Ohio Rev. Code § 939.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.09
§ 939.09. Penalty for unlawful 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 (D) of this section, the director of agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates section 939.08 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 939.08 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 939.08 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 939.08 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules. Each day during which manure is applied in violation of section 939.08 of the Revised Code constitutes a separate violation. (D)(1) The owner or operator of a small agricultural operation or a medium agricultural operation may apply to the director for an exemption from the prohibition established in division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code. If the director or the director's designee determines that it is appropriate, the director or the director's designee may issue such an exemption as follows: (a) For a medium agricultural operation, for a period ending not later than one year after July 3, 2015; (b) For a small agricultural operation, for a period ending not later than two years after July 3, 2015. (2) The director shall establish the form of the application for an exemption in rules adopted under division (E) of this section. (3) The director or the director's designee shall approve or deny an application for an exemption submitted under division (D)(1) of this section not later than thirty days after an application has been submitted. (4) The director or the director's designee may deny an application for an exemption or revoke an exemption approved under division (D)(3) of this section if the director or the director's designee determines that the owner or operator is not in substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it other than violating division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code. (5) An owner or operator that has been issued an exemption under this section is not subject to civil penalties assessed for a violation of division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code during the exemption period. (6) An owner or operator that has an initial application for an exemption that is pending the director's review is not subject to civil penalties assessed for a violation of division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code. (E) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish both of the following: (1) The amount of the civil penalty assessed under this section. The civil penalty shall be not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation. (2) Requirements governing the application form for an exemption submitted under division (D) of this section. The rules shall require the form to include all of the following: (a) A statement from the applicant affirming that the applicant understands the provisions of sections 939.08 and 939.09 of the Revised Code; (b) A statement from the applicant affirming that the applicant understands that the applicant must be in compliance with procedures established in the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service practice standard code 590 prepared for this state except procedures that are in conflict with this section and section 939.08 of the Revised Code; (c) A place for the applicant to explain the reasons for the necessity for the exemption; (d) A place on the form that provides information on programs that may assist an applicant with methods to comply with division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code; (e) A place on the form that provides the applicant an opportunity to request technical assistance or information from the director or the applicable soil and water conservation district to assist the applicant to comply with division (A) of section 939.08 of the Revised Code. (F) Money collected from civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the agricultural pollution abatement fund created in section 939.10 of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Small agricultural operation" means an agricultural operation in the western basin that stables or confines fewer than any of the numbers of animals specified in divisions (Q)(1)(a) to (m) of section 903.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Medium agricultural operation" means an agricultural operation in the western basin that stables or confines any of the numbers of animals specified in divisions (Q)(1)(a) to (m) of section 903.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Western basin" has the same meaning as in section 905.326 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.03
§ 919.03. Horse meat to be labeled by processor
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly All horse carcasses, horse meat, and horse meat food products sold, or exposed or offered for sale at retail in this state shall be labeled by the processor thereof to show his name and address and the name of the carcasses, horse meat, and horse meat food product.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.01
§ 925.01. Production, processing, maintenance and sale of shell eggs definitions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly As used in sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Food processor" means any person, other than an egg breaker, who utilizes broken eggs to produce a food product. (B) "Processor" means any person engaged in the operation of assembling, receiving, grading, or packing shell eggs for commercial sale or distribution. (C) "Producer" means any person engaged in the operation of egg production who maintains annually more than five hundred birds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.19
§ 959.19. Prohibition against servicing mare in public street
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No owner of a stallion or jack or the agent of such owner, shall permit it to serve a mare within thirty feet of a public street or alley in a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.021
§ 955.021. [Former R.C. 955.011, amended and renumbered by H.B. 247, 136th General Assembly, effective 03/20/2026] Free and permanent registration for guide, leader, hearing, or support dogs
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) When an application is made for registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog is an assistance dog, the owner of the dog shall be exempt from any fee for the registration. Registration for an assistance dog shall be permanent and not subject to annual renewal so long as the dog is an assistance dog. Certificates and tags stamped "Ohio Assistance Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number, shall be issued upon registration of such a dog. Duplicate certificates and tags for a dog registered in accordance with this section, upon proper proof of loss, shall be issued and no fee required. (B) As used in this section and in sections 955.16 and 955.43 of the Revised Code: (1) "Person with a mobility impairment" means any person, regardless of age, who is subject to a physiological impairment regardless of its cause, nature, or extent that renders the person unable to move about without the aid of crutches, a wheelchair, or any other form of support, or that limits the person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit, rise, or perform any related function. "Person with a mobility impairment" includes a person with a neurological or psychological disability that limits the person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit, rise, or perform any related function. "Person with a mobility impairment" also includes a person with a seizure disorder and a person who is diagnosed with autism. (2) "Blind" means either of the following: (a) Vision twenty/two hundred or less in the better eye with proper correction; (b) Field defect in the better eye with proper correction that contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees. (3) "Assistance dog" means a dog that has been trained by a nonprofit or for-profit special agency and that is one of the following: (a) A guide dog; (b) A hearing dog; (c) A service dog. (4) "Guide dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a blind person. (5) "Hearing dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person. (6) "Service dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in training to assist a person with a mobility impairment. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.04
§ 925.04. Records of date of processing of shell eggs
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly Each producer and processor shall keep records of the date of processing of the shell eggs distributed, sold, or offered for sale by him. Each producer and processor shall maintain such records for not less than six months after the shell eggs are packaged and shall make the records available to the director of agriculture or his designee upon request.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.23
§ 901.23. Farmland preservation advisory board
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the farmland preservation advisory board consisting of twelve voting members appointed by the director of agriculture as follows: (1) One member who is a county commissioner or a representative of a statewide organization that represents county commissioners; (2) One member who is a township trustee or a representative of a statewide organization that represents township trustees; (3) One representative of an Ohio university; (4) One representative of a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of farmland; (5) One representative each of development, environmental, planning, and soil and water conservation interests; (6) One farmer from each of the state's four quadrants. Terms of office shall be staggered and shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed, except that the term of any member who is a county commissioner or township trustee shall end when the member ceases to serve as a county commissioner or township trustee. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member was appointed shall serve for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue to serve 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. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The executive director of the office of farmland preservation in the department of agriculture or another employee of the department who is designated by the director shall serve as the nonvoting chairperson of the board. The director annually shall designate one member of the board to serve as its vice-chairperson. The board may adopt bylaws governing its operation and shall meet at a time when the director, or the director's designee, considers it appropriate in order for the board to provide advice as required under division (B) of this section. (B) The board shall provide advice to the director regarding all of the following: (1) The design and implementation of an agricultural easement purchase program; (2) The selection of applications that will be awarded matching grants under division (D) of section 901.22 of the Revised Code for the purchase of agricultural easements; (3) The design and implementation of any other statewide farmland protection measures that the director considers appropriate. (C) Serving as a member of the board does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment. (D) A board member shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of duties as a board member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.10
§ 955.10. [Former R.C. 955.221, amended and renumbered by H.B. 247, 136th General Assembly, effective 03/20/2026] Local ordinances or resolutions pertaining to dog control
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of this section, ordinances or resolutions to control dogs include, but are not limited to, ordinances or resolutions concerned with the ownership, keeping, or harboring of dogs, the restraint of dogs, dogs as public nuisances, and dogs as a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, except that such ordinances or resolutions as permitted in division (B) of this section shall not prohibit the use of any dog which is lawfully engaged in hunting or training for the purpose of hunting while accompanied by a licensed hunter. However, such dogs at all other times and in all other respects shall be subject to the ordinance or resolution permitted by this section, unless actually in the field and engaged in hunting or in legitimate training for such purpose. (B)(1) A board of county commissioners may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the unincorporated areas of the county that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code. (2) A board of township trustees may adopt and enforce resolutions to control dogs within the township that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code, if the township is located in a county where the board of county commissioners has not adopted resolutions to control dogs within the unincorporated areas of the county under this section. In the event that the board of county commissioners adopts resolutions to control dogs in the county after a board of township trustees has adopted resolutions to control dogs within the township, the resolutions adopted by the county board of commissioners prevail over the resolutions adopted by the board of township trustees. (3) A municipal corporation may adopt and enforce ordinances to control dogs within the municipal corporation that are not otherwise in conflict with any other provision of the Revised Code. (C) No person shall recklessly violate any resolution or ordinance adopted under this section. (D) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense. Fines levied and collected for violations of that division shall be distributed by the mayor or clerk of the municipal or county court in accordance with section 733.40 , division (F) of section 1901.31 , or division (C) of section 1907.20 of the Revised Code to the treasury of the county, township, or municipal corporation whose resolution or ordinance was violated. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.151
§ 955.151. Chemical capture of companion animals
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Animal shelter" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. "Certified officer" means an individual who meets the requirements established under section 4729.534 of the Revised Code. "Chemical capture" means using an anesthetic drug or sedative on a companion animal to do any of the following: (1) Immobilize and capture; (2) Attempt to immobilize and capture; (3) Attempt to immobilize or capture. "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (B) A certified officer appointed or employed by an animal shelter or county dog warden that holds a chemical capture classification granted under section 4729.533 of the Revised Code may, in accordance with that section and rules adopted under it, chemically capture a companion animal to limit injury to the officer, the animal or another animal, or the public.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.08
§ 903.08. Participating in national pollutant discharge elimination system
Status: in_force

December 22, 2009 House Bill 363 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture is authorized to participate in the national pollutant discharge elimination system in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Not later than one hundred eighty days after March 15, 2001, the director shall prepare a state program in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 123.21 for point sources that are subject to this section and shall submit the program to the United States environmental protection agency for approval. (2) On and after the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves the state program submitted under division (A)(1) of this section, the authority to enforce terms and conditions of NPDES permits previously issued under division (J) of section 6111.03 or under section 6111.035 of the Revised Code for the discharging, transporting, or handling of storm water from an animal feeding facility or of pollutants from concentrated animal feeding operations is transferred from the director of environmental protection to the director of agriculture. Thereafter, the director of environmental protection shall have no authority to enforce the terms and conditions of those NPDES permits. After the transfer of authority under division (A)(2) of this section, the NPDES permits concerning which authority has been transferred shall be considered to have been issued under this section. (B)(1) On and after the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves the NPDES program submitted by the director of agriculture under this section, no person shall discharge pollutants from a concentrated animal feeding operation into waters of the state without first obtaining a NPDES permit issued by the director of agriculture under this section. Any person that is required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to obtain a permit for the discharge of pollutants from a concentrated animal feeding operation shall apply to the director for an individual NPDES permit or for coverage under a general NPDES permit. The director is authorized to issue, revoke, modify, or deny such an individual permit or issue, revoke, or deny coverage under a general permit in compliance with all requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Violation of division (B)(1) of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance for purposes of state enforcement of this section. (2) Persons that have been issued a permit by the director of environmental protection under division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code for the discharge of pollutants from a concentrated animal feeding operation into the waters of the state prior to the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves the NPDES program submitted by the director of agriculture under this section may continue to operate under that permit until it expires or is modified or revoked. Such a permit shall be enforced by the director of agriculture upon the transfer of authority to enforce the terms and conditions of the permit under division (A)(2) of this section. (C)(1) On and after the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves the NPDES program submitted by the director of agriculture under this section, no person shall discharge storm water resulting from an animal feeding facility without first obtaining a NPDES permit issued by the director of agriculture in accordance with rules when such a permit is required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Violation of division (C)(1) of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance for purposes of state enforcement of this section. (2) Persons that have been issued a NPDES permit by the director of environmental protection under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code for the discharge of storm water from an animal feeding facility prior to the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves the NPDES program submitted by the director of agriculture under this section may continue to operate under that permit until it expires or is modified or revoked. Such a permit shall be enforced by the director of agriculture upon the transfer of authority to enforce the terms and conditions of the permit under division (A)(2) of this section. (D) In accordance with rules, an applicant for a NPDES permit issued under this section shall submit a fee in an amount established by rule together with, except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section, an application for the permit to the director of agriculture on a form prescribed by the director. The application shall include any information required by rule. The director or the director's authorized representative may help an applicant for a NPDES permit during the application process by providing guidance and technical assistance. (E) The director of agriculture shall issue NPDES permits in accordance with this section and section 903.09 of the Revised Code. The director shall deny an application for a NPDES permit if any of the following applies: (1) The application contains misleading or false information. (2) The administrator of the United States environmental protection agency objects in writing to the issuance of the NPDES permit in accordance with section 402(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (3) The director determines that the proposed discharge or source would conflict with an areawide waste treatment management plan adopted in accordance with section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Additional grounds for the denial of a NPDES permit shall be those established in this chapter and rules. (F) To the extent consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the director of agriculture shall issue general NPDES permits that will apply in lieu of individual NPDES permits for categories of point sources for which the director determines that all of the following apply: (1) Any discharges authorized by a general permit will have only minimal cumulative adverse effects on the environment when the discharges are considered collectively and individually. (2) The discharges are more appropriately authorized by a general permit than by an individual permit. (3) Each category of point sources satisfies the criteria established in rules. A person who is required to obtain a NPDES permit shall submit to the director a notice of the person's intent to be covered under an existing general permit or, at the person's option, an application for an individual NPDES permit. Upon receipt of a notice of intent for coverage under an existing general permit, the director shall notify the applicant in writing that the person is covered by the general permit if the person satisfies the criteria established in rules for eligibility for such coverage. If the person is ineligible for coverage under the general permit, the director shall require the submission of an application for an individual NPDES permit. (G) The director of agriculture shall establish terms and conditions of NPDES permits in accordance with rules. Terms and conditions shall be designed to achieve and maintain full compliance with national effluent limitations, national standards of performance for new sources, the most current water quality standards adopted under section 6111.041 of the Revised Code, the most current antidegradation policy adopted under section 6111.12 of the Revised Code, and other requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. In establishing the terms and conditions of a NPDES permit, the director, to the extent consistent with that act, shall consider technical feasibility and economic costs and shall allow a reasonable period of time for coming into compliance with the permit. (H) An animal feeding facility that is required to obtain both a NPDES permit and a permit to operate shall be issued a single permit to operate incorporating the terms and conditions established by both permits. The permit to operate expressly shall designate the terms and conditions required under the NPDES program as federally enforceable. All other provisions are enforceable under state law only and expressly shall be designated accordingly. (I) A NPDES permit may be issued under this section for a period not to exceed five years. (J) A NPDES permit issued under this section may be renewed. An application for renewal of a NPDES permit shall be submitted to the director of agriculture at least one hundred eighty days prior to the expiration date of the permit and shall comply with the requirements governing applications for NPDES permits established under this section and by rule. (K)(1) No person shall make any false statement, representation, or certification in an application for a NPDES permit or in any form, notice, or report required to be submitted to the director pursuant to terms and conditions established in a NPDES permit issued under this section. (2) No person shall render inaccurate any monitoring method or device that is required under the terms and conditions of a NPDES permit issued under this section. (L) The director may modify, suspend, or revoke a NPDES permit issued under this section for cause as established by rule. No NPDES permit issued under this section shall be modified, suspended, or revoked without a written order stating the findings that led to the modification, suspension, or revocation. In addition, the permittee has a right to an administrative hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, except that section 119.12 of the Revised Code does not apply. Further, an order of the director modifying, suspending, or revoking a NPDES permit may be appealed to the environmental review appeals commission under sections 3745.04 to 3745.06 of the Revised Code. (M)(1) No person shall violate any effluent limitation established by rule. (2) No person shall violate any other provision of a NPDES permit issued under this section. (3) Compliance with a NPDES permit issued under this section constitutes compliance with this section. (N) This section, including the state program authorized in division (A)(1) of this section, shall be administered in a manner consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.13
§ 959.13. Cruelty to animals
Status: in_force

