Ohio Rev. Code § 903.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.05
§ 903.05. Application for a permit to install or permit to operate [see Section 3 of H.B. 363 of the 128th General Assembly]
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Each application for a permit to install or permit to operate a concentrated animal feeding facility that is submitted by an applicant who has not owned or operated a concentrated animal feeding facility in this state for at least two of the five years immediately preceding the submission of the application shall be accompanied by all of the following: (1) A listing of all animal feeding facilities that the applicant or any person identified by the applicant under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code owns, has owned, has operated, or is operating in this state; (2) A listing of the animal feeding facilities that the applicant or any person identified by the applicant under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code owns, has owned, has operated, or is operating elsewhere in the United States and that are regulated under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act together with a listing of the animal feeding facilities that the applicant or any such person owns, has owned, has operated, or is operating outside the United States; (3) A listing of all administrative enforcement orders issued to the applicant or any person identified by the applicant under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code, all civil actions in which the applicant or any such person was determined by the trier of fact to be liable in damages or was the subject of injunctive relief or another type of civil relief, and all criminal actions in which the applicant or any such person pleaded guilty or was convicted, during the five years immediately preceding the submission of the application, in connection with any violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the "Safe Drinking Water Act," as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, or any other applicable state laws pertaining to environmental protection that was alleged to have occurred or to be occurring at any animal feeding facility that the applicant or any such person owns, has owned, has operated, or is operating in the United States or with any violation of the environmental laws of another country that was alleged to have occurred or to be occurring at any animal feeding facility that the applicant or any such person owns, has owned, has operated, or is operating outside the United States. The lists of animal feeding facilities owned or operated by the applicant or any person identified by the applicant under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code within or outside this state or outside the United States shall include, respectively, all such facilities owned or operated by the applicant or any such person during the five-year period immediately preceding the submission of the application. (B) If the applicant for a permit to install or permit to operate or any person identified by the applicant under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code has been involved in any prior activity involving the operation of an animal feeding facility, the director of agriculture may, except as provided in division (E) of this section, deny the application if the director finds from the application, the information submitted under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section, pertinent information submitted to the director, and other pertinent information obtained by the director at the director's discretion that the applicant and any such person, in the operation of animal feeding facilities, have a history of substantial noncompliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the "Safe Drinking Water Act," as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, any other applicable state laws pertaining to environmental protection, or the environmental laws of another country that indicates that the applicant or any such person lacks sufficient reliability, expertise, and competence to operate the proposed new or modified concentrated animal feeding facility in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (C) A person who seeks to acquire or operate a concentrated animal feeding facility that has been issued an installation permit that has been transferred from the director of environmental protection to the director of agriculture, a permit to install, or a permit to operate shall submit to the director the information specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section prior to the transfer of the permit. The permit shall not, except as provided in division (E) of this section, be transferred as otherwise provided in division (I) of section 903.09 of the Revised Code if the director finds from the information submitted under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section, pertinent information submitted to the director, and other pertinent information obtained by the director at the director's discretion that the person, in the operation of animal feeding facilities, has a history of substantial noncompliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the "Safe Drinking Water Act," as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, any other applicable state laws pertaining to environmental protection, or the environmental laws of another country that indicates that the person lacks sufficient reliability, expertise, and competence to operate the concentrated animal feeding facility in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (D) An owner or operator of a concentrated animal feeding facility that has been issued an installation permit that has been transferred from the director of environmental protection to the director of agriculture, a permit to install, or a permit to operate shall submit to the director notice of any proposed change in the persons identified to the director under division (C)(1) of section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code, as applicable. The director may deny approval of the proposed change if the director finds from the information submitted under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section, pertinent information submitted to the director, and other pertinent information obtained by the director at the director's discretion that the proposed person, in the operation of animal feeding facilities, has a history of substantial noncompliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the "Safe Drinking Water Act," as defined in section 6109.01 of the Revised Code, any other applicable state laws pertaining to environmental protection, or the environmental laws of another country that indicates that the person lacks sufficient reliability, expertise, and competence to operate the concentrated animal feeding facility in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (E) The director shall not deny an application for or a transfer of a permit to install or a permit to operate a concentrated animal feeding facility because of a criminal conviction unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.22
§ 901.22. Matching grants for purchasing agricultural easements
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following: (1) Establish procedures and eligibility criteria for making matching grants to municipal corporations, counties, townships, soil and water conservation districts established under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, and charitable organizations described in division (B) of section 5301.69 of the Revised Code for the purchase of agricultural easements. With respect to agricultural easements that are purchased or proposed to be purchased with such matching grants that consist in whole or in part of moneys from the clean Ohio agricultural easement fund created in section 901.21 of the Revised Code, the rules shall establish all of the following: (a) Procedures for all of the following: (i) Soliciting and accepting applications for matching grants; (ii) Participation by local governments and by the public in the process of making matching grants to charitable organizations; (iii) Notifying local governments, charitable organizations, and organizations that represent the interests of farmers of the ranking system established in rules adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of this section. (b) A ranking system for applications for the matching grants that is based on the soil type, proximity of the land or other land that is conducive to agriculture as defined by rules adopted under this section and that is the subject of an application to other agricultural land or other land that is conducive to agriculture as defined by rules adopted under this section and that is already or is in the process of becoming permanently protected from development, farm stewardship, development pressure, and, if applicable, a local comprehensive land use plan involved with a proposed agricultural easement. The rules shall require that preference be given to proposed agricultural easements that involve the greatest proportion of all of the following: (i) Prime soils, unique or locally important soils, microclimates, or similar features; (ii) Land that is adjacent to or that is in close proximity to other agricultural land or other land that is conducive to agriculture as defined by rules adopted under this section and that is already or is in the process of becoming permanently protected from development, by agricultural easement or otherwise, so that a buffer would exist between the land involving the proposed agricultural easement and areas that have been developed or likely will be developed for purposes other than agriculture; (iii) The use of best management practices, including federally or state approved conservation plans, and a history of substantial compliance with applicable federal and state laws; (iv) Development pressure that is imminent, but not a result of current location in the direct path of urban development; (v) Areas identified for agricultural protection in local comprehensive land use plans. (c) Any other criteria that the director determines are necessary for selecting applications for matching grants; (d) Requirements regarding the information that must be included in the annual monitoring report that must be prepared for an agricultural easement under division (E)(2) of section 5301.691 of the Revised Code, procedures for submitting a copy of the report to the office of farmland preservation in the department of agriculture, and requirements and procedures governing corrective actions that may be necessary to enforce the terms of the agricultural easement. (2) Establish provisions that shall be included in the instrument conveying to a municipal corporation, county, township, soil and water conservation district, or charitable organization any agricultural easement purchased with matching grant funds provided by the director under this section, including, without limitation, all of the following provisions: (a) A provision stating that an easement so purchased may be extinguished only if an unexpected change in the conditions of or surrounding the land that is subject to the easement makes impossible or impractical the continued use of the land for the purposes described in the easement, or if the requirements of the easement are extinguished by judicial proceedings; (b) A provision requiring that, upon the sale, exchange, or involuntary conversion of the land subject to the easement, the holder of the easement shall be paid an amount of money that is at least equal to the proportionate value of the easement compared to the total value of the land at the time the easement was acquired; (c) A provision requiring that, upon receipt of the portion of the proceeds of a sale, exchange, or involuntary conversion described in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, the municipal corporation, county, township, soil and water conservation district, or charitable organization remit to the director an amount of money equal to the percentage of the cost of purchasing the easement it received as a matching grant under this section. Moneys received by the director pursuant to rules adopted under division (A)(2)(c) of this section shall be credited to the agricultural easement purchase fund created in section 901.21 of the Revised Code. (3) Establish a provision that provides a charitable organization, municipal corporation, township, county, or soil and water conservation district with the option of purchasing agricultural easements either in installments or with a lump sum payment. The rules shall include a requirement that a charitable organization, municipal corporation, township, county, or soil and water conservation district negotiate with the seller of the agricultural easement concerning any installment payment terms, including the dates and amounts of payments and the interest rate on the outstanding balance. The rules also shall require the director to approve any method of payment that is undertaken in accordance with the rules adopted under division (A)(3) of this section. (4) Establish any other requirements that the director considers to be necessary or appropriate to implement or administer a program to make matching grants under this section and monitor those grants. (B) The director may develop guidelines regarding the acquisition of agricultural easements by the department of agriculture and the provisions of instruments conveying those easements. The director may make the guidelines available to public and private entities authorized to acquire and hold agricultural easements. (C) The director may provide technical assistance in developing a program for the acquisition and monitoring of agricultural easements to public and private entities authorized to hold agricultural easements. The technical assistance may include, without limitation, reviewing and providing advisory recommendations regarding draft instruments conveying agricultural easements. (D)(1) The director may make matching grants from the agricultural easement purchase fund and the clean Ohio agricultural easement fund to municipal corporations, counties, townships, soil and water conservation districts, and charitable organizations to assist those political subdivisions and charitable organizations in purchasing agricultural easements. Application for a matching grant shall be made on forms prescribed and provided by the director. The matching grants shall be made in compliance with the criteria and procedures established in rules adopted under this section. Instruments conveying agricultural easements purchased with matching grant funds provided under this section, at a minimum, shall include the mandatory provisions set forth in those rules. Matching grants made under this division using moneys from the clean Ohio agricultural easement fund created in section 901.21 of the Revised Code may provide up to seventy-five per cent of the value of an agricultural easement as determined by a general real estate appraiser who is certified under Chapter 4763. of the Revised Code or as determined through a points-based appraisal system established under division (D)(2) of this section. Not less than twenty-five per cent of the value of the agricultural easement shall be provided by the recipient of the matching grant or donated by the person who is transferring the easement to the grant recipient. The amount of such a matching grant used for the purchase of a single agricultural easement shall not exceed one million dollars. (2) The director shall establish a points-based appraisal system for the purposes of division (D)(1) of this section. The director may include any or all of the following factors in the system: (a) Whether the applicable county auditor has determined that the land is land that is devoted exclusively to agriculture for the purposes of sections 5713.30 to 5713.38 of the Revised Code; (b) Changes in land values following the completion of the applicable county auditor's reappraisal or triennial update; (c) Soil types and productivity; (d) Proximity of the land to land that is already subject to an agricultural easement, conservation easement created under sections 5301.67 to 5301.70 of the Revised Code, or similar land-use limitation; (e) Proximity of the land to water and sewer lines, road interchanges, and nonagricultural development; (f) Parcel size and roadway frontage of the land; (g) Existence of an agreement entered into under division (D) of section 940.06 of the Revised Code or of an operation and management plan developed under division (A) of section 939.03 of the Revised Code; (h) Existence of a comprehensive plan that is adopted under section 303.02 or 519.02 of the Revised Code or that is adopted by the planning commission of a municipal corporation under section 713.06 of the Revised Code; (i) Any other factors that the director determines are necessary for inclusion in the system. (E) An agricultural easement acquired as a result of a matching grant awarded under division (D) of this section may include a provision to preserve a unique natural or physical feature on the land so long as the use of the land remains predominantly agricultural. (F) For any agricultural easement purchased with a matching grant that consists in whole or in part of moneys from the clean Ohio agricultural easement fund, the director shall be named as a grantee on the instrument conveying the easement, as shall the municipal corporation, county, township, soil and water conservation district, or charitable organization that receives the grant. (G)(1) The director shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the agricultural easement program as a farmland preservation tool. On or before July 1, 1999, and the first day of July of each year thereafter, the director shall prepare and submit a report to the chairpersons of the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that consider legislation regarding agriculture. The report shall consider and address the following criteria to determine the program's effectiveness: (a) The number of agricultural easements purchased during the preceding year; (b) The location of those easements; (c) The number of acres of land preserved for agricultural use; (d) The amount of money used by a municipal corporation, township, county, or soil and water conservation district from any fund to purchase the agricultural easements; (e) The number of state matching grants given to purchase the agricultural easements; (f) The amount of state matching grant moneys used to purchase the agricultural easements. (2) The report also shall consider and include, at a minimum, the following information for each county to determine the program's efficiency: (a) The total number of acres in the county; (b) The total number of acres in current agricultural use; (c) The total number of acres preserved for agricultural use in the preceding year; (d) The average cost, per acre, of land preserved for agricultural use in the preceding year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.32
§ 907.32. Enforcement powers of director
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of agriculture may: (A) Refuse to register a brand of legume inoculant or the director may cancel a registration that previously has been approved when, in the director's opinion, the brand of legume inoculant is distributed under false or misleading claims; (B) Issue a stop sale order on any legume inoculant or pre-inoculated seed that is not registered, that is improperly or insufficiently labeled, that is offered for sale after the expiration date printed thereon, or that has been subjected to devitalizing conditions. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.07
§ 981.07. Sale of drift timber to secure compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the owner of a fleet, raft, platform, log, or tree prepared for the purpose of sale, a crosstie, railroad tie, board, plank, stave, heading, or timber prepared for market, fails to pay the sum chargeable thereon under sections 981.05 and 981.06 of the Revised Code within sixty days from the day they are so taken, they shall be sold at the instance of the person to whom such charges are due, by a constable or the sheriff of the county in which such property was taken. Such sale shall be at the front door of the courthouse of such county, at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon thirty days' written or printed notice, giving the time and place of such sale and a description of such property and the marks, brands, or trade-marks thereon, posted at the front door of such courthouse, and at two public places in the county where the property is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.11
§ 955.11. Transfer of ownership
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) Upon the transfer of ownership of any dog, the seller of the dog shall give the buyer a transfer of ownership certificate that shall be signed by the seller. The certificate shall contain the registration number of the dog, the name of the seller, and a brief description of the dog. Blank forms of the certificate may be obtained from the county auditor. A transfer of ownership shall be recorded by the auditor upon presentation of a transfer of ownership certificate that is signed by the former owner of a dog and that is accompanied by a fee of five dollars. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, prior to the transfer of ownership or possession of a dog, upon the buyer's or other transferee's request, the seller or other transferor of the dog shall give to the person a written notice relative to the behavior and propensities of the dog. (C) Within ten days after the transfer of ownership or possession of any dog, if the seller or other transferor of the dog has knowledge that the dog is a dangerous dog or vicious dog, the seller or other transferor shall give to the buyer or other transferee, the board of health for the district in which the buyer or other transferee resides, and the dog warden of the county in which the buyer or other transferee resides, a completed copy of a written form on which the seller shall furnish the following information: (1) The name and address of the buyer or other transferee of the dog; (2) The age, sex, color, breed, and current registration number of the dog. In addition, the seller shall answer the following questions, which shall be specifically stated on the form as follows: "Has the dog ever chased or attempted to attack or bite a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." "Has the dog ever bitten a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." "Has the dog ever seriously injured or killed a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." "Has the dog previously been designated a nuisance, dangerous, or vicious dog? If yes, indicate the designation that was assigned, the date of designation, and in which county or city the designation was made." The seller or other transferor shall obtain the signature of the buyer or other transferee after a statement on the form that the buyer or other transferee understands that such person is acquiring a dangerous or vicious dog. The dog warden of the county in which the seller resides shall furnish the form to the seller at no cost. (D)(1) No seller or other transferor of a dog shall fail to comply with the requirements of division (A) of this section. A violation of this division is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (2) No seller or other transferor of a dog shall fail to comply with the requirements of division (B) or (C) of this section. A violation of this division is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (E)(1) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) Whoever violates division (D)(2) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (F) Division (C) of this section does not apply to an animal shelter for dogs with respect to a dog concerning which it transferred ownership or possession to another person if both of the following apply: (1) The animal shelter for dogs did not have knowledge and could not have reasonably ascertained that the dog is a dangerous or vicious dog. (2) Before the transfer of the dog, the animal shelter for dogs asked the following questions of the dog's previous owner, keeper, or harborer, if such person is known and if the dog was not impounded under section 959.132 of the Revised Code: (a) "Has the dog ever chased or attempted to attack or bite a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (b) "Has the dog ever bitten a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (c) "Has the dog ever seriously injured or killed a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (d) "Has the dog previously been designated a nuisance, dangerous, or vicious dog? If yes, indicate the designation that was assigned, the date of designation, and in which county or city the designation was made." Last updated February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.15
§ 915.15. Locker plant license to operate
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation, except one licensed under sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code, shall operate an establishment unless such person has secured a license therefor from the department of agriculture and has otherwise complied with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code. A separate license shall be secured for each establishment. The application for such license shall be in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Such application shall be accompanied by the required license fee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.15
§ 943.15. Rules
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) The department of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules for the purpose of carrying into effect sections 943.01 to 943.17 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.13
§ 925.13. Collection of unpaid fines
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly If the court fails to pay a fine within the time specified in section 925.12 of the Revised Code, and after demand has been made therefor, the director of agriculture shall add ten per cent thereto and certify such claim and penalty to the attorney general, who shall proceed as provided in section 131.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.99
§ 913.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for a subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both; for a third offense such person's license shall be revoked. (C) Whoever violates section 913.41 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred days, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.12
§ 915.12. Enforcement
Status: in_force

