Ohio Rev. Code § 905.323 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.323
§ 905.323. Voluntary nutrient management plans
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) A person who owns or operates agricultural land may do any of the following: (a) Develop a voluntary nutrient management plan; (b) Request any person to develop a voluntary nutrient management plan on behalf of the person who owns or operates the agricultural land; (c) Request the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district organized in accordance with Chapter 940. of the Revised Code to develop a voluntary nutrient management plan on the person's behalf. (2) A person who owns or operates agricultural land and who has developed or has had developed a voluntary nutrient management plan under division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, as applicable, may request the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district, the director of agriculture, or the director's designee to approve the plan. The supervisors, director, or director's designee shall approve or disapprove the plan. (B) If a voluntary nutrient management plan is disapproved under this section, the person who developed the plan or had it developed may request an adjudication hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) A person whose voluntary nutrient management plan is disapproved may appeal to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (D) After a voluntary nutrient management plan has been approved under this section, the person who developed the plan or had it developed shall submit the plan once every five years to the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district or the director for review. If after the review the supervisors or the director determines that the plan needs to be modified, the supervisors or director shall notify the person who submitted the plan. The person then shall provide for the modification of the plan. The procedures and requirements established in divisions (A) to (C) of this section apply to a modification of the plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.08
§ 935.08. Restricted snake possession permit
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) A person that possesses a restricted snake in this state prior to January 1, 2014, that wishes to continue to possess the restricted snake on and after that date, and that does not intend to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall obtain a restricted snake possession permit under this section not later than January 1, 2014. (2) A person that acquires a restricted snake in this state on or after January 1, 2014, and that does not intend to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall obtain a restricted snake possession permit under this section not later than one hundred twenty days after acquiring the snake. (3) An applicant need apply for only one permit regardless of the number of restricted snakes that the applicant possesses. (B) An applicant for a restricted snake possession permit shall file an application for a permit with the director of agriculture on a form prescribed and provided by the director. The application shall include all of the following: (1) The name, date of birth, address, social security number, and federal employer identification number, if applicable, of the applicant; (2) If different from the information provided under division (B)(1) of this section, the name and address of the location where each restricted snake will be confined; (3) A description of each restricted snake, including the scientific and common names, the name that the applicant has given the snake, the snake's sex, age, color, and weight, and any distinguishing marks or coloration that would aid in the identification of the snake; (4) Proof of financial responsibility as required in division (D) of this section; (5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, proof that the applicant has at least two years of experience in the care of the species of restricted snake or snakes that are the subject of the application. If an applicant cannot provide such proof, the applicant shall pass a written examination regarding the care of restricted snakes that is established and administered in accordance with rules. The requirements of division (B)(5) of this section do not apply with respect to a restricted snake specified in division (L)(1) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code. (6) A plan of action to be undertaken if a restricted snake escapes; (7) A written statement from a veterinarian stating that the veterinarian is willing to provide veterinary care to an applicant's restricted snake or snakes when the care is needed; (8) Any additional information required in rules. An applicant shall submit a copy of the plan of action required in division (B)(6) of this section to the sheriff of the county and to the chief law enforcement officer and fire chief of the township or municipal corporation having jurisdiction where the restricted snake or snakes are confined. (C) An applicant shall submit a fee of one hundred fifty dollars with an application. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, an applicant shall obtain and maintain proof of financial responsibility in one of the following forms: (a) A liability insurance policy with an insurer authorized or approved to write such insurance in this state that covers claims for injury or damage to persons or property caused by a restricted snake possessed by the applicant or any resulting claims against the state; (b) A surety bond, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state that covers claims for injury or damage to persons or property caused by a restricted snake possessed by the applicant or any resulting claims against the state. The bond shall be in a form approved by the director of agriculture. (2) Proof of financial responsibility shall be in one of the following amounts, as applicable: (a) One hundred thousand dollars if the applicant possesses not more than five restricted snakes; (b) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars if the applicant possesses at least six, but not more than fifteen restricted snakes; (c) Five hundred thousand dollars if the applicant possesses sixteen or more restricted snakes. The amounts specified in division (D)(2) of this section shall be for each occurrence of injury or damage. (3) Division (D)(1) of this section does not apply to an applicant that possesses one or more restricted snakes specified in division (L)(1) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code, but no other restricted snakes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.04
§ 955.04. Kennel registration
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) Every owner of a dog kennel shall, in like manner as provided in division (A) of section 955.02 of the Revised Code, make application for the registration of such kennel, and pay to the county auditor a registration fee of ten dollars for each such kennel, unless a greater fee has been established under section 955.14 of the Revised Code. If the application is not filed and the fee paid, on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee upon the owner of such kennel. The payment of the kennel registration fee entitles the licensee to not more than five tags, to bear consecutive numbers and to be issued in like manner and have like effect when worn by any dog owned in good faith by such licensee as the tags provided for in section 955.07 of the Revised Code. Upon application to the county auditor, additional tags, in excess of the five tags, may be issued upon payment of an additional fee of one dollar per tag. (B) No owner of a kennel shall fail to register the kennel in accordance with this section. A violation of this division is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.17
§ 959.17. Trapshooting
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Live birds or fowl shall not be used as targets in trapshooting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.60
§ 941.60. Injunction prohibiting violation or compelling compliance
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly In addition to the penalties and remedies provided in this chapter and irrespective of whether there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting violation of or compelling compliance with any provision of this chapter or any order issued by the director under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.07
§ 918.07. Sale of meat or meat products produced for human food
Status: in_force

September 15, 1965 House Bill 321 - 106th General Assembly Meat or meat products produced for human food in accordance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code shall be afforded movement for sale and may be sold throughout Ohio without restriction except as provided in Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.503 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.503
§ 905.503. No local regulation of fertilizers
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation and any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (2) "Local legislation" includes, but is not limited to, an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, motion, or amendment that is enacted or adopted by a political subdivision. (B)(1) No political subdivision shall regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, or application of fertilizer, or require a person licensed or registered under sections 905.31 to 905.99 of the Revised Code to obtain a license or permit to operate in a manner described in those sections, or to satisfy any other condition except as provided by a statute or rule of this state or of the United States. (2) No political subdivision shall enact, adopt, or continue in effect local legislation relating to the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, or application of fertilizers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.071
§ 971.071. Allocation of fence costs between property owners
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence between that owner and the owner of adjoining property unless a written agreement has been entered into under section 971.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.19
§ 911.19. Regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce section 911.18 of the Revised Code, including reasonable tolerances or variations within which all weights shall be kept. The tolerances or variations shall not exceed one ounce per pound under the standard unit for single loaves. The tolerance permitted in the weighing of twenty-five or more loaves shall not exceed one-half ounce per pound. The director, and under his direction , the local sealers of weights and measures, shall enforce this section. Before any prosecution is begun under this section, the parties against whom the complaint is made shall be notified and be given an opportunity to be heard by the director. Last updated September 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.73
§ 901.73. Investigations concerning livestock exhibitions
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture may inspect and investigate any matter involving livestock that is not present at an exhibition, but is registered or entered in an exhibition, or raised with the apparent intent of being so registered or entered, when the director reasonably suspects any of the following: (a) There has been a violation of section 901.76 or 2925.09 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under section 901.72 of the Revised Code; (b) The livestock's health, safety, or welfare may be threatened; (c) The livestock constitutes a threat to or may adversely affect food safety. (2) The director may conduct random inspections and investigations regarding any matter involving livestock present at an exhibition. (3) With the consent of the property owner and the livestock owner, the director or the director's designee may enter at all reasonable times any premises, facility, pen, yard, vehicle, or means of conveyance for the purpose of sampling and testing livestock registered or entered in an exhibition or raised with the apparent intent of being so registered or entered. If the director or the director's designee is denied access to any premises, facility, pen, yard, vehicle, or means of conveyance by the property owner or to livestock by the livestock owner, and if the director reasonably suspects that food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock is threatened, the director may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the premises, facility, pen, yard, vehicle, means of conveyance, or livestock are located for a search warrant authorizing access to the premises, facility, pen, yard, vehicle, means of conveyance, or livestock for the purposes of this section. The court shall issue the search warrant for the purposes requested if there is probable cause to believe that livestock is involved that is registered or entered in an exhibition or raised with the apparent intent of being so registered or entered, and that food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock is threatened. The finding of probable cause may be based on hearsay, provided there is a substantial basis for believing that the source of the hearsay is credible and that there is a factual basis for the information furnished. The director may designate employees of the department of agriculture, employees of the United States department of agriculture, licensed veterinarians, or employees or students of an approved or accredited veterinary school or college to perform the inspecting, sampling, and testing. The director may contract with laboratories, universities, or other persons or institutions, both public and private, to perform the livestock testing. (B) While the director or the director's designee is sampling or testing the livestock, the owner or custodian of the livestock shall render assistance in accordance with sections 941.05 and 941.08 of the Revised Code. Any person who refuses to cooperate with the director or the director's designee in the inspection, sampling, and testing of livestock may be prohibited by the director acting under section 901.74 of the Revised Code from participating in any exhibition. (C) A person may register, enter, or exhibit at an exhibition only livestock owned by that person for the length of time specified by rule of the director, unless one of the following applies: (1) The livestock owner has a recognized physical disability that prevents the owner from showing the livestock; (2) The sponsor provides written permission to someone other than the livestock owner to register, enter, or exhibit the livestock; (3) A rule of the director provides that this division shall not apply to an exhibition. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.27
§ 921.27. Seizing illegal pesticides
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) If the director of agriculture has reasonable cause to believe that a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, transported, or used in violation of this chapter or of any rules, it shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the locality in which the pesticide or device is located. (B) If the article is condemned, it shall, after entry or decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if the article is sold, less legal costs, shall be paid to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code. The article shall not be sold contrary to this section. Upon payment of costs and execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article shall not be disposed of unlawfully, the court may direct that the article be delivered to the owner thereof for relabeling or reprocessing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.01
§ 959.01. Abandoning animals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.05
§ 943.05. Refusal or suspension of license
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture may, except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, refuse to grant or may suspend a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, without prior hearing, after determining from evidence presented to the director that there is reasonable cause to believe any of the following situations exist: (a) Where the applicant or licensee or an employee has violated the laws of the state or official regulations governing the interstate or intrastate movement, shipment, or transportation of animals, or has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or convicted of a felony; (b) Where there have been false or misleading statements as to the health or physical condition of the animals with regard to official tests or quantity of animals, or the practice of fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith or in the buying or receiving of animals or receiving, selling, exchanging, soliciting, or negotiating the sale, resale, exchange, weighing, or shipment of animals; (c) Where the applicant or licensee acts as a small dealer, dealer, or broker for a person attempting to conduct business in violation of section 943.02 of the Revised Code, after the notice of the violation has been given to the licensee by the department of agriculture; (d) Where the applicant or licensee or employee fails to practice measures of sanitation, disinfection, and inspection as required by sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code, or prescribed by the department, of premises or vehicles used for the yarding, holding, or transporting of animals; (e) Where there has been a failure to keep records required by the department or where there is a refusal on the part of the applicant or licensee or employee to produce records of transactions in the carrying on of the business for which the license is granted; (f) Where the applicant or licensee providing weighing facilities used for, in connection with, or incident to the purchase or sale of livestock for the account of the licensee or others, fails to maintain and operate the weighing facilities in accordance with sections 943.08 and 943.10 of the Revised Code; (g) Where the applicant or licensee in the conduct of the business covered by the license fails to maintain and operate weighing facilities in accordance with sections 943.08 and 943.10 of the Revised Code or fails to cause its livestock to be weighed by licensed weighers as provided in those sections; (h) With regard to a dealer or broker licensee, where the licensee fails to maintain a bond or deposit, or letter of credit, if applicable, or fails to adjust the bond or deposit upon thirty days' notice or refuses or neglects to pay the fees or inspection charges required to be paid; (i) Where the licensee has been suspended by order of the secretary of agriculture of the United States department of agriculture under provisions of the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181, as amended; (j) With regard to a dealer or broker licensee, where the surety company, trustee, or issuer of a letter of credit of the licensee issues a notice of termination of the licensee's bond agreement, deposit agreement, or letter of credit; (k) Where the applicant has had a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license revoked or has had a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license suspended two or more times in the previous five years. (2) The director shall not refuse to grant a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license because of an applicant's criminal conviction unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) When the director refuses to grant or suspends a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, the director or the director's designee may hand deliver the order. The licensee to whom a suspension order is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, after which the director shall reinstate, revoke, or suspend for a longer or indefinite period the suspended license. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 939.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.10
§ 939.10. Agricultural pollution abatement fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the agricultural pollution abatement fund, which shall be administered by the director of agriculture. The fund may be used to pay costs incurred by the department of agriculture under division (E) of section 939.07 of the Revised Code in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating any pollution of the waters of the state caused by agricultural pollution or an unauthorized release, spill, or discharge of manure into or upon the environment that requires emergency action to protect the public health. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.03
§ 959.03. Poisoning animals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall maliciously, or willfully and without the consent of the owner, administer poison, except a licensed veterinarian acting in such capacity, to a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, poultry, or any other domestic animal that is the property of another; and no person shall, willfully and without consent of the owner, place any poisoned food where it may be easily found and eaten by any of such animals, either upon his own lands or the lands of another.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.29
§ 901.29. Production of records
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture may require, by order of subpoena, to be served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action at such time and place as he designates, the production of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by it in any office or place within or without the state, or of verified copies in lieu thereof, if the director so orders, in order that an examination thereof may be made by him or under his direction. Each such company, firm, corporation, person, or copartnership that fails or refuses to comply with such order or subpoena, shall, for each day it so fails or refuses, pay into the state treasury a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.99
§ 923.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Whoever violates sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 953.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 953 / § 953.25
§ 953.25. Disposal or rendering of raw rendering material requirements
Status: in_force