January 17, 1977 House Bill 858 - 111th General Assembly (A) No person shall: (1) Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and water; (2) Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement, access to shelter from wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise become sick or in some other way suffer. Division (A)(2) of this section does not apply to animals impounded or confined prior to slaughter. For the purpose of this section, shelter means a man-made enclosure, windbreak, sunshade, or natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed from the earth's contour, tree development, or vegetation. (3) Carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner; (4) Keep animals other than cattle, poultry or fowl, swine, sheep, or goats in an enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air, nor or feed cows on food that produces impure or unwholesome milk; (5) Detain livestock in railroad cars or compartments longer than twenty-eight hours after they are so placed without supplying them with necessary food, water, and attention, nor permit such stock to be so crowded as to overlie, crush, wound, or kill each other. (B) Upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of any particular shipment of livestock, which written request shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of lading or other railroad form, the length of time in which such livestock may be detained in any cars or compartments without food, water, and attention, may be extended to thirty-six hours without penalty therefor. This section does not prevent the dehorning of cattle. (C) All fines collected for violations of this section shall be paid to the society or association for the prevention of cruelty to animals, if there be such in the county, township, or municipal corporation where such violation occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.34
§ 911.34. Enforcement - rules and regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 911.31 to 911.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall make, amend, or rescind rules, regulations, and orders for the efficient enforcement of such sections. (B) Whenever the vitamin and mineral requirements of such sections no longer conform with the legally established standards governing the interstate shipment of enriched flour and enriched white bread or enriched rolls, the director, in order to maintain uniformity between intrastate and interstate vitamin and mineral requirements for the foods within such sections, shall modify or revise such requirements to conform with amended standards governing interstate shipments. The director shall report any revisions in vitamin and mineral requirements to the legislature. (C) If the director finds there is an existing or imminent shortage of any ingredient required by sections 911.31 to 911.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and that because of such shortage the sale and distribution of flour, white bread, or rolls may be impeded by the enforcement of such sections, he shall issue an order, to be effective immediately, permitting the omission of such ingredient from flour, white bread, or rolls; if it is necessary or appropriate, he may except such foods from labeling requirements until the further order of the director. Any such findings may be made without a hearing, on the basis of an order or of factual information supplied by the appropriate federal agency or officer. In the absence of any such order of the appropriate federal agency or factual information supplied by it, the director on his own motion may, and upon receiving the sworn statements of ten or more persons subject to such sections that such persons believe such a shortage exists or is imminent, the director shall, within twenty days, hold a public hearing with respect to such shortage at which hearing any interested person may present evidence. The director shall make findings based upon the evidence presented. The director shall publish notice of any such hearing at least ten days prior to the hearing. If the director believes that such shortage no longer exists, he shall hold a public hearing, after at least ten days' notice has been given, at which any interested person may present evidence, and the director shall make findings based upon the evidence so presented. If he finds that such shortage no longer exists, he shall issue an order to become effective not less than thirty days after publication of such order, revoking the previous order. Undisposed floor stocks of flour on hand at the effective date of such revocation order, or flour manufactured prior to such effective date, for sale in this state, may be sold or disposed of after such effective date. (D) All orders, rules, and regulations adopted by the director under sections 911.31 to 911.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be published in the manner prescribed in division (E) of this section, and, within the limits specified by such sections, shall become effective upon the date fixed by the director. (E) Whenever publication of any notice, order, rule, or regulation is required by such sections, such publication shall be made at least three times in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in this state. (F) The director, or such officers or employees under his supervision as he designates, may take samples for analysis and conduct examinations and investigations, and enter, at reasonable times, any factory, mill, bakery, warehouse, shop, or establishment where flour, white bread, or rolls are manufactured, processed, packed, sold, or held, or any vehicle being used for the transportation of such products, and inspect any such place or vehicle, any flour, white bread, or rolls in such place or vehicle, and all pertinent equipment, materials, containers, and labeling. Last updated September 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.10
§ 901.10. Division of weights and measures - state sealer - duties
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the department of agriculture a division of weights and measures. The director of agriculture shall be the state sealer of weights and measures. The director shall appoint a deputy state sealer as prescribed by section 901.08 of the Revised Code. Such deputy shall be chief of the division and shall be responsible to the director for the administration and enforcement of all weights and measures laws. (B) The director may call training sessions for sealers of weights and measures from counties and municipal corporations and their inspectors for the purpose of instructing them in the proper administration of weights and measures laws and rules adopted pursuant thereto. Traveling expenses incurred by such officials shall be paid out of the treasury of the proper county or municipal corporation upon the presentation of a certificate from the director certifying the fact of such attendance, and upon allowance by the proper authority of the county or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.99
§ 924.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 217 - 127th General Assembly Whoever violates division (A) of section 924.16 or of section 924.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.24
§ 913.24. Required ingredients
Status: in_force