December 16, 1964 House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 915.01 to 915.12 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall make all rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.16
§ 955.16. Disposing of impounded dogs
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) Dogs that have been seized by the county dog warden and impounded shall be kept, housed, and fed for three days for the purpose of redemption, as provided by section 955.18 of the Revised Code, unless any of the following applies: (1) Immediate humane destruction of the dog is necessary because of obvious disease or injury. If the diseased or injured dog is registered, as determined from the current year's registration list maintained by the warden and the county auditor of the county where the dog is registered, the necessity of destroying the dog shall be certified by a licensed veterinarian or a registered veterinary technician. If the dog is not registered, the decision to destroy it shall be made by the warden. (2) The dog is currently registered on the registration list maintained by the warden and the auditor of the county where the dog is registered and the attempts to notify the owner, keeper, or harborer under section 955.12 of the Revised Code have failed, in which case the dog shall be kept, housed, and fed for fourteen days for the purpose of redemption. (3) The warden has contacted the owner, keeper, or harborer under section 955.12 of the Revised Code, and the owner, keeper, or harborer has requested that the dog remain in the pound or animal shelter until the owner, harborer, or keeper redeems the dog. The time for such redemption shall be not more than forty-eight hours following the end of the appropriate redemption period. Any dog not so redeemed may be adopted out or donated to any person, including a nonprofit special agency that is engaged in the training of any type of assistance dogs or to a nonprofit teaching or research institution or organization that is certified by the director of health as being engaged in teaching or research concerning the prevention and treatment of diseases of human beings or animals. The county dog warden may charge an adoption fee for any dog that is adopted. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no dog shall be discharged from the pound or animal shelter until the animal has been registered and furnished with a valid registration tag. (B) Any dog that is donated to a nonprofit special agency engaged in the training of any type of assistance dogs in accordance with division (A) of this section and any dog that is sold to any nonprofit teaching or research institution or organization shall be discharged from the pound or animal shelter without registration and may be kept by the agency or by the institution or organization without registration so long as the dog is being trained, or is being used for teaching and research purposes. Any institution or organization certified by the director that obtains dogs for teaching and research purposes pursuant to this section shall, at all reasonable times, make the dogs available for inspection by humane society agents, appointed pursuant to section 1717.06 of the Revised Code, in order that the agents may prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty, as defined in section 1717.01 of the Revised Code, to the dogs. (C) Any dog that the dog warden or poundkeeper is unable to dispose of, in the manner provided by this section and section 955.18 of the Revised Code, may be humanely destroyed, except that no dog shall be destroyed until twenty-four hours after it has been offered to a nonprofit teaching or research institution or organization, as provided in this section, that has made a request for dogs to the dog warden or poundkeeper. (D) An owner of a dog that is wearing a valid registration tag who presents the dog to the dog warden or poundkeeper may specify in writing that the dog shall not be offered to a nonprofit teaching or research institution or organization, as provided in this section. (E) A record of all dogs impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner's name and address, if known, and a statement of costs assessed against the dogs shall be kept by the poundkeeper, and the poundkeeper shall furnish a transcript thereof to the county treasurer quarterly. A record of all dogs received and the source that supplied them shall be kept, for a period of three years from the date of acquiring the dogs, by all institutions or organizations engaged in teaching or research concerning the prevention and treatment of diseases of human beings or animals. (F) No person shall recklessly destroy any dog by the use of a high altitude decompression chamber or by any method other than a method that immediately and painlessly renders the dog initially unconscious and subsequently dead. (G) Whoever violates division (F) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.72
§ 927.72. Violations of nursery stock laws
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 387 - 108th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate sections 927.51 to 927.71 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections. (B) The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, servant, or other individual acting for or employed by any person within the scope of his employment or office, shall be the act, omission, or failure of such person, as well as that of the officer, agent, servant, or other employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.08
§ 959.08. Reporting of violation involving a companion animal by officers, dog wardens
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 33 - 133rd General Assembly No officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden operating in an official or professional capacity, shall fail to immediately report a violation involving a companion animal to an appropriate social service professional when all of the following apply: (A) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a violation involving a companion animal has occurred or is occurring; (B) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a child or older adult resides with the alleged violator; (C) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden suspects that the violation involving a companion animal may have an impact on the child or older adult residing with the alleged violator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 993.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.06
§ 993.06. Certificate of insurance
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly No permit shall be issued under division (A) of section 993.04 of the Revised Code, until the owner of the amusement ride has filed with the department of agriculture a certificate of insurance evidencing that there is liability insurance in effect with an insurer authorized or approved to write such insurance in this state on the operation of the ride providing coverage, subject to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than five hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in each occurrence, and, subject to such limit for one person, to a limit of not less than one million dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in each occurrence. The insurance policy may include a deductible clause, provided that any settlement made by the insurance company with the injured party or the injured party's legal representative shall be paid as though the deductible clause did not apply. Each policy, by its original terms or an endorsement, shall obligate the insurer that the insurer will not cancel the policy without thirty days' written notice and a complete report of the reasons for such cancellation being given to the department. Each policy, by its original terms or an endorsement, shall obligate the insurer that the insurer will, within twenty-four hours, report to the department if it pays a claim or reserves any amount to pay an anticipated claim that reduces the liability insurance coverage to a limit of less than one million dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in each occurrence. If the policy is canceled during its term or lapses for any reason, including coverage reduced below the required amount, the owner shall replace the policy with another policy fully complying with the requirements of this section. If the owner fails to file a certificate of insurance for new or replacement insurance, the owner shall cease all operations under the permit immediately upon the cancellation or lapse of the insurance and further operations shall not be conducted without the specific approval of the department, which shall be given after the owner has complied with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.08
§ 940.08. Supervisors to employ assistants and personnel and acquire materials, equipment, supplies and offices
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district may employ assistants and such other employees as it considers necessary and may provide for the payment of the reasonable compensation of such assistants and employees and expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties from the special fund established for the district pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code. District employees are entitled to the sick leave benefits that are provided in section 124.38 of the Revised Code and the vacation leave benefits that are provided in section 325.19 of the Revised Code and are entitled to participate in the sick leave donation program established under section 940.09 of the Revised Code. The board may designate the amounts and forms of other benefits, including insurance protection, to be provided to employees and may make payments of benefits from the district fund that is created with moneys accepted by the supervisors in accordance with division (E) of section 940.06 of the Revised Code or from the special fund created pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners may make payments of benefits that are provided under this section. The board of supervisors may purchase such materials, equipment, and supplies, may lease such equipment, and may rent, purchase, or construct, and maintain, such offices, and provide for such equipment and supplies therefor, as it considers necessary and may pay for the same from the special fund established for the district pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.66
§ 927.66. Facsimile copy of valid state or federal certificate of inspection to be attached to foreign stock
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 387 - 108th General Assembly (A) Nursery stock which is shipped into this state from another state or country, shall have attached thereto a tag or poster bearing a facsimile copy of a valid state or federal certificate of inspection. (B) No person shall accept any nursery stock for transportation which does not have a facsimile of a valid certificate or license plainly affixed on the outside of the package, box, bale, vehicle, or car containing such nursery stock, which shows that the contents have been inspected by a state or federal inspector. (C) No person shall deliver to a consignee nursery stock which does not bear a facsimile of a valid certificate on a tag or poster attached thereto until an authorized representative of the director of agriculture finds such nursery stock apparently free from pests and eligible for certification, and releases such stock for delivery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.62
§ 905.62. Revocation and suspension of license or refusal to license
Status: in_force