August 10, 1994 Senate Bill 73 - 120th General Assembly (A) In the disposal or rendering of raw rendering material, all of the following requirements shall be met: (1) All raw rendering material shall be processed or disposed of within forty-eight hours after its arrival at the rendering plant; (2) Each cooking vat or tank shall be airtight, except for proper escapes for steam; (3) Steam shall be disposed of so as to cause no nuisance; (4) All skinning and dismembering of an animal body or part thereof shall be done within a building. (B) Raw rendering material that is not disposed of to a licensee or as provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of section 953.26 of the Revised Code shall be buried at a depth of at least four feet.
Ohio Rev. Code § 942.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 942 / § 942.05
§ 942.05. [Former R.C. 942.13, renumbered by H.B. 503, 135th General Assembly, effective 3/20/2025] Exceptions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 503 - 135th General Assembly This chapter does not apply to either of the following: (A) An individual who feeds garbage from the individual's household to the individual's own animals or an individual who only feeds bakery waste, candy waste, eggs, vegetables, or dairy products to swine; (B) Rendered products. As used in this division, "rendered product" means raw rendering material that has been ground and heated to a minimum temperature of two hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit to make products such as animal, poultry, or fish protein, grease, or tallow. Last updated March 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.28
§ 924.28. Suspension or termination of program
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 217 - 127th General Assembly The grain marketing program may be suspended or terminated in the same manner in which other marketing programs are suspended or terminated under sections 924.12 and 924.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.23
§ 956.23. Regulation of pet stores
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The regulation of pet stores is a matter of general statewide interest that requires statewide regulation. Sections 956.19 to 956.23 of the Revised Code and section 956.99 of the Revised Code constitute a comprehensive plan with respect to all aspects of the regulation of pet stores. Accordingly, it is the intent of the general assembly to preempt any local ordinance, resolution, or other law adopted to regulate the sale, delivery, barter, auction, broker, or transfer of a dog to a person from a pet store. Last updated July 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.53
§ 924.53. Monitoring actions of Ohio grape industries committee
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the conduct of the Ohio grape industries committee to ensure that: (1) The committee is operating within the requirements of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code; (2) The committee's program is self-supporting; (3) The committee keeps all records that are required by agencies of the state. (B) The director may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, rescind, or amend rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (C) The director shall accomplish an audit of the books and records of the committee prior to the thirtieth day of September each year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.50
§ 905.50. Mislabeled fertilizer
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly If the director of agriculture has taken an official sample of a fertilizer or mixed fertilizer and determined that it constitutes mislabeled fertilizer pursuant to rules, the person who labeled the fertilizer or mixed fertilizer shall pay a penalty to the consumer of the mislabeled fertilizer or, if the consumer cannot be determined with reasonable diligence or is not available, to the director to be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created under section 921.22 of the Revised Code. The amount of the penalty shall be calculated in accordance with either division (A) or (B) of this section, whichever method of calculation yields the largest amount. (A)(1) A penalty required to be paid under this section may be calculated as follows: (a) Five dollars for each percentage point of total nitrogen or phosphorus in the fertilizer that is below the percentage of nitrogen or phosphorus guaranteed on the label, multiplied by the number of tons of mislabeled fertilizer that have been sold to the consumer; (b) Three dollars for each percentage point of potash in the fertilizer that is below the percentage of potash guaranteed on the label, multiplied by the number of tons of mislabeled fertilizer that have been sold to the consumer. (2) In the case of a fertilizer that contains a quantity of nitrogen, phosphorus, or potash that is more than five percentage points below the percentages guaranteed on the label, the penalties calculated under division (A)(1) of this section shall be tripled. (3) No penalty calculated under division (A) of this section shall be less than twenty-five dollars. (B) A penalty required to be paid under this section may be calculated by multiplying the market value of one unit of the mislabeled fertilizer by the number of units of the mislabeled fertilizer that have been sold to the consumer. (C) Upon making a determination under this section that a person has mislabeled fertilizer or mixed fertilizer, the director shall determine the parties to whom the penalty imposed by this section is required to be paid and, in accordance with division (A) or (B) of this section, as applicable, shall calculate the amount of the penalty required to be paid to each such party. After completing those determinations and calculations, the director shall issue to the person who allegedly mislabeled the fertilizer or mixed fertilizer a notice of violation. The notice shall be accompanied by an order requiring, and specifying the manner of, payment of the penalty imposed by this section to the parties in the amounts set forth in the determinations and calculations required by this division. The order shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. No person shall violate a term or condition of an order issued under this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.17
§ 940.17. Sharing costs of improvement by conservation district
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The director of agriculture, upon recommendation by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission, may enter into agreements with boards of county commissioners under which the state shares the cost of construction of works of improvement constructed by the county for a soil and water conservation district. The state share shall be paid from moneys appropriated for such purposes. The state share authorized under this section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the nonfederal cost of the project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.32
§ 940.32. [Former R.C. 940.33, amended and renumbered by H.B. 340, 133rd General Assembly, effective 3/24/2021] Procedure for assessments
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) If the board of county commissioners approves a petition under section 940.31 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt a resolution levying upon the property within the area to be benefited by an improvement a uniform or varied assessment rate as necessary to pay the cost of construction of the improvement not otherwise funded and to repay advances made for purposes of the improvement from the fund created by section 940.16 of the Revised Code. In adopting the resolution, the board shall take into consideration the estimated assessments prepared by the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district under section 940.27 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of county commissioners shall give notice by first class mail to every public and private property owner whose property is subject to assessment, at the tax mailing or other known address of the owner. The notice shall contain all of the following: (1) A statement of the amount to be assessed against the property of the addressee; (2) A description of the method used to determine the necessity for and the amount of the proposed assessment; (3) A description of any easement on the property that is necessary for purposes of the improvement; (4) A statement that an owner may file written exceptions to the amount of the assessments with the clerk of the board of county commissioners within thirty days of the date of the notice. (C) If the residence of any owner cannot be ascertained, or if any mailed notice is returned undelivered, the board shall publish the notice to all such owners in a newspaper of general circulation within the area to be benefited by the improvement, once each week for three weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall include the information contained in the mailed notice. (D) If an owner files an exception to the estimated assessment, the board, within thirty days of the date of the filing, shall establish a date and time for hearing the exception to the estimated assessments. The board may hear each owner's exception in an individual hearing or hear all exceptions in a single hearing. Not less than fourteen days prior to the hearing date, the clerk of the board shall notify each owner who filed an exception of the date and time of the owner's exception hearing. Upon hearing the objector's exceptions, the board may adopt a resolution amending and approving the final schedule of estimated assessments and shall enter it in the journal. If the board amends the final schedule of estimated assessments after hearing exceptions, the clerk of the board shall send by certified or first class mail a written notice of the revised final schedule of estimated assessments to all owners within the area to be benefited by the improvement. The notice shall contain both of the following: (1) The amount of the final estimated assessment for the owner's property; (2) A statement that an owner may appeal the final estimated assessment to the applicable court of common pleas pursuant to section 940.38 of the Revised Code within twenty-one days of the notice of final estimated assessment. (E) The board shall certify the schedule of final estimated assessments to the county auditor, who shall certify the assessments to the county treasurer. The collection of the assessments shall be made in accordance with Chapter 323. of the Revised Code. (F) The county treasurer shall deposit the proceeds of the assessment in the fund designated by the board and shall report to the county auditor the amount of money from the assessment that is collected by the treasurer. Moneys shall be expended from the fund for purposes of the improvement. (G) Any moneys collected in excess of the amount needed for construction of the improvement and the subsequent first year's maintenance may be maintained in a fund to be used for maintenance of the improvement. In any year subsequent to a year in which an assessment for construction of an improvement levied under this section has been collected, and upon determination by the board of county commissioners that funds are not otherwise available for maintenance or repair of the improvement, the board shall levy on the property within the area to be benefited by the improvement an assessment for maintenance at a uniform percentage of all construction costs based upon the assessment schedule used in determining the construction assessment. The assessment is not subject to the provisions concerning notice and petition contained in this section. An assessment for maintenance shall not be levied in any year in which the unencumbered balance of funds available for maintenance of the improvement exceeds twenty per cent of the cost of construction of the improvement, except that the board may adjust the level of assessment within the twenty per cent limitation, or suspend temporarily the levying of an assessment, for maintenance purposes as maintenance funds are needed. (H) For the purpose of levying an assessment for maintenance of an improvement, a board may use the procedures established in Chapter 6137. of the Revised Code regarding maintenance of improvements as defined in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code in lieu of using the procedures established under this section. (J) The board of county commissioners may issue bonds and notes as authorized by section 131.23 or 133.17 of the Revised Code. Last updated November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.031
§ 917.031. Authority of milk sanitation board
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly The milk sanitation board may do all of the following: (A) Advise and consult with the director of agriculture in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (B) Make recommendations to the director regarding proposed rules; (C) Approve or disapprove agreements between the director and any public or private entity desiring to perform or performing any of the inspections or analyses required under this chapter and rules adopted under it. The milk sanitation board, after reviewing the director's annual report required under division (A)(7) of section 917.02 of the Revised Code, shall prescribe inspection fees for milk processors, and may prescribe inspection fees for milk producers and milk haulers. The board may modify any fees it has prescribed. The fees prescribed or modified by the board together with the license fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed sixty-three per cent of the estimated cost of administering and enforcing this chapter, as determined by the board's review of the director's annual report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.15
§ 918.15. Poultry and meat products fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the poultry and meat products fund to be administered by the director of agriculture. All moneys collected under sections 918.01 to 918.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used by the director to administer and enforce those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.15
§ 971.15. Partition fence records
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair partition fences made under this chapter shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder. A document recorded in the official records shall be final between the parties thereto and successive owners thereafter until modified by a subsequent document. All documents recorded shall describe the land where a partition fence is located and the portion of the fence assigned to each applicable owner. In addition, the documents shall describe the purposes and use of the partition fence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 928.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 928 / § 928.05
§ 928.05. Corrective action plans
Status: in_force

July 30, 2019 Senate Bill 57 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall issue a corrective action plan to any person that the director determines has negligently violated section 928.04 of the Revised Code. The director shall include in the corrective action plan both of the following: (1) A reasonable date by which the person shall correct the violation; (2) A requirement that the person report to the director regarding the person's compliance with the requirements of this chapter, rules adopted under it, and the corrective action plan for two calendar years immediately following the date of the violation. (B) If the director determines that a person negligently violated section 928.04 of the Revised Code three or more times in any five-year period, the director shall revoke the person's hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license, if any, and shall refuse to issue a hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license to that person for a period of five years beginning on the date that the director determines that the person committed the most recent violation. (C) The director shall report a person who the director determines has violated section 928.04 of the Revised Code with a culpable mental state greater than negligence to the attorney general, the United States attorney general, and the applicable county prosecutor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.24
§ 921.24. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly No person shall do any of the following: (A) Apply, use, directly supervise such application or use, or recommend a pesticide for use inconsistent with the pesticide's labeling, treatment standards, or other restrictions imposed by the director of agriculture; (B) Act as a commercial applicator without being licensed to do so; (C) Use any restricted use pesticide, unless the person is one of the following: (1) Licensed to do so under this chapter; (2) A trained serviceperson who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator; (3) An immediate family member or a subordinate employee of a private applicator who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the direct supervision of that private applicator. (D) Refuse or fail to keep or maintain records required by the director in rules adopted under this chapter, or to make reports when and as required by the director in rules adopted under this chapter; (E) Falsely or fraudulently represent the effect of pesticides or methods to be utilized; (F) Apply known ineffective or improper materials; (G) Operate in a negligent manner, which includes the operation of faulty or unsafe equipment; (H) Impersonate any federal, state, county, or municipal official; (I) Make false or fraudulent records, invoices, or reports; (J) Fail to provide training to trained servicepersons in the application of general use or restricted use pesticides, as applicable; (K) Fail to provide direct supervision as specified in rules adopted under division (C) of section 921.16 of the Revised Code; (L) Distribute a misbranded or adulterated pesticide; (M) Use fraud or misrepresentation in making application for a license or registration or renewal of a license or registration; (N) Refuse, fail, or neglect to comply with any limitation or restriction of a license or registration issued under this chapter or rules adopted thereunder; (O) Aid or abet a licensee or another person in violating this chapter or rules adopted thereunder; (P) Make a false or misleading statement in an inspection concerning any infestation of pests or the use of pesticides; (Q) Refuse or fail to comply with this chapter, the rules adopted thereunder, or any lawful order of the director; (R) Distribute restricted use pesticides to the ultimate user without a pesticide dealer's license; (S) Except as provided in division (F) of section 921.26 of the Revised Code, distribute restricted use pesticides to an ultimate user who is not licensed under section 921.06 or 921.11 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under this chapter; (T) Use any pesticide that is under an experimental use permit contrary to the provisions of the permit; (U) Engage in fraudulent business practices; (V) Dispose of any pesticide product or container in such a manner as to have unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; (W) Display any pesticide in any manner to produce unreasonable adverse effects on the environment, or to contaminate adjacent food, feed, or other products; (X) Apply any pesticide by aircraft without being licensed as a commercial applicator; (Y) Distribute a pesticide that is not registered with the director; (Z) Fail to properly supervise a trained serviceperson. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.19
§ 919.19. Moneys collected credited to general revenue fund
Status: in_force

October 2, 1953 House Bill 281 - 100th General Assembly All registration fees collected under sections 919.01 to 919.18 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the director of agriculture and deposited by him with the treasurer of state to the credit of the general revenue fund. Fifty per cent of all fines collected for violations of sections 919.01 to 919.18 , inclusive, and section 919.20 , of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the treasurer of state to the credit of the general revenue fund. The remaining fifty per cent of such fines shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the political subdivision in which they were assessed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.30
§ 921.30. Discretion of director
Status: in_force