July 14, 1970 Senate Bill 497 - 108th General Assembly (A) All nonalcoholic flavored carbonated beverages or soda waters shall be prepared from a sweetening ingredient or nonnutritive sweetener, flavoring, potable carbonated water, with or without harmless color, and with or without acidulation by the use of harmless organic acids, or pure phosphoric acid; all nonalcoholic flavored still beverages and fruitades shall be prepared from a sweetening ingredient or nonnutritive sweetener, flavoring, potable water, with or without harmless color, and with or without acidulation by the use of harmless organic acids or pure phosphoric acid. (B) Sweetened flavored carbonated beverages, noncarbonated beverages, or fruitades shall contain not less than eight per cent of sugars by weight, on a dry basis, except dry beverages, which if labeled "dry," shall contain not less than seven per cent of sugars by weight on a dry basis, and except beverages made in accordance with division (F) of this section. (C) Whenever colors are contained in soft drinks or soft drink flavors, they shall be pure vegetable artificial colors or certified artificial colors approved under the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or caramel. Products containing artificial color shall be labeled "artificially colored" or with an equivalent designation approved by the director of agriculture. (D) All water used in the manufacture or preparation of any soft drink shall be safe potable water free from pathogenic bacteria. (E) Soft drinks or soft drink flavors may be preserved with benzoate of soda or with such other preservatives and in amounts as are approved by the director. When such preservatives are used, the name of such preservative must be declared on the label of such soft drinks or soft drink flavors. (F) Any "diet beverage" or diet beverage base may be made with nonnutritive or combinations of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners and shall contain only ingredients approved by the director. The caloric value of such beverage shall be at least fifty per cent less than the caloric value of the comparable product made without nonnutritive sweeteners. The label of a beverage made with combinations of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners shall bear a statement of its caloric content per fluid ounce, its carbohydrate content per fluid ounce, the name and percentage of nonnutritive sweetener used, and a statement to the effect that it does contain sweeteners and is not for use by diabetics without the advice of a physician. The label of a beverage made with only nonnutritive sweeteners, with or without flavor ingredients which in their natural state contain residual sugars, shall state that the beverage contains nonnutritive sweeteners, the name and percentage of the nonnutritive sweetener used, and that the beverage is prepared for persons who wish to restrict their intake of ordinary sweets. (G) Water of any kind, prepared or compounded to simulate any natural spring water or natural mineral water, and bearing the name of such natural water, shall be clearly labeled so that it is not misleading, and such water shall not be described as a natural mineral or spring water. All mineral waters, whether of natural or artificial origin, sold or offered for sale must be of good quality when judged by the results of the sanitary chemical analysis, special significance being attributed to the presence of nitrate, to free ammonia in excess of five hundredths of a milligram per liter, and to an undue amount of organic matter; if not so found, they are adulterated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.14
§ 921.14. Records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each commercial applicator shall keep a record of both of the following: (1) All diagnostic inspections conducted to determine infestations of pests as required by rules adopted under division (C) of section 921.16 of the Revised Code; (2) All pesticide applications made by the applicator and by any trained serviceperson as required by rules adopted under division (C) of section 921.16 of the Revised Code. Each commercial applicator shall submit copies of the records required under division (A) of this section to the pesticide business, other business, state agency, or political subdivision that employs the commercial applicator. (B) Each pesticide business, other business, state agency, or political subdivision that receives copies of records under division (A) of this section shall retain them for a period of time established by rule. (C) Each private applicator shall keep a record of all restricted use pesticide applications made by the applicator or under the applicator's direct supervision as required by rules adopted under division (C) of section 921.16 of the Revised Code. In addition, each private applicator shall maintain the record for a period of three years from the date of the restricted use pesticide application to which that record refers or for any longer period that the director of agriculture determines necessary. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.11
§ 921.11. Applying restricted use pesticides
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "use" means any of the following: (1) Performing pre-application activities involving mixing and loading the pesticide; (2) Applying the pesticide, including supervising the use of a pesticide by a noncertified applicator; (3) Performing other pesticide-related activities, including transporting or storing pesticide containers that have been opened, cleaning equipment, and disposing of excess pesticides, spray mix, equipment wash waters, pesticide containers, and other pesticide-containing materials. (B) No individual shall use restricted use pesticides unless the individual is one of the following: (1) Licensed under section 921.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Licensed under division (D) of this section; (3) A trained serviceperson who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator; (4) An immediate family member or a subordinate employee of a private applicator who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the direct supervision of that private applicator. (C) No individual shall directly supervise the application of a restricted use pesticide unless the individual is one of the following: (1) Licensed under section 921.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Licensed under division (D) of this section. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules to establish standards and procedures for the licensure of private applicators. An individual shall apply for a private applicator license to the director, on forms prescribed by the director. The individual shall include in the application the pesticide-use category or categories of the license for which the individual is applying and any other information that the director determines is essential to the administration of this chapter. The fee for each license shall be established by rule. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. If a license is not issued or renewed, the state shall retain any fee submitted as payment for reasonable expenses of processing the application. (2) The director shall issue a private applicator license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (a) The individual holds a private applicator license in another state. (b) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a private applicator in a state that does not issue that license. A license issued under this division shall be limited to the pesticide-use category or categories for which the applicant is licensed in another state or has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification in that state. (E) An individual who is licensed under this section shall use or directly supervise the use of a restricted use pesticide only for the purpose of producing agricultural commodities on property that is owned or rented by the individual or the individual's employer. (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. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.01
§ 971.01. Owner defined
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicable county recorder" means the county recorder of a county in which a partition fence is, was, or is not required to be constructed and maintained in good repair. (B) "Build a fence," "construct a fence," and "maintain a fence in good repair" include any necessary clearing of land. (C) "Livestock" means horses, mules, asses, hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, and any other animal that is raised or maintained domestically for food, fiber, or hunting purposes. (D) "Owner" means both of the following: (1) The owner of land in fee simple, of estates for life, of easements, or of rights-of-way while used by the owners thereof as farm outlets; (2) Any of the following with regard to any land that it owns, leases, manages, or otherwise controls and that is adjacent to land used to graze livestock: (a) The department of natural resources; (b) A conservancy district organized under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code; (c) A political subdivision with a real property interest in recreational trails. (E) "Partition fence" means a fence that is located on the division line between the adjoining properties of two owners. "Partition fence" includes a fence that has been considered a division line between two such properties even though a subsequent land survey indicates that the fence is not located directly on the division line. (F) "Preferred partition fence" means a partition fence that is a woven wire fence, either standard or high tensile, with one or two strands of barbed wire located not less than forty-eight inches from the ground or a nonelectric high tensile fence of at least seven strands and that is constructed in accordance with the United States natural resources conservation service conservation practice standard for fences, code 382. "Preferred partition fence" includes a barbed wire, electric, or live fence, provided that the owners of adjoining properties agree, in writing, to allow such fences. (G) "Recreational trail" has the same meaning as in section 1519.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.07
§ 941.07. Dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly (A) When the director of agriculture is notified by any person of the possibility of the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue, the director immediately shall order an investigation to be made. In order to conduct an investigation, the director or the director's designee may quarantine the animal and, if the director or the director's designee considers it necessary, the geographic area in which the animal was located immediately, so that the director or the director's designee is able to inspect, examine, and test the animal and other animals within the geographic area. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if, as the result of the investigation, an animal is found to be infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with a residue, the director or the director's authorized representative may issue quarantine orders, without a prior hearing, pursuant to this section in order to prevent dangerously contagious or infectious diseases, diseases of concern, or residues from affecting other animals in the state or the public health. No person shall fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the quarantine order. (C) No animal or its means of conveyance shall be brought to or removed from the premises or geographic area disclosed in a quarantine order without written permission from the director or the director's authorized representative. (D) The director, if possible, shall notify any person owning or having custody of a quarantined animal either in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested. Evidence of the notification of a quarantine order shall be proved by affidavit or by the certified mail return receipt. The director also may post the quarantine order at two conspicuous places on the quarantined premises. (E) A quarantine order shall contain all of the following information: (1) The name and address of the person owning and having custody of the quarantined animal, if known; (2) A description of the quarantined animal; (3) A description of the premises and means of conveyance affected by the quarantine; (4) The reason for the quarantine; (5) The terms and conditions applicable to the quarantine; (6) A notice to the effect that persons adversely affected by the quarantine order may request a hearing to review the order. (F) A person adversely affected by a quarantine order, within thirty days after the order is issued, may request in writing a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. A request for a hearing does not stay a quarantine order. (G) A quarantine order shall remain in effect until a written notice of release is issued by the department of agriculture, or until ordered to be removed after a hearing under division (F) of this section. (H) All necessary and proper expenses incurred by the director in the quarantine of an animal shall be paid by the state. However, such expenses shall not include the maintenance, feeding, and quartering of the animal while in quarantine. (I) A copy of the results of any tests or method of detection for a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern, conducted by a person authorized by the department of agriculture, shall be admitted in any court as prima-facie proof of those results when the results are certified by the department or authorized person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.131
§ 959.131. Prohibitions concerning companion animals
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 164 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Companion animal" means any animal that is kept inside a residential dwelling and any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept, including a pet store as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code. "Companion animal" does not include livestock or any wild animal. (2) "Cruelty," "torment," and "torture" have the same meanings as in section 1717.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Residential dwelling" means a structure or shelter or the portion of a structure or shelter that is used by one or more humans for the purpose of a habitation. (4) "Practice of veterinary medicine" has the same meaning as in section 4741.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Wild animal" has the same meaning as in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Federal animal welfare act" means the "Laboratory Animal Act of 1966," Pub. L. No. 89-544, 80 Stat. 350 (1966), 7 U.S.C.A. 2131 et seq., as amended by the "Animal Welfare Act of 1970," Pub. L. No. 91-579, 84 Stat. 1560 (1970), the "Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976," Pub. L. No. 94-279, 90 Stat. 417 (1976), and the "Food Security Act of 1985," Pub. L. No. 99-198, 99 Stat. 1354 (1985), and as it may be subsequently amended. (7) "Dog kennel" means an animal rescue for dogs, a boarding kennel, or a training kennel. (8) "Boarding kennel" and "animal rescue for dogs" have the same meanings as in section 956.01 of the Revised Code. (9) "Training kennel" means an establishment operating for profit that keeps, houses, and maintains dogs for the purpose of training the dogs in return for a fee or other consideration. (10) "Livestock" means horses, mules, and other equidae; cattle, sheep, goats, and other bovidae; swine and other suidae; poultry; alpacas; llamas; captive white-tailed deer; and any other animal that is raised or maintained domestically for food or fiber. (11) "Captive white-tailed deer" has the same meaning as in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code. (12) "Serious physical harm" means any of the following: (a) Physical harm that carries an unnecessary or unjustifiable substantial risk of death; (b) Physical harm that involves either partial or total permanent incapacity; (c) Physical harm that involves acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain. (B) No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against a companion animal. (C) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to a companion animal. (D) No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall negligently do any of the following: (1) Torture, torment, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal; (2) Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation or confinement; (3) Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the lack of adequate shelter. (E) No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall recklessly deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water. (F) No owner, manager, or employee of a dog kennel who confines or is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal; (2) Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it is reasonably expected that the companion animal would die or experience unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering as a result of the deprivation or confinement; (3) Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it is reasonably expected that the companion animal would die or experience unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering as a result of or due to the lack of adequate shelter. (G) No owner, manager, or employee of a dog kennel who confines or is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall negligently do any of the following: (1) Torture, torment, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal; (2) Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation or confinement; (3) Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the lack of adequate shelter. (H) Divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of this section do not apply to any of the following: (1) A companion animal used in scientific research conducted by an institution in accordance with the federal animal welfare act and related regulations; (2) The lawful practice of veterinary medicine by a person who has been issued a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate to do so under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code; (3) Dogs being used or intended for use for hunting or field trial purposes, provided that the dogs are being treated in accordance with usual and commonly accepted practices for the care of hunting dogs; (4) The use of common training devices, if the companion animal is being treated in accordance with usual and commonly accepted practices for the training of animals; (5) The administering of medicine to a companion animal that was properly prescribed by a person who has been issued a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code. (I) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that otherwise provides for the distribution of fine moneys, the clerk of court shall forward all fines the clerk collects that are so imposed for any violation of this section to the treasurer of the political subdivision or the state, whose county humane society or law enforcement agency is to be paid the fine money as determined under this division. The treasurer to whom the fines are forwarded shall pay the fine moneys to the county humane society or the county, township, municipal corporation, or state law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible for or involved in the investigation and prosecution of the violation. If a county humane society receives any fine moneys under this division, the county humane society shall use the fine moneys either to provide the training that is required for humane society agents under section 1717.061 of the Revised Code or to provide additional training for humane society agents. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.08
§ 901.08. Appointment of chiefs of divisions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The director of agriculture shall appoint a chief of the division of administration, a chief of the division of animal health, a chief of the division of livestock environmental permitting, a chief of the division of soil and water conservation, a chief of the division of dairy, a chief of the division of food safety, a chief of the division of markets, a chief of the division of plant health, a chief of the division of weights and measures, a chief of the division of meat inspection, a chief of the division of consumer protection laboratory, a chief of the division of enforcement, and a chief of the division of amusement ride safety.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.18
§ 919.18. Co-operation with federal food and drug administration
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture may act in conjunction with the federal food and drug administration in the regulation of the movement and sale of any horse carcass, horse meat, or horse meat food product intended for human food which may affect the health and welfare of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.321
§ 905.321. Certification required
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Beginning September thirtieth of the third year after August 21, 2014, no person shall apply fertilizer for the purposes of agricultural production unless that person has been certified to do so by the director of agriculture under this section and rules or is acting under the instructions and control of a person who is so certified. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a person shall be certified to apply fertilizer for purposes of agricultural production in accordance with rules. A person that has been so certified shall comply with requirements and procedures established in those rules. The director shall issue a certification to apply fertilizer for purposes of agricultural production in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (1) The individual holds a license or certification in another state. (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a fertilizer applicator in a state that does not issue that license or certification. (C) A person that has been licensed as a commercial applicator under section 921.06 of the Revised Code or as a private applicator under section 921.11 of the Revised Code may apply to be certified under this section, but shall not be required to pay the application fee for certification established in rules adopted under section 905.322 of the Revised Code. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.15
§ 955.15. Impounding dogs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners shall provide nets and other suitab le devices for the taking of dogs in a humane manner, provide a suitable place for impounding dogs, make proper provision for feeding and caring for the same, and provide humane methods for destroying dogs. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the dog warden shall deliver any dog that the warden or the warden's deputies have seized to one of the following: (1) A dog pound operated by the county; (2) Another animal shelter for dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, that operates in a manner suitable for a dog pound and that is able to adopt out, transfer out, or humanely destroy dogs in accordance with state law. (C) A dog warden shall not deliver dogs to an animal shelter for dogs under division (B)(2) of this section unless the board of county commissioners has entered into a written agreement with the animal shelter for dogs to operate as a dog pound on behalf of the county. (D) A pound or animal shelter for dogs to which a dog has been delivered under division (B) of this section shall deal with the dog in accordance with state law, including the maintenance of any public records pertaining to the intake and disposition of the dog. (E) The board shall provide for the payment of reasonable compensation to an animal shelter for dogs described in division (B)(2) of this section for its services so performed out of the dog and kennel fund or the county's general revenue fund. (F) The board may designate and appoint any officers regularly employed by any society organized under sections 1717.02 to 1717.05 of the Revised Code, to act as county dog warden or deputies for the purpose of carrying out sections 955.01 to 955.27 of the Revised Code, if such society whose agents are so employed owns or controls a suitable place for keeping and destroying dogs. Last updated July 15, 2021 at 1:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 961.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 961 / § 961.03
§ 961.03. Size requirement of pet cemetery
Status: in_force

August 29, 1986 House Bill 699 - 116th General Assembly No person shall operate a pet cemetery in this state that is less than three acres in size, unless such cemetery was organized or developed and was operating on the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 904.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 904 / § 904.02
§ 904.02. Ohio livestock care standards board created
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio livestock care standards board consisting of the following members: (1) The director of agriculture, who shall be the chairperson of the board; (2) Ten members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The ten members shall be residents of this state and shall include the following: (a) One member representing family farms; (b) One member who is knowledgeable about food safety in this state; (c) Two members representing statewide organizations that represent farmers; (d) One member who is a veterinarian licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code; (e) The state veterinarian in the department of agriculture; (f) The dean of the agriculture department of a college or university located in this state; (g) Two members of the public representing consumers in this state; (h) One member representing a county humane society organized under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code. (3) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives who shall be a family farmer; (4) One member appointed by the president of the senate who shall be a family farmer. Not more than seven members appointed to the board at any given time shall be of the same political party. (B)(1) The governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate shall make appointments to the board not later than forty-five days after March 31, 2010. (2) The following initial members of the board appointed by the governor shall be appointed for a term ending January 25, 2011: (a) The member representing family farmers; (b) The dean of the agriculture department of a college or university located in this state; (c) The member who is a veterinarian licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code; (d) One of the members of the public representing consumers in this state. (3) The following initial members of the board shall be appointed for a term ending January 15, 2012: (a) The member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives who is a family farmer; (b) One of the members representing a statewide organization that represents farmers; (c) The member representing a county humane society organized under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code; (d) The member who is knowledgeable about food safety in this state. (4) The following initial members of the board shall be appointed for a term ending January 15, 2013: (a) The member appointed by the president of the senate who is a family farmer; (b) One of the members of the public representing consumers in this state; (c) One of the members representing a statewide organization that represents farmers. (C) After the initial terms served in accordance with division (B) of this section, terms of office shall be for three years with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. However, the terms for the director of agriculture and the state veterinarian shall coincide with the length of time that the person holds the position of director or state veterinarian, as applicable. If the director or the state veterinarian resigns or that person's employment is terminated, the director or state veterinarian, as applicable, shall cease to serve on the board, and the successor of the director or state veterinarian shall then serve on the board in accordance with this section. Every other member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. 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. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of one hundred eighty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. A member may be reappointed upon the expiration of the member's term. (D) The board shall hold at least three regular meetings each year and may hold additional meetings at times that the chairperson or a majority of the board members considers appropriate. At the three regular meetings held by the board each year, the board shall conduct a review of the rules governing the care and well-being of livestock that have been or are proposed to be adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code. At the first meeting of the board in each calendar year, the director shall designate one member of the board to serve as its vice-chairperson. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. The board may act only if a quorum is present and only by majority vote of that quorum. A vacancy on the board does not impair the right of the other members to exercise all of the board's powers. (E) Serving as an appointed member of the board does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not constitute grounds for removal of public officers or employees from their offices or positions of employment. (F) Appointed members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services. Members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members. The expenses shall be paid from the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. The expenses shall be paid in accordance with the rules and requirements adopted by the department of administrative services that are applicable to state employees. (G) The board may create committees that it considers appropriate to make recommendations to the board. Committees may include non-board members. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 945.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 945 / § 945.01
§ 945.01. Humane methods of slaughtering livestock
Status: in_force

August 24, 1965 Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly After July 1, 1967, no method of slaughtering livestock or handling in connection with the commercial slaughtering of livestock shall be utilized unless it is humane. Without limiting other methods as may be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture of the United States, pursuant to "Act of August 27, 1958," 72 Stat. 862, 7 U.S.C.A. 1902, the following methods are deemed humane: (A) In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; (B) By slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a methods of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 961.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 961 / § 961.04
§ 961.04. Establishing endowment care fund
Status: in_force