January 1, 1968 House Bill 849 - 107th General Assembly The director of agriculture may revoke any license, suspend any license, or refuse to license any applicant for a violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 , inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations promulgated under such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 991.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 991 / § 991.03
§ 991.03. Powers and duties of Ohio expositions commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The Ohio expositions commission shall: (1) Conduct at least one fair or exposition annually; (2) Maintain and manage property held by the state for the purpose of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits; (3) As provided in section 109.122 of the Revised Code, provide notice of or copies of any proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts to the attorney general. (B) The commission may: (1) Conduct such additional fairs, expositions, or exhibitions as the commission determines are in the general public interest; (2) Accept on behalf of the state conveyances of property for the purposes of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits, subject to any terms and conditions agreed to by the commission and approved by the controlling board; (3) Accept gifts, devises, and bequests of money, lands, and other property and apply the money, lands, or other property according to the terms of the gift, devise, or bequest. A political subdivision as authorized by law may make gifts and devises to the commission, and the commission shall apply such a gift or devise according to the terms of the gift or devise. All gifts and bequests of money accepted under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio expositions support fund. (4) Enter into contracts that the commission considers necessary or worthwhile in the conduct of its purposes, provided that contracts made for a term exceeding two years, other than those described in division (B)(4) of this section, shall be subject to the approval of the controlling board and provided that the attorney general, pursuant to the attorney general's authority under section 109.122 of the Revised Code, has not disapproved the proposed contract; (5) Enter into contracts for the mutual exchange of goods or services; (6) Sell or convey all or a portion of the property, land, or buildings under its management subject to the approval of the legislature; (7) Grant leases on all or any part of the property, land, or buildings under the management of the commission to private or public organizations, which appear to be in the best interests of the state, with the approval of the controlling board and director of administrative services, subject to the following conditions: (a) The lessees shall make or construct improvements on such lands or buildings at no cost to the commission or to the state, subject to prior approval by the director of administrative services of detailed plans and specifications of such improvements. (b) No person, firm, or corporation shall cause a lien to be filed against any funds or property of the state or of the commission as a result of a lessee's activities pursuant to division (B)(7)(a) of this section. (c) Leases shall be entered into subject to the sale of such property, lands, or buildings during the term of the lease. (d) No leases shall be made which interfere with a fair, exposition, or exhibition on such lands. (8) Encumber appropriations for the entire amount of a contract at the time the contract is made, even though the contract will not be performed in the fiscal year for which the appropriations were made. (9) Implement a credit card payment program permitting payment by means of a credit card of any fees, charges, and rentals associated with conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits. The commission may open an account outside the state treasury in a financial institution for the purpose of depositing credit card receipts. By the end of the business day following the deposit of the receipts, the financial institution shall make available to the commission funds in the amount of the receipts. The commission shall then pay these funds into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio expositions fund. The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of division (B)(9) of this section. The rules shall include standards for determining eligible financial institutions and the manner in which funds shall be made available and shall be consistent with the standards contained in sections 135.03 , 135.18 , 135.181 , and 135.182 of the Revised Code. The commission shall not adopt or enforce any rules which will prohibit livestock exhibited at the Ohio state fair from participating in county and independent fairs in the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.03
§ 911.03. Approval of building plans and equipment - permit
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly No new bakery shall be established unless the building plans and equipment proposed to be used have been approved by a certified building inspector, the department of agriculture, or by the board of health of the city or general health district. The inspector, department, or board shall refuse a permit to such bakery if the building and equipment do not comply with sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder. A hearing shall be afforded in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.22
§ 917.22. Denial, suspension or revocation of license
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license is not effective until the licensee is given written notice of the violation, a reasonable amount of time to correct the violation, and an opportunity for a hearing. (2) If the director determines that a dairy product constitutes adulterated food as described in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code or exceeds bacterial or chemical standards established by rules adopted under this chapter, or that an emergency exists that presents a clear and present danger to the public health, the director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license, effective immediately without a hearing, provided that an opportunity for a hearing shall be afforded thereafter without delay. (B) All proceedings under this chapter shall comply with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that: (1) The location of any adjudicatory hearing that the licensee requests shall be the central office of the department of agriculture. (2) The director shall notify a licensee by certified mail or personal delivery that the licensee is conditionally entitled to a hearing. The director shall specify in the notice that, in order to obtain a hearing, the licensee must request the hearing not later than ten days after the date of receipt of the notice. (3) If the licensee requests a hearing, the date set for the hearing shall be no later than ten days after the date on which the director receives the request, unless the director and the licensee agree otherwise. (4) The director shall not postpone or continue an adjudication hearing without the consent of the licensee. If the licensee requests a postponement or continuation of an adjudication hearing, the director shall not grant it unless the licensee demonstrates that an extreme hardship will be incurred in holding the adjudication hearing on that hearing date. If the director grants a postponement or continuation on the grounds of extreme hardship to the licensee, the record shall document the nature and cause of the extreme hardship. (5) In lieu of having a hearing and upon the licensee's written request to the director, the licensee may submit to the director, not later than the date of the hearing set pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section, documents, papers, and other written evidence to support the licensee's claim. (6) If the director appoints a referee or examiner to conduct the hearing, the following apply: (a) A copy of the written adjudication report and recommendations of the referee or examiner shall be served by certified mail upon the director and the licensee or the licensee's attorney or other representative of record not later than three business days following the conclusion of the hearing. (b) Not later than three business days after receipt of the report and recommendations, the licensee may file with the director written objections to the report and recommendations. (c) The director shall consider the objections submitted by the licensee before approving, modifying, or disapproving the report and recommendations. The director shall serve the director's order upon the licensee or the licensee's attorney or other representative of record by certified mail not later than six business days after receiving the report. (7) If the director conducts the hearing, the director shall serve the director's decision by certified mail upon the licensee or the licensee's attorney or other representative of record not later than three business days following the close of the hearing. (8) If no hearing is held, the director shall issue an order by certified mail to the licensee or the licensee's attorney or other representative of record not later than three business days following the last date possible for a hearing, based on the record that is available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.12
§ 941.12. Indemnification for value of destroyed animals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If an animal is ordered destroyed by the director of agriculture under this chapter, the director shall take an inventory of each animal that is destroyed and record sufficient information in order for an appraisal to be conducted, if necessary. (B)(1) Within thirty days after receiving a destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner of the animal subject to the order that seeks indemnification for the animal shall do both of the following: (a) Request the information recorded under division (A) of this section and have an appraisal of the animal conducted at the owner's expense; (b) Request that the department of agriculture conduct an appraisal of the animal. If an appraisal is requested, the director shall order the appraisal to be conducted. (2) If the owner and the department do not agree on the value of the animal ordered destroyed, the two shall select a third disinterested person, at the owner's expense, to appraise the animal. The appraisal conducted by that person is the value of the animal for purposes of indemnification. (3) If an appraisal is not conducted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section or requested under division (B)(1)(b) of this section within thirty days of receiving the destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner waives the right to indemnification of the animal. (C) Once the value of the animal ordered destroyed is determined, the director may indemnify the owner of the animal if, upon the request of the director, the director of budget and management provides written notification to the director of agriculture that there is an unencumbered balance in the appropriation for the current biennium sufficient to pay the indemnity. The amount of indemnity is the appraised value of the animal, less any salvage value and indemnity received from another agency. In no case shall the state indemnity payment exceed fifty dollars per head for a grade animal or one hundred dollars per head for a registered purebred animal. (D) The director of agriculture may refuse to pay an indemnity for any animal ordered destroyed if the owner has been convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules promulgated thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.11
§ 936.11. Termination of program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) When retailers favor termination of a marketing program established under this chapter, the propane council shall terminate all operations of the program. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, upon termination of a program, the council shall return any remaining unobligated money to the retailers who paid the assessments levied under section 936.08 of the Revised Code during the immediately preceding twelve months and shall prorate the money accordingly. (2) If a program is operated by a nonprofit corporation that is organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code for the purpose of carrying out the purposes identified in section 936.03 of the Revised Code, and if the nonprofit corporation is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, upon termination of the program, the nonprofit corporation shall distribute any remaining unobligated money to be used for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or to the federal, a state, or a local government to be used for a public purpose. If there remains any unobligated money after the distribution by the nonprofit corporation, the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the nonprofit corporation is located shall distribute the remaining unobligated money to be used for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to the federal, a state, or a local government to be used for a public purpose, or to one or more organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for one or more of the purposes that are within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as the court determines is best to accomplish the exempt purposes of the nonprofit corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.28
§ 955.28. Dog may be killed for certain acts - owner liable for damages
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 71 - 127th General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 955.261 of the Revised Code, a dog that is chasing or approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, that attempts to bite or otherwise endanger, or that kills or injures a person or a dog that chases, threatens, harasses, injures, or kills livestock, poultry, other domestic animal, or other animal, that is the property of another person, except a cat or another dog, can be killed at the time of that chasing, threatening, harassment, approaching, attempt, killing, or injury. If, in attempting to kill such a dog, a person wounds it, the person is not liable to prosecution under the penal laws that punish cruelty to animals. Nothing in this section precludes a law enforcement officer from killing a dog that attacks a police dog as defined in section 2921.321 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog is liable in damages for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that is caused by the dog, unless the injury, death, or loss was caused to the person or property of an individual who, at the time, was committing or attempting to commit criminal trespass or another criminal offense other than a minor misdemeanor on the property of the owner, keeper, or harborer, or was committing or attempting to commit a criminal offense other than a minor misdemeanor against any person, or was teasing, tormenting, or abusing the dog on the owner's, keeper's, or harborer's property. Additionally, the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog is liable in damages for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that is caused by the dog if the injury, death, or loss was caused to the person or property of an individual who, at the time of the injury, death, or loss, was on the property of the owner, keeper, or harborer solely for the purpose of engaging in door-to-door sales or other solicitations regardless of whether the individual was in compliance with any requirement to obtain a permit or license to engage in door-to-door sales or other solicitations established by the political subdivision in which the property of the owner, keeper, or harborer is located, provided that the person was not committing a criminal offense other than a minor misdemeanor or was not teasing, tormenting, or abusing the dog.
Ohio Rev. Code § 939.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.08
§ 939.08. Application of manure in the western basin
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person in the western basin shall surface apply manure under any of the following circumstances: (1) On snow-covered or frozen soil; (2) When the top two inches of soil are saturated from precipitation; (3) When the local weather forecast for the application area contains greater than a fifty per cent chance of precipitation exceeding one-half inch in a twenty-four-hour period. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply if a person in the western basin applies manure under any of the following circumstances: (1) The manure is injected into the ground. (2) The manure is incorporated within twenty-four hours of surface application. (3) The manure is applied onto a growing crop. (4) In the event of an emergency, the director of agriculture or the director's designee provides written consent and the manure application is made in accordance with procedures established in the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service practice standard code 590 prepared for this state. (C)(1) Upon receiving a complaint by any person or upon receiving information that would indicate a violation of this section, the director or the director's designee may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged failure to comply with this section. (2) After receiving a complaint by any person or upon receiving information that would indicate a violation of this section, the director or the director's designee may enter at reasonable times on any private or public property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to any such alleged failure to comply with this section. (3) If an individual denies access to the individual's property, the director may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the premises is located for a search warrant authorizing access to the premises for the purposes of this section. (4) The court shall issue the search warrant for the purposes requested if there is probable cause to believe that the person is not in compliance with this section. The finding of probable cause may be based on hearsay, provided that there is a reasonable basis for believing that the source of the hearsay is credible. (D) This section does not affect any restrictions established in Chapter 903. of the Revised Code or otherwise apply to those entities or facilities that are permitted as concentrated animal feeding facilities under that chapter. (E) As used in this section, "western basin" has the same meaning as in section 905.326 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.44
§ 907.44. Exceptions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1966 House Bill 394 - 106th General Assembly No person shall sell, distribute, or have in his possession for sale any seed or grain which has been treated with a poisonous material unless the seed or grain has been colored or dyed a color contrasting with its natural color. Seed or grain to which a material has been applied for the express purpose of killing or mitigating insects, fungi, or other forms of plant or animal life present in the grain, and which bears no residue of a poisonous material for which a tolerance has not been established, or which bears no residue in excess of a tolerance recognized in regulations adopted under authority of sections 907.41 to 907.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are exempted from the coloring and labeling requirements of sections 907.41 to 907.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.23
§ 943.23. Compliance with rules and requirements; penalties for violations
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 503 - 135th General Assembly (A) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall comply with the requirements established in sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and in rules. The director of agriculture may suspend or revoke a license issued under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code regarding monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status if the licensee fails to comply with those requirements. (B)(1) The director, after providing an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may assess a civil penalty against a person who has violated or is in violation of section 943.20 of the Revised Code. If the director assesses a civil penalty, the director shall do so as follows: (a) If, within five years of the violation, the director has not previously assessed a civil penalty against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars; (b) If, within five years of the violation, the director has previously assessed one civil penalty against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; (c) If, within five years of the violation, the director has previously assessed two or more civil penalties against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars. (2) Money collected under division (B)(1) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.72
§ 901.72. Administrative rules for livestock exhibitions
Status: in_force

June 14, 1995 House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, and to provide for related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock, and may adopt by reference rules adopted by other public or private agencies such as the Ohio farm animal care commission. Rules of the director may specify those grooming, commercial, or medical practices that are generally accepted within the community of persons exhibiting livestock and may specify false, deceptive, misleading, unethical, or unprofessional practices that constitute grounds for disciplinary action under section 901.74 of the Revised Code. (B) Rules of the director that apply to exhibition-related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock shall apply to every exhibition operated within this state and to every sponsor. A sponsor may exempt itself from any other rules adopted by the director under this section that do not apply to food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock, including, without limitation, rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, by, not later than thirty days before the commencement of its exhibition, filing with the director, on a form prescribed and provided by the director, a list of the rules that shall not apply to its exhibition. (C) The director may provide mediation, dispute resolution, and arbitration services in any dispute involving an alleged violation of a rule adopted under division (A) of this section from which the sponsor could have exempted itself under division (B) of this section, but chose not to. (D) Nothing in this section or in sections 901.73 or 901.74 of the Revised Code precludes any sponsor from doing any of the following: (1) adopting rules or written policies for the governance and administration of its own exhibition, including, without limitation the adoption of any rule by reference to a rule adopted by other public or private agencies; (2) Adopting rules or written policies providing for appeals regarding alleged violations of rules or written policies adopted by the sponsor; (3) Taking any discliplinary action established in the rules or written policies adopted by the sponsor in connection with violations of the sponsor's rules or written policies for the governance and administration of its exhibition. Any such disciplinary action taken by a sponsor in regard to its own exhibition is in addition to any disciplinary action taken by the director under section 901.74 of the Revised Code. (4) Establishing by rule or written policy criteria and procedures for the reinstatement of any person disqualified from participation in the sponsor's exhibition by a disciplinary action taken by the sponsor and for deciding requests for reinstatement submitted under those rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.682 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.682
§ 927.682. Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) plants or seed permit
Status: in_force

July 9, 1986 House Bill 76 - 116th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall sell, offer for sale, or plant Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) plants or seed in this state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture. The director may issue permits to plant Lythrum salicaria for use in controlled experiments. (B) The director, by rule, shall exempt from the permit requirement of division (A) of this section any variety of Lythrum salicaria that has been demonstrated to the director's satisfaction not to be a threat to the environment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.52
§ 905.52. Liming material license
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in section 905.53 of the Revised Code, no person shall manufacture, sell, or distribute in this state liming material without a license to do so issued by the department of agriculture. (B) Each such license expires on the thirty-first day of December of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Each application for issuance or renewal of such a license shall: (1) Include the name and address of the applicant and the name and address of each bulk distribution point from which the applicant's liming material will be distributed in this state; (2) Be accompanied by a license fee of fifty dollars: (a) For each location at which liming material is manufactured in this state; (b) For each location out of the state from which liming material is distributed or sold in this state to nonlicensees. (3) Be accompanied by a label for each product name and grade. (D) The name and address of the applicant shown on the application shall be shown on all labels, pertinent invoices, and bulk storage for liming material distributed or sold by the licensee in this state. (E) The licensee shall inform the department in writing of additional distribution points established during the period of the license. (F) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.10
§ 940.10. Sale of unneeded personal property of district
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) When the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district find, by resolution, that the district has personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of district officers, road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, or is obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board may sell such property at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder. The board may sell the property after giving at least ten days' notice of the time, place, and manner of sale by posting a typewritten or printed notice in the office of the board of county commissioners. If the fair market value of the property to be sold pursuant to this division is, in the opinion of the board of supervisors, in excess of two thousand dollars, notice of the time, place, and manner of the sale shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least ten days prior to such sale. The board may authorize the sale of such personal property without advertisement or public notification and competitive bidding to the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision of the state. If the board conducts a sale of personal property by sealed bid, the form of the bid shall be as prescribed by the board, and each bid shall contain the name of the person submitting it. Bids received shall be opened and tabulated at the time stated in the notice. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, except that the board may reject all bids and hold another sale, by public auction or sealed bid, in the manner prescribed by this section. (B) Where the board finds, by resolution, that the district has vehicles, equipment, or machinery that is not needed, or is unfit for public use, and the board desires to sell such vehicles, equipment, or machinery to the person or firm from which it proposes to purchase other vehicles, equipment, or machinery, the board may offer to do both of the following: (1) Sell the vehicles, equipment, or machinery to such person or firm; and (2) Have such selling price credited to the person or firm against the purchase price of other vehicles, equipment, or machinery. (C) Where the board advertises for bids for the sale of new vehicles, equipment, or machinery to the district, it may include in the same advertisement a notice of its willingness to do both of the following: (1) Accept bids for the purchase of district-owned vehicles, equipment, or machinery that is obsolete or not needed for public use; and (2) Have the amount of such bids subtracted from the selling price of the other vehicles, equipment, or machinery as a means of determining the lowest responsible bidder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.14
§ 919.14. Application for exempted inspection service status
Status: in_force

October 2, 1953 House Bill 281 - 100th General Assembly The responsible head of any federal inspection service, district health department inspection service, or municipal inspection service may make application annually to the director of agriculture for designation of the organization which he represents as being qualified for an exempted inspection service status if he furnishes all pertinent information required by the director. If the director determines that the applicant for such exempted inspection service status represents an organization which operates under authority and maintains an inspection service equal to or more rigid than required by sections 919.01 to 919.20 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or in regulations pursuant thereto, in respect to labeling, stamping, sanitation, wholesomeness, adulteration, standards, and sales record keeping, such organization shall be so designated. Such approval shall be valid to and including the thirtieth day of June following date of designation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.19
§ 956.19. "Qualified breeder" defined
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 House Bill 506 - 132nd General Assembly As used in section 956.20 of the Revised Code, a "qualified breeder" means either of the following: (A) A breeder that keeps, houses, and maintains female adult dogs that is not a high volume breeder as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A high volume breeder located in or out of this state that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The breeder is licensed by the United States department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 2133 and, if applicable, a state agency. (2) The breeder has not been issued a report of a direct noncompliance violation by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act, as defined in section 959.131 of the Revised Code, for a period of three years prior to offering for sale, delivering, bartering, auctioning, brokering, giving away, transferring, or selling a dog. (3) The breeder has not had three or more noncompliance violations documented in any report issued by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act, as defined in section 959.131 of the Revised Code, for a period of twelve months prior to offering for sale, delivering, bartering, auctioning, brokering, giving away, transferring, or selling a dog. (4) The breeder has been issued a dog broker license under section 956.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.06
§ 917.06. No local regulations
Status: in_force

