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...The governing body of any municipal corporation, township, or county may accept donations of land suitable for the growth of timber, which lands shall be known as municipal, township, or county forests, and may manage the same on forestry principles. The governing body of any municipal corporation, township, or county, where funds are available or have been levied therefor, may, when authorized by a majority vote of ...

...(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...

...All money, credits, investments, 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 propert...

...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...

... children or animals, exclusively for a home for the aged, as defined in section 5701.13 of the Revised Code, or exclusively for contributing financial support to any such purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder member or other individual, and no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislatio...

...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...

...Whenever lands belonging to the state, a municipal corporation, religious, scientific, or benevolent society or institution, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or trustees for free education only, or held by the state in trust, are held under a lease for a term of years renewable forever and not subject to revaluation, such lands shall be considered for taxation purposes as the property of the lessees and shall ...

... or nonpublic school. "School" excludes home education as authorized under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code. (b) "Public school" includes schools of a school district, STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and educational service centers established under section 3311.05 of the Revised Code. (c) "Nonpublic sch...

...(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...

...l team for a significant portion of its home schedule, and land acquired by a political subdivision in 1999 for such purposes or originally leased from a political subdivision, such political subdivision qualifying as such pursuant to division (H) of this section, in 1998 for such purposes, are declared to be public property used for a public purpose and are exempt from taxation, if all of the following apply: ...

...(A) As used in this section, "new employee" means both of the following: (1) Every 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 ...

...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 ...

...ban township that has adopted a limited home rule form of government under section 504.02 of the Revised Code that charges no fee 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 organi...

...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.

...For tax year 2006 and each tax 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 distrib...

...de furnishing room and board, clothing, health care, or other necessities, or stipends or other de minimis payments to defray the cost thereof. (D)(1) A private corporation established under federal law, as defined in 36 U.S.C. 1101, Pub. L. No. 102-199, 105 Stat. 1629, as amended, the objects of which include encouraging the advancement of science generally, or of a particular branch of science, the promotion of sc...

...s section from the department of mental health and addiction services; one or more county boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; or a local continuum of care program governed by 42 U.S.C. 11381, et seq. and 24 C.F.R. part 578. (2) As used in division (F) of this section, "qualifying real property" means real property that is used primarily in one of the following manners: (a) The propert...

...ort 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.