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... (A) Unless specifically prohibited in the declaration, any owner may install a solar energy collection device on the owner's dwelling unit or other location within the owner's lot if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace the unit's roof or alternative location within the lot is not a common expense of the owners association and is instead the owner's respon...

...As used in Chapter 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 installme...

...(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...

...Every vendor under a land installment contract shall, at least once a year or on demand of the vendee, but no more than twice a year, furnish a statement to the vendee showing the following: (A) The amount credited to principal and interest; (B) The balance due. A land contract passbook issued by the vendor or a financial institution shall be sufficient compliance with this section.

...Upon the failure of any vendor to comply with Chapter 5313. of the Revised Code, the vendee may enforce such provisions in a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas. Upon the determination of the court that the vendor has failed to comply with these provisions, the court shall grant appropriate relief.

...When the vendee of a land installment contract defaults in payment, forfeiture of the interest of the vendee under the contract may be enforced only after the expiration of thirty days from the date of the default. A vendee in default may, prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period, avoid the forfeiture of his interest under the contract by making all payments currently due under the contract and by paying any...

...Following expiration of the period of time provided in section 5313.05 of the Revised Code, forfeiture of the interest of a vendee in default under a land installment contract shall be initiated by the vendor or by his successor in interest, by serving or causing to be served on the vendee or his successor in interest, if known to the vendor or his successor in interest, a written notice which: (A) Reasonably ident...

...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 ...

...If the contract has been in effect for less than five years, in addition to any other remedies provided by law and after the expiration of the periods prescribed by sections 5313.05 and 5313.06 of the Revised Code, if the vendee is still in default of any payment the vendor may bring an action for forfeiture of the vendee's rights in the land installment contract and for restitution of his property under Chapter 1923...

...(A) A judgment for the vendor shall operate to cancel the land installment contract as of a date to be specified by the court. The clerk of the county or municipal court in which such judgment is rendered shall transmit an authenticated copy of such dated judgment to the county recorder of the county in which the property is located. The county recorder of such county shall record such authenticated judgment as an i...

...The election of the vendor to terminate the land installment contract by an action under section 5313.07 or 5313.08 of the Revised Code is an exclusive remedy which bars further action on the contract unless the vendee has paid an amount less than the fair rental value plus deterioration or destruction of the property occasioned by the vendee's use. In such case the vendor may recover the difference between the amoun...

... (A) As used in this chapter : (1) "Borrower" means the person who receives a l oan from a lender secured by a mortgage on real property to which the borrower holds legal title and who is an applicant of the D.O.L.L.A.R. deed program. "Borrower" includes the original borrower's successor in interest. (2) "D.O.L.L.A.R. d eed in lieu of foreclosure" means a transaction in which a borrower, after default on a loan ...

...To assist in the establishment of the D.O.L.L.A.R. deed program, the Ohio housing finance agency shall adopt in rule all of the following: (A) A model form by which a person may apply to participate in the program; (B) A model for the deed, which act shall as the deed in lieu of foreclosure described in division (A)(1) of section 5315.04 of the Revised Code; (C) A model for the lease with option to purchase agreem...

...(A) An applicant to the D.O.L.L.A.R. deed program shall submit both of the following to the loss mitigation department of the lender of the mortgage that is in default: (1) An application form as set forth in section 5315.02 of the Revised Code; (2) A request for modification and affidavit form developed under the home affordable modification program. (B) To qualify for the program, all of the following shall appl...

...(A) If a lender approves a borrower applicant to the D.O.L.L.A.R. deed program, the borrower and lender shall execute all of the following: (1) A deed in lieu of foreclosure that transfers to the lender all of the borrower's right, title, and interest in and to the real property that is the subject of the mortgage. The deed in lieu of foreclosure shall be an absolute conveyance and, upon delivery of the executed dee...

...(A) A former borrower and a former lender who are party to a lease with option to purchase agreement under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 5315.04 of the Revised Code are governed by Chapter 5321. of the Revised Code. (1) The former borrower-lessee is responsible for all of the obligations of a tenant under section 5321.05 of the Revised Code as well as the duties under divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 5321.04...

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to the use and occupancy of residential premises to the exclusion of others. (B) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of residential premises, the agent of the owner, lessor, or sublessor, or any person authorized by the owner, lessor, or sublessor to manage the premises or to receive rent from a tenant under a r...

...(A) Subject to section 5321.03 of the Revised Code, a landlord may not retaliate against a tenant by increasing the tenant's rent, decreasing services that are due to the tenant, or bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession of the tenant's premises because: (1) The tenant has complained to an appropriate governmental agency of a violation of a building, housing, health, or safety code that is applica...

... (A) Notwithstanding section 5321.02 of the Revised Code, a landlord may bring an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code for possession of the premises if: (1) The tenant is in default in the payment of rent; (2) The violation of the applicable building, housing, health, or safety code that the tenant complained of was primarily caused by any act or lack of reasonable care by the tenant, or by any other...

...A college or university may terminate a rental agreement with a student tenant prior to the expiration of the term of the agreement and require that the student vacate the dwelling unit only when the termination follows a hearing in which it was determined by the college or university that the student violated a term of the rental agreement or violated the college's or university's code of conduct or other policies a...

...(A) A landlord who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following: (1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes that materially affect health and safety; (2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (3) Keep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary co...

...(A) A tenant who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following: (1) Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses safe and sanitary; (2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner; (3) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by him as clean as their condition permits; (4) Use and operate all electrical and plumbing fixtures pr...

... (A)(1) No tenant of any residential premises located within one thousand feet of any school premises, preschool or child care center premises, children's crisis care facility premises, or residential infant care center premises shall allow any person to occupy those residential premises if both of the following apply regarding the person: (a) The person's name appears on the state registry of sex offenders and ch...

...A landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement any terms and conditions, including any term relating to rent, the duration of an agreement, and any other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties that are not inconsistent with or prohibited by Chapter 5321. of the Revised Code or any other rule of law.

...(A) If a landlord fails to fulfill any obligation imposed upon him by section 5321.04 of the Revised Code, other than the obligation specified in division (A)(9) of that section, or any obligation imposed upon him by the rental agreement, if the conditions of the residential premises are such that the tenant reasonably believes that a landlord has failed to fulfill any such obligations, or if a governmental agency ha...