July 1, 2004 Senate Bill 217 - 124th General Assembly Nothing in this chapter or any rule adopted under it shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to the appropriate prosecuting authority for proceedings in prosecution of, or issue any order or institute any enforcement procedure for, a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under it whenever the director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable written notice of warning. A person who receives a written notice of warning may respond in writing to the notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.15
§ 926.15. Injunctions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly The director of agriculture may apply for, and the courts of this state may issue, a temporary or permanent injunction against the operations of a licensed handler who is violating this chapter or any rule adopted under it, the performance of agricultural commodity handling by any person without a license, or the issuance of receipts or tickets by any person without a license, and against interference by any person with the carrying out by the director, or by any receiver appointed under division (E) of section 926.14 of the Revised Code, of the duties and powers stated in this chapter notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.32
§ 901.32. Ohio farm loan fund
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly Funds and the proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the secretary of agriculture of the United States under section 901.31 of the Revised Code shall be paid to and received by the director of agriculture, and paid by the director into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio farm loan fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be expended or obligated by the director for rural rehabilitation purposes benefiting the state. All moneys received from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys received by the director resulting from the operation of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.01
§ 905.01. Agricultural additive definitions
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly As used in sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code: (A) "Distributor" means a person who offers for sale, sells, trades, or supplies an agricultural additive. (B) "Manufacturer" means a person who mines, extracts, processes, refines, blends, or mixes an agricultural additive. (C) "Registrant" means the manufacturer who registers an agricultural additive under sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code. (D) "Agricultural additive" means any substance or mixture that is intended to improve for agricultural production purposes the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of soil or other growth medium or to improve otherwise crop production, plant growth, product quality, or yield prior to harvest, but excludes fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, pesticides, fertilizer pesticide mixtures, rhizobial inoculants, peat, peat moss, pine bark, gypsum, perlite, sand, unmanipulated animal or vegetable manures, mulches, and any other substances or mixtures that are excluded from this definition by rule of the director of agriculture. (E) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient from which an agricultural additive derives all or part of its value or effectiveness and that is defined in the current edition of Merck's Chemical Index or recorded in Chemical Abstracts. (F) "Inert ingredient" means an ingredient that is not active.
Ohio Rev. Code § 993.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.041
§ 993.041. Annual financial report
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly Not later than November 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the director of agriculture shall submit a detailed financial report to the speaker of the house of representatives and to the president of the senate that includes all of the following information: (A) The revenue from fees collected under section 993.04 of the Revised Code and any other revenue collected for the amusement ride safety program during the twelve months immediately preceding the report's submission; (B) Expenses relating to the operation of the department of agriculture's amusement ride safety program established under this chapter during the twelve months immediately preceding the report's submission; (C) Any proposed changes to the fee schedule established under section 993.04 of the Revised Code that the director determines are necessary for purposes of issuing amusement ride permits and conducting amusement ride inspections and reinspections; (D) The amount expended from any appropriations made for the department of agriculture's amusement ride safety program during the twelve months immediately preceding the report's submission; (E) Any additional revenue that the director determines is necessary to meet the expenses of the amusement ride safety program during the twelve months immediately following the submission of the report; (F) Any other information that the director determines is necessary to include in the report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.08
§ 936.08. Assessments
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) For the purpose of a marketing program established under this chapter, the council may levy assessments on retailers at the time of purchase of odorized propane by a retailer from a wholesale distributor. The council shall base the assessments on the volume of odorized propane purchased by the retailer from the wholesale distributor. (B) A marketing program shall require a refund of assessments collected under this section after receiving an application for a refund from a retailer who has been assessed and is eligible for a refund. The retailer shall submit the application for a refund on a form furnished by the council. The council shall ensure that refund forms are available where assessments for its program are withheld. A retailer who desires a refund shall submit a request for a refund not later than thirty days after the end of the month for which the request is submitted. The council shall refund the assessment to the retailer not later than sixty days after the request for the refund is submitted. (C) The propane council shall not use money from any assessments that it levies for any political or legislative purpose or for preferential treatment of one person to the detriment of another person who is affected by the marketing program that the council administers. (D) If the propane council requests that a retailer seeking a refund provide additional information to support a refund request, any additional information provided to the council is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, is confidential, and the propane council shall treat the information as confidential.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.011
§ 935.011. Defining wild animals and restricted snakes
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly The director of agriculture may recommend to the general assembly species of animals to be included in the definition of "dangerous wild animal" and species of snakes to be included in the definition of "restricted snake" in section 935.01 of the Revised Code. The director shall not add species of animals to be included in the definition of "dangerous wild animal" and species of snakes to be included in the definition of "restricted snake" without the approval of the General Assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.02
§ 955.02. [Former R.C. 955.01, amended and renumbered by H.B. 247, 136th General Assembly, effective 03/20/2026] Registration of dogs
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in sections 955.021 , 955.022 , and 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog more than three months of age shall file, on or after the first day of the applicable December, but before the thirty-first day of the applicable January, in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the dog is kept or harbored, an application for registration for a period of one year or three years or an application for a permanent registration. The board of county commissioners, by resolution, may extend the period for filing the application. The applicant shall state the age, sex, color, character of hair, whether short or long, and breed, if known, of the dog and the name and address of the owner of the dog on the application. Along with the application, the applicant shall submit a registration fee of two dollars for each year of registration for a one-year or three-year registration or twenty dollars for a permanent registration for each dog. However, the fee may exceed that amount if a greater fee has been established under division (A)(2) of this section or under section 955.14 of the Revised Code. (2) A board of county commissioners may establish a registration fee higher than the one provided for in division (A)(1) of this section for a dog more than nine months of age that has not been spayed or neutered, except that the higher registration fee permitted by this division does not apply if the person registering the dog furnishes any of the following with the application: (a) A certificate from a licensed veterinarian verifying that the dog should not be spayed or neutered because of its age or medical condition; (b) A certificate from a licensed veterinarian verifying that the dog should not be spayed or neutered because the dog is used or intended for use for show or breeding purposes; (c) A certificate from the owner of the dog declaring that the owner holds a valid hunting license issued by the division of wildlife of the department of natural resources and that the dog is used or intended for use for hunting purposes. (3) If the board establishes a fee under division (A)(2) of this section, the application for registration shall state whether the dog is spayed or neutered, and whether a licensed veterinarian has certified that the dog should not be spayed or neutered or the owner has stated that the dog is used or intended to be used for hunting purposes. The board may require a person who is registering a spayed or neutered dog to furnish with the application a certificate from a licensed veterinarian verifying that the dog is spayed or neutered. (B) If the application for registration is not filed and the registration fee paid, on or before the thirty-first day of the applicable January of each year or, if the board of county commissioners by resolution has extended the date to a date later than the thirty-first day of January, the date established by the board, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee for one year upon the owner, keeper, or harborer, which shall be paid with the registration fee. (C) A person who is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous dog or vicious dog shall register the dog in accordance with division (A) and division (D) of this section with the county auditor. (D)(1) A person who is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous dog or vicious dog shall apply for a dangerous dog registration to the county auditor and submit all of the following to the county auditor: (a) A fee of one hundred dollars; (b) The person's address, telephone number, and other appropriate means for the county auditor to contact the person, along with proof that the person is eighteen years of age or older; (c) With respect to the person and the dog for which the dangerous dog registration is required, all of the following: (i) Either satisfactory evidence of the dog's current rabies vaccination or a statement from a licensed veterinarian that a rabies vaccination is medically contraindicated for the dog; (ii) Either satisfactory evidence of the fact that the dog has been neutered or spayed or a statement from a licensed veterinarian that neutering or spaying of the dog is medically contraindicated; (iii) Satisfactory evidence of the fact that the person has posted and will continue to post clearly visible signs at the person's residence warning both minors and adults of the presence of a dangerous dog on the property; (iv) Satisfactory evidence of the fact that the dog has been permanently identified by means of a microchip and the dog's microchip number. (2) The person shall renew the dangerous dog registration annually for the same fee and in the same manner as the initial registration was obtained. (3) If a dangerous dog registration holder relocates to a new county, the holder shall follow the procedure in division (F) of this section and, upon the expiration of the registration issued in the original county, shall renew the registration in the new county. (E) Upon submission in accordance with division (D) of this section, the county auditor shall issue a dangerous dog registration to the person. The county auditor also shall provide the owner with a uniformly designed tag that identifies the animal as a vicious or dangerous dog. (F)(1) If the owner of a vicious or dangerous dog for whom a dangerous dog registration has previously been obtained relocates to a new address within the same county, the owner shall provide notice of the new address to the county auditor within ten days of relocating to the new address. (2) If the owner of a vicious or dangerous dog for whom a dangerous dog registration has previously been obtained relocates to a new address within another county, the owner shall do both of the following within ten days of relocating to the new address: (a) Provide written notice of the new address and a copy of the original dangerous dog registration to the county auditor of the new county; (b) Provide written notice of the new address to the county auditor of the county where the owner previously resided. (G) An animal shelter that keeps or harbors a dog more than three months of age is exempt from any registration requirements imposed under this section if it is a nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1. (H) No owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog shall fail to file the application for registration and pay the associated fee as required under division (A) of this section or, if applicable, fail to pay the penalty prescribed in division (B) of this section. A violation of this division is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (I) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a vicious or dangerous dog shall fail to present a valid dangerous dog registration upon request of any law enforcement officer, dog warden, or public health official charged with enforcing this section. A violation of this division is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (J) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Obtain a dangerous dog registration from the county auditor pursuant to this section; (2) Affix a tag that identifies the dog as a dangerous or vicious dog to the dog's collar; (3) Ensure that the dog wears the collar and tag at all times. A violation of division (J) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (K) No person shall recklessly furnish a certificate under division (A)(2) of this section that the person knows to be false. (L)(1) Whoever violates division (H) of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. (2) Whoever violates division (I) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (3) Whoever violates division (J) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. (4) Whoever violates division (K) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.12
§ 911.12. Diseases
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly No owner or operator of a bakery shall require or permit any person affected with any contagious, infectious, or other disease or physical ailment which may render employment detrimental to the public health, or any person who refuses to submit to the examination required in section 911.11 of the Revised Code, to work in such bakery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.10
§ 907.10. Enforcement - inspection and analysis of seed
Status: in_force

October 29, 2003 House Bill 143 - 125th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed sold for sowing purposes, at such times and places and to such extent as the director regards necessary to determine whether the seed complies with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and notify promptly the person who sold the seed of any violation; (B) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Govern the methods of sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing, and examining agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed and the tolerances to be followed. The rules shall be in general accord with officially prescribed practice in interstate commerce applied in analyzing and testing the seed. (2) Establish prohibited and restricted noxious-weed seed lists and provide for additions to them and deletions from them; (3) Establish standards for items including, but not limited to, germination and purity for vegetable seed and flower seed; (4) Adopt any labeling requirements additional to those of section 907.03 of the Revised Code that may be necessary to maintain the identification of seed in hermetically sealed packages or containers; (5) Establish the species of native grass that are to be included in the definition of "native grass" for purposes of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code; (6) Identify native grass seed that characteristically exhibits high inert matter; (7) Establish the tolerance for agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed that is sold in this state; (8) Establish the information that an applicant must provide on an application for a seed labeler permit that is filed under section 907.13 of the Revised Code; (9) Establish any other provisions that are necessary to clarify or administer the labeling requirements established in sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code. (C) Establish and maintain seed testing facilities or enter into agreements under which other persons are responsible for performing seed testing, employ qualified persons, and incur expenses that are necessary to comply with this section and section 907.11 of the Revised Code; (D) Provide for making purity analyses and germination tests of seeds for any person in this state; (E) Regulate the number of samples that may be analyzed or tests that may be made for any person free of charge; (F) Prescribe the period of time during the year when analyses and tests will be made free of charge; (G) Establish a schedule of fees for making analyses and tests; (H) Cooperate with the United States department of agriculture in enforcing federal seed laws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.99
§ 917.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 6, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 917.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates section 917.13 or 917.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense, a felony of the fifth degree on a second offense, and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (C) Whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (G) of section 917.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 917.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (E) Each day of violation of a provision described in divisions (A) to (D) of this section constitutes a separate offense. (F) The court imposing a fine under divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall order that not less than fifty per cent of the fine be disbursed to the treasurer of state for deposit into the dairy industry fund created in section 917.07 of the Revised Code. Subject to that minimum percentage, the court's order shall specify the percentage of the fine that the clerk of the court shall disburse to the treasurer of state. The clerk of the court shall disburse the remainder of the fine to the county treasurer. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.55
§ 941.55. Slaughter of animals - post mortem tests
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 941.11 of the Revised Code, every bovine animal that is ordered destroyed because of tuberculosis following a tuberculosis test made in accordance with section 941.54 of the Revised Code shall be slaughtered in an establishment approved by the department of agriculture no later than fifteen days after it is ordered destroyed, unless an extension of time is granted by the department. (B) A post mortem examination shall be made by a veterinarian authorized by the department, and a report of the examination shall be filed within five days after the examination on forms provided by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.52
§ 941.52. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may adopt rules providing: (1) The requirements for qualification of a herd of cattle or bison as a tuberculosis accredited herd; (2) The requirements for qualification of an area as a modified tuberculosis accredited area or an accredited tuberculosis-free area; (3) The requirements for negative test status for animals other than cattle or bison. (B) Whenever ninety per cent of the cattle of a township or county or of the entire state that are required to be tested to maintain or establish a modified tuberculosis accredited area or accredited tuberculosis-free area have been tuberculosis tested, authorized persons of the department of agriculture may enter the premises where any of the remaining cattle are kept and test all cattle.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.022
§ 925.022. Sale of shell eggs from bulk lot
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly No person shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs from a bulk lot which is not plainly marked with a placard having letters no less than one-half inch high designating the correct grade and size or weight class of the bulk lot in accordance with the standards adopted by this state, provided that a bulk lot of shell eggs which has not been graded for quality or which fails to meet the requirements of a grade adopted by this state: (A) Shall be plainly marked with a placard having letters no less than one-half inch high which states "ungraded" or "unclassified"; (B) May be plainly marked with a placard having letters no less than one-half inch high which states "mixed size" in lieu of stating a standard size or weight class adopted by this state, if the eggs average twenty-one ounces or more per dozen.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.06
§ 956.06. Animal rescue registration
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall operate an animal rescue for dogs without first registering with the director of agriculture in accordance with division (C) of this section or rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code, as applicable. A registration is valid for one year. (2) A registration may be renewed. An application for renewal shall be submitted to the director at least ninety days prior to the expiration of the registration. (3) The director shall not charge a registration fee to an animal rescue for dogs. However, if a person fails to renew a registration prior to its expiration, the director shall charge the person a late renewal fee of two hundred dollars. (B) The director shall maintain a database of all persons that are registered to operate an animal rescue for dogs in this state. (C) The director shall issue an animal rescue license for dogs registration in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license or registration in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an animal rescue for dogs operator in a state that does not issue that license or registration. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.31
§ 941.31. Rules concerning Johne's disease
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the importation, identification, dispensation, use, and reporting the use of vaccines for mitigating johne's disease. (B) In determining whether an animal is infected with johne's disease, the mycobacterium paratuberculosis is isolated by a bacteriological culture or the animal is tested and the test result is positive. The test shall be conducted by a state or federal laboratory or a laboratory approved by the department of agriculture. (C) An animal determined to be infected with johne's disease shall be identified by an official United States department of agriculture eartag, tattoo, or other method approved by the director. (D) An animal determined to be infected with johne's disease shall not be removed from the premises except for purposes of immediate slaughter and with the permission or approval of the department. (E) As used in this section, "johne's disease" means a disease of animals caused by the bacteria mycobacterium paratuberculosis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.14
§ 981.14. Secreting timber on which is stamped a trade-mark
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall intentionally take a piece of timber upon which is stamped, branded, or impressed a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and put it in such a position or in a place so remote from the stream from which it was taken or on which it was afloat as to render it inconvenient or unnecessarily expensive to replace.
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.161
§ 915.161. Annual license renewal
Status: in_force

