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Ohio Rev Code § 971.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.12 | Partition Fences - Failure to Comply With Assignment.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323, Senate Bill 268 - 127th General Assembly|(A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section 971.09 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, upon the application of the aggrieved owner, shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder agreeing to furnish the labor and material, and build or maintain the fence according to the specifications proposed by the board, after advertising for bids once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the township is situated. The board may also cause notice to be inserted in trade papers or other publications designated by it or to be distributed by electronic means, including posting the notice on the board's internet web site. If the board posts the notice on its web site, it may eliminate the second notice otherwise required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, provided that the first notice published in such newspaper meets all of the following requirements:(1) It is published at least two weeks before the opening of bids.(2) It includes a statement that the notice is posted on the board's internet web site.(3) It includes the internet address of the board's internet web site.(4) It includes instructions describing how the notice may be accessed on the board's internet web site.(B) If no bids are received from responsible bidders as provided in this section, the trustees shall procure labor and materials at prevailing rates and cause the fence to be constructed or maintained.(C) No person shall obstruct or interfere with anyone lawfully engaged in construction or maintenance of a partition fence or in the performance of any other act described in this section.  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.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.13 | Costs for Building Fences.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|When the work provided for under section 971.12 of the Revised Code is completed to the satisfaction of the board of township trustees, it shall certify the costs to the township fiscal officer. If the costs are not paid within thirty days, the township fiscal officer shall certify them to the county auditor with a statement of the cost of the construction or maintenance and incidental costs incurred by the trustees and a correct description of each piece of land upon which the costs are assessed.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.14 | Duties of County Auditor.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|The county auditor shall place the amounts certified, as provided in section 971.13 of the Revised Code, upon the tax duplicate, which amounts shall become a lien and be collected as other taxes. The board of township trustees shall certify the amount due each person for building or maintaining the fence and the amount due each trustee and the township fiscal officer for services rendered. In anticipation of the collection of the amounts, the auditor shall draw orders for the payment of the amounts out of the county treasury.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.15 | Partition Fence Records.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair partition fences made under this chapter shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder. A document recorded in the official records shall be final between the parties thereto and successive owners thereafter until modified by a subsequent document. All documents recorded shall describe the land where a partition fence is located and the portion of the fence assigned to each applicable owner. In addition, the documents shall describe the purposes and use of the partition fence.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.16 | Action for Failure to Build or Maintain Partition Fence.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) An owner may file an action in a court of common pleas of the county in which the owner resides if the owner of adjoining property neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence or the portion of a partition fence that the owner is required to build or maintain. (B) In an action filed under this section, a court shall consider all of the following when making an assignment of responsibility for building or maintaining in good repair a partition fence:(1) Whether a partition fence currently exists even if it is in disrepair;(2) Whether there is evidence that a partition fence existed in the past;(3) Whether a written agreement between the owners has been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code;(4) Whether an affidavit has been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.05, 971.06, or 971.07 of the Revised Code;(5) All of the following:(a) The topography of the applicable property;(b) The presence of streams, creeks, rivers, or other bodies of water;(c) The presence of trees, vines, or other vegetation;(d) The level of risk of trespassers on either property due to the population density surrounding the property or the recreational use of adjoining properties;(e) The importance of marking division lines between the properties;(f) The number and type of livestock owned by either owner that may be contained by the partition fence.The court shall make an assignment in equitable shares.(C) The court shall assign attorney's fees and court costs in an equitable manner to the parties.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.17 | Notification of Removal.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Not fewer than twenty-eight days prior to removing a partition fence, an owner shall notify the owner of adjoining property in writing that the owner intends to remove the partition fence. The notice may be delivered personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the adjoining owner. If the notice delivered by certified mail is refused or unclaimed, the notice may be delivered by ordinary mail. If the notice delivered by ordinary mail is returned for failure of delivery, or if the address of the adjoining owner is unknown and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, notice may be served by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the partition fence is located. (B) If an owner removes a partition fence without notifying the owner of adjoining property in accordance with division (A) of this section, the owner forfeits the owner's right to seek reimbursement under section 971.07 of the Revised Code for the construction and maintenance of a new partition fence.(C) An action for trespass by the owner of adjoining property against the owner removing a partition fence may include a reasonable request for court costs, attorney's fees, and other litigation costs.(D) No owner shall place any debris accumulated from the removal of a partition fence on adjoining property without entering into a written agreement with the owner of the adjoining property. An adjoining owner who has not entered into a written agreement under this division shall have a cause of action against the owner that placed debris from the removal of a partition fence on the adjoining owner's property for the cost of removing that debris. Any action against the owner may include any attorney's fees.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.18 | Negligently Permitting Livestock to Run at Large.