August 29, 1986 House Bill 699 - 116th General Assembly (A) Any person desiring to operate any pet cemetery which is organized or developed on or after the effective date of this section shall, before selling or offering to sell any burial right in such pet cemetery, establish an endowment care fund, as required by division (B) of this section, and place a deposit in the fund of at least twelve thousand dollars in cash, or in bonds of the United States, this state, or any county or municipal corporation of this state. Whenever any such person has placed another twelve thousand dollars in the endowment care fund from the maintenance fee portion of the proceeds received from the sale of burial rights, in addition to the deposit required in this division, such person may withdraw the deposit of twelve thousand dollars from the fund. (B) No person shall operate or continue to operate any pet cemetery in this state without establishing and maintaining an endowment care fund segregated from other assets in accordance with this section. (C) Any person operating any pet cemetery after the effective date of this section shall place into the endowment care fund required by division (B) of this section a maintenance fee of not less than fifty dollars, which shall be charged as part of the purchase price for the sale of any burial right. This fee shall be placed in the endowment care fund no later than thirty days following the month in which the entire gross sales proceeds from the sale of the burial right are received. (D) The moneys of an endowment care fund shall be held and invested in the manner in which trust funds are permitted to be held and invested pursuant to sections 2109.37 and 2109.371 of the Revised Code. The income from the endowment care fund shall be used only for the maintenance, supervision, improvement, and preservation of the grounds, lots, markers, memorials, buildings, equipment, statuary, and other real and personal property of the pet cemetery and for the payment of real property taxes. Annual reports of all the assets and investments of the endowment care fund shall be prepared and maintained, and shall be available for inspection at reasonable times to any owner of a burial right in the pet cemetery.
Ohio Rev. Code § 931.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 931 / § 931.99
§ 931.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 18, 2008 House Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly Whoever violates division (A)(2) of section 931.07 of the Revised Code or section 931.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined five hundred dollars for violation of each section. The clerk of the court that receives payment of the fine money shall forward half of the money to the board of township trustees of the township and half of the money to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the applicable agricultural security area is located. In the case of an agricultural security area that is located in more than one township, the clerk shall divide half of the fine money in equal shares among the townships and shall forward the appropriate portion to each board of township trustees. In the case of an agricultural security area that is located in more than one county, the clerk shall divide half of the fine money in equal shares among the counties and shall forward the appropriate portion to each board of county commissioners. A board of township trustees or a board of county commissioners may, but is not required to, use the fine money received under this section for farmland preservation purposes. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.14
§ 926.14. Shortage of agricultural commodities
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly (A) Whenever the director of agriculture determines that a licensed handler does not have in his possession sufficient agricultural commodities to cover the outstanding receipts and tickets issued or assumed by him under a bailment agreement, or when the licensed handler refuses to submit his records or property to lawful inspection as provided under this chapter, the director may give notice to the licensed handler to: (1) Cover such shortage; (2) Furnish bond as required by the director; (3) Submit to such inspection as the director considers necessary. (B) If the licensed handler fails to comply with the terms of the notice within twenty-four hours from the date of its issuance, or within such further time as the director may allow, the director may petition the court of common pleas of the county where the licensed handler's principal place of business is located, as shown by the license application, for an order authorizing the director to seize and take possession of all or a portion of the agricultural commodities located in the warehouse operated by the licensed handler and of all pertinent records and other property. (C) Upon taking possession as provided in division (B) of this section, the director shall notify the holders of record, as shown by the licensed handler's records, of all receipts and tickets issued for agricultural commodities, to present their receipts or tickets for inspection, or to account for the same. The director may thereupon cause an audit and other investigation to be made of the affairs of the licensed handler, especially with respect to the agricultural commodities in which there is an apparent shortage, to determine the amount of such shortage and compute the shortage as to each depositor as shown by the licensed handler's records, if practicable. (D) The director shall retain possession obtained under this section until such time as the licensed handler or the surety on any bond, required by the director under authority of division (A)(2) of this section, has satisfied the claims of all depositors, or until such time as the director is ordered by the court to surrender possession. (E) If during or after the audit or other investigation provided for in this section, or at any other time, the director has evidence that the licensed handler is insolvent or is unable to satisfy the claims of all depositors, the director may petition the court of common pleas for the appointment of a receiver to operate or liquidate the business of the licensed handler. (F) At any time within ten days after the director takes possession, the licensed handler may serve notice upon the director to appear in the court of common pleas of the county in which such warehouse is located at a time to be fixed by such court, which shall not be less than five, nor more than fifteen, days from the date of the service of such notice, and show cause why such possession should not be restored to the licensed handler. (G) All necessary expenses incurred by the director or any receiver appointed under division (E) of this section may be recovered from the licensed handler in separate civil action brought by the director in the court of common pleas or recovered at the same time and as a part of the seizure or receivership action filed under this section. As a part of the expenses so incurred, the cost of adequate liability insurance necessary to protect the director, the receiver, and others engaged in carrying out this section may be included.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.30
§ 903.30. Violation of national pollutant discharge elimination system and livestock management duties; prosecution
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate or fail to perform any duty required by division (B)(1), (C)(1), (F), (K), or (M)(1) or (2) of section 903.08 of the Revised Code or the NPDES provisions of a permit to operate, violate a rule adopted pursuant to those divisions, or violate an order issued pursuant to those divisions or a term or condition of an NPDES permit issued by the director of agriculture. (B) No person shall violate or fail to perform any duty required by sections 903.01 to 903.07 of the Revised Code, violate a rule, or violate an order or term or condition of a permit issued by the director under those sections or rules. (C) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shall prosecute any person who violates division (A) or (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.08
§ 943.08. Weighing regulations
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) Each person maintaining and operating any weighing facilities used for, in connection with, or incident to the purchase or sale of livestock at any auction market, concentration yard, stockyard, packing plant, or place for assembling livestock in the state, shall do both of the following: (1) Maintain and operate all the weighing facilities so as to ensure accurate weights; (2) Be licensed as a weigher, or employ one or more weighers licensed by the department of agriculture, and require that all livestock handled for purchase, sale, or exchange be accurately weighed by the licensed weighers upon scales approved by the department and inspected, tested, maintained, and operated in accordance with this section. This section does not prevent such weighers from performing other duties not inconsistent with this section. (B) Any person maintaining and operating a weighing facility used for the purposes set forth in this section may operate unapproved scales if he meets all of the following conditions: (1) Signs and files with the director of agriculture an affidavit stating that any unapproved scales will not be used in connection with the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock; (2) Posts a conspicuous sign above any unapproved scales stating, "this scale cannot be used to weigh livestock for purchase, exchange, or sale"; (3) Agrees to submit to an audit of market records once every six months by the director or any of his authorized agents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.99
§ 926.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. (2) A person who violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code and who is insolvent and financially unable to satisfy a claimant as defined in section 926.021 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree if the financial obligation owed by the offender to the claimant is one thousand dollars or more and is less than seven thousand five hundred dollars. If the financial obligation is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more and is less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. If the financial obligation is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 926.20 or division (A) of section 926.22 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense. (C) Whoever violates division (G) of section 926.20 or section 926.34 or 926.35 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (D) Whoever violates division (A) of section 926.28 or division (B) of section 926.29 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (E) Whoever violates section 926.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.09
§ 901.09. Seasonal produce graders and gypsy mothtrap tenders
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may employ and establish a compensation rate for seasonal produce graders and seasonal gypsy mothtrap tenders, who shall be in the unclassified civil service. (B) In lieu of employing seasonal gypsy moth tenders as provided in division (A) of this section, the director may contract with qualified individuals or entities to perform gypsy moth trapping.
Ohio Rev. Code § 902.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 902 / § 902.07
§ 902.07. Trust agreement or indenture of mortgage provisions
Status: in_force

January 11, 1985 House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly (A) In the discretion of the issuing authority, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the issuer and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. (B) Any such trust agreement or indenture of mortgage may contain the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to: (1) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made. (2) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made for the security of any of the bonds until the issuer has fully paid the principal of and interest on the bonds, or provision therefor has been made, for the security of which the pledge has been made and the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage has been given. (3) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings or any other agreement of the issuer made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or if a mortgage has been given, the foreclosure of such mortgage or any combination of the foregoing. (4) The rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual bondholders. (5) Such other provisions as the trustee, the original purchaser of the bonds, and the issuing authority agree upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.59
§ 905.59. Sampling and analysis
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may inspect, sample, and analyze any liming material utilized within the state to such extent as the director considers necessary to determine whether the liming material is in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections. The director may enter into an agreement with a person that is not a department of agriculture employee that authorizes that person to perform the inspections, sampling, and analysis of liming material. If the director enters into an agreement, the director shall annually audit the records relating to the inspections, sampling, and analysis performed by the person. (B) The director or a person who has entered into an agreement with the director under division (A) of this section may enter upon any public or private premises or means of conveyance at any reasonable time to have access to liming material subject to sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections. (C) The methods of sampling and analysis of liming materials shall be those adopted by the association of official analytical chemists or as prescribed by the director. (D) The results of the official analysis of any sample of liming material that is found to be in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, or any regulation adopted under such sections, shall be forwarded to the licensee. A licensee may request a portion of any such sample if the request is made not more than thirty days after the date of the analysis report. (E) Analytical tolerances shall be governed by rules adopted by the director, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.09
§ 905.09. Injunctions
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly The director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for an injunction against any person who continues to sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute for sale or exchange an agricultural additive for which an order to hold has been issued under section 905.08 of the Revised Code or that is not registered with the department of agriculture under section 905.02 of the Revised Code. Each package, container, or lot of an agricultural additive sold, exchanged, offered for sale or exchange, or distributed for sale or exchange in violation of section 905.02 , 905.04 , or 905.11 of the Revised Code constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.03
§ 936.03. Marketing program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The propane council shall adopt procedures by which retailers of propane in this state may propose, develop, and operate a marketing program to do all of the following: (A) Promote the safe and efficient use of propane; (B) Demonstrate to the general public the importance and economic significance of propane; (C) Develop new uses and markets for propane and enable engagement in promotional activities that incentivize the use of propane; (D) Support research, training, and educational activities concerning the propane industry; (E) Determine the eligibility of retailers to participate in referendums and other procedures that may be required to establish the marketing program; (F) Establish procedures necessary to implement and administer the marketing program; (G) Enter into contracts with qualified organizations, agencies, individuals, or any combination thereof, to carry out the purpose of the marketing program; (H) Employ staff to carry out the purpose of the marketing program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.74
§ 901.74. Disciplinary actions
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Any person involved in any activity in connection with exhibiting livestock at an exhibition or with raising livestock with the apparent intent that the livestock eventually is to be entered in an exhibition is subject to disciplinary action by the department of agriculture for any of the following reasons: (1) The person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 901.76 or 2925.09 of the Revised Code, or has been found by the director of agriculture to have tampered with or sabotaged livestock; (2) The director reasonably suspects that the person's conduct in regard to raising or exhibiting the livestock threatens, endangers, or adversely affects food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock; (3) The person has refused to cooperate with the director or the director's designee in the inspection, sampling, and testing of livestock under section 901.73 of the Revised Code, unless the person withheld consent to the inspection, sampling, and testing and no search warrant was issued; (4) The person has violated a rule adopted by the director under section 901.72 of the Revised Code from which the sponsor of the exhibition at which the violation occurred could have exempted itself under that section, but chose not to. (B) If one or more of the grounds for disciplinary action listed in division (A) of this section exist, the director, upon the director's own initiative, may conduct an adjudication in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and may take any disciplinary action established by the director by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If one or more of the grounds for disciplinary action listed in division (A) of this section exist, the director, upon the request of a sponsor, may conduct an adjudication in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and may take any disciplinary action established by the director by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Disciplinary action imposed under this section by the director may include disqualifying the person, the person's family, members of the person's household, or any other person associated with the activity resulting in the disciplinary action from participating in any class or with any species of livestock in any current or future exhibition. (C) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules establishing the criteria and procedures for the reinstatement of any person disqualified from participation in an exhibition as a result of disciplinary action taken by the director under this section. Any person disqualified by disciplinary action of the director may file a written request with the director to seek reinstatement after the period of disqualification ends or at any other time established by rule. Upon the written request of the person seeking the reinstatement, the director shall conduct an adjudication in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.131
§ 909.131. Effect of child support default on certificate
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 certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.24
§ 926.24. Delivering agricultural commodity upon demand
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 9 - 129th General Assembly (A) A licensed handler, in the absence of any excuse permitted in this chapter, shall deliver an agricultural commodity upon a demand made by the holder of a receipt for the commodity or by its depositor if the demand is accompanied with: (1) An offer to satisfy any lien arising under section 1307.209 of the Revised Code; and (2) An offer to surrender the receipt with the necessary endorsement. (B) The licensed handler is justified in delivering the agricultural commodity, subject to divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, to: (1) The person who is lawfully entitled to the possession of the commodity or the person's agent; (2) The person who is entitled to the delivery by the terms of a nonnegotiable receipt issued for the commodity or who has written authority from a person so entitled, either endorsed on the receipt or written on another paper; (3) A person in possession of a negotiable receipt by the terms of which the commodity is deliverable to the person possessing the receipt, or order or bearer, or that has been endorsed to the person possessing the receipt, or in blank, by the person to whom delivery was promised by the terms of the receipt or by the immediate or remote endorsee of the person to whom delivery was so promised. Upon delivery of an agricultural commodity from storage upon presentation of any receipt issued by the licensed handler, the receipt shall be surrendered to the handler, be plainly marked across its face "CANCELED" together with the date and name of the person canceling it, and be void and not put back into circulation. No commodity shall be delivered twice upon the same receipt. (C) If the licensed handler delivers the agricultural commodity to a person who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of the commodity or the person's agent, the handler is liable as for a conversion to all persons that have a right of property or possession in the commodity if: (1) The handler delivered the commodity otherwise than as authorized by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section; (2) The handler delivered the commodity as authorized by those divisions, but prior to delivery the handler had either been requested by or on behalf of the person whom the handler knew to be lawfully entitled to a right of property or possession in the commodity not to make delivery or had information that the delivery would be made to a person not lawfully entitled to possession of the commodity. (D) Except as provided in section 926.26 of the Revised Code, when a licensed handler delivers an agricultural commodity for which the handler has issued a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to possession of the commodity, and fails to cancel the receipt, the handler is liable to anyone who purchases for value in good faith the receipt for failure to deliver the commodity to the person, whether the person acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery of the commodity by the handler. No provision shall be inserted in a negotiable receipt that is intended to make it nonnegotiable. The provision, if inserted, shall be void. (E) If a person other than the depositor or person claiming under the depositor asserts a claim or title to the agricultural commodity and the licensed handler has information of the claim, the handler shall be excused from liability for refusing to deliver the commodity to the depositor, to the person claiming under the depositor, or to the adverse claimant until the handler has had reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claim or to bring legal proceedings compelling all claimants to arrive at a settlement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.411
§ 923.411. Rules regarding exemption of agricultural commodities and certain chemical compounds
Status: in_force

October 17, 2011 House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly The director of agriculture may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to exempt both of the following from sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code: (A) Agricultural commodities, including hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, when those commodities are not mixed with other materials; (B) Individual chemical compounds or substances when those compounds or substances are not mixed with other materials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.42
§ 923.42. Registration
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person who manufactures commercial feed or customer-formula feed, or whose name appears on the label of any commercial feed or customer-formula feed as a distributor shall distribute in this state any type of commercial feed unless the person is registered in accordance with this section. A manufacturer and distributor shall annually register, on a form prescribed by the director of agriculture, and pay a registration fee of fifty dollars. The person shall file the registration not later than February first of each year. A registration expires January thirty-first of the following year. (B) The director may revoke or suspend a registration or refuse to register a person upon a finding that the manufacturer, distributor, or person violated any provision of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections. No registration shall be revoked, suspended, or refused until the manufacturer, distributor, or person has an opportunity to appear at an adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) For purposes of this section, "manufacturer" includes an exempt buyer. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.26
§ 940.26. Cost estimate
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly After preparing a schedule of damages, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall make an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement. The estimate shall include all of the following: (A) Actual construction costs, including costs of addressing the construction specifications set forth in section 940.24 of the Revised Code; (B) The estimated costs included in the schedule of damages prepared under section 940.25 of the Revised Code; (C) Any expenses incurred in investigations, consulting services, and notifications related to the proposed improvement, and any other incidental costs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.043
§ 941.043. Order for immediate slaughter or boarding of animal
Status: in_force