October 21, 1997 Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "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. (B) All political subdivisions shall give full faith and credit to the inspections and acts performed and records created in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under it. No political subdivision shall require a person licensed under section 917.09 of the Revised Code to obtain a license or permit to operate in a manner described in this chapter or rules adopted under it, to submit to an inspection or pay a fee related to this chapter or the rules adopted under it, or to satisfy any other condition except as provided by a statute or rule of this state or the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.18
§ 911.18. Weight of bread - label
Status: in_force

August 17, 1989 Senate Bill 11 - 118th General Assembly Bread shall not be sold or offered or exposed for sale otherwise than by weight and shall be manufactured for sale and sold only in units of not less than twelve ounces. Loaves of bread weighing more than twelve ounces may only be manufactured for sale and sold in increments of two ounces, beginning with the twelve-ounce minimum weight. When multiple loaves are baked, each unit of the loaf shall conform to the weight required by this section. The weight specified means the net weight twelve hours after baking and is to be determined by the average weight of at least twenty-five loaves. Such unit weights do not apply to rolls and such bread as is defined as fancy bread by the director of agriculture. Every loaf of bread manufactured for sale, sold, or offered or exposed for sale shall have affixed thereon a visible and legible statement in plain position of the weight of the loaf of bread, and the business name and address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. In the case of wrapped bread, such information shall be stated on the wrapper of each loaf, and in the case of unwrapped bread such information shall be stated by means of a pan impression or other means or shall be stated on a label using plain legible type. Such label affixed to an unwrapped loaf shall not be affixed in any manner which is unsanitary and unwholesome. There shall not be more than one label on a loaf or a unit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.21
§ 959.21. Sexual conduct with an animal
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Animal" means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive. (2) "Offense" means a violation of this section or an attempt, in violation of section 2923.02 of the Revised Code, to violate this section. (3) "Officer" has the same meaning as in section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (4) "Sexual conduct" means either of the following committed for the purpose of sexual gratification: (a) Any act done between a person and animal that involves contact of the penis of one and the vulva of the other, the penis of one and the penis of the other, the penis of one and the anus of the other, the mouth of one and the penis of the other, the mouth of one and the anus of the other, the vulva of one and the vulva of the other, the mouth of one and the vulva of the other, any other contact between a reproductive organ of one and a reproductive organ of the other, or any other insertion of a reproductive organ of one into an orifice of the other; (b) Without a bona fide veterinary or animal husbandry purpose to do so, the insertion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or any instrument, apparatus, or other object into the vaginal, anal, or reproductive opening of an animal. (B) No person shall knowingly engage in sexual conduct with an animal or knowingly possess, sell, or purchase an animal with the intent that it be subjected to sexual conduct. (C) No person shall knowingly organize, promote, aid, or abet in the conduct of an act involving any sexual conduct with an animal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.06
§ 919.06. Detention tag - order for condemnation - supervision
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Whenever the director of agriculture finds or has reasonable cause to believe that any horse carcass, horse meat, or any horse meat food product, being sold or exposed for sale at retail for human consumption, is unfit for human food, is misbranded, or is unbranded, or that any horse meat food product is adulterated, within the meaning of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto, he shall affix to the product a detention tag giving notice that the carcass, meat, or product is, or is suspected of being, unfit for human food, or is misbranded, unbranded, or adulterated, and has been detained. The detention tag shall warn all persons not to dispose of the carcass, meat, or product in any manner or to remove the carcass, meat, or product from the premises where detained until permission is given to do so in writing by the director or by court order. If the detained carcass, meat, or product is found, after examination and analysis by the director, to be unfit for human food or to be misbranded, unbranded, or adulterated, the director shall petition the judge of any court having jurisdiction for an order for condemnation. If the director finds upon examination and analysis that the detained article is fit for human food, is not misbranded, or is not adulterated, he shall remove the detention tag. If the court finds that the detained carcass, meat, or product is unfit for human food, or is misbranded or adulterated, the carcass, meat, or product, after entry of the decree, shall be destroyed under supervision of the director at the expense of the defendant, and all court costs and fees, storage, transportation, handling, and other expenses in connection with the proceedings shall be levied against the defendant or his agent. When the misbranding, absence of branding, or adulteration can be corrected by proper processing, labeling, or branding, by processing any horse carcass or horse meat, or by reprocessing any horse meat food product, which is unfit for human consumption, into feed for animals other than man, tankage, fertilizers, soap, or other nonedible commodities, the court, after entry of the decree and payment of the costs, fees, and expenses, and the posting of a sufficient bond guaranteeing that the detained product shall be so processed, reprocessed, labeled, or branded, may order that custody of the detained carcass, meat, or product be delivered to the defendant for such reprocessing, labeling, or branding, under supervision of the director. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the defendant. The bond shall be returned to the defendant on representation to the court by the director that the carcass, meat, or product involved is no longer in violation of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto, and that all expenses incidental to the action have been paid by the defendant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.02
§ 924.02. Director to establish marketing programs for agricultural commodities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of agriculture, subject to sections 924.01 to 924.16 and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Establish procedures by which producers of Ohio agricultural commodities may propose, develop, and operate marketing programs to: (1) Promote the sale and use of their products; (2) Develop new uses and markets for such products; (3) Improve the methods of distributing such products to consumers; (4) Standardize the quality of such products for specific uses. (B) Adopt and enforce rules to put into effect the intent of sections 924.01 to 924.16 of the Revised Code; (C) Except as provided in section 924.06 of the Revised Code, determine the eligibility of producers to participate in referendums and other procedures that may be required to establish marketing programs for agricultural commodities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.33
§ 971.33. Cutting of noxious weeds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly An owner of land, adjacent to a partition fence, shall keep all brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds cut in the fence corners and a strip four feet wide on the owner's side along the line of a partition fence, but this section does not affect the planting of vines or trees for use.
Ohio Rev. Code § 931.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 931 / § 931.05
§ 931.05. Assistance to owners seeking enrollment
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 414 - 125th General Assembly Upon request, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative shall provide guidance and technical assistance to owners of land who are seeking enrollment in agricultural security areas and to boards of township trustees and boards of county commissioners who receive applications requesting the establishment of agricultural security areas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.13
§ 936.13. Violation
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly No retailer shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit any assessment levied under section 936.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.20
§ 959.20. Use of certain devices on work animals prohibited
Status: in_force

July 24, 1986 House Bill 797 - 116th General Assembly As used in this section: (A) "Work animal" includes a horse, pony, mule, donkey, mare, ox, bull, gelding, or other animal used or intended to be used for a work purpose. (B) "Work purpose" means the performance by a work animal of some work or labor, including showing, performing, or being used in any exhibition, show, circus, rodeo, or similar use. (C) "Owner" includes any person, firm, association, or corporation owning or having a proprietary interest in or possession, custody, or charge of a work animal. No person shall directly or indirectly or by aiding, abetting, or permitting the doing thereof put, place, fasten, use, or fix upon or to any work animal used or readied for use for a work purpose, twisted wire snaffles, unpadded bucking straps, unpadded flank straps, electric or other prods, or similar devices. The commission or performance of any act prohibited by this section is the act of the owner of the work animal upon or to which such act was done.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.38
§ 940.38. Appeals
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly Any affected landowner may appeal to the appropriate court of common pleas any action or determination of a board of supervisors, joint board of supervisors, board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners under this chapter. The affected landowner shall make the appeal within thirty days of the date of the action or determination. The appeal may be based on, but is not limited to, any of the following questions: (A) Is the improvement necessary? (B) Will the improvement be conducive to the public welfare? (C) Is the cost of the improvement greater than the benefits conferred? (D) Is the route, termini, or mode of construction the best to accomplish the purpose of the improvement? (E) Are the assessments levied according to benefits? (F) Is the award for compensation or damages just?
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.44
§ 901.44. Laboratory and administrative support fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the laboratory and administrative support fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside parties and reimbursement for related utility expenses, laboratory fees that are not designated for deposit into another fund, and other miscellaneous moneys that are not designated for deposit into another fund. The department may use moneys in the fund to pay costs associated with any program of the department as the director of agriculture sees fit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.10
§ 919.10. Adulteration - definition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any horse meat food product is adulterated if it includes any ingredient which is foreign to or in excess of standards prescribed for the product in regulations promulgated by the director of agriculture; any artificial coloring, flavoring, chemicals, or preservatives not approved in regulations promulgated by the director; any meat of other animals; or any substance unfit for human food or dangerous to human health. The director may seize and destroy, without compensation to the owner, any unlawful ingredient, chemical, preservative, or product to which any unlawful ingredient has been added.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.64
§ 905.64. Condemnation order
Status: in_force

October 29, 1996 House Bill 651 - 121st General Assembly Any lot of liming material not in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted under those sections, is subject to seizure on the complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the liming material is located. If the court finds that the liming material is in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, it shall order the condemnation of the liming material. The court shall not order the condemnation of the liming material without first giving the manufacturer, seller, or distributor an opportunity to reprocess or relabel the liming material to bring it into compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.22
§ 921.22. Pesticide program fund
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 905. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them and all fines, penalties, costs, and damages, except court costs, that are collected by either the director of agriculture or the attorney general in consequence of any violation of those chapters or rules adopted under them. The director shall use money in the fund to administer and enforce those chapters and rules adopted under them. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements from the fund and shall prepare, and provide upon request, an annual report classifying the receipts and disbursements that pertain to pesticides, fertilizers, or lime.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.24
§ 940.24. [Former R.C. 940.26, amended and renumbered by H.B. 340, 133rd General Assembly, effective 3/24/2021] Surveys, plans and maps, construction specifications, cost estimates
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly After a vote of the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district to proceed with a project survey and design for a proposed improvement, the board or its designee shall conduct all necessary surveys for the proposed improvement. In addition, the board or its designee shall prepare plans for constructing the improvement. The plans shall include all of the following: (A) Specifications for construction of the improvement; (B) Dimensions of any temporary easement that is necessary for construction purposes; (C) In the case of an improvement that is a ditch or similar structure for the disposal of water, provisions for all of the following: (1) Spreading and leveling of spoil banks; (2) Erosion and sediment control through the establishment of a sod or seeded strip or other such controls if suitable vegetative cover is not present. With regard to sod or seeded strips, the board shall ensure that the plan provides that such strips will be not fewer than ten feet nor more than fifteen feet wide, measured at right angles to the top of the ditch bank on both sides of the ditch. Sod or seeded strips or other such controls are considered part of the permanent improvement. The board or its designee shall report to the county auditor the total acreage of sod or seeded strips or other such controls that are established and maintained in accordance with this chapter. The county auditor shall remove the total acreage of sod or seeded strips or other such controls from the taxable valuation of the property of which they are a part. (D) An analysis of all fences, floodgates, culverts, bridges, and other structures that will be removed or adjusted in constructing the improvement; (E) An analysis of any gates that need to be installed in existing fences in order to provide access to the improvement for maintenance purposes. The plan shall require gates to be locked when requested by the owner of the fence. Gates are part of the original improvement and subject to maintenance along with the improvement. Last updated November 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.99
§ 971.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree if, in committing the offense, the violator made a threat of physical harm to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if, in committing the offense, the violator caused physical harm to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence. (D) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree if, in committing the offense, the violator caused serious physical harm or death to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence. (E) Prosecution for a violation of division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code does not preclude prosecution for a violation of any other section of the Revised Code. One or more acts, a series of acts, or a course of behavior that can be prosecuted under this section or any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.59
§ 927.59. Nursery inspections
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 387 - 108th General Assembly The director of agriculture or his authorized representative, shall, at least once each year, inspect each nursery and other place in this state in which nursery stock is stored or held for sale. The director or his authorized representative shall have free access, within reasonable hours, to any field, orchard, garden, greenhouse, packing ground, building, cellar, freight, or express office, or warehouse, car, vessel, motor vehicle, or other place which it may be necessary or desirable for him to enter in administering sections 927.51 to 927.72 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. No person shall deny such access to the director or any of his authorized representatives, or in any manner, hinder, thwart, or defeat such inspection by misrepresentation, or concealment of facts or conditions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.322 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.322
§ 905.322. Rules and regulations regarding fertilizer application
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Create a fertilizer applicator certification program pursuant to section 905.321 of the Revised Code that does all of the following: (a) Educates an applicant for certification on the time, place, form, amount, handling, and application of fertilizer; (b) Serves as a component of a comprehensive state nutrient reduction strategy addressing all sources of relevant nutrients; (c) Supports generally practical and economically feasible best management practices. (2) Establish all of the following concerning certifications that are required by section 905.321 of the Revised Code: (a) The amount of the fee that must be submitted with an application for certification, if applicable, provided that the fee shall not exceed the fee established in rules adopted under section 921.16 of the Revised Code for a private pesticide applicator license issued under section 921.11 of the Revised Code; (b) Information that must be included with an application for certification; (c) Procedures for the issuance, renewal, and denial of certifications; (d) Grounds for the denial of certifications; (e) Requirements and procedures governing training that must be successfully completed in order for a person to be certified; (f) Requirements for the maintenance of records by a person that is certified, including, but not limited to, the date of application of fertilizer, the place of application of fertilizer, the rate of application of fertilizer, an analysis of the fertilizer, and the name of the person applying the fertilizer. The rules shall stipulate that the records shall be maintained for not more than three years from the date of the fertilizer application and shall not be required to be submitted to the director or the director's designee, but shall be made available to the director or the director's designee for review upon request. (3) Establish requirements and procedures with which a licensee or registrant must comply when filing an annual tonnage report under section 905.36 of the Revised Code, including the date on which the report must be filed. (B) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Establish criteria in accordance with which a person may be exempt from any training that is required in order to be certified under section 905.321 of the Revised Code; (2) Specify any type of cultivation that is to be excluded from the definition of "agricultural production"; (3) Define "under the instructions and control" for the purpose of section 905.321 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 928.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 928 / § 928.01
§ 928.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Container" means the innermost wrapping, packaging, or vessel in direct contact with a final hemp-derived cannabinoid product in which the final hemp-derived cannabinoid product is enclosed for retail sale to consumers, such as a jar, bottle, bag, box, packet, can, carton, or cartridge. "Container" does not include bulk shipping containers or outer wrappings that are not essential for the final retail delivery or sale to an end consumer for personal or household use. (B) "Cultivate" or "cultivating" means to plant, water, grow, fertilize, till, or harvest a plant or crop. "Cultivating" includes possessing or storing a plant or crop on a premises where the plant or crop was cultivated until transported to the first point of sale. (C) "Hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration, including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, of not more than three-tenths per cent on a dry weight basis. "Hemp" includes industrial hemp. "Hemp" does not include any of the following: (1) Any viable seeds from a Cannabis sativa L. plant that exceeds a total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration, including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, of three-tenths per cent in the plant on a dry weight basis; (2) Any intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid product containing any of the following: (a) Cannabinoids that are not capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; (b) Cannabinoids that are capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant and were synthesized or manufactured outside the plant; (c) More than three-tenths per cent combined total of total tetrahydrocannabinols, including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, and any other cannabinoids that have similar effects or are marketed to have similar effects on humans or animals as a tetrahydrocannabinol as established by the superintendent of cannabis control in lists adopted under section 928.031 of the Revised Code. (3) Any intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid product that is marketed or sold as a final product or directly to an end consumer for personal or household use; (4) Any final hemp-derived cannabinoid product containing any of the following: (a) Cannabinoids that are not capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; (b) Cannabinoids that are capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant and were synthesized or manufactured outside the plant; (c) Greater than four-tenths of a milligram combined total per container of total tetrahydrocannabinols, including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, and any other cannabinoids that have similar effects, or are marketed to have similar effects, on humans or animals as a tetrahydrocannabinol as established by the superintendent of cannabis control in lists adopted under section 928.031 of the Revised Code. (D) "Hemp cultivation license" means a license to cultivate hemp issued under section 928.02 of the Revised Code. (E) "Hemp-derived cannabinoid product" means any intermediate or final product derived from hemp, other than industrial hemp, that contains cannabinoids in any form and is intended for human or animal use through any means of application or administration, such as inhalation, ingestion, or topical application. "Hemp-derived cannabinoid product" does not include a drug that is the subject of an application approved under subsection (c) or (j) of 21 U.S.C. 355. (F) "Hemp processing license" means a license to process hemp issued under section 928.02 of the Revised Code. (G) "Industrial hemp" means hemp to which any of the following apply: (1) It is grown for the use of the stalk of the plant, fiber produced from such a stalk, or any other non-cannabinoid derivative, mixture, preparation, or manufacture of such a stalk; (2) It is grown for the use of the whole grain, oil, cake, nut, hull, or any other non-cannabinoid compound, derivative, mixture, preparation, or manufacture of the seeds of such plant; (3) It is grown for purposes of producing microgreens or other edible hemp leaf products intended for human consumption that are derived from an immature hemp plant that is grown from seeds that do not exceed the threshold for total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration specified in division (C)(1) of this section; (4) It is a plant that does not enter the stream of commerce and is intended to support hemp research at a university or an independent research institute as the term "independent research institute" is defined by the director under section 928.031 of the Revised Code; (5) It is grown for the use of a viable seed of the plant produced solely for the production or manufacture of any material described in division (H)(1) to (4) of this section. (H) "Intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid product" means a hemp-derived cannabinoid product that is either of the following: (1) Not yet in the final form or preparation marketed or intended to be used or consumed by a human or animal; (2) A powder, liquid, tablet, oil, or other product form that is intended or marketed to be mixed, dissolved, formulated, or otherwise added to or prepared with or into any other substance prior to administration or consumption. (J) "Marihuana" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (I) "Medical marijuana" has the same meaning as in section 3796.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Process" or "processing" means converting hemp into a hemp product. (K) "University" means an institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code and a private nonprofit institution with a certificate of authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. (L) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 961.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 961 / § 961.99
§ 961.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