November 21, 1969 House Bill 742 - 108th General Assembly Licenses issued under sections 915.14 to 915.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be renewed by the last day of November of each year pursuant to this section and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.80
§ 901.80. Immunity from liability for agritourism providers
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural production" has the same meaning as in section 929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Agritourism" means an agriculturally related educational, entertainment, historical, cultural, or recreational activity, including you-pick operations or farm markets, conducted on a farm that allows or invites members of the general public to observe, participate in, or enjoy that activity. (3) "Agritourism provider" means a person who owns, operates, provides, or sponsors an agritourism activity or an employee of such a person who engages in or provides agritourism activities whether or not for a fee. (4) "Farm" means land that is composed of tracts, lots, or parcels totaling not less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production or totaling less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production if the land produces an average yearly gross income of at least twenty-five hundred dollars from agricultural production. (5) "Participant" means an individual, other than an agritourism provider, who observes or participates in an agritourism activity. (6) "Risk inherent in an agritourism activity" means a danger or condition that is an integral part of an agritourism activity, including all of the following: (a) The surface and subsurface conditions of land; (b) The behavior or actions of wild animals not kept by or under the control of an agritourism provider; (c) The behavior or actions of domestic animals other than vicious or dangerous dogs as defined in section 955.01 of the Revised Code; (d) The ordinary dangers associated with structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming or ranching operations; (e) The possibility of contracting illness resulting from physical contact with animals, animal feed, animal waste, or surfaces contaminated by animal waste; (f) The possibility that a participant may act in a negligent manner, including by failing to follow instructions given by the agritourism provider or by failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity that may contribute to injury to that participant or another participant. (B) In a civil action, an agritourism provider is immune from liability for any harm a participant sustains during an agritourism activity if the participant is harmed as a result of a risk inherent in an agritourism activity. Nothing in this section requires an agritourism provider to eliminate risks inherent in agritourism activities. (C) An agritourism provider is not immune from civil liability for harm sustained by a participant if any of the following applies: (1) The agritourism provider acts with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and proximately causes harm to the participant. (2) The agritourism provider purposefully causes harm to the participant. (3) The agritourism provider's actions or inactions constitute criminal conduct and cause harm to the participant. (4) The agritourism provider fails to post and maintain signs as required by division (D) of this section. (5) The agritourism provider has actual knowledge or should have actual knowledge of an existing dangerous condition on the land or regarding facilities or equipment on the land that is not an inherent risk and does not make the dangerous condition known to the participant, and the dangerous condition proximately causes injury or damage to or the death of the participant. (D) An agritourism provider shall post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in this division. The provider shall place a sign in a clearly visible location at or near each entrance to the agritourism location or at the site of each agritourism activity. The warning notice shall consist of a sign in black letters with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. The signs shall contain the following notice of warning: "WARNING: Under Ohio law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if that injury or death results from the inherent risks of that agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, but are not limited to, the risk of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals as well as the potential for you as a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity." Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.59
§ 925.59. Certificates of inspection prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture reports any violation of sections 925.51 to 925.60 of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Certificates of inspection issued by licensed inspectors of the department of agriculture are prima-facie evidence of the facts contained therein in any of the courts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.12
§ 971.12. Partition fences - failure to comply with assignment
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section 971.09 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, upon the application of the aggrieved owner, shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder agreeing to furnish the labor and material, and build or maintain the fence according to the specifications proposed by the board, after advertising for bids once a week for two consecutive weeks using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the township is situated; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the township. (B) The board may also cause notice to be inserted in trade papers or other publications designated by it or to be distributed by electronic means. (C) If no bids are received from responsible bidders as provided in this section, the trustees shall procure labor and materials at prevailing rates and cause the fence to be constructed or maintained. (D) No person shall obstruct or interfere with anyone lawfully engaged in construction or maintenance of a partition fence or in the performance of any other act described in this section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.05
§ 926.05. Application for handler's license
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Each person desiring to obtain or renew a handler's license shall file an application annually with the director of agriculture at such times, on such forms, and containing such information as the director prescribes, including, if applicable, the appointment of a statutory agent under section 926.051 of the Revised Code. (B) Each application for a license or license renewal shall be accompanied by an application fee of two hundred dollars for the first facility operated by the applicant plus one hundred dollars for each additional facility operated by the same applicant and by an examination fee, established by rule of the director pursuant to section 926.02 of the Revised Code, for each facility operated by the applicant. "Facility" means all warehouse storage located on one premises, including any additional warehouse storage located within one thousand yards of that premises. The director may charge fees for examinations in an amount not to exceed those fees charged by the United States department of agriculture for comparable examinations. The director shall deposit all fees collected under this section in the commodity handler regulatory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall approve or reject each application for a license within fifteen days after receipt thereof, provided that such application is in proper form and contains the information required under division (A) of this section. A rejection of an application shall be accompanied by a statement from the director of the additional requirements necessary for a license. The applicant may resubmit the application without payment of any additional fee. (D) A handler's license shall expire on the date prescribed by rule of the director. Whenever the director considers it advisable to cancel the unexpired portion of an outstanding license in order to renew it according to a new or existing system of expiration dates, the director shall refund to the handler the unexpired portion of the fees paid under division (B) of this section. Whenever the director issues an initial license on a date that does not conform to the existing system, the director shall issue the license for a period of time, not less than six nor more than eighteen months, that makes the date conform to the existing system. The application fee for that initial license shall be proportionate to the fee for a one-year license. (E) An application for renewal of a handler's license shall be filed with the director not later than thirty days before the current license expires. An applicant who fails to file a renewal application in time shall pay a late fee of one dollar for each day the application is late or fifteen dollars, whichever is greater. A renewal license shall not be issued until a late fee that is due has been paid. (F) The director, with the approval of the commodity advisory commission, may, except as provided in division (G) of this section, revoke or refuse to issue or renew a handler's license if any of the following occurred within five years before the application for the license or renewal was filed: (1) The applicant, or the spouse, parent, sibling, or child of the applicant, or a manager employed by the applicant, or any other individual materially involved in the agricultural commodity handling business of the applicant was a principal in a receivership or insolvency that resulted in losses to creditors or to the agricultural commodity depositors fund established in section 926.16 of the Revised Code; (2) The applicant pled guilty to or was convicted of any felony or charge of embezzlement under the laws of this state, any other state, or of the United States; (3) The applicant made a delivery of commodities not authorized under this chapter; (4) The applicant's license under the "United States Warehouse Act," 39 Stat. 486 (1916), 7 U.S.C. 241, as amended, was revoked or canceled due to a violation of that act. (G) The director shall not refuse to issue a handler's license because an applicant was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.27
§ 924.27. Program fiscal year - reports - financial statements
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 217 - 127th General Assembly (A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for the grain marketing program. Within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year, the operating committee shall publish an activity and financial report and make the report available to each producer who pays the assessment levied under section 924.26 of the Revised Code or otherwise contributes to the program and to other interested persons. (B) In addition to the reports required by division (A) of this section, the operating committee shall submit to the director of agriculture both of the following: (1) An annual financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding a permit issued by the accountancy board under Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall file the financial statement with the director not more than sixty days after the end of each fiscal year. (2) A monthly unaudited financial statement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.35
§ 926.35. Insolvent handler
Status: in_force

October 10, 1988 House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly No handler licensed under this chapter who is insolvent shall accept deposits of agricultural commodities except in payment of or as security for an existing debt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 904.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 904 / § 904.01
§ 904.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

March 31, 2010 House Bill 414 - 128th General Assembly As used in this chapter, "livestock" means either of the following: (A) Equine animals regardless of the purpose for which they are raised; (B) Any of the following animals that are raised for human food products or fiber: (1) Porcine animals; (2) Bovine animals; (3) Caprine animals; (4) Ovine animals; (5) Poultry; (6) Alpacas; (7) Llamas; (8) Any other animal designated in rules adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.31
§ 921.31. Child support default
Status: in_force

July 1, 2004 Senate Bill 217 - 124th General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license, registration, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.15
§ 921.15. Pesticides having unreasonable adverse effects on environment prohibited
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 House Bill 1015 - 111th General Assembly No person shall transport, store, dispose of, display, or distribute any pesticide or pesticide container in such a manner as to have unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with this section and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the disposal and storage of such pesticide or pesticide containers. Such rules shall be in conformity with the guidelines and rules established by the Ohio environmental protection agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.47
§ 923.47. Right of entry for inspection
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) For the purpose of enforcing sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections, the director of agriculture, or his agent, to the extent he considers necessary, upon presenting credentials and a written inspection notice to the person in charge, may enter, during regular business hours, any factory, warehouse, or establishment where commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for distribution or any vehicle used to transport or hold feeds in order to inspect within a reasonable time and manner the factory, warehouse, establishment, vehicle, and any equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers, and labeling. The inspection may include verification of only such records and production and control procedures as necessary to determine compliance with the good manufacturing practice rules for drug-containing feeds adopted by rule under section 923.48 of the Revised Code. Official samples may be taken during the inspection. Upon completion of the inspection, the person in charge shall be so notified. If any official sample of commercial feed is taken during the inspection, at the completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, the director or his agent shall give the person in charge a receipt that describes any sample taken and provide him with a portion of any sample if the person in charge so requests. At any time that the director is refused admittance to inspect, he may obtain a search warrant describing what is to be inspected from a judge of a court of record in the jurisdiction where the inspection is to take place. (B) For the purpose of enforcing sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections, the director of agriculture, or his agent, to the extent he considers necessary, upon the presentation of credentials, shall enter during regular business hours upon any public or private premises, including any vehicle used to transport or hold feeds, to obtain official samples of commercial feed and to examine any records that relate to the distribution of feed sampled. (C) The director shall maintain a laboratory with equipment and personnel necessary to effectively administer and enforce sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections. The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those adopted by the association of official agricultural chemists and other generally recognized sources prescribed by the director by rule. (D) The results of all analyses of official samples of commercial feed shall be forwarded to the distributor and to the purchaser. (E) Analytical tolerances shall be governed by rules adopted by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.21
§ 935.21. Other officers authorized to investigate
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly The director of agriculture may request either of the following to accompany the director or an employee of the department of agriculture for purposes of investigations and inspections conducted under this chapter: (A) A law enforcement officer; (B) With the consent of the director of natural resources, a natural resources law enforcement officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.24
§ 925.24. Markings on used containers
Status: in_force

January 14, 1972 House Bill 712 - 109th General Assembly Whenever fresh fruits or vegetables are packed, re-packed, sold, or offered for sale in containers previously used by another person or which were manufactured and labeled for any person other than the grower, packer, or repacker any inaccurate markings pertaining to the previous contents of such containers shall be first obliterated, and new markings placed thereon, which markings shall be plain, distinguishable, and legible. If any type of bag is used, it shall be turned inside out so that no previous markings are exposed to view and new markings placed thereon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 942.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 942 / § 942.04
§ 942.04. Civil penalties
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 503 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates section 942.02 of the Revised Code. The director may assess a civil penalty only if the director affords the person an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The person may waive the right to an adjudication hearing. (B) If the opportunity for an adjudication hearing is waived or if, after an adjudication hearing, the director determines that a violation has occurred or is occurring, the director may issue an order requiring compliance with section 942.02 of the Revised Code and assess the civil penalty. The order and assessment of the civil penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (C) The director may assess a civil penalty for a violation of section 942.02 of the Revised Code in the following amounts: (1) For a first violation, not more than five hundred dollars; (2) For each subsequent violation, not more than one thousand dollars. (D) Money collected under division (C) of this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.25
§ 926.25. Sale or pledge of receipt issued for an agricultural commodity
Status: in_force

October 10, 1988 House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly (A) Any licensed handler operating a warehouse in this state may make a valid sale or pledge of any receipt issued for an agricultural commodity of which he is the owner either solely, jointly, or in common with others. The recital of ownership on the receipt shall constitute notice of the right to sell or pledge it and of the title or specific lien of the transferee or pledgee on the handler's commodity represented by the receipt. (B) A licensed handler shall file with the director of agriculture a copy of every negotiable receipt issued by him for agricultural commodities of which he is the owner either solely, jointly, or in common with others. Each licensed handler issuing such a negotiable receipt shall at the same time file with the director a report containing such information as the director requests showing the liability and an inventory of the warehouse operated by him as of the date on which the receipt was issued and shall remit the fee required under division (B) of section 926.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 953.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 953 / § 953.31
§ 953.31. Suspension, revocation, or refusal of license
Status: in_force

October 22, 1969 House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly The department of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license issued under this chapter for any violation under this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.24
§ 917.24. Effect of child support default on license
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.22
§ 913.22. Soft drink definitions
Status: in_force