June 14, 1995 House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly If the owner of the animal or the operator of the vehicle or conveyance is unable or refuses to comply with the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.04 of the Revised Code, or if necessary during a detention or impoundment in accordance with that division, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may order the immediate slaughter of the animal in accordance with division (D)(3) of section 941.10 of the Revised Code and in the manner the director determines is most efficient, or may board or stable the animal at a location that can provide and care for the animal. All costs incurred as the result of a slaughter or boarding under this section shall be assessed against the owner of the animal, and the department of agriculture shall provide written notice to the owner demanding reimbursement for the costs. The owner shall reimburse the department for any such costs it has incurred within seventy-two hours after receiving the notice. The director may retain any proceeds from the slaughter of the animal to apply against any costs the department has incurred. No person taking action as authorized by this section is liable for any losses incurred as the result of that action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.01
§ 915.01. Cold storage definitions
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly As used in section 915.01 to 915.12 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Cold storage" means the storage of food, at or below a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit, in a cold-storage warehouse. (B) "Cold-storage warehouse" means a place artificially cooled by the employment of refrigerating machinery or ice or other means, in which articles of food are stored for thirty days or more at a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit, or lower. (C) "Food" means: (1) Articles used for food or drink for humans or animals; (2) Chewing gum; (3) Articles used for components of any such articles. (D) "Container" means any bag, barrel, basket, bottle, box, caddy can, canister, carton, crate, firkin, hogshead, jar, jug, keg, stopper, vessel, wrapper, frozen bulk, or any similar or analogous utensil, receptacle, band, or wrapper in which food may be kept, stored, sold, or offered for sale. (E) "Wholesome" means fit for human food. Last updated March 21, 2023 at 10:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.42
§ 955.42. Reimbursement for rabies bite
Status: in_force

October 13, 2000 House Bill 529 - 123rd General Assembly A person bitten or injured by an animal afflicted with rabies, if the bite or injury has caused the person to employ medical or surgical treatment, may present, within four months after the bite or injury and at a regular meeting of the board of county commissioners of the county where the bite or injury was received, an itemized account of the expenses incurred and amount paid by the person for medical and surgical treatment, verified by the person's own affidavit and that of the person's attending physician. The administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased person may present such an account, execute such an affidavit on behalf of the deceased person, and present that affidavit and the attending physician's affidavit to the board within that four-month period. If the person so bitten or injured is a minor, the person's parent or guardian may present such an account, execute such an affidavit on behalf of the person, and present that affidavit and the attending physician's affidavit to the board within that four-month period. The person, the administrator or executor, or the parent or guardian, as applicable, shall present, with the account and affidavits, documentation establishing that the person, the person's estate, or the parent or guardian, as applicable, is unable, without deprivation of basic needs, to further provide for the payment of the expenses incurred for the medical or surgical treatment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.07
§ 917.07. Dairy industry fund
Status: in_force

June 6, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly The dairy industry fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All inspection fees and license fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the fund together with all fine moneys received by the treasurer of state pursuant to division (F) of section 917.99 of the Revised Code and any other moneys collected under this chapter. Moneys credited to the dairy industry fund shall be used to operate and pay expenses of the division of dairy in the department of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.04
§ 911.04. Building specifications of bakeries
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Every bakery shall be constructed, drained, lighted, ventilated, maintained in a sanitary condition, and screened against flies. Every bakery shall have plumbing and drainage facilities together with approved wash basins, wash sinks, and toilets or water closets, which shall be kept in a sanitary condition. The toilets or water closets shall be in rooms having no direct connection with any room in which bakery products or ingredients are prepared, stored, handled, or displayed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.082
§ 903.082. Determination of size of concentrated animal feeding facility by director
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may determine that an animal feeding facility that is not a concentrated animal feeding facility nevertheless shall be required to apply for and receive a permit to operate when all of the following apply: (1) The director has specified a corrective action to be taken under section 939.07 of the Revised Code. (2) The director or the director's authorized representative has inspected the animal feeding facility. (3) The director or the director's authorized representative finds that the facility is not being operated in a manner that protects the waters of the state. (B) In a situation in which best management practices cannot be implemented without modifying the existing animal feeding facility, the owner or operator of the facility shall apply for a permit to install for the facility. (C) In the case of an animal feeding facility for which a permit to operate is required under this section, a permit to operate shall not be required after the end of the five-year term of the permit if the problems that caused the facility to be required to obtain the permit have been corrected to the director's satisfaction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.05
§ 956.05. Dog retailer license
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall act as or perform the functions of a dog broker in this state without a dog broker license issued by the director of agriculture in accordance with this section and rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall not issue a license under this section unless the director determines that the applicant will act as or perform the functions of a dog broker in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) A person who is proposing to act as or perform the functions of a dog broker shall submit an application for a license to the director. During the month of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, a person who is proposing to continue to act as or perform the functions of a dog broker shall obtain a license from the director for the following year. (C) The director shall issue a dog broker license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a dog broker in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.19
§ 935.19. Access to premises
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture or the director's designee may enter at all reasonable times any premises at which a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake is confined, with the consent of the owner of the premises, for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules. (2) If the director or the director's designee is denied access to any such premises, and if the director reasonably suspects that the person who possesses the dangerous wild animal or restricted snake is not in compliance with this chapter or rules, 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. (3) 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 chapter or rules. The finding of probable cause may be based on hearsay, provided that there is a substantial basis for believing that the source of the hearsay is credible and that there is a factual basis for the information furnished. (B) The director may designate any of the following to conduct inspections under this section: (1) Employees of the department of agriculture; (2) Natural resources law enforcement officers with the consent of the director of natural resources; (3) Employees of the department of health with the consent of the director of health; (4) Employees of a board of health with the consent of the board; (5) Humane society agents appointed under section 1717.06 of the Revised Code with the consent of the humane society. (C) If a person designated under division (B) of this section determines, while conducting an inspection, that a violation of this chapter or rules has occurred, is occurring, or may occur, the person shall immediately notify the director of agriculture. The director may proceed as provided in section 935.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.54
§ 923.54. Prosecutions - injunctions
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture reports any violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections is reported to a prosecuting authority for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his views before the director. (B) In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether any adequate remedy exists at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county where any of the provisions of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any of the rules adopted under those sections are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from the violation. (C) Nothing in sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report for prosecution, or issue a withdrawal from distribution order, or institute seizure proceedings for minor violations of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections whenever the director believes the public interest will best be served by a suitable written notice or warning.
Ohio Rev. Code § 904.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 904 / § 904.09
§ 904.09. Board not to create statewide animal identification system
Status: in_force

March 31, 2010 House Bill 414 - 128th General Assembly The Ohio livestock care standards board shall not create a statewide animal identification system. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.13
§ 926.13. Licensed handler duties
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "licensed handler" includes a receiver, trustee, or other custodian of agricultural commodities appointed for a licensed handler by a court of this state or the United States. (B) Each licensed handler shall at all times, including any period of suspension of his license, exercise the care in regard to the agricultural commodities in his custody as a bailee as a reasonably prudent owner would exercise under the same circumstances and conditions. Any licensed handler guilty of any action or neglect, the effect of which is to depreciate the value of commodities stored under bailment agreements in a warehouse under his control, shall be liable to the depositor damaged by his action or neglect. Nothing in divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be construed to indicate otherwise. (C) If a licensed handler discovers that any agricultural commodity stored in his warehouse, other than an identity-preserved commodity in a special bin as described in division (E) of section 926.22 of the Revised Code, is out of condition or is in danger of becoming so, and if he is unable to preserve the commodity, he shall immediately so notify the owner of the commodity, if known, and the director of agriculture. The director, unless otherwise requested by the owner of the commodity, shall cause an inspection to be made of the commodity. If his inspection reveals that the commodity is out of condition or is becoming so, and if the owner of the commodity fails promptly to remove it, the handler may sell the commodity upon giving the same notice of sale as required under section 926.26 of the Revised Code for the sale of a commodity to satisfy a lien. The commodity may be sold at either public or private sale without advertising if, in the opinion of the director, the commodity should be sold without delay and the director gives the handler written authority to make the sale without advertisement. For the purposes of this section, the owners of the commodity shall be considered to be, in order: (1) The licensed handler to the extent of any commodity that he owns and stores in his warehouse; (2) The holders of uncanceled receipts or tickets for commodities in the warehouse in the order in which the receipts or tickets are dated. Nothing in this section shall relieve any licensed handler from exercising due care and vigilance in preserving any agricultural commodity after he discovers that the commodity is out of condition or is becoming so. (D) After an agricultural commodity has been sold as authorized under division (C) of this section, neither the licensed handler nor the director shall be liable for any actions that they took under that division. Proceeds of the sale shall be administered as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of section 926.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.03
§ 905.03. Application for registration of agricultural additive
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly (A) Each application for registration of an agricultural additive shall be accompanied by a registration fee of fifty dollars. Application shall be made on a form supplied by the director of agriculture and shall include: (1) The name and address of the registrant; (2) The additive's brand name; (3) The purpose or proposed use of the additive; (4) Directions for the additive's use; (5) The results or effects that can be expected when the additive is used as directed; (6) Evidence that the additive has been tested for efficacy in the laboratory and in the field, information describing the test methodology used, and a description of the test results; (7) A guaranteed analysis of: (a) If a chemical product, the name and percentage of each active and inert ingredient; (b) If a microbiological product, the number and kind of viable microorganisms per milliliter or, if the product is other than a liquid, per gram. The registrant shall notify the director of any change of address within thirty days of the change; failure to notify the director constitutes grounds sufficient for the director to revoke the registration. (B) If the director determines that the evidence submitted under division (A)(6) of this section is not sufficient proof of the additive's usefulness for agricultural production in this state, he may require the applicant to submit samples, conduct tests, or submit additional information, including conditions affecting performance, in order to evaluate its performance and usefulness. (C) The director shall register an agricultural additive unless he determines that: (1) The application for registration is not complete; (2) The additive will not or is not likely to produce the results or effects claimed when used as directed; or (3) The additive is not useful for agricultural production in this state. (D) All registrations shall expire 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 961.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 961 / § 961.02
§ 961.02. Filing declaration restricting land for use as pet cemetery
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly The owner of any land used or to be used as a pet cemetery shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located, a declaration restricting the land to being used only for such purposes as are usual and normal for the operation of a pet cemetery. The owner shall execute the declaration in the same manner and with the same effect as a conveyance of an interest in land. The county recorder shall record the declaration in the official records. The restriction established in such a recorded declaration may be removed only as provided in section 961.05 of the Revised Code. Unless a restriction is so removed, no person shall use land restricted as provided in this section for any purpose other than for pet cemetery purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 902.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 902 / § 902.03
§ 902.03. Industrial development provisions of constitution implemented
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, is in part implemented by this chapter in furtherance of the public purposes of the state to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. Any issuer acting through its issuing authority may in accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution: (A) Acquire by gift or purchase and hold and mortgage real estate and interests therein and personal property to be used as a project; (B) Purchase, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, and equip and lease, sell, exchange, and otherwise dispose of projects including, without limitation, the sale of projects by conditional or installment sale under which title may pass prior to or after completion of construction of a project or payment or provision for payment of all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, or at any other time provided in the agreement pertaining to such sale, and including sale under an option to purchase upon agreed terms which may include a price which may be a nominal amount or less than true value at the time of purchase; (C) Issue its bonds pursuant to a composite financing arrangement or otherwise to provide funds, by loans or otherwise, for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof; (D) Subject to division (D)(1) of section 902.04 of the Revised Code, issue its bonds pursuant to a composite financing arrangement for a group of loans submitted by or through a single lending institution, or with credit enhancement from a single lending institution or other person, to provide funds for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof; (E) Make loans for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, furnishing, or equipping of projects upon such terms as the issuing authority may determine or authorize, including secured or unsecured loans, and, in connection therewith, enter into loan agreements and other agreements, accept notes or other forms of obligation to evidence such indebtedness and security interests to secure such indebtedness, and take such action as may be considered by it appropriate to protect such security and safeguard against losses, including without limitation, foreclosure and the bidding upon and purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale; (F) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (G) Fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of a project and lease the project to others, including a contract with, or the granting of an option to the lessee to purchase the project for such price as the issuing authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, after retirement or redemption, or provision therefor, of all the bonds of the issuer issued to provide funds for the project; (H) Retain, contract with, or employ and fix the compensation of financial consultants, appraisers, accounting experts, architects, engineers, and other employees, agents, and independent contractors as are necessary in the judgment of the issuing authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (I) Pledge, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber as security for the bonds, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys realized from the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of one or more projects or parts thereof as may be designated in the bond proceedings and enter into trust agreements or indentures of mortgage for the benefit of bondholders; (J) Enter into appropriate arrangements with any federal or state department or agency, county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision, taxing district or public body or agency for the planning and installation of streets, roads, alleys, water supply and distribution facilities, storm and sanitary sewage collection and disposal facilities, and other necessary appurtenances to a project; (K) Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability insurance for a project, insurance protecting the issuer and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from the project, and any other insurance the issuer may agree to provide under the bond proceedings; (L) Sell, lease, release, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property or interests therein, or a combination thereof, acquired by the issuer under authority of this chapter, and grant such easements and other rights in, over, under, or across a project as will not interfere with its use of such property, which sale, lease, release, disposition, or grant may be made without competitive bidding and in such manner and for such consideration as the issuing authority in its judgment deems appropriate; (M) Purchase and contract to purchase loans or other evidence of debt from, and make and contract to make loans to or through lending institutions; (N) Procure or require the procurement of insurance against any loss in connection with its operations, including without limitation the repayment of any loan, in such amount and from such insurers, including without limitation, the federal government, and pay any premiums therefor; (O) Arrange for guarantees of its bonds by the federal government or by any private insurer or others, and contract, arrange for, make, or obtain letters of credit, agreements to purchase, repurchase, remarket, and index bonds, investment agreements, certificates of deposit, and other arrangements, agreements, and instruments related to the security for, or application or investment of funds pertaining to, bonds and pay any premiums or other consideration therefor from the proceeds of bonds or other revenues; (P) Enter into reimbursement agreements, credit agreements, escrow agreements and such other contracts and agreements as appropriate, do all things necessary or appropriate and permitted by law to carry out such agreements, arrangements, and contracts, including the issuance of bonds in consideration of advances made under such agreements, arrangements, and contracts, and assign or direct the assignment of the right of the issuer with respect to such credit facilities and authorize its designated agents to draw upon such credit facilities; (Q) Contract for the administration, origination, and servicing of loans and determine rates, fees, charges, and other terms and conditions in connection therewith; (R) Subject to the rights of holders of bonds, collect, enforce the collection of, and foreclose on any collateral securing loans and acquire or take possession of such collateral and sell the same at public or private sale, and otherwise deal with such collateral as may be necessary to protect the interests of the issuer and the holders of bonds; (S) Subject to the rights of holders of bonds, consent to any modification with respect to the rate of interest, time of payment or any installment of principal or interest, security or other term of any loan or commitment therefor or agreement of any kind to which the issuer is a party or beneficiary; (T) Fix, charge, alter, and collect fees, interest rates, or other charges on bonds, loans, the allocation of loan funds, purchases of mortgage loans, processing services, or other services; (U) Do all other acts necessary or appropriate to carry out the public purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.25
§ 901.25. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the request of the director of agriculture, the attorney general, or under his direction, the prosecuting attorney of any county, shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department of agriculture or the director is required to administer, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of such laws, and for the punishment of all violations thereof, arising within the county in which he was elected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.05
§ 971.05. Affidavit concerning previous partition fence
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly (A) If there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties of two owners, one of the owners, or both, may file an affidavit with the applicable county recorder to be placed in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of the Revised Code stating that a partition fence existed between the adjoining properties within two years prior to the filing of the affidavit. The affidavit also shall specify the location of the properties and that the fence has been removed and not replaced. The affidavit shall be filed no later than one year after the effective date of this section. (B) If an affidavit is filed under this section, section 971.06 of the Revised Code applies. (C) If an affidavit is not filed under this section, section 971.07 of the Revised Code applies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.75
§ 901.75. No exhibition after disqualification
Status: in_force