August 29, 1986 House Bill 699 - 116th General Assembly Whoever violates section 961.02 or 961.03 or division (B) of section 961.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.02
§ 909.02. Application for registration - certificate
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Any person owning or possessing bees shall on or before the first day of June of each year, or thereafter within thirty days after coming into ownership or possession of bees, or upon moving bees into this state from outside the state, file with the director of agriculture an application for registration setting forth the exact location of the person's apiaries and such other information as is required by the director. All registrations issued in accordance with this section expire on the following thirty-first day of May and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. No person shall maintain an apiary unless the apiary is registered under this section and identifiable by name or identification number assigned to such person by the director. Such identification number shall be posted in a conspicuous location in the apiary. The moving, raising, and production of bees, beeswax, honey, and honey products shall be deemed an agricultural pursuit. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 928.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 928 / § 928.04
§ 928.04. Licenses required; compliance
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as authorized under division (A)(4) or (5) of section 928.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall cultivate hemp without a hemp cultivation license issued by the director of agriculture under this chapter, if the director implements a program to monitor and regulate hemp cultivation under division (A)(1) of section 928.02 of the Revised Code, or process hemp without a hemp processing license issued by the director of agriculture under this chapter. (B) No person who holds a hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license issued by the director under this chapter shall violate this chapter or rules adopted under it. (C) No person subject to a corrective action plan issued by the director of agriculture under section 928.05 of the Revised Code shall fail to comply with the plan. (D) No person shall transport hemp or a product made with hemp in violation of rules adopted under section 928.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.27
§ 918.27. Operating prohibition exemptions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) Division (A) of section 918.26 of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following: (1) A person who processes poultry on his own premises, or has poultry processed only for his personal or family use and does not sell that poultry or products of that poultry; (2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only poultry or poultry products that have been inspected in compliance with sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code, directly to consumers in retail stores, provided that the only processing operation performed by the retail dealer is the cutting up of poultry products on the premises for sale to consumers; (3) An establishment that is subject to federal inspection; (4) A person who grows and slaughters on his own premises less than one thousand poultry in the current calendar year, providing: (a) The grower-processor does not buy any live poultry; (b) Such processed poultry is sold to a hotel, institution, restaurant consumer, or other person for preparation in his own kitchen and is served by him. (B) Only the requirements for licensure and the provisions of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code relating to sanitation, adulteration, misbranding, and use of the official mark apply to either of the following: (1) A person who operates an establishment to process poultry only for persons exempted under division (A)(1) of this section, provided that the establishment does not engage in the business of buying, selling, or bartering any poultry products capable of use as human food; (2) A person who grows and slaughters on his own premises one thousand or more poultry, but less than twenty thousand poultry in the current calendar year, providing: (a) The grower-processor does not buy any live poultry; (b) Such processed poultry is sold to a hotel, institution, restaurant consumer, or other person for preparation in his own kitchen and is served by him.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.28
§ 907.28. Registration of brand of legume inoculants
Status: in_force

June 15, 2006 Senate Bill 189 - 126th General Assembly No person shall manufacture or distribute any type of legume inoculant or pre-inoculated seeds in this state until the person has registered the brand of the legume inoculant with the director of agriculture. Applications for registration shall be made on forms obtainable from the director and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 907.31 of the Revised Code. A copy of each label used with each brand shall be attached to the application form at the time of filing. (A) Each application for registration of a brand of legume inoculant shall state: (1) The name and address of the person responsible for distribution of the legume inoculant culture; (2) The name of the group or groups of plants for which the brand is represented to be effective; (3) The name or nature of medium or substrata upon which marketed; (4) The name of the brand of the pure or mixed culture of legume inoculant being registered. (B) All registrations shall expire each year on the thirty-first day of December and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. (C) No other person shall be required to register a brand of legume inoculant if the manufacturer has already registered the brand.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.23
§ 917.23. Cooling and storage of manufacture milk
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 House Bill 645 - 123rd General Assembly (A) With respect to cooling and storage of manufacture milk, a manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following: (1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees fahrenheit, sixteen degrees celsius, or lower within two hours after completion of the milking; (2) In the case of all other manufacture milk that is stored on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk and store it in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture pursuant to section 917.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Manufacture milk stored in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section shall be used exclusively in the manufacture of cheese. (C) This section does not apply to raw milk that is delivered to a manufacture milk plant not later than two hours after completion of milking.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.60
§ 905.60. Mislabeled liming material
Status: in_force

October 29, 1996 House Bill 651 - 121st General Assembly (A) No person shall sell or distribute mislabeled liming material. (B) A liming material is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on its label or its pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, or if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising matter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.24
§ 901.24. Legal adviser - furnishing of supplies
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly The attorney general is the legal adviser of the department of agriculture in all matters relating to its powers and duties. The department of administrative services shall furnish to the department such stationery as it requires for the proper discharge of its duties and all blankbooks necessary to record its transactions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.14
§ 956.14. Action for injunction
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 House Bill 506 - 132nd General Assembly The attorney general, upon the request of the director of agriculture, may bring an action for injunction against a person who has violated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it. An action for injunction shall be filed in the appropriate court in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. The court shall grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 991.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 991 / § 991.01
§ 991.01. State exposition definitions
Status: in_force

August 5, 1981 House Bill 1 - 114th General Assembly As used in sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Commission" means the Ohio expositions commission. (B) "Fair" or "exposition" means an exhibition of agricultural, business, manufacturing, or other industries and labor, education service organizations, social and religious groups, or any other events or activities consistent with the general welfare and interests of the people of the state, and includes such services as are necessary for the care and comfort or amusement of the public. Such services include rest areas, sanitary and other such comforts, and concessions for food, drink, amusements, and sale of trinkets. (C) "Exhibition" means one or more displays or demonstrations which are of educational or entertainment value to those witnessing such exhibition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.01
§ 903.01. Concentrated animal feeding facility definitions
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural animal" means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, and swine; horses; alpacas; llamas; and any other animal included by the director of agriculture by rule. "Agricultural animal" does not include fish or other aquatic animals regardless of whether they are raised at fish hatcheries, fish farms, or other facilities that raise aquatic animals. (B) "Animal feeding facility" means a lot, building, or structure where both of the following conditions are met: (1) Agricultural animals have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained there for a total of forty-five days or more in any twelve-month period. (2) Crops, vegetative forage growth, or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot, building, or structure. "Animal feeding facility" also includes land that is owned or leased by or otherwise is under the control of the owner or operator of the lot, building, or structure and on which manure originating from agricultural animals in the lot, building, or structure or a production area is or may be applied. Two or more animal feeding facilities under common ownership shall be considered to be a single animal feeding facility for the purposes of this chapter if they adjoin each other or if they use a common area or system for the disposal of manure. (C) "Animal feeding operation" has the same meaning as "animal feeding facility." (D) "Cattle" includes, but is not limited to, heifers, steers, bulls, and cow and calf pairs. (E) "Concentrated animal feeding facility" means an animal feeding facility with a total design capacity equal to or more than the number of animals specified in any of the categories in division (M) of this section. (F) "Concentrated animal feeding operation" means an animal feeding facility that complies with one of the following: (1) Has a total design capacity equal to or more than the number of animals specified in any of the categories in division (M) of this section; (2) Satisfies the criteria in division (M), (Q), or (EE) of this section; (3) Is designated by the director of agriculture as a medium or small concentrated animal feeding operation pursuant to rules. (G) "Discharge" means to add from a point source to waters of the state. (H) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" means the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972," 86 Stat. 816, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq., as amended, and regulations adopted under it. (I) "Finalized," with respect to the programs required under division (A)(1) of section 903.02 and division (A)(1) of section 903.03 of the Revised Code, means that all rules that are necessary for the administration of this chapter have been adopted and all employees of the department of agriculture that are necessary for the administration of this chapter have been employed. (J) "General permit" has the meaning that is established in rules. (K) "Individual permit" has the meaning that is established in rules. (L) "Installation permit" means a permit for the installation or modification of a disposal system or any part of a disposal system issued by the director of environmental protection under division (J)(1) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code. (M) "Large concentrated animal feeding operation" means an animal feeding facility that stables or confines at least the number of animals specified in any of the following categories: (1) Seven hundred mature dairy cattle whether milked or dry; (2) One thousand veal calves; (3) One thousand cattle other than mature dairy cattle or veal calves; (4) Two thousand five hundred swine that each weigh fifty-five pounds or more; (5) Ten thousand swine that each weigh less than fifty-five pounds; (6) Five hundred horses; (7) Ten thousand sheep or lambs; (8) Fifty-five thousand turkeys; (9) Thirty thousand laying hens or broilers if the animal feeding facility uses a liquid manure handling system; (10) One hundred twenty-five thousand chickens, other than laying hens, if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (11) Eighty-two thousand laying hens if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (12) Thirty thousand ducks if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (13) Five thousand ducks if the animal feeding facility uses a liquid manure handling system. (N) "Major concentrated animal feeding facility" means a concentrated animal feeding facility with a total design capacity of more than ten times the number of animals specified in any of the categories in division (M) of this section. (O) "Manure" means any of the following wastes used in or resulting from the production of agricultural animals or direct agricultural products such as milk or eggs: animal excreta, discarded products, bedding, process waste water, process generated waste water, waste feed, silage drainage, and compost products resulting from mortality composting or the composting of animal excreta. (P) "Manure storage or treatment facility" means any excavated, diked, or walled structure or combination of structures designed for the biological stabilization, holding, or storage of manure. (Q) "Medium concentrated animal feeding operation" means an animal feeding facility that satisfies both of the following: (1) The facility stables or confines the number of animals specified in any of the following categories: (a) Two hundred to six hundred ninety-nine mature dairy cattle whether milked or dry; (b) Three hundred to nine hundred ninety-nine veal calves; (c) Three hundred to nine hundred ninety-nine cattle other than mature dairy cattle or veal calves; (d) Seven hundred fifty to two thousand four hundred ninety-nine swine that each weigh fifty-five pounds or more; (e) Three thousand to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine swine that each weigh less than fifty-five pounds; (f) One hundred fifty to four hundred ninety-nine horses; (g) Three thousand to nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine sheep or lambs; (h) Sixteen thousand five hundred to fifty-four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine turkeys; (i) Nine thousand to twenty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine laying hens or broilers if the animal feeding facility uses a liquid manure handling system; (j) Thirty-seven thousand five hundred to one hundred twenty-four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine chickens, other than laying hens, if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (k) Twenty-five thousand to eighty-one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine laying hens if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (l) Ten thousand to twenty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine ducks if the animal feeding facility uses a manure handling system that is not a liquid manure handling system; (m) One thousand five hundred to four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine ducks if the animal feeding facility uses a liquid manure handling system. (2) The facility does one of the following: (a) Discharges pollutants into waters of the United States through a ditch constructed by humans, a flushing system constructed by humans, or another similar device constructed by humans; (b) Discharges pollutants directly into waters of the United States that originate outside of and that pass over, across, or through the facility or otherwise come into direct contact with the animals at the facility. "Medium concentrated animal feeding operation" includes an animal feeding facility that is designated by the director as a medium concentrated animal feeding operation pursuant to rules. (R) "Mortality composting" means the controlled decomposition of organic solid material consisting of dead animals that stabilizes the organic fraction of the material. (S) "NPDES permit" means a permit issued under the national pollutant discharge elimination system established in section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and includes the renewal of such a permit. "NPDES permit" includes the federally enforceable provisions of a permit to operate into which NPDES permit provisions have been incorporated. (T) "Permit" includes an initial, renewed, or modified permit to install, permit to operate, NPDES permit, and installation permit unless expressly stated otherwise. (U) "Permit to install" means a permit issued under section 903.02 of the Revised Code. (V) "Permit to operate" means a permit issued or renewed under section 903.03 of the Revised Code and includes incorporated NPDES permit provisions, if applicable. (W) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes the state, any political subdivision of the state, any interstate body created by compact, the United States, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of any of those entities. (X) "Point source" has the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Y) "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials except those regulated under the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C. 2011, as amended, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste, including manure, discharged into water. "Pollutant" does not include either of the following: (1) Sewage from vessels; (2) Water, gas, or other material that is injected into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas, or water derived in association with oil and gas production and disposed of in a well, if the well that is used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes is approved by the state and if the state determines that the injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources. (Z) "Process generated waste water" means water that is directly or indirectly used in the operation of an animal feeding facility for any of the following: (1) Spillage or overflow from animal watering systems; (2) Washing, cleaning, or flushing pens, barns, manure pits, or other areas of an animal feeding facility; (3) Direct contact swimming, washing, or spray cooling of animals; (4) Dust control. (AA) "Process waste water" means any process generated waste water and any precipitation, including rain or snow, that comes into contact with manure, litter, bedding, or any other raw material or intermediate or final material or product used in or resulting from the production of animals or direct products such as milk or eggs. (BB) "Production area" means any of the following components of an animal feeding facility: (1) Animal confinement areas, including, but not limited to, open lots, housed lots, feedlots, confinement houses, stall barns, free stall barns, milkrooms, milking centers, cowyards, barnyards, medication pens, animal walkways, and stables; (2) Manure storage areas, including, but not limited to, manure storage or treatment facilities; (3) Raw material storage areas, including, but not limited to, feed silos, silage bunkers, commodity buildings, and bedding materials; (4) Waste containment areas, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (a) An egg washing or egg processing facility; (b) An area used in the storage, handling, treatment, or disposal of mortalities; (c) Settling basins, runoff ponds, liquid impoundments, and areas within berms and diversions that are designed and maintained to separate uncontaminated storm water runoff from contaminated water and to contain and treat contaminated storm water runoff. (CC) "Public meeting" means a nonadversarial public hearing at which a person may present written or oral statements for the director of agriculture's consideration and includes public hearings held under section 6111.12 of the Revised Code. (DD) "Rule" means a rule adopted under section 903.10 of the Revised Code. (EE) "Small concentrated animal feeding operation" means an animal feeding facility that is not a large or medium concentrated animal feeding operation and that is designated by the director as a small concentrated animal feeding operation pursuant to rules. (FF) "Waters of the state" has the same meaning as in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.43
§ 907.43. Coloring and dyeing of grain and seed treatment material
Status: in_force