August 30, 1955 House Bill 457 - 101st General Assembly As used in sections 913.22 to 913.28 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Soft drink" means any nonalcoholic flavored carbonated beverage, soda, soda water, or fruitade, any nonalcoholic flavored still beverage, artificial waters whether carbonated or not, and bottled table waters, seltzer, or club soda. (B) "Soft drink flavors" means any type of soda water flavor, or beverage base, syrup, extract, concentrate, powder, or other compound prepared for use as a flavoring for soft drinks. (C) "Sweetening ingredient" means cane sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, corn syrup, in liquid or dried form, honey, or any syrup made from any such sugars or any combination of such sugars. (D) "Nonnutritive sweeteners" means saccharin, saccharin salt, sodium cyclamate, calcium cylamate and such other artificial sweetening agents as may be permitted in regulations adopted by the director of agriculture. (E) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, or other legal entity. (F) "Bottling plant" means a building in which soft drinks are bottled, including any separate room used in the preparation or storage of soft drink flavors and including any separate room used for the accommodation of workers. (G) "Flavor manufacturing plant" means a building in which soft drink flavors are prepared, manufactured, and packaged, including any separate room used for the accommodation of workers. (H) "Bottling" means filling, capping, packaging, and enclosing in bottles or other containers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.02
§ 917.02. Director of agriculture - powers and duties
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating all of the following: (a) The sanitary production, storage, transportation, manufacturing, handling, processing, sampling, testing, examination, and sale of dairy products; (b) The suspension and revocation of licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, provided that the rules are in accordance with and do not conflict with section 917.22 of the Revised Code; (c) Terms and renewal periods, registration requirements, categories, and fees for licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, except that the fee for a producer's license shall not exceed fifteen dollars; (d) Examinations that must be passed prior to issuance of a weigher, sampler, or tester license and inspections that must be passed prior to issuance of any other type of license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code; (e) Procedures for issuing and renewing licenses under section 917.09 of the Revised Code; (f) Information that an applicant for a license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code is required to provide on the application for licensure; (g) Standards for equipment or materials used for the production, processing, and handling of dairy products; (h) Records to be kept by persons holding a license issued under this chapter and the inspection and auditing of books and records of those persons, and any other records that are required to be kept by other rules adopted under this section; (i) Security arrangements and evidence of financial responsibility for milk dealers, to ensure prompt payment to milk producers; (j) Standards of identity, quality, strength, purity, grading, and labeling of dairy products; (k) The production, processing, and handling of dairy products and the prompt and accurate payment for milk and cream by milk dealers, but not the establishment or control of the price of milk and cream; (l) Criteria for the equipment, methods, or materials to be used in performing weighing, volumetric measuring, sampling, and testing of milk and its components when such an operation is used as the basis for determining payment for milk delivered to or purchased by dealers; (m) The size and placement of labels and of words on labels required by section 917.04 of the Revised Code to be placed on final delivery containers used for the sale of raw milk to ultimate consumers. The director shall have exclusive authority to administer and enforce rules adopted under division (A)(1) of this section. (2) Enter into, with the approval of the milk sanitation board created in section 917.03 of the Revised Code, an agreement with a public or private entity that the director determines is properly qualified for the performance of any of the inspections and analyses required by this chapter; (3) Adopt rules by reference to all or any part of the following recommendations: (a) The grade A pasteurized milk ordinance, as amended, and the "grade A condensed and dry milk products and condensed and dry whey" supplement I to the grade A pasteurized milk ordinance of the food and drug administration, public health service, of the United States department of health and human services, to the extent those provisions do not conflict with the laws of this state; (b) The most recent recommendations for milk for manufacturing purposes and its production and processing published in final form in the Federal Register by the United States department of agriculture, to the extent those recommendations do not conflict with the laws of this state. (4) Administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it and appoint inspectors and other personnel necessary to carry out this chapter and those rules; (5) Embargo a dairy product that the director reasonably suspects, believes, or determines is adulterated as described in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code or is misbranded as described in section 3715.60 of the Revised Code; (6) Adopt by reference all or any part of the rules governing the dairy industry adopted by the United States food and drug administration and the United States department of agriculture; (7) Annually, not later than ninety days after the end of the state fiscal year, determine the expense of administering and enforcing this chapter and rules adopted under it during the preceding state fiscal year and report the determinations to the milk sanitation board. (B) The director shall do both of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements for continuing education courses for weighers, samplers, and testers licensed under section 917.09 of the Revised Code; (2) Review continuing education courses for weighers, samplers, and testers licensed under section 917.09 of the Revised Code and grant approval to those that meet the requirements established in rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.11
§ 911.11. Physical examination of employees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The director of agriculture may require any person intending to work or working in a bakery to submit to a thorough examination for the purpose of ascertaining whether the person is afflicted with any contagious, infectious, or other disease or physical ailment, which may render employment detrimental to the public health. All such examinations shall be made by a qualified physician licensed under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, by a physician assistant, by a clinical nurse specialist, by a certified nurse practitioner, or by a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the examination shall be completed by the individual who did the examination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.02
§ 919.02. License - registration - fee
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Any person responsible for the operation of any establishment in which horses or parts thereof are processed and sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail for human food, shall register with the department of agriculture and secure from the director of agriculture a license to operate each separate establishment in which horses or parts thereof are processed and sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail. No person responsible for the operation of such a processing establishment shall operate the enterprise without first securing a license to engage in such business. All licenses shall be valid to and including the thirtieth day of June following the date of issuance. Any person required to be licensed under this section shall file with the director an application for a license to engage in the business of processing horses or parts thereof for sale at retail for human food setting forth such information covering the ownership, location, operation, equipment, facilities, and sanitary condition of the establishment, the health of the horses, or the commodities to be processed, as is required by the director. If examination of the information provided in the application and other pertinent information available to the director indicates that the parts of horses to be processed are fit for human food, and that the processing establishment to be operated complies with the sanitary standards prescribed in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant thereto, the director shall accept the application and issue a license. The director may refuse to issue a license to any applicant if he determines that any information supplied by the applicant is false or misleading or that the establishment to be operated fails to comply with the sanitary or wholesomeness standards established in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant thereto. The director may suspend or revoke any license for the operation of an establishment for flagrant violation of any of those sections or rules adopted pursuant thereto. There shall be no refusal to issue a license, or no suspension or revocation of any such license, until the applicant or licensee is given an opportunity for a hearing by the director in regard to the refusal, suspension, or revocation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. An appeal may be taken from the action of the director in refusing, suspending, or revoking a license to the court of common pleas as provided in that chapter. An annual registration fee of fifty dollars for each establishment, in which horses and horse meat and horse meat products are processed and sold at retail, shall be paid to the director by each applicant under this section. Registration shall be renewed annually and the registration fee paid with the application for annual renewal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.15
§ 959.15. Animal fights
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly do either of the following: (1) Engage in cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; (2) Use, train, or possess any animal for seizing, detaining, or maltreating a domestic animal. (B) No person shall knowingly do either of the following: (1) Be employed at cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; (2) Do any of the following regarding an event involving cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another: (a) Wager money or anything else of value on the results of the event; (b) Pay money or give anything else of value in exchange for admission to or being present at the event; (c) Receive money or anything else of value in exchange for the admission of another person to the event or for another person to be present at the event; (d) Use, possess, or permit or cause to be present at the event any device or substance intended to enhance an animal's ability to fight or to inflict injury on another animal; (e) Permit or cause a minor to be present at the event if any person present at or involved with the event is conducting any of the activities described in division (B)(1) or (B)(2)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section. (C) A person who knowingly witnesses cockfighting, bearbaiting, or an event in which one animal is pitted against another when a violation of division (B) of this section is occurring at the cockfighting, bearbaiting, or event is an aider and abettor and has committed a violation of this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.23
§ 941.23. County appropriation from funds
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 842 - 107th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county may make such appropriations from the general funds of its county as will enable it to cooperate effectively with the animal owners, the Ohio department of agriculture and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of brucellosis. The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used for the eradication of brucellosis in the county in which it originated, subject to the approval of the Ohio department of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 945.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 945 / § 945.03
§ 945.03. Inspection of establishments
Status: in_force

August 24, 1965 Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly All establishments engaged in the operation of commercial slaughtering of livestock as set forth in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be open to inspection, as to compliance with sections 945.01 and 945.02 of the Revised Code, at all reasonable times by any duly authorized officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.05
§ 905.05. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly The director of agriculture may adopt, modify, or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 929.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 929 / § 929.02
§ 929.02. Application with county auditor to place land in agricultural district
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 34 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Any person who owns agricultural land may file an application with the county auditor to place the land in an agricultural district for five years if, during the three calendar years prior to the year in which that person files the application, the land has been devoted exclusively to agricultural production or devoted to and qualified for payments or other compensation under a land retirement or conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government and if: (a) The land is composed of tracts, lots, or parcels that total not less than ten acres; or (b) The activities conducted on the land produced an average yearly gross income of at least twenty-five hundred dollars during that three-year period or the owner has evidence of an anticipated gross income of that amount from those activities. The owner shall submit with the application proof that the owner's land meets the requirements established under this division. (2) If the county auditor determines that the application does not meet the requirements of this section, the county auditor shall deny the application and notify the applicant within thirty days of the filing of the application either by certified mail or, if the county auditor has record of an internet identifier of record associated with the applicant, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record. The applicant may appeal the denial of the application to the court of common pleas of the county in which the application was filed within thirty days of the receipt of the notice. (3) If the county auditor determines that the application meets the requirements of this section, the county auditor shall approve the application and notify the applicant within thirty days of the filing of the application. An application that is not denied shall be deemed to be approved. The county auditor shall provide an applicant with a copy of an approved application within thirty days of the filing of the application. An application that is approved is effective upon the date of the filing of the application. (4) The county auditor shall keep a record of all land in the county that is within an agricultural district, including a copy of the final action taken by a legislative body regarding applications modified by a legislative body pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B)(1) If the land of a person who files an application under division (A) of this section is within a municipal corporation or if an annexation petition that includes the land has been filed with the board of county commissioners under section 709.02 of the Revised Code at the time of the filing, the owner also shall file a copy of the application for inclusion in an agricultural district with the clerk of the legislative body of the municipal corporation. No later than thirty days after the filing of an application or, in the case of an annexation petition filed pursuant to section 709.02 of the Revised Code, no later than thirty days after the petition has been granted, the legislative body shall conduct a public hearing on the application. The clerk of the legislative body shall cause a notice containing the substance of the application and the time and place where it will be heard to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the application or annexation petition is filed no later than seven days prior to the time fixed for the hearing. The clerk of the legislative body also shall notify the applicant of the time and place of the hearing by certified mail sent no later than ten days prior to the hearing. Any interested person or representative of an interested person may appear in support of or to contest the granting of the application. Affidavits presented in support of or against the application shall be considered by the legislative body. Within thirty days of the hearing, the legislative body may approve the application, modify the application and approve the application as modified, or reject the application. An application that is not modified or rejected by a majority vote of the members of the legislative body shall be deemed to be approved. Prior to rejecting an application, the legislative body shall make every effort to modify the application. Modifications may include the length of time during which land is considered to be within an agricultural district, size of the agricultural district, and any provisions of sections 929.03 to 929.05 of the Revised Code. If the applicant disapproves of the modifications made by the legislative body, the applicant may withdraw the application to place the land in an agricultural district. In rejecting or modifying an application to place land in an agricultural district, the legislative body shall demonstrate that the rejection or modification is necessary to prevent a substantial, adverse effect on the provision of municipal services within the municipal corporation, efficient use of land within the municipal corporation, the orderly growth and development of the municipal corporation, or the public health, safety, or welfare. (2) If an annexation petition is denied under section 709.033 of the Revised Code, if a legislative body fails to conduct a hearing in the time prescribed by this section, or if an application is approved, the application shall be deemed to have been approved and shall become effective as of the date the application was filed. An application approved with modifications shall become effective as of the date the application was filed unless the modification provides otherwise. (3) The clerk of the legislative body shall notify the applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent within five days of the decision to approve, modify, or reject an application for inclusion of land in an agricultural district. The clerk of the legislative body shall also transmit a copy of the decision to approve, modify, or reject an application to the county auditor. An applicant may appeal a decision to modify or reject an application to the court of common pleas of the county in which the application was filed within thirty days of the receipt of the notice of modification or rejection. (C)(1) At any time after the first Monday in January and prior to the first Monday in March of the year during which an agricultural district terminates, the owner of land in the agricultural district may file a renewal application to continue the inclusion of all or part of the owner's land in an agricultural district for a period of time ending on the first Monday in April of the fifth year following the renewal application. The requirements for continued inclusion in the agricultural district and the renewal application procedure shall be the same as those required for the original application for placing land in an agricultural district. The county auditor shall notify owners of land in agricultural districts eligible to file a renewal application for continued inclusion in an agricultural district on or prior to the first Monday in February or the date upon which the county auditor notifies owners of land valued at agricultural use value for real property tax purposes of the necessity of filing a renewal application to continue valuing the land at agricultural use value. (2) On or before the second Tuesday after the first Monday in March, the county auditor shall determine whether the owner of any land in an agricultural district eligible to file a renewal application failed to file a renewal application with respect to that land and shall forthwith notify each owner of the land that unless a renewal application is filed prior to the first Monday in April, the land will be removed from the agricultural district upon its termination date. The county auditor shall send that notice either by certified mail or, if the county auditor has record of an internet identifier of record associated with the owner, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record. (3) An approved renewal application is effective on the termination date of the preceding agricultural district. (4) Failure of an owner to file a renewal application prior to the first Monday in April of the year during which the owner's agricultural district terminates shall not prevent the owner from filing an application to include the owner's land in an agricultural district. (5) Land that is transferred to a new owner during the period in which the land is an agricultural district shall continue in the agricultural district under the terms of the existing district unless the new owner elects to discontinue inclusion in the agricultural district and files the election with the county auditor within sixty days after the transfer. Failure of the new owner to continue inclusion in the agricultural district for the duration of the period in which the land is in the agricultural district is withdrawal from an agricultural district subject to penalty. (D)(1) If, at any time during which land is in an agricultural district, the owner withdraws the land from the district, the owner shall notify the county auditor of the withdrawal and shall pay to the county auditor a withdrawal penalty calculated as follows: (a) If the owner's action also disqualifies the owner's land for any tax savings that it had been receiving under sections 5713.30 to 5713.38 of the Revised Code, the owner shall pay a percentage of the amount charged under section 5713.34 of the Revised Code that is equal to the average bank prime rate at the time the amount charged under that section is required to be paid. The withdrawal penalty shall be in addition to the amount charged under that section. (b) If the land had not been receiving any tax savings under those sections, or if the owner's action does not disqualify the land for tax savings under them, the owner shall pay a percentage of the amount that would have been charged under section 5713.34 of the Revised Code if the owner's land had been receiving tax savings and became disqualified for them in an amount that is equal to the average bank prime rate at the time the amount that would have been charged under that section would have been required to be paid. (2) For the purposes of division (D)(1) of this section, the county auditor shall determine the average bank prime rate using statistical release H.15, "selected interest rates," a weekly publication of the federal reserve board, or any successor publication. If the statistical release H.15, or its successor, ceases to contain the bank prime rate information or ceases to be published, the county auditor shall request a written statement of the average bank prime rate from the federal reserve bank of Cleveland or the federal reserve board. (3) The county auditor shall calculate the amount of the withdrawal penalty that is due and shall notify the owner of it. The auditor also shall note the withdrawal in the auditor's records. (4) The county auditor shall distribute the moneys collected under division (D) of this section in the manner provided in section 5713.35 of the Revised Code for moneys that the county auditor collects under that section. (E) Land that is included in an agricultural district under this section and that is subsequently annexed by a municipal corporation shall not be subject to division (B) of this section either at the time of annexation or at the time of any subsequent application or renewal application for inclusion in the district if, at the time of annexation, its owner did not sign a petition favoring annexation under section 709.02 of the Revised Code. If its owner did sign a petition favoring annexation, as provided in that section, or if the owner who opposed annexation has sold or transferred the land to another person who is keeping the land in the agricultural district, the land shall be subject to division (B) of this section at the time of any subsequent application or renewal application for inclusion in the district. (F) The director of agriculture shall prescribe the application and renewal forms required under this section and shall furnish them to county auditors. In prescribing the forms, the director shall consult with the tax commissioner to determine if a single form can be developed for the purposes of this section and section 5713.31 of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section, "internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.99
§ 927.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly Whoever violates sections 927.51 to 927.72 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.041
§ 941.041. Prohibitions regarding animal diseases
Status: in_force