June 14, 1995 House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly No person shall exhibit livestock owned or raised by another person if the person owning or raising the livestock has been disqualified by the director of agriculture under section 901.74 of the Revised Code or has been disqualified from exhibiting livestock by any court having jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.02
§ 915.02. License
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation shall operate a cold-storage warehouse, for hire, without a license issued by the director of agriculture. A license shall be issued only on written application stating the location of the warehouse. Upon receipt of the application the director shall cause an examination to be made into the sanitary conditions of the warehouse. If it is found to be in a sanitary condition and properly equipped for the purpose of cold storage, the director shall cause a license to be issued authorizing the applicant to operate a warehouse. No license shall be issued until the applicant has paid to the director the sum of two hundred dollars. A license shall be valid until the last day of March of each year and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. A license shall be required for each separate warehouse building.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.07
§ 924.07. Establishing marketing program - operating committee
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A) When the producers of an agricultural commodity who vote in a referendum favor a proposed marketing program, the director of agriculture shall order the program established and, if the marketing program does not provide for the election of an operating committee, appoint an operating committee consisting of producers of the commodity to administer the program. Each operating committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than fifteen producers. (B) Of the members first appointed to an operating committee, the director shall appoint approximately one-third for one-year terms, approximately one-third for two-year terms, and the remainder for three-year terms. Thereafter, the director shall appoint each member for a three-year term unless the appointee is to fill a vacancy in which case the appointee shall be appointed for the unexpired term. Each such subsequent appointment shall be made prior to the expiration date of the preceding or vacant term. (C) The director shall not appoint any member of an operating committee to serve more than three successive full three-year terms. (D) The director shall appoint members of each operating committee from a list of candidates recommended by the producers of the agricultural commodity for which the marketing program is established. Insofar as possible the members shall be equitably distributed by geographic and production areas. Any list of candidates recommended to the director by producers shall include not less than twice as many candidates as the number of members which are to be appointed, but in no case shall a list include fewer than three names. (E) The director, or the director's designee, is an ex officio member of each operating committee, with the right to vote. (F) Each member of an operating committee, except the director or the director's designee, is entitled to actual and necessary travel and incidental expenses while attending meetings of the committee or while engaged in the performance of official responsibilities delegated to the committee. No member of such a committee shall receive in excess of thirty dollars per day, in addition to such travel and incidental expenses, or for more than twenty-four days per year for duties performed as a member of the committee. (G) No person is civilly liable for any actions taken in good faith as a member or employee of an operating committee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.55
§ 927.55. Fee requirements exemptions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The fees required by section 927.53 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (A) A person who produces for sale either within this state or within any state in which such plants and parts do not require a certificate of inspection as a condition of entry, only nonhardy plants and plant parts, vegetable plants, herbs, or forced floral plants, of whatever nature, while in bloom; (B) A person who conducts the sale of nursery stock as a fund raiser for a nonprofit organization or nonprofit purpose for no more than two days per year, who is not a nurseryman, dealer, or collector, and who makes no more than two thousand dollars in revenue from the sale of nursery stock during a calendar year; (C) Any public or private arboretum operated not for profit, which exchanges inspected nursery stock in limited quantities for experimental or permanent arboretum plantings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.21
§ 940.21. View of site of proposed improvement
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) On the date established for the view of a proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall present an overview of the proposed improvement. In the presentation, the board or its designee shall use methods and means that the board determines will adequately inform those attending the view about the proposed improvement's location and the drainage issues intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement. (B) Upon the request made at the view of a member of the board or of a landowner in the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement, the board or its designee shall recess the view and reconvene at a site along the proposed improvement for the purpose of gaining additional information about the drainage issue intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement. If the area to be viewed is extensive, the board or its designee may conduct the view on more than one day and may adjourn from day to day, or a longer period, until the view is completed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.14
§ 903.14. Submission to nonbinding arbitration prior to filing private civil action for nuisance
Status: in_force

March 15, 2001 Senate Bill 141 - 123rd General Assembly Prior to filing a private civil action for an alleged nuisance related to agricultural activities conducted at a concentrated animal feeding facility, the parties to the dispute shall submit the dispute to an arbitrator for nonbinding arbitration. The parties shall pay the arbitrator a reasonable compensation based on the extent and duration of actual service rendered. The cost of the arbitrator's services shall be divided proportionately among the parties. If the decision reached by the arbitrator is not accepted by all parties to the dispute, the complaining parties may file a civil action and the claim shall proceed as if it had not been submitted to nonbinding arbitration. No oral or written statement prepared for or made in the nonbinding arbitration by the arbitrator or any of the parties, including any mental impression, recommendation, or decision by the arbitrator, is subject to discovery or admissible into evidence in any litigation or proceeding for any purpose, including impeachment. The arbitrator shall be disqualified as a witness, consultant, or expert on any subject that is related to the arbitration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 993.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.10
§ 993.10. Exceptions
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) A private facility; (B) A single-passenger coin-operated ride that is manually, mechanically, or electrically operated, is customarily placed either singly or in groups in a public location, and does not normally require the supervision or services of an amusement ride operator; (C) Nonmechanized playground equipment, including swings, stationary spring-mounted animal features, rider-propelled merry-go-rounds, climbers, slides, rock climbing walls, trampolines, and swinging gates, except where an admission fee is charged for usage or an admission fee is charged to areas where such equipment is located; (D) Devices regulated or licensed by the federal aviation administration or the federal railroad administration in the United States department of transportation, the department of transportation, or the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of public safety; (E) Vessels regulated by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1547. and 1548. of the Revised Code or under the jurisdiction of the United States coast guard; (F) Tractors, trucks, or similar vehicles at competition events; (G) Automobiles or motorcycles at competition events; (H) Animals ridden in competitive events or shows; (I) Physical fitness devices; (J) Devices to which the definition of "safe operation" in section 993.01 of the Revised Code does not apply as determined by the director of agriculture, including mechanized bulls, surfboards, zip lines, vertical wind tunnels, skateboard or bicycle rodeo devices, cable wakeboard or ski facilities, or other devices that are not intended or manufactured to secure the rider from threat of physical danger, harm, or loss. (K) A manufactured climbing wall that is located in a climbing facility, as defined and regulated by Chapter 4175. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.10
§ 921.10. Effective liability insurance policy or other evidence of financial responsibility
Status: in_force

July 1, 2004 Senate Bill 217 - 124th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall not issue a pesticide business license until the applicant has submitted to the director an effective liability insurance policy or such other evidence of financial responsibility as the director determines necessary. The director shall establish by rule, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the amount and condition of such liability insurance or other evidence of financial responsibility required. Such requirements shall be based upon the pesticide-use categories in which commercial applicators are licensed to apply pesticides for the pesticide business. (B) Should the evidence of financial responsibility furnished become unsatisfactory, the pesticide business shall upon notice immediately execute evidence of financial responsibility meeting the requirements of this section or applicable rules, and should the pesticide business fail to do so, the director shall suspend the pesticide business's license and give the business notice of such suspension. (C) The licensee to whom a suspension order is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, after which the director shall reinstate or revoke the suspended license. (D) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from liability for any damage to the person or lands of another caused by the use of pesticides even though such use conforms to the rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.11
§ 905.11. False representations
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly No person shall falsely represent that an agricultural additive: (A) Can be used in lieu of another product or products, including fertilizers and agricultural liming materials, with the same or similar results; (B) Enhances the effects or benefits of a fertilizer or agricultural liming material; (C) Is useful and effective when used under weather conditions normal for this state or in soils in this state; (D) Is useful when used in conjunction with a specific crop; (E) Has sponsorship or approval that it does not; (F) Has been tested or proven to produce the results or effects claimed; (G) Has certain delayed or long range benefits; (H) Product has no harmful or potentially harmful side effects.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.57
§ 905.57. Prohibition against divulging information secured while employed by the department
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly No person shall willfully divulge any information secured while in the employ of the department of agriculture, with respect to the transactions, property, files, records, or papers of the department, or with respect to the business of any manufacturer, seller, or distributor of agricultural liming material to any person other than the director or the superior of such employee, or when called upon to testify in an action or proceeding to which the director is a party. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.47
§ 905.47. Condemnation procedures
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly Any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule is subject to seizure on complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the fertilizer is located. The court upon a finding that the fertilizer is in violation of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule shall order the condemnation of the fertilizer, and it shall be disposed of in a manner consistent with the laws of this state. The court shall not order the condemnation of the fertilizer without first giving the manufacturer or distributor an opportunity to reprocess or relabel the fertilizer to bring it into compliance with sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.26
§ 921.26. Exceptions
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 (GA 134), House Bill 507 (GA 134) (A) The penalties provided for violations of this chapter do not apply to any of the following: (1) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide or device within this state, if that carrier, upon request, permits the director of agriculture to copy all records showing the transactions in the movement of the pesticides or devices; (2) Public officials of this state and the federal government, other than commercial applicators employed by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision, while engaged in the performance of their official duties in administering state or federal pesticide laws or rules, or while engaged in pesticide research; (3) The manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use only by or under supervision of an agency of this state or of the federal government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides, provided that the manufacturer or shipper is not required to obtain an experimental use permit from the United States environmental protection agency; (4) The manufacturer or shipper of a substance being tested in which its purpose only is to determine its value for pesticide purposes or to determine its toxicity or other properties, and from which the user does not expect to receive any benefit in pest control from its use; (5) Persons conducting laboratory research involving pesticides; (6) Persons who incidentally use pesticides. The incidental use shall involve only the application of general use pesticides. If a person incidentally uses a pesticide, the pesticide shall be applied in strict accordance with the manufacturer's label for general use purposes. If further applications are necessary following the incidental use application, a pesticide applicator shall apply the pesticide. (B) No pesticide or device shall be considered in violation of this chapter when intended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser. If the pesticide or device is not so exported, this chapter applies. (C)(1) No person who is licensed, regulated, or registered under section 921.02 , 921.03 , 921.06 , 921.09 , 921.11 , or 921.13 of the Revised Code shall be required to obtain a license or permit to operate or to be otherwise regulated in such capacity by any local ordinance, or to meet any other condition except as otherwise provided by statute or rule of the United States or of this state. (2) No political subdivision shall regulate or ban the packaging, registration, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, or application of a pesticide registered under section 921.02 of the Revised Code on private property, including private property that is open to the public. As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 905.503 of the Revised Code. (D) Section 921.09 of the Revised Code does not apply to an individual who uses only ground equipment for the individual or for the individual's neighbors, provided that the individual meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is licensed under section 921.11 of the Revised Code; (2) Operates farm property and operates and maintains pesticide application equipment primarily for the individual's own use; (3) Is not regularly engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire or does not publicly hold oneself out as a pesticide applicator; (4) Meets any other requirement established by rule. (E) Section 921.06 of the Revised Code relating to licenses and requirements for their issuance does not apply to licensed physicians or veterinarians applying pesticides to human beings or other animals during the normal course of their practice, provided that they are not regularly engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire amounting to a principal or regular occupation or do not publicly hold themselves out as commercial applicators. (F) Division (S) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code does not apply to a pesticide dealer who distributes restricted use pesticides to a nonresident who is licensed in another state having a state plan approved by the United States environmental protection agency. 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 December 29, 2023 at 6:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.57
§ 925.57. Examination of establishments where packaging and sale occurs
Status: in_force