July 1, 1966 House Bill 394 - 106th General Assembly The director of agriculture, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards or specifications or both for the coloring or dyeing of grain, and seed treatment materials, and adopt and enforce such other rules or regulations as he may deem necessary to carry into effect sections 907.41 to 907.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.29
§ 924.29. Civil action to enforce compliance
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 217 - 127th General Assembly The director of agriculture may institute an action at law or in equity that appears necessary to enforce compliance with sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code, rules, or the grain marketing program that is established in compliance with those sections and rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.26
§ 926.26. Attachment or execution against commodity
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 9 - 129th General Assembly (A) If an agricultural commodity is delivered to a licensed handler by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title to the purchaser in good faith for value would bind the owner, and a negotiable receipt is issued for it, the commodity cannot, while in the possession of the handler, be attached by garnishment or otherwise or be levied under an execution unless the receipt is first surrendered to the handler or its negotiation is enjoined. The handler shall in no case be compelled to deliver the actual possession of the commodity until the receipt is surrendered to the handler or impounded by the court. A handler's claim for a lien that has arisen under section 1307.209 of the Revised Code and that has come due shall be satisfied as follows: (1) The handler shall give a written notice to the person on whose account the commodity is held and to any other person known by the handler to claim an interest in the commodity. The notice shall be delivered in person or by certified mail addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be notified. The notice shall contain: (a) An itemized statement of the handler's claim showing the sum due at the time of the notice and the date that it became due; (b) A brief description of the commodity against which the lien exists; (c) A demand that the amount of the claim as stated in the notice, and of any further claim accruing, shall be paid on or before the date specified in the notice, which shall be not fewer than ten days from the delivery of the notice if it is personally delivered or from the time when the notice reaches its destination if it is sent by mail; (d) A statement that, unless the claim is paid within the time specified, the commodity will be advertised for sale and sold at an auction at a specified time and place. (2) In accordance with the terms of a notice so given, a sale of the commodity at auction may be had to satisfy any valid claim of the handler under which the handler has a lien on the commodity. The sale shall be held in the place where the commodity is held or, if that place is manifestly unsuitable for the purpose, at the nearest suitable place. After the time for the payment of claims that is specified in the notice to the depositor has elapsed, an advertisement of the sale, describing the commodity to be sold and stating the name of the owner or person on whose account the commodity is held and the time and place of the sale, shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the place where the sale is to be held or, if no newspaper is published in that place, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the sale is to take place. No sale shall be held before fifteen days from the date of the first publication. (B) At any time before the agricultural commodity is sold, any person claiming a right of property or possession in it may pay the licensed handler the amount necessary to satisfy the handler's lien and pay the reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in advertising and preparing for the sale up to the time of payment. The handler shall deliver the commodity to the person making payment only if the person is a person entitled under this chapter to the possession of the commodity on payment of the existing charges. (C) After the agricultural commodity has been lawfully sold to satisfy a lien arising under section 1307.209 of the Revised Code or has been lawfully sold or disposed of for any other reason, neither the licensed handler nor the agricultural commodity depositors fund created in section 926.16 of the Revised Code shall be liable for failure to deliver the commodity to the depositor or owner of the commodity or to the holder of a receipt given for the commodity when it was deposited even if the receipt was negotiable. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting the amount of any lawful lien, shall be held in accordance with this section for the benefit of the owner or the holder of the receipt. The proceeds shall be considered full satisfaction of any receipt issued for the commodity so sold and of any bailment agreement between the handler and the depositor. (D) After the licensed handler has satisfied the handler's lien and after the handler's expenses for advertising have been met, the handler shall forward to the director of agriculture the remaining proceeds of the sale, together with such information concerning the sale and outstanding receipt or receipts as the director requires by rule. Upon the payment of the proceeds to the director, the handler shall be relieved of further responsibility for the safekeeping of them and shall be held harmless by the state for any liabilities for any claim arising out of the transfer of the proceeds to the director. The director shall deposit the proceeds into the state treasury to be held for the benefit of the person who would be rightfully entitled to possession of the commodity had it not been sold under this section. (E) Any person claiming an interest in proceeds delivered to the director under this chapter may file a claim for them on a form prescribed by the director. The director shall consider any claim filed under this section and render a decision in writing, stating the substance of any evidence considered and the reasons for allowance or disallowance of the claim. If the claim is allowed, the director shall provide for payment of the claim from the agricultural commodity depositors fund. (F) The remedy for enforcing a lien provided in this section does not preclude any other remedies allowed by law for the enforcement of a lien or bar the handler's right to recover any amount of the handler's claim that is not paid by the proceeds of the sale held under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.07
§ 926.07. Filing certificate of insurance
Status: in_force

October 10, 1988 House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly (A) Each applicant for a handler's license under section 926.05 of the Revised Code who operates a warehouse shall, as a condition to the granting of such license, file or have on file with the director of agriculture a certificate of insurance evidencing an effective policy of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state insuring in the name of the applicant all agricultural commodities which are in such warehouse for their full market value against loss by fire, internal explosion, lightning, and windstorm. Such policy of insurance shall contain a clause granting a lien in favor of the state for the benefit of the depositors of agricultural commodities in such warehouse, as their interests may appear on the records of the handler. (B) In case fire, internal explosion, lightning, or windstorm destroys or damages any agricultural commodity in any warehouse operated by a licensed handler, the director shall cause an examination to be made to determine the extent of the damage to the agricultural commodity inventory stored in the warehouse under bailment agreements. When the director is satisfied that depositor claims against the destroyed or damaged agricultural commodity inventory stored under bailment agreements have been settled, either from the proceeds of the insurance claim or other assets of the licensee, he shall release the lien against the inventory insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.081
§ 903.081. Permits not to be granted
Status: in_force