Effective: September 23, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly|An owner of livestock who negligently permits the livestock to run at large out of the livestock's enclosure is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the livestock on the premises of another.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.33 | Cutting of Noxious Weeds.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|An owner of land, adjacent to a partition fence, shall keep all brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds cut in the fence corners and a strip four feet wide on the owner's side along the line of a partition fence, but this section does not affect the planting of vines or trees for use.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.34 | Notice to Landowner Failing to Cut Noxious Weeds.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  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 § 971.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.35 | Cost - Collection and Payment.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|When the work authorized in section 971.34 of the Revised Code is completed, the board of township trustees shall certify to the county auditor the amount of the cost of the work with the expense thereto attached, and a correct description of the land upon which the work was performed. The auditor shall place the amount upon the tax duplicate to be collected as other taxes. The county treasurer shall pay the amount, when collected, to the township fiscal officer as other funds are paid.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.36 | Anticipating Cost.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may anticipate the collection, and refund the cost of the work authorized in section 971.34 of the Revised Code, to the township fiscal officer for the amount, payable out of any township funds that may be in the fiscal officer's hands.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.99 | Penalty.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (C) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (C) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree if, in committing the offense, the violator made a threat of physical harm to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence.(C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (C) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if, in committing the offense, the violator caused physical harm to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence.(D) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (C) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree if, in committing the offense, the violator caused serious physical harm or death to the person that was building or maintaining a partition fence.(E) Prosecution for a violation of division (B) of section 971.08 or division (C) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code does not preclude prosecution for a violation of any other section of the Revised Code. One or more acts, a series of acts, or a course of behavior that can be prosecuted under this section or any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.01 | Timber Dealers May Adopt a Trade-Mark.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Persons, firms, or corporations dealing in timber in any form shall be known as "timber dealers," and may adopt a trade-mark in the manner and with the effect provided in sections 981.02 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.02 | Trade-Mark - Application - Exclusive Property.

Effective: May 9, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly|A timber dealer desiring to adopt a trade-mark under section 981.01 of the Revised Code may do so by executing in writing in form and effect as follows:"Trade-mark.Notice is hereby given that I (we) have adopted the following trade-mark, to be used in my (our) business as a timber dealer, to-wit: -- (Here insert the letters, words or figures, etc., constituting the trade-mark, or if it is any device other than letters, words, or figures, insert a facsimile of the device), dated this __________ day of __________, ______"Such writing shall be acknowledged or proved for record in a like manner as deeds are acknowledged or proved, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office or place of business of such timber dealer is, and also in the office of the secretary of state. A copy of the writing shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in such county.A trade-mark so adopted, from the date of its adoption, shall be the exclusive property of the person, firm, or corporation adopting it.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.03 | Trade-Mark to Be Stamped on Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The proprietor of a trade-mark under section 981.02 of the Revised Code shall cause it to be plainly stamped, branded, or impressed upon each piece of timber upon which it is used. On the sale of such timber and at the request of the purchaser thereof, the dealer or owner of such trade-mark shall remove or cancel it.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.04 | Trade-Mark Evidence of Ownership.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In an action or contest in which the title to trade-marked timber is in question, such trade-mark, in the absence of proof to the contrary, is prima-facie evidence that such timber is the property of the proprietor of such trade-mark.