October 8, 1965 House Bill 712 - 106th General Assembly In the administration of sections 925.51 to 925.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or his employees or agents, on any business day and during the usual hours of business, may enter any store, market, or business establishment where fresh fruits and vegetables are prepackaged and offered for sale and make such examination as is necessary to determine whether said commodities are being properly packaged and labeled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.411
§ 905.411. Orders prohibiting use of anhydrous ammonia equipment or system
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 420 - 129th General Assembly The director of agriculture may issue an order prohibiting the use of anhydrous ammonia equipment or an anhydrous ammonia system found not to comply with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 905.40 of the Revised Code, as applicable. No person shall use the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system until a release in writing is issued by the director. The director shall not issue a release until both of the following have occurred: (A) The director has inspected the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system and has found that the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system complies with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 905.40 of the Revised Code, as applicable. (B) The person in control of the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system at the time of the noncompliance has paid the director in an amount equal to all expenses incurred by the director due to the order prohibiting use of the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.111
§ 940.111. Acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, charge card, or prepaid or stored value card, or automated clearinghouse network credit, debit, or e-check entry that includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and internet-initiated, point of purchase, and telephone-initiated applications or any other device or method for making an electronic payment or transfer of funds. (2) "Soil and water district officials" includes the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district and employees of the district. (3) "Soil and water district expenses" includes payments or any other expense a person owes or otherwise pays to a soil and water conservation district under the authority of this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district may adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices for soil and water district expenses. The resolution shall include the following: (1) A specification of those soil and water district officials who are authorized to accept payments by financial transaction device; (2) A list of soil and water district expenses that may be paid for through the use of a financial transaction device; (3) Specific identification of financial transaction devices that the board authorizes as acceptable means of payment for soil and water district expenses. Uniform acceptance of financial transaction devices among different types of soil and water district expenses is not required. (4) The amount, if any, authorized as a surcharge or convenience fee under division (D) of this section for persons using a financial transaction device. Uniform application of surcharges or convenience fees among different types of soil and water district expenses is not required. (5) A specific provision as provided in division (F) of this section requiring the payment of a penalty if a payment made by means of a financial transaction device is returned or dishonored for any reason. The board's resolution shall also designate the county treasurer as an administrative agent to solicit proposals, within guidelines established by the board in the resolution and in compliance with the procedures provided in division (C) of this section, from financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, and processors of financial transaction devices, to make recommendations about those proposals to the board, and to assist the soil and water conservation district in implementing the board's financial transaction devices program. The county treasurer may decline this responsibility within thirty days after receiving a copy of the board's resolution by notifying the board in writing within that period. If the treasurer so notifies the board, the board shall perform the duties of the administrative agent. If the county treasurer is the administrative agent and fails to administer the board's financial transaction devices program in accordance with the guidelines in the board's resolution, the board shall notify the treasurer in writing of the board's findings, explain the failures, and give the treasurer six months to correct the failures. If the treasurer fails to make the appropriate corrections within that six-month period, the board may adopt a resolution declaring the board to be the administrative agent. The board may later rescind that resolution at its discretion. (C) The board shall follow the procedures provided in this division whenever it plans to contract with financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, or processors of financial transaction devices for the purposes of this section. The administrative agent shall request proposals from at least three financial institutions, issuers of financial transaction devices, or processors of financial transaction devices, as appropriate in accordance with the resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. Prior to sending any financial institution, issuer, or processor a copy of any such request, the board shall advertise its intent to request proposals in a newspaper of general circulation in the soil and water conservation district once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall: (1) State that the board intends to request proposals; (2) Specify the purpose of the request; (3) Indicate the date, which shall be at least ten days after the second publication, on which the request for proposals will be mailed to financial institutions, issuers, or processors; (4) Require that any financial institution, issuer, or processor, whichever is appropriate, interested in receiving the request for proposals submit written notice of this interest to the board not later than noon of the day on which the request for proposals will be mailed. Upon receiving the proposals, the administrative agent shall review them and make a recommendation to the board on which proposals to accept. The board shall consider the agent's recommendation and review all proposals submitted, and then may choose to contract with any or all of the entities submitting proposals, as appropriate. The board shall provide any financial institution, issuer, or processor that submitted a proposal, but with which the board does not enter into a contract, notice that its proposal is rejected. The notice shall state the reasons for the rejection, indicate whose proposals were accepted, and provide a copy of the terms and conditions of the successful bids. (D) A board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district may establish a surcharge or convenience fee that may be imposed upon a person making payment by a financial transaction device. The surcharge or convenience fee shall not be imposed unless authorized or otherwise permitted by the rules prescribed by an agreement governing the use and acceptance of the financial transaction device. If a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, the board shall clearly post a notice and shall notify each person making a payment by such a device about the surcharge or fee. Notice to each person making a payment shall be provided regardless of the medium used to make the payment and in a manner appropriate to that medium. Each notice shall include all of the following: (1) A statement that there is a surcharge or convenience fee for using a financial transaction device; (2) The total amount of the charge or fee expressed in dollars and cents for each transaction, or the rate of the charge or fee expressed as a percentage of the total amount of the transaction, whichever is applicable; (3) A clear statement that the surcharge or convenience fee is nonrefundable. (E) If a person elects to make a payment to the soil and water conservation district by a financial transaction device and a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, the payment of the surcharge or fee shall be considered voluntary and the surcharge or fee is not refundable. (F) If a person makes payment by financial transaction device and the payment is returned or dishonored for any reason, the person is liable to the soil and water conservation district for payment of a penalty over and above the amount of the expense due. The board shall determine the amount of the penalty, which may be either a fee not to exceed twenty dollars or payment of the amount necessary to reimburse the district for banking charges, legal fees, or other expenses incurred by the district in collecting the returned or dishonored payment. The remedies and procedures provided in this section are in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies provided by law. (G) No person making any payment by financial transaction device to a soil and water conservation district shall be relieved from liability for the underlying obligation except to the extent that the district realizes final payment of the underlying obligation in cash or its equivalent. If final payment is not made by the financial transaction device issuer or other guarantor of payment in the transaction, the underlying obligation survives and the district retains all remedies for enforcement that would have applied if the transaction had not occurred. (H) A soil and water district official who accepts a financial transaction device payment in accordance with this section and any applicable state or local policies or rules is immune from personal liability for the final collection of such payments. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 5:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.04
§ 917.04. Sales of and labeling for raw milk
Status: in_force

October 21, 1997 Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly No raw milk retailer shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale raw milk to the ultimate consumer except a raw milk retailer who, prior to October 31, 1965, was engaged continuously in the business of selling or offering for sale raw milk directly to ultimate consumers, holds a valid raw milk retailer license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, and is subject to the rules regulating the sale of raw milk adopted under this chapter. No person shall fail to label, in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture under section 917.02 of the Revised Code, all final delivery containers used for the sale of raw milk to ultimate consumers with the words "this product has not been pasteurized and may contain disease producing organisms."
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.23
§ 915.23. Refusal or revocation of licenses
Status: in_force

November 6, 1959 House Bill 687 - 103rd General Assembly The department of agriculture, after notice and hearing, held in accordance with the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code may refuse to issue or may revoke the license for any establishment, or the authority for any establishment to operate as such by virtue of holding a cold-storage warehouse license under sections 915.02 of the Revised Code, for failure to comply with sections 915.14 to 915.24 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation of the department. Before refusing to issue or revoking any license the department shall send the licensee notice of such hearing by registered or certified mail not less than ten days before the hearing and shall afford such licensee an opportunity to be heard in person or by attorney with respect thereto at a time and place specified in such notice. In event any license is revoked, the department may permit the continued operation of the establishment involved upon such conditions or under such supervision as the department may prescribe for a period of not to exceed six months, in order to enable patrons to remove any food stored therein, but during such period no additional food shall be received or stored in such establishment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 951.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 951 / § 951.10
§ 951.10. Damages; evidence
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly (A) The owner or keeper of an animal described in section 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently permits it to run at large in violation of that section, is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the animal in any of the places specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code or upon the premises of another without reference to the fence that may enclose the premises. (B) The running at large of any animal specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code in or upon any of the places specified in that section is prima-facie evidence in a civil action for damages under division (A) of this section that the owner or keeper of the animal negligently permitted the animal to run at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.041
§ 935.041. Registration of certain marmosets, monkeys, capuchins and lemurs
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly A person that possesses any of the following animals shall register the animal in the same manner as provided in section 935.04 of the Revised Code: (A) Pygmy, white-tufted-ear, silvery, and black-pencilled marmosets; (B) Squirrel monkeys; (C) Brown, white-faced, weeping, and white-fronted capuchins; (D) Lemurs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 923.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 923 / § 923.46
§ 923.46. Moneys collected credited to commercial feed, fertilizer, and lime inspection and laboratory fund
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The commercial feed and seed fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 907. of the Revised Code. 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 commercial feed or seed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.34
§ 971.34. Notice to landowner failing to cut noxious weeds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds, as provided in section 971.33 of the Revised Code, an owner or occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after having given the owner or tenant not less than ten days' notice to cut or remove them, may notify the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is situated, who shall forthwith view the premises, and if satisfied that there is just cause of complaint, shall cause them to be cut, by letting the work to the lowest bidder, or by entering into a private contract therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.51
§ 941.51. Tuberculosis definitions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly As used in sections 941.51 to 941.56 of the Revised Code: (A) "Negative" means an animal determined by a tuberculosis test not to be infected with tuberculosis. (B) "Reactor" means any animal that shows a response to an approved tuberculin test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian. (C) "Suspect" means an animal that cannot be classed as a reactor or negative after a tuberculosis test. (D) "Tuberculosis" means a dangerously contagious or infectious disease of any species caused by mycobacterium bovis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.27
§ 926.27. Licensed handler discontinuing business
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly Any licensed handler who intends to discontinue his operations at the expiration of his license or at any other time shall, at least thirty days prior to the date of the expiration or cancellation of his license, notify the director of agriculture, all parties storing agricultural commodities in the handler's warehouse, and all holders of receipts issued by him, if known. If all holders of receipts are not known, he shall advertise his intention by public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the place in which the warehouse is situated or, if no newspaper is published in that place, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the warehouse is situated. The owners or depositors of the commodities shall remove, or cause to be removed, the commodities from the warehouse before the expiration or cancellation of the license. If for any reason the commodities are not removed from the warehouse, the handler shall sell them for the account of the depositors in accordance with section 926.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.04
§ 935.04. Registration of dangerous wild animals
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly (A) A person that possesses a dangerous wild animal on the effective date of this section shall register the animal with the director of agriculture in accordance with this section not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. (B) A person shall register a dangerous wild animal on a form prescribed and provided by the director. The form shall include all of the following: (1) The name, address, social security number, and federal employer identification number, if applicable, of the person registering the dangerous wild animal; (2) If different from the information provided under division (B)(1) of this section, the name and address of the location where the dangerous wild animal is confined; (3) A description of the dangerous wild animal, including the scientific and common names of the animal, the name that the person has given the animal, the animal's sex, age, color, and weight, and any distinguishing marks or coloration that would aid in the identification of the animal; (4) The name, address, and telephone number of the veterinarian that provides veterinary care to the dangerous wild animal; (5) Any other information required by the director in rules. (C) Beginning ninety days after the director adopts rules under division (A) of section 935.17 of the Revised Code, a person that has registered a dangerous wild animal under this section shall comply with the applicable requirements regarding the care and housing of dangerous wild animals established in those rules. (D) A person that registers a dangerous wild animal under this section shall have permanently implanted in the dangerous wild animal a microchip at the time of registration. The microchip shall have an identification number that is unique to the microchip. In addition, the microchip shall contain a passive integrated transponder, which shall have a frequency of one hundred twenty-five, one hundred thirty-four and two-tenths, or four hundred kilohertz. (E) A person that possesses a registered dangerous wild animal on October 1, 2013, and that wishes to continue to possess the dangerous wild animal on and after January 1, 2014, shall obtain a wildlife shelter permit issued under section 935.06 of the Revised Code or a wildlife propagation permit issued under section 935.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.17
§ 921.17. Director may delegate authority
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly All authority vested in the director of agriculture by virtue of sections 921.01 to 921.29 of the Revised Code may with like force and effect be executed by such employees of the department of agriculture as the director may designate for said purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.10
§ 943.10. Weighing facilities
Status: in_force

