifying owner. (7) "Purchase price" means the price at which the property was most recently sold in an arm's length transaction, as described in section 5713.03 of th...

Section 5709.61 | Enterprise zone definitions.

...scribed in that division, the parcel of land on which such facilities are situated, or adjacent parcels. The director of development annually shall review all agreements in such zones to determine whether the agreements have resulted in such development; if the director determines that the agreements have not resulted in such development, the director immediately shall revoke certification of the zone and notify the ...

Section 5713.351 | Failure to file an initial or renewal application.

...f the Revised Code that a conversion of land has occurred with respect to any tract, lot, or parcel on the agricultural land tax list because of a failure to file an initial or renewal application, and if the auditor, upon application of the owner and payment by the owner of a twenty-five-dollar fee, finds that the land would be land devoted exclusively to agricultural use for the current year if the board of revisio...

Section 5713.36 | Application for valuation of land.

...tor shall mail to each current owner of land that was valued as land devoted exclusively to agricultural use during the next preceding calendar year, an application for the valuation of such land as land devoted exclusively to an agricultural use for the current calendar year.

Section 5721.08 | Certification of delinquent lands omitted from list.

...ertence or mistake omits any delinquent lands from the delinquent land list, he shall charge the lands and lots with the taxes, assessments, interest, and penalty if such taxes, assessments, interest, and penalty with which the lands and lots stand charged have not been paid in full before the tenth day of August of the next succeeding year. He shall also record and certify them as part of the delinquent list.

Section 5721.30 | Tax certificate definitions.

...ificate" do not refer to the delinquent land tax certificate or the delinquent vacant land tax certificate issued under section 5721.13 of the Revised Code. (B) "Certificate parcel" means the parcel of delinquent land that is the subject of and is described in a tax certificate. (C) "Certificate holder" means a person, including a county land reutilization corporation, that purchases or otherwise acquires a tax cer...

Section 5721.31 | Selecting parcels for tax certificate sales.

...eceipt of a duplicate of the delinquent land list compiled under section 5721.011 of the Revised Code, or a delinquent land list compiled previously under that section, the county treasurer may select from the list parcels of delinquent land the lien against which the county treasurer may attempt to transfer by the sale of tax certificates under sections 5721.30 to 5721.43 of the Revised Code. None of the following p...

Section 5721.36 | Transferring tax certificate.

...a tax certificate, other than a county land reutilization corporation, may transfer that tax certificate except upon presentation to the treasurer of instructions signed by the secured party authorizing such action. A county land reutilization corporation may transfer or assign tax certificates consistent with its public purposes and plan adopted pursuant to Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code. (b) Only the secu...

Section 5723.18 | Deduction of costs - distribution of remaining proceeds - deficiency judgment.

...o the forfeiture and sale of forfeited lands, including costs pertaining to a foreclosure and forfeiture proceeding instituted under section 5721.14 of the Revised Code, except those paid under section 5721.04 of the Revised Code, from the moneys received from the sale of land and town lots forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, and shall pay such costs into the proper fund. In the case of the for...