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.05 | Compensation for Securing Drift Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A person taking and securing boats, fleets of timber rafts, platforms, logs or trees prepared for the purpose of sale, crossties, railroad ties, boards, planks, staves, heading, or timber prepared for market, the property of another, found adrift in the Ohio river and the rivers and creeks within this state in which there is no boom or arrangement provided by the owner for the preservation thereof below the point at which they are so found, whether they have thereon a brand or trade-mark or not, shall receive a compensation from the owner thereof for so much thereof as he shall deliver to such owner, as follows:(A) For each freight boat or other heavy boat, ten dollars;(B) For each jack boat, skiff, or canoe, fifty cents;(C) For each fleet of timber, ten dollars;(D) For each raft of not less than forty logs, four dollars;(E) For each platform of not less than ten logs, one dollar;(F) For each saw log or other log or tree prepared for sale, twenty-five cents;(G) For each crosstie or railroad tie, six cents;(H) For boards or planks caught in rafts or large bodies ;(1) One dollar per one thousand feet, board measure, for twenty thousand feet or less quantity;(2) For over twenty thousand feet, fifty cents per one thousand feet, board measure; but if such boards or planks are loose and scattered, four dollars per one thousand feet, board measure, and for staves and heading, five dollars per thousand pieces for such as are merchantable.Such charges shall be paid by the owner of such property, if required, upon its delivery to him. Such person shall have a lien upon the property so taken and secured by him for such fees and for his charges as provided in section 981.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.06 | Additional Compensation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A person taking a raft, fleet, or platform, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, in addition to the fees provided in such section, shall receive a reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for such property not exceeding the following rates:(A) For each fleet, two dollars per day;(B) For each raft, fifty cents per day;(C) For each platform, twenty-five cents per day.If a person takes a saw log or other log or tree prepared for sale, as provided in section 981.05 of the Revised Code, and it remains in his possession over thirty days from the time of so taking before the owner thereof offers to pay the charges provided in this section and section 981.05 of the Revised Code, he shall receive in addition to such charges twenty-five cents for each log or tree prepared for sale.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.07 | Sale of Drift Timber to Secure Compensation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the owner of a fleet, raft, platform, log, or tree prepared for the purpose of sale, a crosstie, railroad tie, board, plank, stave, heading, or timber prepared for market, fails to pay the sum chargeable thereon under sections 981.05 and 981.06 of the Revised Code within sixty days from the day they are so taken, they shall be sold at the instance of the person to whom such charges are due, by a constable or the sheriff of the county in which such property was taken. Such sale shall be at the front door of the courthouse of such county, at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon thirty days' written or printed notice, giving the time and place of such sale and a description of such property and the marks, brands, or trade-marks thereon, posted at the front door of such courthouse, and at two public places in the county where the property is located.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.08 | Disposition of Moneys.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The officer making a sale under section 981.07 of the Revised Code shall pay to the person to whom the charges are due the legal fees and charges, and after deducting his commission, which shall be as upon sales under execution, shall pay the balance of the moneys arising therefrom to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which such sales are made, and take his receipts therefor.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.09 | Liability of Constable.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|For any failure to perform his duties under sections 981.07 and 981.08 of the Revised Code, the constable or other officer is liable on his official bond to the party injured thereby.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.10 | Duty of Clerk.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the owner of drift timber recovered under section 981.05 of the Revised Code, within one year from the date of sale, appears before the clerk of the court of common pleas to whom the money has been paid, as provided in section 981.08 of the Revised Code, or appears before a judge of the court of common pleas, and establishes his right to such money to the satisfaction of such clerk or judge, it shall be paid to him by the clerk, on the order of the judge; otherwise, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the treasury of the county for the use of the schools as provided in section 3315.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.11 | Unauthorized Use of Timber Dealer's Trade-Mark.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall use or attempt to use a trade-mark, adopted as required by sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by a person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber, without the written consent of the owner thereof. Whoever violates this section shall be liable to the owner thereof for all damages sustained thereby.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.12 | Fraudulently Placing Trade-Mark on the Timber of Another.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall falsely or fraudulently place a trade-mark on timber which is not the property of the person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber which has legally adopted such trade-mark.
Ohio Rev Code § 981.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 981 | Timber|Section 981.13 | Defacing Trade-Mark on Timber.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall intentionally and without lawful authority remove, deface, or destroy a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and has plainly stamped, branded, or otherwise impressed it upon the piece of timber from which it is removed or upon which it is defaced or destroyed.