October 17, 2011 House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly No person shall do any of the following: (A) Fail to stop the person's vehicle or conveyance when directed to do so in accordance with section 941.04 of the Revised Code; (B) Import, carry, transport, or bring an animal into this state unaccompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, animal health certificate, waybill, yarding receipt, sale ticket, or other document required by this chapter and rules adopted under it; (C) Fail to present any document identified in division (B) of this section when requested to do so by the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative; (D) Fail to permit the director or the director's authorized representative to inspect any vehicle or means of conveyance in accordance with section 941.04 of the Revised Code; (E) Violate the seal placed on the vehicle or means of conveyance by the director or the director's authorized representative; (F) Violate or fail to comply with the terms of the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.16
§ 919.16. Possession as evidence of sale - exception
Status: in_force

October 2, 1953 House Bill 281 - 100th General Assembly Possession by any person of any horse carcass, dressed horse meat, or any horse meat food product constitutes prima-facie evidence that such commodity is for sale; provided, that this section does not apply to any person who has purchased dressed horse meat or horse meat food products for his personal consumption. Last updated April 22, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.08
§ 917.08. Examinations
Status: in_force

October 21, 1997 Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly The director of agriculture shall conduct examinations to test qualifications of applicants for a weigher, sampler, or tester license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code at such times and in such places as in the director's opinion will afford the applicants an opportunity to take the examination at reasonable expense. The director may designate or employ one or more persons to conduct the examinations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.08
§ 925.08. Violations prohibited
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly No person shall fail to comply with sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code or an applicable rule adopted under section 925.06 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.28
§ 940.28. Petition and information to be submitted to county commissioners
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly After a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district completes the schedule of estimated assessments, the board shall submit the petition, preliminary report, surveys, plans, specifications, schedule of damages, cost estimates, estimated assessments, and any other information obtained or prepared for the petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed improvement is to be located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.10
§ 924.10. Marketing program funds - fiscal year - financial statements
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund for each marketing program that is established by the director of agriculture pursuant to this chapter. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all moneys collected by the department of agriculture from each marketing program pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the fund for the marketing program and shall be disbursed only pursuant to a voucher approved by the director for use in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.02 , 924.03 , and 924.13 of the Revised Code. (B) In lieu of deposits in the fund established pursuant to division (A) of this section, the operating committee of any marketing program established pursuant to this chapter may deposit all moneys collected pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code with a bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. All moneys collected pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code and deposited pursuant to this division also shall be used only in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.02 , 924.03 , and 924.13 of the Revised Code. (C) Each operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for its marketing program and shall publish within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year an activity and financial report and make such report available to each producer who pays an assessment or otherwise contributes to the marketing program which the committee administers, and to other interested persons. (D) In addition to the reports required by division (C) of this section, any marketing program that deposits moneys in accordance with division (B) of this section shall submit to the director both of the following: (1) Annually, a financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding a live permit from the accountancy board issued pursuant to Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code. The marketing program shall file the financial statement with the director not more than sixty days after the end of each fiscal year. (2) Monthly, an unaudited financial statement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.15
§ 919.15. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall enforce this chapter and, subject to the provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt such reasonable rules pertaining to commodity labeling, sanitary standards for the processing of horse meat, or the sanitary condition and wholesomeness of horse meat food products intended for human consumption, or otherwise, as are considered necessary to carry this chapter into full effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.65
§ 905.65. Injunction
Status: in_force

January 1, 1968 House Bill 849 - 107th General Assembly In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists any adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein sections 905.51 to 905.65 , inclusive, of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from such violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.99
§ 943.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Whoever violates section 943.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Last updated July 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.08
§ 905.08. Holding additives during period of suspension or revocation
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly The director of agriculture may issue an order to the owner or custodian of any package or lot of an agricultural additive requiring it to be held at a designated place during the period the director has suspended or revoked the product's registration under section 905.07 of the Revised Code. The agricultural additive shall be held until the director issues a release in writing. A release shall not be issued until the suspension or revocation of registration is terminated. No person shall violate an order to hold. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.04
§ 943.04. Fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Fees for the initial issuance of any license issued pursuant to sections 943.02 , 943.03 , and 943.031 of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the department of agriculture. (B) All annual renewal fees for the licenses shall be paid by the applicant for the renewal of a license on or before the thirty-first day of March of each year to the treasurer of state. Except for license fees for small dealers, the fees for dealers or brokers shall be $250.00 per annum. In the event a dealer or broker operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of the fee to be paid for each place operated by the dealer or broker. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the dealer or broker shall be exempt. A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid for each dealer or broker license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year. (C)(1) A fee of fifty dollars shall be paid by each small dealer. If a small dealer operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of fee to be paid for each place operated by the small dealer. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the small dealer shall be exempt. (2) A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid for each small dealer license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year. (D) A fee of thirty dollars shall be paid by each licensed weigher and each employee that is appointed by a small dealer, dealer, or broker as provided in section 943.02 of the Revised Code. (E) All money collected under section 943.03 of the Revised Code and under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.05
§ 911.05. Ingredients
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No ingredient which is likely to deceive the consumer or which lessens the nutritive value shall be used in any bakery product unless such product is plainly labeled, branded, or tagged, or unless there is a sign making plain to the purchaser or consumer the actual ingredients. In the case of unwrapped bread to be sold by the loaf, such labeling, branding, or tagging shall be placed upon the label provided for by section 911.18 of the Revised Code, which shows the name of the manufacturer and the net weight of the loaf.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.10
§ 941.10. Rules governing importation and movement of animals
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules to govern the importation and movement of animals. (B) Whenever the governor upon receipt of information from the director believes that any condition or disease, including a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern present in any other state, territory, or country, may endanger the health of livestock, animals, or persons of this state, the governor may prohibit or regulate by proclamation, the importation from that other state, territory, or country, of animals of a kind that could carry that disease or condition into this state. (C) No person shall import, move, sell, or dispose of any animal contrary to a proclamation issued by the governor under division (B) of this section, without first obtaining written permission from the director. (D) When an animal is moved into the state in violation of any applicable federal or state law, the director or the director's authorized representative, without prior hearing, may take whichever of the following courses of action regarding the animal as the director or the director's authorized representative determines is most appropriate: (1) Quarantine the animal until it is brought into compliance; (2) Order the animal returned to the point of origin; (3) Order the animal moved to slaughter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.05
§ 907.05. Seed subject to labeling and inspection fee requirements
Status: in_force

October 2, 1974 House Bill 554 - 110th General Assembly All of the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops sold by variety name or as processed or tested is subject to the labelling and inspection fee requirements of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.17
§ 926.17. Fee adjustments or waivers
Status: in_force