December 22, 2009 House Bill 363 - 128th General Assembly (A) For purposes of section 903.08 of the Revised Code, no person shall approve all or portions of a NPDES permit if the person receives or has received during the two years prior to the receipt of an application for a NPDES permit a significant portion of income from any NPDES permittee or any applicant for a NPDES permit. In addition, no person may serve on a board or commission that approves all or portions of a NPDES permit, including taking such action pursuant to an appeal of a NPDES permit, if the person receives or has received during the two years prior to serving on the board or commission or to the filing of the appeal a significant portion of income from any NPDES permittee or any applicant for a NPDES permit. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Significant portion of income" means ten per cent or more of gross personal income in a calendar year or fifty per cent or more of gross personal income in a calendar year if the recipient of the income is more than sixty years of age and is receiving that portion of income under retirement benefits, including a pension or similar arrangement. (2) "Income" includes retirement benefits, consultant fees, and stock dividends. "Income" does not include mutual fund payments or other diversified investments for which the recipient does not know the identity of the primary sources of the income. (3) "Permittee" and "applicant for a NPDES permit" does not include any department or agency of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.12
§ 909.12. Frames and honeycombs must be easily removable and accessible
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall keep or maintain bees in any hive if all frames and honeycombs cannot be readily removed therefrom for inspection or keep or maintain bees in any hive situated where adequate and efficient inspection is difficult, impracticable, or impossible. All cross-comb hives or domiciles for bees, from which the frames and honeycombs cannot be readily removed, are hereby declared to be a public nuisance. If any owner is found using such cross-comb hives or domiciles, the director of agriculture shall notify said owner in writing to cease using them. If, after the expiration of one year from receipt of said notice, the owner has failed to cease using said cross-comb hives or domiciles for housing bees, the director may seize and destroy them without remuneration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.61
§ 927.61. Certificate of inspection
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall issue to each nurseryman, after the stock in his nursery has been officially inspected and found to be apparently free from injurious or harmful pests and after payment of the fees required by section 927.53 of the Revised Code, a certificate setting forth the fact of such inspection. The certificate is valid not to exceed one year from the first day of January following the filing of the application provided for in section 927.60 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or remove or ship from a nursery or other premises, any nursery stock unless such stock has been officially inspected and a valid certificate has been issued by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.99
§ 981.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 981.11 or 981.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 981.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 981.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.05
§ 955.05. Registration of dog or dog kennel during year
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly After the thirty-first day of January of any year, except as otherwise provided in section 955.022 or 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person, immediately upon becoming the owner, keeper, or harborer of any dog more than three months of age or brought from outside the state during any year, shall file like applications, with fees, as required by section 955.02 of the Revised Code, for registration for a period of one year or three years or an application for permanent registration. If the application is not filed and the fee paid, within thirty days after the dog is acquired, becomes three months of age, or is brought from outside the state, 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. Thereafter, the owner, keeper, or harborer shall register the dog as provided in section 955.02 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Every person becoming the owner of a dog kennel after the thirty-first day of January of any year shall file like applications, with fees, as required by section 955.04 of the Revised Code, for the registration of such kennel for the current calendar year. If such application is not filed and the fee paid within thirty days after the person becomes the owner of such kennel, the auditor shall assess a penalty in an amount equal to the registration fee upon the owner of such kennel. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.05
§ 981.05. Compensation for securing drift timber
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person taking and securing boats, fleets of timber rafts, platforms, logs or trees prepared for the purpose of sale, crossties, railroad ties, boards, planks, staves, heading, or timber prepared for market, the property of another, found adrift in the Ohio river and the rivers and creeks within this state in which there is no boom or arrangement provided by the owner for the preservation thereof below the point at which they are so found, whether they have thereon a brand or trade-mark or not, shall receive a compensation from the owner thereof for so much thereof as he shall deliver to such owner, as follows: (A) For each freight boat or other heavy boat, ten dollars; (B) For each jack boat, skiff, or canoe, fifty cents; (C) For each fleet of timber, ten dollars; (D) For each raft of not less than forty logs, four dollars; (E) For each platform of not less than ten logs, one dollar; (F) For each saw log or other log or tree prepared for sale, twenty-five cents; (G) For each crosstie or railroad tie, six cents; (H) For boards or planks caught in rafts or large bodies ; (1) One dollar per one thousand feet, board measure, for twenty thousand feet or less quantity; (2) For over twenty thousand feet, fifty cents per one thousand feet, board measure; but if such boards or planks are loose and scattered, four dollars per one thousand feet, board measure, and for staves and heading, five dollars per thousand pieces for such as are merchantable. Such charges shall be paid by the owner of such property, if required, upon its delivery to him. Such person shall have a lien upon the property so taken and secured by him for such fees and for his charges as provided in section 981.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.09
§ 926.09. Cancellation or substitution of insurance
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly No person licensed under sections 926.04 to 926.06 of the Revised Code shall cancel an approved insurance coverage without the prior written approval of the director of agriculture and his approval of a substitute insurance coverage. No insurance company shall cancel an insurance policy covering the agricultural commodity inventory of a licensed handler without written notice to the director at least thirty days prior to the effective date of cancellation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.212
§ 924.212. Pork marketing program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Pork" means the flesh of a porcine animal. (2) "Pork product" means a product produced or processed in whole or in part from pork. (3) "Producer" means a person who raises porcine animals in this state for sale in commerce. (B) The pork marketing program is established to promote the sale of pork and pork products. However, the pork marketing program shall not operate unless the national pork checkoff program created by the "Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985," 7 U.S.C. 4801 et seq. is no longer in operation. Except as provided in this division and divisions (C) to (F) of this section, the procedures, requirements, and other provisions that are established under sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code and rules that apply to the grain marketing program apply to the pork marketing program. For purposes of that application, references in those sections to "grain" are deemed to be replaced with references to "pork." (C) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the national pork checkoff program is no longer in operation, the Ohio pork council, or its successor, shall do both of the following: (1) Accept the names of persons as nominees to serve on a pork marketing program operating committee. In accepting nominations and placing names on the ballot, the Ohio pork council, or its successor, shall follow the procedures established in rules. (2) Hold an election to determine the membership of the operating committee. In the election, eligible producers may cast votes in person or mail ballots to polling places designated by the director of agriculture. The Ohio pork council, or its successor, shall establish a three-day period during which eligible producers may vote in person during normal business hours at the designated polling places. The director or another appropriate person shall send a ballot by ordinary first-class mail to an eligible producer who requests a ballot. An eligible producer shall make such a request by calling a toll-free telephone number designated by the director, by contacting one of the designated polling places, or by any additional method that the director may provide. A ballot returned by mail is not valid if it is postmarked later than the third day of the election period established by the Ohio pork council or its successor. For the purposes of an election of members of the pork marketing program operating committee, the director shall cause a ballot request form to be published at least thirty days before the beginning of the election period in at least two appropriate periodicals designated by the director and shall make the form available for reproduction to any interested group or association. (D) The pork marketing program operating committee consists of the following twelve members: (1) The director of agriculture, who shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member, or the director's designee; (2) The executive vice-president of the Ohio pork council or its successor; (3) Four members appointed by the director of agriculture who are pork producers. When making such appointments, the director shall give consideration to Ohio pork producers who are representatives on the national pork board; (4) Six members elected in accordance with section 924.22 of the Revised Code, except that the elections shall occur by district, with one member elected from each district. The districts are as follows: (a) District one: Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, and Williams counties; (b) District two: Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, and Wyandot counties; (c) District three: Auglaize, Mercer, Hardin, Logan, and Shelby counties; (d) District four: Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Geauga, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Licking, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Morrow, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, Trumbull, Union, and Wayne counties; (e) District five: Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties; (f) District six: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Warren, and Washington counties. Except for the director, or the director's designee, all members of the pork marketing program operating committee are voting members. (E) Following the election of the initial members of the operating committee, all future elections for the pork marketing program shall occur in accordance with the pork marketing program's by-laws drafted and adopted by the pork marketing program operating committee. Such by-laws shall be adopted by the operating committee within one year after the creation of the pork marketing program. (F)(1) With regard to the levying of assessments under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, the assessment on pork shall be the lesser of the following: (a) Twenty-five one hundredths of one per cent of the market value of the porcine animal, pork, or pork product sold or imported; (b) An amount established by the operating committee at the initial meeting of the operating committee through an initial order. The operating committee may increase the rate of an assessment after the initial order by not more than one-tenth of one per cent per year. (3) If assessments are levied under the national pork checkoff program created by the "Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985," 7 U.S.C. 4801 et seq., no assessments shall be levied for purposes of the pork marketing program established under this section. (4) The operating committee may determine if a refund of an assessment is permitted. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.12
§ 981.12. Fraudulently placing trade-mark on the timber of another
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall falsely or fraudulently place a trade-mark on timber which is not the property of the person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber which has legally adopted such trade-mark.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.09
§ 971.09. Action for costs of maintaining fence
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly (A)(1) When an owner neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence, or the portion thereof that the owner is required to build or maintain, the aggrieved owner may do either of the following: (a) File an action in a court of common pleas as provided in section 971.16 of the Revised Code; (b) File a complaint with the board of township trustees of the township in which the land or fence is located or is to be built. (2) If the aggrieved owner intends to file a complaint with the applicable board of township trustees, the board shall present the aggrieved owner with a document containing both of the following: (a) Notification that in lieu of filing a complaint with the board of township trustees as provided in this section, an action may be filed in a court of common pleas as provided in section 971.16 of the Revised Code; (b) A description of the possible financial and maintenance responsibilities that may result from the board's findings. The aggrieved owner shall sign and date the document and return it to the board prior to filing a complaint with the board. (3) When a partition fence is on a township or county line, the boards of township trustees of the adjacent townships have concurrent jurisdiction, and the board of township trustees of either of the townships may be called to perform the applicable duties established in this chapter. Either party to the complaint may call the board of the other township, in which case they shall act jointly, but a separate record shall be made in both townships. (B) If a complaint is filed with a board of township trustees, the board, after not less than ten days' written notice to all adjoining owners of the time and place of meeting, shall view the fence or premises where the fence is located or is to be built. At the meeting, the board shall determine whether a partition fence exists, regardless of whether it is in disrepair, or there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed. If there is no evidence that a partition fence exists, even in disrepair, or if there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, the board shall review the applicable county recorder's records to determine whether an affidavit has been filed in accordance with section 971.05 , 971.06 , or 971.07 of the Revised Code or an agreement has been filed in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code. (C) After viewing the fence or premises and reviewing the applicable county recorder's records, if applicable, the board may request additional information from either owner that is a party to the complaint. (D)(1) At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board after viewing the fence or premises and reviewing the applicable county recorder's records, if applicable, the board shall determine if a partition fence is required to be built or maintained in good repair, as applicable. If the board determines that a partition fence is required to be built or maintained, the board shall decide each owner's responsibility for building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence. (2) If the board finds that both owners are responsible, the board shall equitably assign, in writing, each owner's share of building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence. When making an equitable assignment, the board may assign a specific portion of the partition fence to be built or maintained in good repair, or the board may assign a portion of the total cost of building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence if the owners have submitted to the board an estimate from a contractor of the necessary cost to perform the applicable work. If the partition fence does or will contain livestock, the board shall include in the equitable assignment the cost of building or modifying the fence to meet the standards for preferred partition fences established in this chapter. (3) If the board finds that one owner is responsible, the board shall require that owner, in writing, to pay the total cost of building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence or the portion of the partition fence for which the owner is responsible, as applicable. (4) If the board determines that a partition fence is not required to be built or maintained in good repair, as applicable, the board shall notify each owner of that determination in writing. (E) When making an equitable assignment under division (D)(2) of this section, the board shall consider, without limitation, all of the following: (1) The topography of the applicable property; (2) The presence of streams, creeks, rivers, or other bodies of water; (3) The presence of trees, vines, or other vegetation; (4) The level of risk of trespassers on either property due to the population density surrounding the property or the recreational use of adjoining properties; (5) The importance of marking division lines between the properties; (6) The number and type of livestock owned by either owner that may be contained by the partition fence. (F) The board shall certify a report of an assignment made under division (D)(2) of this section or a finding made under division (D)(3) of this section to the applicable county recorder, who shall record the assignment or finding in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) If either owner does not agree to the board's assignment of responsibility under division (D)(2) of this section for building or maintaining in good repair a partition fence, the owner, not later than thirty days after the assignment has been made, may deliver to the board and the other owner a written request for binding arbitration. An owner that requests binding arbitration also shall deliver a copy of the request to the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration is to be held, which shall be the county in which the owner that seeks the binding arbitration resides. If either owner requests binding arbitration, the board shall submit a report of its recommendation of assignment that is made under division (D)(2) of this section or of its finding that is made under division (D)(3) of this section, as applicable, to the court of common pleas in which the arbitration is to be held. (2) The court of common pleas in which the arbitration is to be held shall appoint an arbitrator. The court shall furnish the board's report that is submitted to the court under division (G)(1) of this section to the arbitrator. The owners shall pay the costs of the arbitrator's services in equal amounts. An arbitrator that has knowledge of this chapter shall be appointed, if possible. (3) Not later than thirty days after appointment of an arbitrator, each owner and the board shall deliver to the arbitrator a recommendation for the assignment of responsibility for building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence. Not later than sixty days after appointment of the arbitrator, the arbitrator shall approve one of the recommendations submitted or assign responsibility for building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence based on the arbitrator's judgment. The arbitrator shall deliver to each owner and the board a written statement of the arbitration decision that states each owner's responsibility for building or maintaining in good repair the partition fence. The arbitrator shall certify a report of the arbitration decision to the applicable county recorder, who shall record the decision in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of the Revised Code. The owners shall abide by the arbitration decision. The arbitration decision shall be enforced, upon petition by either owner, by the court of common pleas of the county in which the petitioner resides.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.327 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.327
§ 905.327. Penalty for unlawful application of fertilizer
Status: in_force

July 3, 2015 Senate Bill 1 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates section 905.326 of the Revised Code. The director may impose a civil penalty only if the director affords the person an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the director's determination that the person violated section 905.326 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 905.326 of the Revised Code and assess the civil penalty. The order and the assessment of the civil penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (C) A person that has violated section 905.326 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules. Each day during which fertilizer is applied in violation of section 905.326 of the Revised Code constitutes a separate violation. (D) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the amount of the civil penalty assessed under this section. The civil penalty shall not be more than ten thousand dollars for each violation. (E) For purposes of this section, "rule" means a rule adopted under division (D) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.06
§ 905.06. Information duties - investigations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall: (A) Gather information on the performance of various agricultural additives, including distributors' and manufacturers' claims, the results of investigation or research on additives, and the conditions when they are useful, and make the information available to the public; (B) Provide and distribute, in cooperation with OSU extension, information on the use of agricultural additives; (C) Provide for the prompt and thorough investigation of written complaints received concerning agricultural additives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.02
§ 936.02. Establishment; members
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall establish a propane council and adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement this chapter. (B) The director shall appoint the following members to the council in accordance with this section and rules adopted under it: (1) Two multi-state propane gas retailers; (2) Two intrastate propane gas retailers; (3) One cooperative propane gas retailer; (4) One wholesale propane gas wholesale distributor; (5) One propane gas equipment dealer; The director of agriculture or the director's designee and the state fire marshal or the fire marshal's designee also shall serve on the council. (C) The director shall appoint members under divisions (B)(1) through (5) of this section from a list submitted by a qualified statewide propane association. The director shall not appoint a person as a member of the council unless the person is at least twenty-five years old and has at least five years of active experience in the propane gas industry. (D) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director shall make initial appointments to the council. Members shall serve three-year staggered terms of office in accordance with rules adopted by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 931.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 931 / § 931.09
§ 931.09. Annual report by director of agriculture
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 House Bill 414 - 125th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives an annual report concerning agricultural security areas in the state. The report shall include information concerning the number of acres that are enrolled in agricultural security areas and their location and any tax exemptions granted under section 5709.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.42
§ 924.42. Petition for approval of marketing agreement
Status: in_force