January 1, 1973 House Bill 1138 - 109th General Assembly All weighing facilities operated under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the United States department of agriculture; and all other such weighing facilities shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the state department of agriculture. All such weighing facilities not regularly inspected and tested as required by the United States department of agriculture under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, shall be inspected and tested under the supervision of the state department once every six months in accordance with rules of the state department. In the event the state department finds, after proper inspection and test, that such weighing facilities are defective it may condemn and seal such weighing facilities and prevent their further use until repairs or renewals have been made to its full satisfaction. The department may utilize the inspection facilities, services, and personnel performing similar functions under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, to whatever extent they may be available or desirable in carrying out this section. The operator of such weighing facilities shall bear all costs incident to the testing and sealing of such facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.111
§ 907.111. Sole authority of department to regulate seed within state
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of agriculture has sole and exclusive authority to regulate the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, and planting of seed within the state. The regulation of seed is a matter of general statewide interest that requires uniform statewide regulation, and this chapter and rules adopted under it constitute a comprehensive plan with respect to all aspects of the regulation of seed within this state. (B) No political subdivision shall do any of the following: (1) Regulate the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, or planting of seed; (2) Require a person who has been issued a permit or license under this chapter to obtain a permit or license to operate in a manner described in this chapter or to satisfy any other condition except as provided by a statute or rule of this state or of the United States; (3) Require a person who has registered a legume innoculant under this chapter to register that innoculant in a manner described in this chapter or to satisfy any other condition except as provided by a statute or rule of this state or of the United States. (C) No political subdivision shall enact, adopt, or continue in effect local legislation relating to the permitting or licensure of any person who is required to obtain a permit or license under this chapter or to the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, or planting of seed. (D) As used in this section, "political subdivision" and "local legislation" have the same meanings as in section 905.503 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.16
§ 903.16. Requiring corrective actions and assessing civil penalties [see Section 3 of H.B. 363 of the 128th General Assembly]
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may propose to require corrective actions and assess a civil penalty against an owner or operator of a concentrated animal feeding facility if the director or the director's authorized representative determines that the owner or operator is not in compliance with section 903.02 or 903.03 or division (A) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code, the terms and conditions of a permit to install or permit to operate issued for the concentrated animal feeding facility, including the requirements established under division (C) of section 903.06 of the Revised Code, or rules adopted under division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (I) of section 903.10 of the Revised Code. However, the director may impose a civil penalty only if all of the following occur: (1) The owner or operator is notified in writing of the deficiencies resulting in noncompliance, the actions that the owner or operator must take to correct the deficiencies, and the time period within which the owner or operator must correct the deficiencies and attain compliance. (2) After the time period specified in the notice has elapsed, the director or the director's duly authorized representative has inspected the concentrated animal feeding facility, determined that the owner or operator is still not in compliance, and issued a notice of an adjudication hearing. (3) The director affords the owner or operator an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the director's determination that the owner or operator is not in compliance or the imposition of the civil penalty, or both. However, the owner or operator 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 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. Civil penalties shall be assessed under this division as follows: (1) A person who has violated section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code, the terms and conditions of a permit to install or permit to operate, or rules adopted under division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (I) of section 903.10 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules unless the violation is of the requirements established under division (C) of section 903.06 or division (A) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code. (2) A person who has violated the requirements established under division (C) of section 903.06 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules for each violation. Each seven-day period during which a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (3) A person who has violated the requirements established under division (A) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation. Each thirty-day period during which a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (C) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action for an injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction against any person violating or threatening to violate section 903.02 or 903.03 or division (A) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code; the terms and conditions of a permit to install or permit to operate, including the requirements established under division (C) of section 903.06 of the Revised Code; rules adopted under division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (I) of section 903.10 of the Revised Code; or an order issued under division (B) of this section or division (B) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) In lieu of seeking civil penalties under division (A) of this section, the director may request the attorney general, in writing, to bring an action for a civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person that has violated or is violating division (A) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code or the terms and conditions of a permit to install or permit to operate, including the requirements established under division (C) of section 903.06 of the Revised Code. (2) The director may request the attorney general, in writing, to bring an action for a civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person that has violated or is violating section 903.02 or 903.03 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (I) of section 903.10 of the Revised Code, or an order issued under division (B) of this section or division (B) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code. (3) A person who has committed a violation for which the attorney general may bring an action for a civil penalty under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall pay a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per violation. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (E) In addition to any other penalties imposed under this section, the director may impose an administrative penalty against an owner or operator of a concentrated animal feeding facility if the director or the director's authorized representative determines that the owner or operator is not in compliance with best management practices that are established in rules adopted under division (B) or (C) of section 903.10 of the Revised Code or in the permit to install or permit to operate issued for the facility. The administrative penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars. The director shall afford the owner or operator an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the director's determination under this division, the director's imposition of an administrative penalty under this division, or both. The director's determination and the imposition of the administrative penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.46
§ 907.46. Misrepresenting seed as treated seed
Status: in_force

July 1, 1966 House Bill 394 - 106th General Assembly No person shall sell or offer for sale, in this state, seed represented by labeling, advertising, or distinctive coloration, to have been treated, unless the seed actually has been so treated in such amount as to be effective for the purpose claimed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.172
§ 901.172. Ohio Proud Craft Beer and Spirits
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "beer," "cider," and "spirituous liquor" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods grown for inclusion in both of the following: (1) Beer or cider through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. The voluntary program shall be entitled "Ohio Proud Craft Beer." (2) Spirituous liquor through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division. The voluntary program shall be entitled "Ohio Proud Craft Spirits." (C) Pursuant to rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may establish reasonable fees and criteria for participation in the voluntary programs. All such fees shall be credited to the general revenue fund and used to finance the voluntary programs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.01
§ 924.01. Agricultural commodity marketing program definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 924.01 to 924.16 and 924.40 to 924.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural commodity" means any food, fiber, feed, animal, or plant, or group of foods, fibers, feeds, animals, or plants that the director of agriculture determines to be of the same nature, in either a natural or a processed state. "Agricultural commodity" does not include any of the following: (1) Grain, as defined in section 924.20 of the Revised Code; (2) Soybeans; (3) Hemp, as defined in section 928.01 of the Revised Code; (4) Pork, as defined in section 924.212 of the Revised Code. (B) "Distributor" means any person who sells, offers for sale, markets, or distributes an agricultural commodity that the person has purchased or acquired directly from a producer, or that the person markets on behalf of a producer. (C) "Handler" means any person who is in the business of packing, grading, selling, offering for sale, or marketing any agricultural commodity in commercial quantities as defined in a marketing program. (D) "Marketing program" means a program that is established by order of the director pursuant to this chapter, to improve or expand the market for an agricultural commodity. (E) "Operating committee" means a committee established to administer a marketing program for an agricultural commodity. (F) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, corporation, society, agricultural cooperative as defined in section 1729.01 of the Revised Code, association, or fiduciary. (G) "Processor" means any person who is in the business of grading, packaging, packing, canning, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, juicing, or in any other way preserving or changing the form of any agricultural commodity. (H) "Producer" means any person who is in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, any agricultural commodity for commercial sale, except that when used in reference to nursery stock, "producer" also means a distributor, processor, handler, or retailer of nursery stock. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.65
§ 927.65. Copy of license or certificate of inspection to be attached
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly (A) Each person who wholesales, sells for resale, or distributes for resale nursery stock in this state shall attach on the outside of each package, box, bale, or vehicle load, or lot sold or delivered, a tag or poster on which shall appear on exact copy of his valid license or certificate of inspection. (B) No person shall use certificate tags or posters which have been altered or are invalid. (C) No person shall misuse a valid certificate tag or poster.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.22
§ 926.22. Issuing and cancelling receipts
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly (A) No licensed handler shall issue a receipt except upon the actual delivery of an agricultural commodity into storage in the warehouse from which the receipt is to be issued. No licensed handler shall issue a receipt for a quantity of a commodity greater than that which was contained in the lot or parcel received for storage or issue more than one receipt for the same lot of a commodity unless a receipt for a part of the lot is desired, in which case the aggregate receipts issued for a particular lot shall cover only that lot. (B) If a licensed handler delivers out of storage a part of a lot of an agricultural commodity for which he has issued a negotiable receipt, he shall cancel the original receipt and issue a new receipt in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture for the undelivered portion of the commodity that is still in storage. The new receipt shall show the date of its issuance and the number and date of the original receipt. (C) If one receipt is divided into two or more receipts or two or more receipts are consolidated into one receipt, the original receipt or receipts shall be canceled in the same manner as if the agricultural commodity had been delivered from storage. The new receipt or receipts shall indicate whether the new receipt or receipts represent a part of another receipt or the consolidation of other receipts. The number and date of the original receipt or receipts shall also appear on the new receipt or receipts. No person shall consolidate receipts that were issued more than thirty days apart. (D) The date of issuance of an original receipt shall be the date used for determining the oldest receipt for the purposes of division (B) of section 926.13 of the Revised Code. The date of any consolidation, replacement, or renewal receipt shall not be considered. (E) All receipts issued for agricultural commodities stored in special bins for the purpose of preserving identity shall bear the number of the bin and the notation "Special Bin." All divisions or consolidations of receipt shall bear the bin number of the original receipt or receipts and the notation "Special Bin." Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.27
§ 941.27. 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 positive 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 § 993.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.09
§ 993.09. Violations
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may fine any owner of an amusement ride for a violation of this chapter or any rules issued under division (B) of section 993.04 of the Revised Code pursuant to a schedule of fines established under that section. The fine shall not exceed five thousand dollars. In addition, the director may order the revocation of an owner's permit for an amusement ride for failure to file a certificate of insurance as required under section 993.06 of the Revised Code, for failure to maintain records of serious injuries or to report accidents as required under division (B) of section 993.07 of the Revised Code, or for violation of a temporary cessation order issued pursuant to division (F) of section 993.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Any hearing or other procedures held with respect to any refusal to issue a permit, any order of the director, or any fine shall be conducted in accordance with sections 119.06 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 119.12 of the Revised Code, all appeals from any fine by, or order of, the director shall be to the court of common pleas of the county where the place of business of the owner is located or to the common pleas court of the county in which the owner is a resident or in which the amusement ride is located, in the case of a temporary amusement ride, or to the court of common pleas of the county where the amusement ride is located in the case of a permanent amusement ride.
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.24
§ 918.24. Records of licensed establishments
Status: in_force

January 1, 1971 House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall maintain records showing the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of poultry products and shall, at reasonable times, permit the director of agriculture or his authorized representative to have access to and copy such records. Any record required to be maintained for the purpose of this section shall be held for a period of not less than two years after the transaction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.07
§ 959.07. Reporting of violation involving a companion animal by licensed professionals
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 959.07 to 959.10 of the Revised Code: (1) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensed veterinarian" has the same meaning as in section 4741.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Protective services" has the same meaning as in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code. (4) "Officer" has the same meaning as in section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (5) "Social service professional" means an employee or agent of a public children services agency or an employee or agent of a county department of job and family services with responsibility for protective services. (6) "Older adult" means any person sixty years of age or older within this state who is disabled by the infirmities of aging or who has a physical or mental impairment which prevents the person from providing for the person's own care or protection, and who resides in an independent living arrangement. (7) "Violation involving a companion animal" means any violation of section 959.01 , 959.02 , 959.03 , 959.13 , 959.131 , 959.15 , 959.16 , or 959.21 of the Revised Code involving a companion animal. (B)(1) No person listed in division (B)(2) of this section shall fail to immediately report a violation involving a companion animal to an officer who is not a dog warden or deputy dog warden when that person has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that such a violation has occurred or is occurring. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section applies to all of the following operating in an official or professional capacity: (a) A licensed veterinarian; (b) A social service professional; (c) A person licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 939.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.07
§ 939.07. Assessment of corrective actions and penalties
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) The director of agriculture may propose to require corrective actions and assess a civil penalty against the owner or operator of agricultural land or an animal feeding operation if the director or the director's designee determines that the owner or operator is doing one of the following: (a) Not complying with a standard established in rules adopted under division (E)(1) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code; (b) Not operating in accordance with an approved operation and management plan that is developed under division (A) of section 939.03 of the Revised Code, with an operation and management plan developed by the director or the director's designee under section 939.02 of the Revised Code or by the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district under section 940.06 of the Revised Code, or with an operation and management plan required by the director under division (A)(2) of this section; (c) Not complying with a standard established in rules adopted under division (E)(5)(a) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code; (d) Not operating in accordance with a composting plan that is approved in accordance with rules adopted under division (E)(5)(b) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code or required by the director under division (A)(2) of this section. (2) The director may include in the corrective actions a requirement that an owner or operator do one of the following: (a) Operate under an operation and management plan approved by the director or the director's designee under section 939.02 of the Revised Code; (b) If the owner or operator has failed to operate in accordance with an existing operation and management plan, operate in accordance with that plan; (c) Prepare a composting plan in accordance with rules adopted under division (E)(5)(b) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code and operate in accordance with that plan; (d) If the owner or operator has failed to operate in accordance with an existing composting plan, operate in accordance with that plan. (3) The director may impose a civil penalty only if all of the following occur: (a) The owner or operator is notified in writing of the deficiencies resulting in noncompliance, the actions that the owner or operator must take to correct the deficiencies, and the time period within which the owner or operator must correct the deficiencies and attain compliance. (b) After the time period specified in the notice has elapsed, the director or the director's designee has inspected the agricultural land or animal feeding operation, determined that the owner or operator is still not in compliance, and issued a notice of an adjudication hearing. (c) The director affords the owner or operator an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the determination of the director or the director's designee that the owner or operator is not in compliance or the imposition of the civil penalty, or both. However, the owner or operator may waive the right to an adjudication hearing. (4) If the opportunity for an adjudication hearing is waived or if, after an adjudication hearing, the director determines that noncompliance has occurred or is occurring, the director may issue an order requiring compliance 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. (5) A person who has violated rules adopted under division (E) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules adopted under that section. (B) The attorney general, upon the written request of the director, shall bring an action for an injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction against a person violating or threatening to violate rules adopted under division (E) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A)(4) of this section. (C)(1) In lieu of imposing a civil penalty under division (A) of this section, the director may request the attorney general, in writing, to bring an action for a civil penalty in a court of competent jurisdiction against a person that has violated or is violating a rule adopted under division (E) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code. (2) The civil penalty for which an action may be brought under division (C)(1) of this section shall not exceed ten thousand dollars per violation. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (D) In addition to any other penalties imposed under this section, the director may impose an administrative penalty against the owner or operator of agricultural land or an animal feeding operation if the director or the director's designee determines that the owner or operator is not in compliance with best management practices that are established in rules adopted under division (E) of section 939.02 of the Revised Code. The administrative penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars. The director shall afford the owner or operator an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the determination of the director or the director's designee under this division, the director's imposition of an administrative penalty under this division, or both. The determination and the imposition of the administrative penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (E) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, if the director determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect public health or safety or the environment, the director may issue an order, without notice or adjudication hearing, stating the existence of the emergency and requiring that action be taken that is necessary to address the emergency. The order shall take effect immediately. A person to whom the order is issued shall comply immediately, but on application to the director shall be afforded an adjudication hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as soon as possible, but not later than thirty days after the director's receipt of the application. Following the hearing, the director shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. The order may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. An emergency order shall not remain in effect for more than one hundred twenty days after its issuance. If a person to whom an order is issued does not comply with the order within a reasonable period of time as determined by the director, the director or the director's designee may enter on private or public lands to investigate and take action to mitigate, minimize, remove, or abate the conditions that are the subject of the order. (F) A person that is responsible for causing or allowing the unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of manure or residual farm products is liable to the director for the costs incurred in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating the spill, release, or discharge. Upon request of the director, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against the responsible person or persons to recover those costs. (G) Money recovered under division (F) of this section and money collected from civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the agricultural pollution abatement fund created in section 939.10 of the Revised Code. (H) As used in this section, "noncompliance" means doing one of the actions specified in division (A)(1) of this section.