October 11, 2013 Senate Bill 66 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall annually review the debits of and credits to the agricultural commodity depositors fund created in section 926.16 of the Revised Code and shall make any adjustments in the fee required under that section that are necessary to maintain the fund within the limits established under this section. Not later than the first day of March of each year, the director shall determine the proposed amount of the fee based on the expected volume of agricultural commodities on which the fee is to be collected and that are likely to be handled under this chapter. The director shall make any changes in the previous year's fee in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The fee shall become effective on the following first day of June. It shall in no case exceed one-half of one cent per bushel on all agricultural commodities on which the fee is to be paid. (B)(1) If, at the end of any fiscal year, the fund balance exceeds fifteen million dollars, less any encumbered balances or pending or unsettled claims, the fee required under division (B) of section 926.16 of the Revised Code shall be waived until the director, with the consent of the commodity advisory commission created in section 926.32 of the Revised Code, reinstates the fee to maintain the liquidity of the fund as provided in division (B)(2) of this section. (2) If, at any time, the director determines that the fund balance, less any encumbered balances or pending or unsettled claims, is less than ten million dollars, the director, with the consent of the commodity advisory commission, may reinstate the fee required under division (B) of section 926.16 of the Revised Code. If the director reinstates the fee, the director shall notify all licensed handlers by certified mail, return receipt requested, to begin collecting the fee not later than ninety days after being notified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.24
§ 941.24. Authority to test
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 842 - 107th General Assembly (A) No person shall make a brucellosis test or employ any other method of detection for brucellosis or administer a brucella vaccine unless he is first authorized to do so by the department of agriculture. Such authority may be revoked for any violation of Chapter 941. of the Revised Code, without a hearing. (B) No person shall administer a brucella vaccine that is not approved by the Ohio department of agriculture and produced under license of the United States department of agriculture. (C) Any person who makes a brucellosis test or employs any other method of detection for brucellosis shall report the results to the Ohio department of agriculture within seven days, unless he is granted an extension in writing by the department. Such reports shall be made on forms provided by the department. (D) The director of agriculture may promulgate a regulation governing the sale and distribution of a brucella biologic or antigen. (E) Any animal tested for brucellosis or administered brucella vaccine shall be identified in the right ear by tattoo or a metal numbered ear tag or such method of identification as may be prescribed by regulation by the director. (F) No person other than a licensed accredited veterinarian shall administer brucella vaccine. (G) If a veterinarian administers a brucella vaccine, he shall report such vaccination to the department on a form provided by the department. Such report shall be made no later than seven days after the date of vaccination, unless the department grants a written extension of time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.41
§ 907.41. Coloration of seed or grain definitions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1966 House Bill 394 - 106th General Assembly As used in sections 907.41 to 907.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Grain" means whole seeds or entire grains or any altered form thereof of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and sorghum or any other large seeded cereal, field peas, field beans, soybeans, or any other large seeded legume. (B) "Treat" means to apply a substance designed to control or repel plant disease organisms, insects, or other pests of such grain or the seedlings thereof. (C) "Seed treatment material" means a substance used to control or repel plant disease organisms, insects, or other pests of such grain or the seedlings thereof, provided however that the term does not include substances to the extent that they are used to control pests of stored grain. (D) "Person" includes any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, receiver, trustee, or any agent thereof engaged in the handling of agricultural or vegetable seeds, or seed treatment material. (E) "Sell" includes transfer of ownership or custody, or the receiving of, accepting, or holding on consignment for sale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 993.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.042
§ 993.042. Duties of reporting bodies
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section, "reporting body" means any of the following persons or entities: (1) The department of agriculture; (2) The Ohio expositions commission; (3) A county agricultural society fair board; (4) An independent agricultural society fair board; (5) An owner of an amusement ride. (B) If a reporting body receives, from an amusement ride manufacturer or other entity responsible for parts or service regarding the safety of the ride, any communication addressing safety issues pertaining to an amusement ride, the reporting body, within a reasonable time after receiving the communication, shall forward the communication to the director of agriculture and to the chief inspector employed by the department of agriculture in accordance with section 993.04 of the Revised Code. (C) The chief inspector shall require the amusement ride to be reinspected in accordance with section 993.04 of the Revised Code after receiving the communication under division (B) of this section if the chief inspector determines that reinspection is necessary. (D) The director of agriculture shall include, on amusement ride inspection forms prescribed by the department, a line for the owner of an amusement ride to sign indicating that all relevant safety and maintenance communications from the manufacturer have been forwarded to the director and the chief inspector in accordance with division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.20
§ 935.20. Investigations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) On and after January 1, 2014, the director of agriculture immediately shall cause an investigation to be conducted if the director has reason to believe that one of the following may be occurring: (1) A dangerous wild animal is possessed by a person who has not been issued a wildlife shelter permit, wildlife propagation permit, or rescue facility permit under this chapter. (2) A restricted snake is possessed by a person that has not been issued a restricted snake possession permit or restricted snake propagation permit under this chapter. (3) A dangerous wild animal or restricted snake is being treated or kept in a manner that is in violation of this chapter or rules. For purposes of the investigation, the director or the director's designee may order the animal or snake that is the subject of the notification to be quarantined or may order the transfer of the animal or snake to a facility that is on the list maintained by the director under this section. If the director's designee orders the animal or snake to be quarantined or transferred, the designee shall provide a copy of the order to the director. (B) The director shall attempt to notify the person owning or possessing an animal or snake that has been ordered to be quarantined or transferred under division (A) of this section. The notice shall be delivered in person or by certified mail. The director also may post a copy of a quarantine order at two conspicuous locations on the premises where the animal or snake is quarantined. The director shall maintain a copy of an order issued under this section and evidence that the director attempted to notify the person owning or possessing the animal or snake. (C) A quarantine or transfer order issued under this section shall contain all of the following: (1) The name and address of the person owning or possessing the animal or snake, if known; (2) A description of the quarantined or transferred animal or snake; (3) A description of the premises affected by the quarantine or transfer; (4) The reason for the quarantine or transfer; (5) Any terms and conditions of the quarantine or transfer; (6) A notice that a person adversely affected by the order may request a hearing to review the order. (D) A person that is adversely affected by a quarantine or transfer order pertaining to a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake owned or possessed by the person, within thirty days after the order is issued, may request in writing an adjudication in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. A request for an adjudication does not stay a quarantine or transfer order. (E) The owner of or person possessing a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake that was quarantined or transferred under division (A) of this section shall be responsible for all reasonable costs associated with the quarantine or transfer, including the costs of transportation, housing, food, and veterinary care for the animal or snake. If such an owner or person is unable to pay for the reasonable costs, the director shall certify the costs to the county auditor to be assessed against any property of the owner or person and thereby made a lien upon it and collected as other taxes. All money from the collection of liens under this division shall be credited in accordance with division (J) of this section. (F) If the state veterinarian determines that a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake that was quarantined or transferred under division (A) of this section is infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or is seriously injured, the state veterinarian shall so notify the director. The director may order the animal or snake to be humanely euthanized by a veterinarian if the state veterinarian has indicated that euthanization is medically necessary. (G) A quarantine or transfer order issued under this section shall remain in effect until one of the following occurs: (1) The director, after reviewing the results of the investigation conducted under division (A) of this section, issues a written notice of release. (2) A court of competent jurisdiction orders the quarantine or transfer order to be terminated in a proceeding conducted under division (H) of this section. (3) A court of competent jurisdiction orders the seizure of the dangerous wild animal or restricted snake in a proceeding conducted under division (H) of this section. (H) If, after reviewing the results of an investigation concerning a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake conducted under division (A) of this section and after resolution of any proceeding conducted under division (D) of this section, the director determines that a circumstance described in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is or was occurring, the director shall initiate, in a court of competent jurisdiction, a proceeding for the permanent seizure of the animal or snake, as applicable. If the court affirms the director's determination that a circumstance described in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is or was occurring, the court shall order the animal or snake seized and shall order the method of disposition of the animal or snake. The court may order the person owning or possessing the animal or snake to pay all reasonable costs associated with the seizure and, if applicable, the costs associated with the quarantine or transfer of the animal or snake, including the costs of transportation, housing, food, and veterinary care of the animal or snake. If the court does not affirm the director's determination, the court shall order the quarantine or transfer order to be terminated and the animal or snake to be returned to the person owning or possessing it, if applicable. (I) The director may authorize any of the following to conduct an investigation and order the quarantine or transfer of a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake under division (A) of this section: (1) Employees of the department of agriculture; (2) Natural resources law enforcement officers with the consent of the director of natural resources; (3) Employees of the department of health with the consent of the director of health; (4) Employees of a board of health with the consent of the board; (5) Humane society agents appointed under section 1717.06 of the Revised Code with the consent of the humane society; (6) Law enforcement officers with the consent of the sheriff of the county or the chief law enforcement officer of the township or municipal corporation, as applicable, by whom the law enforcement officers are employed; (7) Law enforcement officers who are state highway patrol troopers with the consent of the superintendent of the state highway patrol. (J) Money collected for reimbursement of costs associated with the quarantine or transfer of dangerous wild animals and restricted snakes under this section shall be credited to one of the following funds, as applicable: (1) If the animal or snake was quarantined or transferred by an employee of the department of agriculture or the department of health, a natural resources law enforcement officer, or a law enforcement officer who is a state highway patrol trooper, the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code; (2) If the animal or snake was quarantined or transferred by an employee of a board of health, a special fund, which is hereby created in each health district, that shall be used exclusively for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules; (3) If the animal or snake was quarantined or transferred by a humane society agent, a special fund, which is hereby created in each county that has a humane society, that shall be used exclusively for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules; (4) If the animal or snake was quarantined or transferred by a law enforcement officer who is not a state highway patrol trooper, the special fund that is created in the political subdivision that employs the law enforcement officer in division (D) of section 935.16 of the Revised Code. (K) The director shall maintain a list of facilities inside and outside the state that the director determines are eligible to accept dangerous wild animals and restricted snakes for the purposes of this section. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.21
§ 918.21. Licensing of poultry processing definitions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly As used in sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poultry by-product manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry. (B) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered poultry that are capable of being used for human food. (C) "Capable of use as human food" as applied to poultry or poultry products means poultry or a poultry product that is not denatured or otherwise identified as required by state or federal law or regulations to deter its use as human food, or that is naturally edible by humans. (D) "Container" or "package" means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or any other receptacle, wrapper, or cover. (E) "Establishment" means any premises where poultry is slaughtered or otherwise prepared for food purposes. (F) "Federal inspection" means inspection pursuant to the "Poultry Products Inspection Act," 71 Stat. 441 (1957), 21 U.S.C.A. 451, as amended by the "Wholesome Poultry Products Act," 82 Stat. 791. (1968). (G) "Immediate container" means any consumer package or any other container in which poultry products not consumer packaged are packed. (H) "Inspector" means an employee or official of the department of agriculture authorized by the director of agriculture to inspect poultry or poultry products under the authority of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. (I) "Ohio inspected and approved" means that the poultry or poultry products so identified have been inspected and passed under sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code and the rules pertaining thereto, and at the time of inspection and identification were found to be wholesome. (J) "Ohio inspected and condemned" means that the poultry or poultry products so stamped and identified are unwholesome and unfit for human food and shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the department. (K) "Ohio retained" means that the poultry or poultry product so identified is held for further examination by an inspector to determine its disposal. (L) "Poultry" means any domesticated bird and any poultry specified under division (B) of section 918.12 of the Revised Code, whether live or dead. (M) "Processed" means slaughtered, cut up, boned, salted, stuffed, rendered, smoked, or otherwise manufactured or prepared. (N) "Poultry product" means any poultry carcass, or part thereof, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part thereof, excepting products which are exempted by the director from definition as a poultry product under such conditions as the director may prescribe to ensure that the poultry ingredients in those products are not adulterated and that those products are not represented as poultry products. (O) "Poultry products broker" means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry products on commission or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales or handling of such products other than for his own account or as an employee of another person. (P) "Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of converting raw rendering materials into fats, oils, feeds, fertilizer, and other products, except rendering conducted under inspection or under exemption of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Shipping container" means any container used or intended for use in packaging the product packed in an immediate container. (R) "State inspection" means the meat inspection service administered by the department of agriculture. (S) "Wholesome" means sound, healthful, clean, and otherwise capable of use as human food. (T) "Unwholesome" means: (1) Unsound, diseased, unclean, injurious to health, or otherwise not capable of use as human food; (2) Consisting in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; (3) Processed, prepared, packaged, or held under insanitary conditions whereby any poultry carcass or parts thereof or any poultry product has become contaminated, or whereby a poultry product has been rendered injurious to health; (4) Produced in whole or in part in such manner that the product contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which has rendered it injurious to health; (5) Produced in whole or in part from poultry that show evidence of disease or from poultry that have died otherwise than by slaughter; (6) Containing therein any poisonous or deleterious substance, unless such substance is permitted in production or unavoidable under processing practices as may be determined by rules of the department or other provisions of law limiting or tolerating the quantity of such added substance on or in such product; (7) Substituting any substance wholly or in part thereof; (8) Concealing in any manner damaged or inferior quality; (9) Bearing or containing (by reason of administering any substance to the live poultry or otherwise) any added poisonous or deleterious substance which, in the judgment of the director, may make such product unfit for human food; (10) Containing any substance which has been added thereto or mixed or packed therein so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.03
§ 941.03. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt and enforce rules to carry out this chapter, including designating a disease or vector as a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or as a disease of concern. (B) No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted by the director under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.27
§ 955.27. Disposition of surplus fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly After paying all necessary expenses of administering the sections of the Revised Code relating to the registration, seizing, impounding, and destroying of dogs, including the purchase, construction, and repair of vehicles and facilities necessary for the proper administration of such sections, the board of county commissioners, at the December session, if there remains more than two thousand dollars in the dog and kennel fund for that year in a county in which there is a society for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, incorporated and organized by law, and having one or more agents appointed pursuant to law, or any other society organized under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code, that owns or controls a suitable dog kennel or a place for the keeping and destroying of dogs that has one or more agents appointed and employed pursuant to law, may pay to the treasurer of the society, upon warrant of the county auditor, all such excess as the board deems necessary for the uses and purposes of the society.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.25
§ 941.25. Consignment for slaughter of positive or suspect animals
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) If an animal is a positive or a suspect, it shall be identified with a numbered ear tag or in a manner prescribed by rule prior to movement from the infected premises. (B) A suspect animal may be retained on the premises of the owner, provided that it is kept in a manner that does not expose another herd. (C) A positive or suspect animal may be consigned for immediate slaughter through any licensed stockyard or directly to any slaughtering establishment approved by the department of agriculture, provided the positive or suspect animal is marked in accordance with this section and is accompanied by a permit issued by the department. Such an animal shall be delivered to an approved slaughtering establishment within a ten-day period from the date the animal was either consigned for slaughter or a permit was issued for its slaughter. (D) A positive animal shall be slaughtered by a licensed slaughtering establishment or by the owner on his own premises no later than thirty days after it becomes a positive. A positive cattle or bison shall be branded on the left jaw with the letter "B" at least three inches high. (E) The person who slaughters any positive or suspect animal shall furnish proof of the slaughter to the department. The proof shall be such as will meet with the approval of the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.22
§ 955.22. Vicious, dangerous, and nuisance dog acts
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 955.11 , 955.23 , and 955.24 of the Revised Code: (1) "Vicious dog act" means one of the following actions committed by a dog without provocation, other than by a police dog that is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties: (a) The killing of any person; (b) Causing serious injury to any person by physical contact; (c) Engaging in a dangerous dog act after the dog has been designated as a dangerous dog under section 955.23 of the Revised Code. (2) "Dangerous dog act" means one of the following actions committed by a dog without provocation, other than by a police dog that is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties: (a) Causing injury by physical contact, other than killing or serious injury, to any person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (b) Causing serious injury to any person without making physical contact in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (c) The killing of another dog; (d) Causing serious injury to another dog that results in euthanasia of the dog by a person authorized to perform euthanasia under Ohio law. (3) "Nuisance dog act" means one of the following actions committed by a dog without provocation and while off the premises of its owner, keeper, or harborer, other than by a police dog that is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties: (a) Chasing or approaching a person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (b) Attempting to bite or otherwise endanger any person in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (c) Causing injury to any person without making physical contact in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (d) Chasing, threatening, harassing, or injuring another dog or livestock in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack; (e) Having been the subject of a third or subsequent violation of section 955.21 of the Revised Code. (4) "Injury" means any physical harm to a person, another dog, or livestock, as applicable, but does not include physical harm resulting from a situation where the dog behaves in a playful, nonaggressive, or age-appropriate manner. (5) "Serious injury" means any of the following: (a) Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death; (b) Any physical harm that involves a permanent incapacity, whether partial or total, or a temporary, substantial incapacity; (c) Any physical harm that involves a permanent disfigurement or a temporary, serious disfigurement; (d) Any physical harm that involves acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering or any degree of prolonged or intractable pain. "Serious injury" does not include physical harm resulting from a situation where the dog behaves in a playful, nonaggressive, or age-appropriate manner. (6) "Without provocation" means either of the following, as applicable: (a) That a dog was not teased, tormented, or abused by a person, or that the dog was not coming to the aid or the defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity; (b) That a dog was not attacked by another dog or livestock. (7) "Animal shelter for dogs" has the same meaning as in section 956.01 of the Revised Code. (8) "Livestock" does not include poultry. (B)(1) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog that is not an animal shelter for dogs shall negligently, and no animal shelter for dogs that keeps or harbors a dog shall recklessly, fail to prevent the dog from committing a vicious dog act. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense. (2) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog, including an animal shelter for dogs, shall negligently fail to prevent the dog from committing a vicious dog act that involves injuring or killing a person. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (C)(1) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog that is not an animal shelter for dogs shall negligently, and no animal shelter for dogs that keeps or harbors a dog shall recklessly, fail to prevent the dog from committing a dangerous dog act. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. (2) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog, including an animal shelter for dogs, shall negligently fail to prevent the dog from committing a dangerous dog act that involves injuring a person. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog that is not an animal shelter for dogs shall negligently, and no animal shelter for dogs that keeps or harbors a dog shall recklessly, fail to prevent the dog from committing a nuisance dog act. Whoever violates this division is guilty a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (E) In addition to any other penalty described under this section, and except as provided in division (F) of this section, the court may order a dog that is the subject of an offense under this section to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden at the owner's expense if the court finds that the dog did one of the following: (1) Committed a vicious dog act; (2) Committed a dangerous dog act; (3) Injured another dog; (4) Attempted to bite a person and such attempt resulted in the injury of the person. (F) In addition to any other penalty described under this section, the court shall order the dog that is the subject of an offense under this section to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden at the owner's expense if, as a result of the offense, the dog kills a person or causes serious injury to a person that results in one of the following: (1) Substantial risk of death; (2) Permanent incapacity; (3) Serious permanent disfigurement; (4) Acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.17
§ 915.17. Inspections
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied by the required fee, the department of agriculture shall inspect the establishment to be licensed and if it finds that such establishment, its equipment, facilities, surrounding premises, and operations comply with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code and the applicable rules adopted thereunder, and that the establishment is being operated under proper sanitary conditions and in conformity with sanitary regulations adopted by the director of agriculture under authority of section 3715.02 of the Revised Code, the department shall issue such license. The persons designated by the department to make such inspection shall be persons having practical knowledge of the operation of cold-storage plants and establishments and the storage of food therein, and shall be thoroughly familiar with such sections and the applicable rules of the department. The department shall inspect all licensed establishments at least once each six months and may make such additional inspections as the department deems necessary. The director and his representatives shall have access to establishments at all reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections. Last updated September 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.03
§ 926.03. Compliance with administrative rules
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted by the director of agriculture under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.41
§ 913.41. Food processing establishments to be kept sanitary
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No proprietor, owner, or manager of a bakery, confectionary, creamery, dairy, dairy barn, milk depot, laboratory, hotel, restaurant, eating house, packing house, slaughterhouse, ice cream factory, canning factory, or place where a food product is manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, produced, or sold for any purpose, shall fail to place it in a clean and sanitary condition within ten days after being duly notified in writing or by posting the notice provided for in section 913.42 of the Revised Code, or fail to keep it in such condition thereafter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 947.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 947 / § 947.11
§ 947.11. Identification number registration for farm equipment, livestock and grain - fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The director of agriculture may, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish and administer a program for registering identification numbers for farm equipment, livestock, and grain. The rules may provide for a central registry of identification numbers, the transfer, renewal, reinstatement, and reregistration of numbers, for fees, assuring that registrants are entitled to exclusive use of a number during periods of current registration, and other matters necessary and convenient for administration or enforcement of the program. Moneys received by the director pursuant to rules adopted under this section shall be deposited in the identification number fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director shall spend moneys from the fund to pay the costs and expenses of administering this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.16
§ 926.16. Agricultural commodity depositors fund
Status: in_force