December 26, 2012 Senate Bill 309 - 129th General Assembly (A) Producers of an agricultural commodity in this state may present to the director of agriculture a petition signed by at least two hundred or twenty-five per cent of all the producers of that agricultural commodity in this state, whichever is less, requesting the director to approve a marketing agreement for that agricultural commodity. (B) A petition submitted under division (A) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) A document that creates and identifies a provisional board of directors for the purpose of facilitating the execution of the proposed marketing agreement, which shall consist of at least three, but not more than five producers of the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the proposed marketing agreement; (2) A proposed marketing agreement that at a minimum contains a description of all of the following: (a) The affected agricultural commodity or the region of the state concerning the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the proposed marketing agreement; (b) Any standards that will be adopted under the proposed marketing agreement; (c) Procedures by which the proposed marketing agreement may be amended; (d) The length of time that the proposed marketing agreement will be in effect; (e) The size and composition of a board of directors that will be established under the marketing agreement for the purpose of administering the agreement; (f) The method by which the members of the board of directors that will be established under the marketing agreement will be elected; (g) The estimated costs to and rate of assessment to be made on each person who is a signatory to the marketing agreement for purposes of membership, inspections, or other services provided by the board of directors under the marketing agreement in conjunction with the person's participation in the marketing agreement; (h) The minimum number of producers that are necessary for the marketing agreement to be financially self-supporting; (i) Any other information that the director may require by rule. (3) An unbiased and accurate summary of the proposed marketing agreement. (C) The petitioners shall include with the petition submitted under division (A) of this section all of the following: (1) A current list of producers of the agricultural commodity or in the region of the state concerning the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the proposed marketing agreement. The list may be created from existing records or records that are available from any reliable source. (2) An administration fee of five hundred dollars or another amount that the director determines is necessary to pay the costs of the director of notifying all known producers of the affected agricultural commodity or in the region of the state concerning the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the proposed marketing agreement and the costs of conducting the public meeting that is required in section 924.43 of the Revised Code concerning the proposed marketing agreement; (3) Information that demonstrates that the producers of the agricultural commodity or in the region of the state concerning the agricultural commodity that is the subject of the proposed marketing agreement have sufficient money to pay the costs of a board of directors to administer the marketing agreement and to pay the costs of administration and enforcement of the marketing agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.19
§ 901.19. Promotion and protection of livestock interests
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall promote and protect the livestock interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases, and co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture in such work. He shall use all proper means in the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases among domestic animals and in providing for the extermination of such diseases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.20
§ 940.20. Notice of hearing on proposed improvement
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the view, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall send a written notice of the view and the hearing to all landowners within the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement and to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The board shall ensure that the notice contains all of the following: (1) The date, time, and location for the view and the subsequent hearing; (2) A description of the proposed improvement and its location as stated in the petition, a map indicating the location of the proposed improvement or information on where to access the map, and an explanation of how to obtain additional information or ask questions about the proposed improvement; (3) A statement that all costs of engineering, construction, and future maintenance will be assessed to the benefiting parcels of land; (4) A statement that a landowner may file, not more than twenty-one days after the date of the view, an amendment to the original petition that expands the length of the proposed improvement, provided that the amendment does not expand the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement; (5) A statement that any landowner receiving the notice may comment on the proposed improvement in writing before or in person at the hearing on the petition; (6) The address at which to file an amendment to the petition or submit written comments on the proposed improvement. (B) The board shall notify all landowners that are adjacent to the proposed improvement either by certified mail or, if the board has record of an internet identifier of record associated with such a landowner, by ordinary mail and by that internet identifier of record, and shall notify all others by certified mail or first class mailings. The written notice shall have the words "Legal Notice" printed in plain view on the face of the envelope or, in the case of service by an internet identifier of record, in conspicuous typeface at the top of the notice. (C) The board shall invite to the view and the hearing the staff of the soil and water conservation district and the staff of the natural resources conservation service in the United States department of agriculture that is involved with the district together with any other people that the board considers to be necessary to the proceedings. (D) 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 § 905.324 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.324
§ 905.324. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 7 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the director of agriculture, an employee of the department of agriculture, the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, an employee of a district, and a contractor of the department or a district shall not disclose information, including data from geographic information systems and global positioning systems, used in the development or approval of or contained in a voluntary nutrient management plan. (B) The director or the supervisors of a district may release or disclose information specified in division (A) of this section to a person or a federal, state, or local agency working in cooperation with the director or the supervisors in the development or approval of a voluntary nutrient management plan if the director or supervisors determine that the person or federal, state, or local agency will not subsequently disclose the information to another person who is not authorized by the person who owns or operates agricultural land to receive the information. The director or the supervisors of a district may release or disclose information specified in division (A) of this section to the extent required by the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" as defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. (C) Information, data, and any associated record used in the development, approval, implementation, review of, or contained in a voluntary nutrient management plan or used to determine compliance with such a plan are not a public record subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.17
§ 935.17. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th 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) Both of the following concerning the registration of dangerous wild animals under section 935.04 of the Revised Code: (1) Any additional information that must be included with a registration; (2) Standards for the care and housing of registered dangerous wild animals, including standards for the proper care of each species of dangerous wild animal and caging and fencing of the animals. The director shall adopt rules under division (A) of this section not later than ninety days after September 5, 2012. (B) Standards for the care and well-being of dangerous wild animals specified in divisions (C)(1) to (19) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code that are possessed by the holders of wildlife shelter permits and wildlife propagation permits issued under this chapter. The standards shall govern at least sanitation for, provision of health care for, and feeding, caging, housing, and fencing of dangerous wild animals. In adopting rules under this division, the director shall consider the following factors: (1) Best management practices for the care and well-being of dangerous wild animals; (2) Public health and safety; (3) Biosecurity; (4) The prevention of disease; (5) Animal morbidity and mortality data; (6) Generally accepted veterinary medical practices; (7) Standards adopted by the association of zoos and aquariums; (8) Standards adopted by the zoological association of America; (9) Standards established in the federal animal welfare act; (10) Ethical standards established by the American veterinary medical association; (11) Any other factors that the director considers necessary for the proper care and well-being of dangerous wild animals in this state. (C) Standards for the housing of dangerous wild animals specified in division (C)(20) of section 935.01 of the Revised Code that are possessed by the holders of wildlife shelter permits and wildlife propagation permits issued under this chapter; (D) All of the following concerning applications for permits issued under sections 935.06 and 935.07 of the Revised Code: (1) Any additional information that must be included with a permit application; (2) Criteria for determining what constitutes a species survival program for the purposes of division (A) of section 935.07 of the Revised Code and requirements and procedures that are necessary to determine if a program meets those criteria; (3) The content of the examination specified in division (B)(6) of section 935.05 of the Revised Code. The rules shall require the examination to test an applicant's knowledge on topics that include proper diet, health care, exercise needs, and housing of the species of dangerous wild animal or animals that are the subject of the application. (4) Procedures and requirements concerning the administration of the examination specified in division (B)(6) of section 935.05 of the Revised Code. (E) All of the following concerning applications for permits issued under sections 935.09 and 935.10 of the Revised Code: (1) Any additional information that must be included with a permit application; (2) The content of the examination specified in division (B)(5) of section 935.08 of the Revised Code. The rules shall require the examination to test an applicant's knowledge on topics that include proper diet, health care, and housing of the species of restricted snake or snakes that are the subject of the application. (3) Procedures and requirements concerning the administration of the examination specified in division (B)(5) of section 935.08 of the Revised Code. (F) Both of the following concerning applications for permits issued under section 935.101 of the Revised Code: (1) Information that must be included in a permit application; (2) Criteria and procedures for the issuance or denial of a permit. (G) Standards for the care and well-being of dangerous wild animals that are possessed by the holders of permits issued under section 935.101 of the Revised Code. The standards shall govern at least sanitation for, provision of health care for, and feeding, caging, housing, and fencing of dangerous wild animals. In adopting the rules, the director may consider the standards of care and housing established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section and section 935.12 of the Revised Code. (H) Procedures and requirements governing the maintenance of records under section 935.15 of the Revised Code; (I) Standards for signs that are required to be posted and displayed in accordance with section 935.18 of the Revised Code; (J) The amount of civil penalties that may be assessed under section 935.24 of the Revised Code; (K) Any other provisions necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.02
§ 940.02. Ohio soil and water conservation commission; powers and duties
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340, House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly There is hereby established in the department of agriculture the Ohio soil and water conservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members of equal status and authority, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and one of whom shall be designated by resolution of the board of directors of the Ohio federation of soil and water conservation districts. The directors of agriculture, environmental protection, and natural resources, the vice-president for agricultural administration of the Ohio state university, and an officer of the Ohio federation of soil and water conservation districts, or their designees, may serve as ex officio members of the commission, but without the power to vote. A vacancy in the office of an appointed member shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Of the appointed members, four shall be persons who have a knowledge of or interest in agricultural production and the natural resources of the state. One member shall represent rural interests and one member shall represent urban interests. Not more than three of the appointed members shall be members of the same political party. Terms of office of the member designated by the board of directors of the federation and the members appointed by the governor shall be for four years, commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Each appointed member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any appointed 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. The commission shall organize by selecting from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each quarter of each calendar year and shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be open to the public for inspection. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson upon receipt of a written request signed by two or more members of the commission. Written notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be sent to each member of the commission. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission may adopt rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The governor may remove any appointed member of the commission at any time for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, after giving to the member a copy of the charges against the member and an opportunity to be heard publicly in person or by counsel in the member's defense. Any such act of removal by the governor is final. A statement of the findings of the governor, the reason for the governor's action, and the answer, if any, of the member shall be filed by the governor with the secretary of state and shall be open to public inspection. All members of the commission shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members. Upon recommendation by the commission, the director of agriculture shall designate an executive secretary and provide staff necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the commission. The commission shall do all of the following: (A) Determine distribution of funds under section 940.15 of the Revised Code, recommend to the director and other agencies the levels of appropriations to special funds established to assist soil and water conservation districts, and recommend the amount of federal funds to be requested and policies for the use of such funds in support of soil and water conservation district programs; (B) Assist in keeping the board of supervisors of soil and water conservation districts informed of its powers and duties, program opportunities, and the activities and experience of all other districts, and facilitate the interchange of advice, experience, and cooperation between the districts; (C) Seek the cooperation and assistance of the federal government or any of its agencies, and of agencies of this state, in the work of the districts; (D) Adopt appropriate rules governing the conduct of elections provided for in this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, provided that only owners and occupiers of lands situated within the boundaries of the districts or proposed districts to which the elections apply shall be eligible to vote in the elections; (E) Recommend to the director priorities for planning and construction of small watershed projects, and make recommendations to the director concerning coordination of programs as proposed and implemented in agreements with soil and water conservation districts; (F) Recommend to the directors of agriculture, environmental protection, and natural resources, the governor, and the general assembly programs and legislation with respect to the operations of soil and water conservation districts that will encourage proper soil, water, and other natural resource management for farm, rural, suburban, and urban land and promote the economic and social development of the state; (G) Recommend to the director of agriculture a procedure for coordination of a program of agricultural pollution abatement. Implementation of such a program shall be based on water quality standards adopted pursuant to section 6111.041 of the Revised Code. The director of environmental protection may coordinate with the division of soil and water conservation in the department of agriculture and soil and water conservation districts for the abatement of agricultural pollution. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated June 11, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.02
§ 935.02. Possession of dangerous wild animal prohibited
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall possess a dangerous wild animal on or after January 1, 2014. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of section 935.06 of the Revised Code, no person shall acquire, buy, sell, trade, or transfer possession or ownership of a dangerous wild animal on or after the effective date of this section. (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, a person that operates a rescue facility may acquire, except by purchase, possession or ownership of a dangerous wild animal if one of the following applies: (a) Prior to January 1, 2014, the person is authorized to do so by the director of agriculture in accordance with procedures adopted by the director. (b) On or after January 1, 2014, the person has obtained a rescue facility permit under section 935.101 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.25
§ 940.25. Schedule of damages
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) After preparing the project survey, design, and plans for constructing the proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall prepare a schedule of damages as part of the estimate of the total cost of constructing the proposed improvement. (B) The schedule of damages shall include both of the following: (1) An estimate of the value of land or other property necessary to be acquired through purchase or voluntary transfer or appropriated in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.62 of the Revised Code and a description of that land or other property; (2) An estimate of the total damages to be sustained by any landowner as a result of the construction and subsequent maintenance of a proposed improvement, along with the name and address of each landowner that is alleged to be damaged, the amount of each landowner's estimated damages, and an explanation of each landowner's damages.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.12
§ 959.12. Alteration of brands
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall maliciously alter or deface an artificial earmark or brand upon a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, that is the property of another.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.05
§ 941.05. Inspections - authority and enforcement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly (A) No owner or bailee of the premises or means of conveyance on which an animal is contained, shall fail to provide all reasonable assistance to a person authorized under section 941.04 of the Revised Code, if that person requests to make an inspection of such premises or means of conveyance. (B) During any inspection by an authorized person, no person shall conceal or attempt to conceal any animal on the premises or means of conveyance on which such authorized person is conducting his inspection. (C) Any law enforcement officer of the state or a political division thereof shall, within such officer's area of jurisdiction, assist any authorized person in the enforcement of Chapter 941. of the Revised Code when requested to do so by the director of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 981.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 981 / § 981.06
§ 981.06. Additional compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person taking a raft, fleet, or platform, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the fees provided in such section, shall receive a reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for such property not exceeding the following rates: (A) For each fleet, two dollars per day; (B) For each raft, fifty cents per day; (C) For each platform, twenty-five cents per day. If a person takes a saw log or other log or tree prepared for sale, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, and it remains in his possession over thirty days from the time of so taking before the owner thereof offers to pay the charges provided in this section and section 981.05 of the Revised Code, he shall receive in addition to such charges twenty-five cents for each log or tree prepared for sale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.04
§ 918.04. Rules to administer meat inspection
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 House Bill 645 - 123rd General Assembly The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules that are necessary to administer sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.04
§ 921.04. Protection of trade secrets or commercial or financial information
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 House Bill 1015 - 111th General Assembly (A) In submitting data required for product registration under this chapter, the applicant may: (1) Clearly mark any portions thereof which in his opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; (2) Submit such marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director of agriculture shall not make public privileged or confidential information which in his judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained from a person, except that, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, information relating to formulae of products acquired by authorization of this chapter may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted. (C) If the director proposes to release for inspection information which the applicant or registrant believes to be protected from disclosure under division (B) of this section, he shall notify the applicant or registrant, in writing, by certified mail. The director shall not thereafter make available for inspection such data until thirty days after receipt of the notice by the applicant or registrant. During this period, the applicant or registrant may institute an action in an appropriate court for a declaratory judgment as to whether such information is subject to protection under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.56
§ 941.56. Disinfection of premises or means of conveyance
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 842 - 107th General Assembly The premises or means of conveyance from which a reactor has been removed shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the owner of such premises or means of conveyance with a disinfectant approved by the department of agriculture, in accordance with regulations which the department may adopt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.32
§ 911.32. Vitamin and mineral requirement for flour
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly (A) No person shall manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale, flour for human consumption in this state unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such flour: (1) Not less than two and not more than two and five-tenths milligrams of thiamine; (2) Not less than one and two-tenths and not more than one and five-tenths milligrams of riboflavin; (3) Not less than sixteen and not more than twenty milligrams of niacin or niacin-amide; (4) Not less than thirteen and not more than sixteen and five-tenths milligrams of iron; (5) In addition to the ingredients required by divisions (A)(1) to (A)(4), inclusive, of this section, self-rising flour shall contain not less than five hundred and not more than fifteen hundred milligrams of calcium. (B) This section does not apply to flour sold to distributors, bakers, or other processors, if the purchaser furnishes the seller a certificate in such form as the director of agriculture prescribes, certifying that such flour will be: (1) Resold to a distributor, baker, or other processor; (2) Used in the manufacture, mixing, or compounding of flour, white bread, or rolls, enriched to meet sections 911.31 to 911.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code; (3) Used in the manufacture of products other than flour, white bread, or rolls. No purchaser furnishing any such certificate shall use or resell the flour purchased in any manner other than as prescribed in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.07
§ 911.07. Storage
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All bakery products and their ingredients shall be stored, handled, transported, and kept in such manner as to protect them from spoilage, vermin, contamination, disease, and unwholesomeness. No ingredient, or material, including water, shall be used therein which is spoiled or contaminated or which may render the product unwholesome, unfit for food, or injurious to health.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.07
§ 919.07. Sign to be displayed by establishment
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly No proprietor, manager, or person in charge of a meat market, hotel, restaurant, lunchroom, cafeteria, or eating house, industrial, fraternal, educational, or otherwise, in which meals are served to the public, shall therein sell, serve, or use in cooking for consumption by the public, on or off the premises, horse meat or horse meat food products, without posting a sign in a conspicuous place, which shall be white and not less than twelve by eighteen inches in size, upon which shall be printed in plain black Roman letters, "Horse Meat Sold Here" or "Horse Meat Served Here," whichever is applicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.11
§ 935.11. Persons possessing both dangerous wild animals and restricted snakes
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly (A) A person that possesses at least one dangerous wild animal and at least one restricted snake shall apply for both a wildlife shelter permit issued under section 935.06 of the Revised Code and a restricted snake possession permit issued under section 935.09 of the Revised Code. (B) A person that possesses at least one dangerous wild animal and that intends to propagate the animal solely for the purposes of a species survival program that complies with rules and that possesses at least one restricted snake and that intends to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall apply for both a wildlife propagation permit issued under section 935.07 of the Revised Code and a restricted snake propagation permit issued under section 935.10 of the Revised Code. (C) A person that possesses at least one dangerous wild animal and does not intend to propagate the animal and that possesses at least one restricted snake and intends to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall apply for both a wildlife shelter permit issued under section 935.06 of the Revised Code and a restricted snake propagation permit issued under section 935.10 of the Revised Code. (D) A person that possesses at least one dangerous wild animal and that intends to propagate the animal solely for the purposes of a species survival program that complies with rules and that possesses at least one restricted snake and does not intend to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall apply for both a wildlife propagation permit issued under section 935.07 of the Revised Code and a restricted snake possession permit issued under section 935.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.102
§ 926.102. 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, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.35
§ 911.35. Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 911.31 to 911.34 , inclusive, of the Revised Code were intended to promote the public health, safety, and welfare, and such sections shall be liberally construed to effectuate this purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.07
§ 909.07. Deputy apiarists
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may appoint, with the consent and concurrence of the director of agriculture, deputy apiarists. Except as otherwise specified in this section, a deputy serves at the pleasure of the applicable board of county commissioners. A deputy apiarist shall be paid a salary as the board of county commissioners determines for inspection work and other expenses as are necessarily incurred directly related to inspection work. Before the board approves the salary and expenses for payment, a deputy apiarist shall submit the same to the director for review. A deputy apiarist shall work under the direction of the director and shall be responsible for the inspection of apiaries in assigned counties prescribed by the department of agriculture and for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The director may terminate the appointment of any deputy apiarist if there is evidence that the deputy has been unethical, negligent, incompetent, inefficient, or untrustworthy in the discharge of official duties. A deputy apiarist shall furnish to the director reports as are required by the director. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.99
§ 925.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates sections 925.21 to 925.32 or 925.51 to 925.59 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 925.62 of the Revised Code 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. (C) Whoever violates section 925.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Disclaimer Contact About