Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) All real property in this state is subject to taxation, except only such as is expressly exempted therefrom. (B) Except as provided by division (C) of this section or otherwise expressly exempted from taxation: (1) All personal property located and used in business in this state, and all domestic animals kept in this state and not used in agriculture are subject to taxation, regardless of the residence of the o...

...stments, deposits, and other intangible property of persons residing in this state shall be subject to taxation, except as provided in this section or as otherwise provided or exempted in Title LVII of the Revised Code, but the good will, license, or franchise of a business, whether granted by governmental authority or otherwise, shall not be considered property separate from the other property used in or growing out...

...Property of the kinds mentioned in this section, when used in business, shall be considered to arise out of business transacted in a state other than that in which the owner resides, under the circumstances following: (A) Accounts receivable resulting from the sale of property by an agent having an office in such other state or from a stock of goods maintained therein, or from services performed by an officer, agent...

...stments, deposits, and other intangible property belonging, either legally or beneficially, to corporations, trusts, associations, funds, foundations, or community chests, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, health, hospital, educational, or public purposes, exclusively for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, exclusively for a home for the aged, as defined...

...Deposits to the extent they represent funds required to be collected or withheld as taxes levied upon persons other than the depositor by federal, state or local governmental authority, and deposits not used in business to the extent they represent funds belonging beneficially to non-residents of Ohio, whether or not any such funds are on deposit in or outside of Ohio, are not subject to taxation.

...All tracts of land appropriated by congress for the support of schools or for ministerial purposes and sold by and under authority of law, and all lands which are sold by the United States shall be subject to taxation, immediately after such sale, as are other lands in this state. Lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools or for ministerial purposes shall not be sold for taxes until the purchase money...

...considered for taxation purposes as the property of the lessees and shall be assessed in their names. Whenever lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools or for ministerial purposes are held under a perpetual lease subject to revaluation, the interest of such lessees in such lands shall be subject to taxation. In determining the value for taxation purposes of such leasehold interest, the true value in ...

...(A) The following property shall be exempt from taxation: (1) Real property used by a school for primary or secondary educational purposes, including only so much of the land as is necessary for the proper occupancy, use, and enjoyment of such real property by the school for primary or secondary educational purposes. The exemption under division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any portion of the real prop...

...(A)(1) Real or personal property belonging to the state or United States used exclusively for a public purpose, and public property used exclusively for a public purpose, shall be exempt from taxation. (2) For purposes of division (A)(1) of this section, real and personal property owned by the state, even when the property is leased or otherwise operated by a private party, and used as public service facilities desc...

...(A) Real and tangible personal property owned by a political subdivision that is a public recreational facility for athletic events shall be exempt from taxation if all of the following apply: (1) The property is controlled and managed by a political subdivision or a county-related corporation or by a similar corporation under the direct control of a political subdivision and whose members and trustees are ch...

... person employed in the construction of property exempt from taxation under division (C)(1) of section 5709.081 of the Revised Code; (2) A person to whom division (A)(1) of this section does not apply, who works at the site of real property exempt from taxation under division (B) or (C)(1) of section 5709.081 of the Revised Code, and who has not been subject, prior to working at that site, unless he was first employ...

...Real and personal property comprising a project undertaken, financed, operated, or maintained by an eligible county under section 307.695 of the Revised Code is exempt from taxation so long as the project remains owned by the eligible county. As used in this section, "eligible county" and "project" have the same meanings as in section 307.695 of the Revised Code.

...Real and personal property comprising a convention center that is constructed or, in the case of personal property, acquired, after January 1, 2010, are exempt from taxation if the convention center is located in a county having a population, when construction of the convention center commences, of more than one million two hundred thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census, and if the convention ...

...(A) Real property or any estate, interest, or right therein dedicated in accordance with section 1517.05 of the Revised Code is exempt from taxation. (B) Real property is exempt from taxation if the property is owned or held by an organization that is organized for the purpose of natural resources protection, preservation, restoration, or enhancement or water quality improvement and that is described under section ...

...e for the privilege of parking thereon, property used as a county fairgrounds that is owned by the board of county commissioners, property owned by a county agricultural society that is used in furtherance of the purposes of the society, and property of housing authorities created and organized under and for the purposes of sections 3735.27 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code, which property is hereby declared to be publi...

...Real property satisfying all of the following conditions shall be exempt from taxation: (A) If any part of the property is held out for rent to tenants, less than seventy-five per cent of the square footage of that part is leased by one or more tenants. (B) On the tax lien date, it is owned by a municipal corporation to which the property was conveyed by a community improvement corporation as defined in section 172...

...Works, machinery, pipe lines, and fixtures belonging to a municipal corporation and used exclusively for conveying water to it, or for heating or lighting it, shall be exempt from taxation.

...All real and personal property belonging to a political subdivision or to a nonprofit corporation as defined in division (C) of section 1702.01 of the Revised Code is exempt from taxation if it is used exclusively in the treatment, distribution, and sale of water to consumers.

... year thereafter, all tangible personal property used in the recovery of oil or gas, when installed and located on the premises or leased premises of the owner, shall be exempt from taxation. Such tangible personal property shall be subject to taxation if it is not installed on the premises or leased premises of the owner, or if it is used for the transmission, transportation, or distribution of oil or gas, as provid...

... Nor shall the fact that any scientific information diffused by the organization is of particular interest or benefit to any of its individual members be used to deny the exemption granted by this section, provided that such scientific information is available to the public for purchase or otherwise. (2) Division (D)(2) of this section does not apply to real property exempted from taxation under this section and div...

...(A) Real property and tangible personal property belonging to a charitable, religious, or educational institution or to the state or a political subdivision, shall be considered as used exclusively for charitable or public purposes by such institution, the state, or political subdivision, if it meets one of the following requirements: (1) It is used by such institution, the state, or political subdivision, or by o...

...The net income of any property which is used solely for the support of institutions used exclusively as homes for poor children, the real estate on which said institutions are located, and the buildings connected therewith, shall be exempt from taxation.

...Lands used exclusively as graveyards, or grounds for burying the dead, except such as are held by a person, company, or corporation with a view to profit, or for the purpose of speculating in the sale thereof, shall be exempt from taxation.

...Funds raised and set apart for the purpose of building monuments to the veterans of this state, and monuments and monumental buildings shall be exempt from taxation.

...Lands held and used as the place of interment of a distinguished deceased person and as the place of a monument or memorial to such person, together with funds raised or held for the purpose of maintaining such monument or memorial, and its place of erection, so long as they are held and used for such purpose, shall be exempt from taxation or assessment for any purpose.