November 5, 2004 House Bill 421 - 125th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the agricultural commodity depositors fund. The state shall not be held liable for any claims presented against the fund under section 926.18 of the Revised Code. The fund shall consist of a per-bushel fee remitted by licensed handlers under this section, any sums that the director of agriculture may collect by any legal action on behalf of the fund, and any property or securities acquired through the use of moneys in the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively to indemnify depositors as provided in section 926.18 of the Revised Code and to pay the examination and administrative costs of this chapter as provided in division (E) of this section. (B) All licensed handlers shall remit the fee determined by the director in accordance with section 926.17 of the Revised Code on: (1) All agricultural commodities delivered to them for storage under a bailment agreement or for sale, exchange, or negotiation or solicitation of sale by depositors who produced them or caused them to be produced; (2) All agricultural commodities delivered to them for storage under a bailment agreement, regardless of who produced the commodities, if a receipt is to be issued for the commodities; (3) All agricultural commodities that are being stored by licensed handlers who own them solely, jointly, or in common with others and who are issuing a receipt for them in accordance with section 926.25 of the Revised Code. The maximum number of bushels on which a licensed handler shall be required to pay the fee under division (B)(3) of this section between the first day of July and the thirtieth day of June of any marketing year shall be the greatest number of bushels of all commodities for which receipts are outstanding at any one time during that period. (4) All agricultural commodities that are not involved in a transaction described in division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section and the monetary proceeds of which are controlled by a handler who is not involved in the production of the commodities and who serves as an intermediary between the producer and a handler receiving the commodities. In such a situation, the handler responsible for paying the producer shall remit the fee. (C) All licensed handlers shall account for and remit moneys under division (B) of this section to the director in such manner and using such forms as the director shall prescribe by rule. (D) All disbursements from the fund shall be paid by the treasurer of state pursuant to vouchers authorized by the director. (E) At the request of the director of agriculture, the director of budget and management shall transfer not more than five hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year from the agricultural commodity depositors fund to the commodity handler regulatory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code to pay the examination and administrative costs of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.17
§ 924.17. Records regarding votes
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly Any record submitted to the department of agriculture under this chapter that indicates how an individual has voted in a referendum to establish or amend a marketing program under section 924.07 of the Revised Code, or in an election of the members of an operating committee under section 924.03 or 924.22 of the Revised Code is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.91
§ 901.91. Assessment of operating funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of agriculture may assess the operating funds of the department of agriculture to pay a share of the department's central support and administrative costs. The assessments shall be based on a plan that the director develops. Assessments shall be paid from the funds designated in the plan and credited by means of intrastate transfer voucher to the department of agriculture central support indirect costs fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the director of agriculture and used to pay central support and administrative costs of the department of agriculture. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.24
§ 943.24. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the following: (A) Requirements governing health monitoring and disease testing of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status, which testing may include, but is not limited to, testing for chronic wasting disease, brucellosis, and tuberculosis of such deer that are held at a facility licensed under section 1533.71 or 1533.721 of the Revised Code; (B) Requirements governing captive whitetail deer licensees, including record-keeping requirements related to health monitoring and disease testing of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status; (C) Requirements and procedures that are necessary to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status; (D) Requirements and procedures governing the transfer of living game and nonnative wildlife, as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code, from one wild animal hunting preserve licensed under section 1533.721 of the Revised Code to another such wild animal hunting preserve; (E) Tagging requirements for captive deer with status and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status for such deer that are propagated pursuant to a captive white-tailed deer propagation license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revised Code; (F) Requirements governing the certification of captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status; (G) Any other requirements or procedures that are necessary to administer and enforce sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.21
§ 955.21. Requirement to properly confine or restrain a dog
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog shall fail at any time to do either of the following: (1) Keep the dog physically confined or restrained upon the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer by a leash, tether, adequate fence, supervision, or secure enclosure to prevent escape; (2) Keep the dog under the reasonable control of some person. A violation of division (A) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (B) Whoever commits a violation of this section that involves a dog that is not a nuisance dog, dangerous dog, or vicious dog shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Additionally, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both. (C) Whoever commits a violation of this section that involves a nuisance dog is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on the first offense and of a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense involving the same dog. Additionally, the court may order the offender to personally supervise the nuisance dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both. (D) Whoever commits a violation of this section that involves a dangerous dog is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order the offender to do either or both of the following: (1) Personally supervise the dangerous dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors; (2) Cause that dog to complete dog obedience training. The court, in the alternative, may order the dangerous dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden at the owner's expense. Until the court makes a final determination and during the pendency of any appeal and at the discretion of the dog warden, the dog shall be confined or restrained in accordance with division (A) of section 955.24 of the Revised Code or at the county dog pound at the owner's expense. (E) Whoever commits a violation of this section that involves a vicious dog is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court shall order the offender to do both of the following: (1) Personally supervise the vicious dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors; (2) Cause that dog to complete dog obedience training. The court, in the alternative, may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden at the owner's expense. Until the court makes a final determination and during the pendency of any appeal and at the discretion of the dog warden, the dog shall be confined or restrained in accordance with division (A) of section 955.24 of the Revised Code or at the county dog pound at the owner's expense. (F) Division (A) of this section does not apply when a dog that has not been designated as a dangerous or vicious dog is lawfully engaged in either of the following: (1) Hunting, provided the dog is accompanied by the owner, keeper, harborer, or handler of the dog; (2) Field trials. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 953.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 953 / § 953.27
§ 953.27. Regulations to administer rendering requirements
Status: in_force

October 22, 1969 House Bill 260 - 108th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may promulgate, adopt, and enforce regulations to carry out this chapter. (B) No person shall fail to comply with the regulations adopted by the department of agriculture under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.60
§ 927.60. Application for inspection
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 387 - 108th General Assembly Each nurseryman or collector who sells or delivers nursery stock in this state shall apply in writing before the fifteenth day of April of each year to the director of agriculture for inspection of his nursery stock growing in this state. Such nurseryman or collector is liable for any additional expense incurred in the inspection of the nursery stock which may be due to his failure to give such notice prior to said date.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.03
§ 940.03. County to have district coextensive with its geographic area
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Each county shall have a soil and water conservation district coextensive with the geographic area of the county, and each district shall constitute a political subdivision of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.30
§ 901.30. Application for and receipt of rural rehabilitation trust assets
Status: in_force

August 9, 1963 Senate Bill 177 - 105th General Assembly The director of agriculture is hereby designated as the state official to make application to, and as the state agent to receive from, the secretary of agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant to the "Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Ohio rural rehabilitation corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 939.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.04
§ 939.04. Composting of dead animals
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A person who owns or operates an agricultural operation, or owns the animals raised by the owner or operator of an agricultural operation, and who wishes to conduct composting of dead animals resulting from the agricultural operation shall do both of the following: (1) Participate in an educational course concerning composting conducted by OSU extension and obtain a certificate of completion for the course; (2) Use the appropriate method, technique, or practice of composting established in rules adopted under division (E)(5) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code. (B) A person who fails to comply with division (A) of this section shall prepare and operate under a composting plan required by the director of agriculture under division (A)(2) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code. If the person's proposed composting plan is disapproved by the supervisors of the appropriate soil and water conservation district under division (S)(3) of section 940.06 of the Revised Code, the person may appeal the plan disapproval to the director, who shall afford the person a hearing. Following the hearing, the director shall uphold the plan disapproval or reverse it. If the director reverses the disapproval, the plan shall be deemed approved.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.06
§ 911.06. Exemptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture may, by rule, establish such exemptions as may be necessary to facilitate the sale of any accumulated or unsold stocks of wholesome bakery products, and may establish exemptions in other cases not inconsistent with sections 911.01 to 911.20 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.01
§ 926.01. Agricultural commodity handler definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 503 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural commodity" means corn, soybeans, wheat, or any other agricultural crop that the director of agriculture may designate by rule. "Agricultural commodity" does not mean any grain that is purchased for sale as seed. (B) "Agricultural commodity handling" or "handling" means any of the following: (1) Engaging in or participating in the business of purchasing from producers agricultural commodities for any use in excess of thirty thousand bushels annually; (2) Operating a warehouse as a bailee for the receiving, storing, shipping, or conditioning of an agricultural commodity; (3) Receiving into a warehouse an agricultural commodity purchased under a delayed price agreement; (4) Providing marketing functions, including storage, delayed price marketing, deferred payment, feed agreements, or any other marketing transaction whereby control is exerted over the monetary proceeds of a producer's agricultural commodities by a person other than the producer. (C) "Agricultural commodity handler" or "handler" means any person who is engaged in the business of agricultural commodity handling. (D) "Depositor" means: (1) Any person who delivers an agricultural commodity to a licensed handler for storage, conditioning, shipment, or sale; (2) Any owner or legal holder of a ticket or receipt issued for an agricultural commodity who is a creditor of the licensed handler for the value of the agricultural commodity; (3) Any licensed handler storing an agricultural commodity that the licensed handler owns solely, jointly, or in common with others in a warehouse owned or controlled by the licensed handler or any other licensed handler. (E) "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt issued by a licensed handler. (F) "Nonnegotiable receipt" means a receipt on which it is stated that the agricultural commodity received will be delivered to the depositor or to the order of any other person named in the receipt. (G) "Negotiable receipt" means a receipt on which it is stated that the agricultural commodity received will be delivered to the bearer or to the order of any person named in the receipt. (H) "Ticket" means a scale weight ticket, a load slip, or any evidence, other than a receipt, given to a depositor by a licensed handler upon delivery of an agricultural commodity to the handler. (I) "Warehouse" means any building, bin, protected enclosure, or similar premises under the control of a licensed or unlicensed handler used for receiving, storing, shipping, or handling an agricultural commodity. (J) "Storage" means the deposit of an agricultural commodity into a warehouse either for the account of the licensed handler operating the warehouse or for the account of a depositor. "Storage" includes unapplied and hold grain tickets. (K) "Producer" means any person who grows an agricultural commodity on land that the person owns or leases. (L) "Agent" means any person, other than a producer, who delivers an agricultural commodity to a licensed handler, either for sale or for storage, for the account of the producer. (M) "Agricultural commodity tester" or "tester" means a person who operates a moisture meter and other quality testing devices to determine the quality of an agricultural commodity. (N) "Federally licensed grain inspector" means a person who is licensed by the United States department of agriculture under the "United States Grain Standards Act," 39 Stat. 482 (1916), 7 U.S.C. 71, as amended, to test and grade grain, as "grain" is defined in that act. (O) "Bailee" means a person to whom an agricultural commodity is delivered in trust for storage in a warehouse with title remaining in the name of the depositor. (P) "Bailor" means a person who delivers an agricultural commodity to a bailee in trust for storage in a warehouse with title remaining in the name of the depositor. (Q) "Bailment agreement" means a bailor-bailee agreement between a depositor and a licensed handler as stated in the terms of a receipt that is issued for an agricultural commodity in storage and subject to the requirements of this chapter governing the use of a receipt. (R) "Delayed price agreement" means a written executory contract executed by and between a licensed handler and a depositor that covers the sale and transfer of title of an agricultural commodity and states in its written terms the service charges and the method for pricing the commodity at a later date. (S) "Delayed price marketing" means the sale and transfer of title of an agricultural commodity with the price to be established at a later date according to the terms of a delayed price agreement. (T) "Deferred payment" means the deferral of payment to a depositor by a licensed handler for an agricultural commodity to which the licensed handler has taken title, for the purpose of deferring income of the depositor from one tax year to another. (U) "Feed agreement" means a written contract executed by and between a licensed handler and a producer or depositor who delivers an agricultural commodity to the licensed handler for storage whereby each of the following applies: (1) The producer or depositor transfers title to the agricultural commodity to the licensed handler in exchange for a nominal sum; (2) The producer, upon delivery of the agricultural commodity to the licensed handler, becomes a creditor of the licensed handler due to the lien that arises under section 926.021 of the Revised Code; (3) All or part of the agricultural commodity is returned to the producer at a later date and used for feed purposes. (V) Notwithstanding section 1.02 of the Revised Code, "and" shall not be read "or" and "or" shall not be read "and." (W) "Grain bank" means the storage of an agricultural commodity under a bailment agreement with the commodity normally returned to the bailor at a later date as an ingredient of a processed feed. "Grain bank" as defined in this division has the same meaning for purposes of agricultural commodity transactions. (X) "Regular price bid" means the current basis bid or cash price of a handler licensed under this chapter. Last updated January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.99
§ 911.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates sections 911.31 to 911.35 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 928.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 928 / § 928.07
§ 928.07. Authority of director to enter property; application for warrant; emergency conditions; injunction
Status: in_force

July 30, 2019 Senate Bill 57 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may enter at reasonable times upon any public or private property at which hemp is being cultivated or processed for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director may apply for and any judge of an appropriate court of record may issue a search warrant, necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jurisdiction. (B) (1) If the director determines that emergency conditions exist requiring immediate action necessary to protect public health or safety or the environment, the director may issue an order stating the existence of such conditions and requiring specific actions be taken to mitigate those conditions without providing prior notice or an adjudication hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) Any person to whom such an order is issued shall immediately comply with that order, and may apply to the director for an adjudication hearing. Upon receiving an application for an adjudication hearing, the director shall hold the hearing as soon as practicable and not later than thirty days after receipt of the application. On the basis of the hearing, the director shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. (C) In addition to any other available remedies, the director of agriculture, the attorney general, or a county prosecutor may apply to a court of common pleas in the county where any provision of section 928.04 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (B) of this section is being violated for an injunction restraining any person from continuing the violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.17
§ 956.17. Commercial dog breeding advisory board
Status: in_force

March 13, 2013 Senate Bill 130 - 129th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the commercial dog breeding advisory board consisting of all of the following members: (1) The state veterinarian in the department of agriculture; (2) The following six members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate: (a) One member representing a humane society; (b) One member who is a county dog warden; (c) One member who is a veterinarian; (d) One member representing animal rescues for dogs in this state; (e) One member who is a member of a professional dog breeding association in this state; (f) One member representing the public. Initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. Of the initial appointments, two shall be for one-year terms, two shall be for two-year terms, and two shall be for three-year terms. Thereafter, terms of office of appointed members shall be three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (B) The director of agriculture shall select a chairperson from among the board's members. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum. The board shall meet at least four times a year in Columbus or at other locations selected by the chairperson. The chairperson shall determine the agenda for each meeting of the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation for attending board meetings. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as members of the board. (C) The board shall do both of the following: (1) Review rules that have been or are proposed to be adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Advise the director on the administration of this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.15
§ 907.15. Suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue permit to label seed
Status: in_force

October 29, 2003 House Bill 143 - 125th General Assembly The director of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a permit to label seed for any violation of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code. No permit to label seed shall be suspended or revoked except for failure to pay either the fee or penalty provided in section 907.14 of the Revised Code until the permit holder has been given a hearing by the director in regard to the proposed suspension or revocation or unless a hearing is waived by the nonappearance of the permit holder at the time and place designated by the director. Any appeal from any such suspension, revocation, or refusal shall be made within thirty days after the suspension, revocation, or refusal.