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Ohio Rev Code § 959.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 959 | Offenses Relating to Domestic Animals|Section 959.20 | Use of Certain Devices on Work Animals Prohibited.

Effective: July 24, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 797 - 116th General Assembly|As used in this section:(A) "Work animal" includes a horse, pony, mule, donkey, mare, ox, bull, gelding, or other animal used or intended to be used for a work purpose.(B) "Work purpose" means the performance by a work animal of some work or labor, including showing, performing, or being used in any exhibition, show, circus, rodeo, or similar use.(C) "Owner" includes any person, firm, association, or corporation owning or having a proprietary interest in or possession, custody, or charge of a work animal.No person shall directly or indirectly or by aiding, abetting, or permitting the doing thereof put, place, fasten, use, or fix upon or to any work animal used or readied for use for a work purpose, twisted wire snaffles, unpadded bucking straps, unpadded flank straps, electric or other prods, or similar devices.The commission or performance of any act prohibited by this section is the act of the owner of the work animal upon or to which such act was done.
Ohio Rev Code § 959.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 959 | Offenses Relating to Domestic Animals|Section 959.21 | Sexual Conduct With an Animal.

Effective: March 31, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 24 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:  (1) "Animal" means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive. (2) "Offense" means a violation of this section or an attempt, in violation of section 2923.02 of the Revised Code, to violate this section. (3) "Officer" has the same meaning as in section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (4) "Sexual conduct" means either of the following committed for the purpose of sexual gratification: (a) Any act done between a person and animal that involves contact of the penis of one and the vulva of the other, the penis of one and the penis of the other, the penis of one and the anus of the other, the mouth of one and the penis of the other, the mouth of one and the anus of the other, the vulva of one and the vulva of the other, the mouth of one and the vulva of the other, any other contact between a reproductive organ of one and a reproductive organ of the other, or any other insertion of a reproductive organ of one into an orifice of the other; (b) Without a bona fide veterinary or animal husbandry purpose to do so, the insertion, however slight, of any part of a person's body or any instrument, apparatus, or other object into the vaginal, anal, or reproductive opening of an animal. (B) No person shall knowingly engage in sexual conduct with an animal or knowingly possess, sell, or purchase an animal with the intent that it be subjected to sexual conduct. (C) No person shall knowingly organize, promote, aid, or abet in the conduct of an act involving any sexual conduct with an animal.
Ohio Rev Code § 961.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.01 | Pet Cemetery Definitions.

Effective: August 29, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 699 - 116th General Assembly|As used in sections 961.01 to 961.05 of the Revised Code:(A) "Burial right" means the right of interment.(B) "Interment" means the disposition of pet remains by earth burial, entombment in a mausoleum, or inurnment in a columbarium.(C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.(D) "Pet" means an animal that has been adapted or tamed to live in intimate association with or for the pleasure or advantage of people and includes but is not limited to dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and hamsters.(E) "Pet cemetery" means land, together with any structures, facilities, or buildings appurtenant thereto, provided to members of the general public for use or reservation for use for the individual interment, above or below ground, of pet remains."Pet cemetery" does not include land used exclusively for landfilling or the communal burial of pets, but does include a pet cemetery where a portion of the land is used for the communal burial of pets.
Ohio Rev Code § 961.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.02 | Filing Declaration Restricting Land for Use as Pet Cemetery.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  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 § 961.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.03 | Size Requirement of Pet Cemetery.

Effective: August 29, 1986|Latest Legislation:  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 § 961.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.04 | Establishing Endowment Care Fund.

Effective: August 29, 1986|Latest Legislation:  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 § 961.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.05 | Removal of Land Restriction.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|(A) After a declaration has been filed pursuant to section 961.02 of the Revised Code, the land described in the declaration shall be used for pet cemetery purposes only unless the restriction for such use is removed by order of the court of common pleas in the county where the land is located in a proceeding brought by the pet cemetery owner or the owner's heirs or assigns. (B) The court of common pleas may remove the restriction on the land upon proof satisfactory to the court that either of the following has occurred:(1) No interments have been made in, or all pet remains have been removed from, the land from which the restriction is sought to be removed;(2) The owner of the pet cemetery or the owner's heirs or assigns have received, from those persons who own burial rights in the pet cemetery or their heirs or assigns, written authorization, acknowledged before a notary public, to remove the restriction from the land. Any person granting this authorization who wishes to have a pet that is already interred in the pet cemetery removed and reinterred elsewhere shall so state on the authorization and the pet cemetery owner shall, at the owner's expense, remove the pet remains and have them reinterred elsewhere and shall provide proof of this removal and reinterment. A pet cemetery owner need not obtain the authorization described in division (B)(2) of this section from a person who has purchased a burial right in the pet cemetery but who has not yet used that right for the interment of a pet, if the owner refunds to the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs or assigns all moneys taken for the burial right, plus interest computed in the manner and at the rate agreed upon between the cemetery owner and the owner of the burial right.(C) The court of common pleas may remove the restriction on a portion of the land described in the declaration, if the portion of the land that remains subject to the restriction is not less than three acres in size, upon proof satisfactory to the court that the situations described in either division (B)(1) or (2) of this section have occurred with respect to that portion of the land from which the restriction is sought to be removed.(D) A holder of a lien on the restricted land may object to the removal of the restriction and the court of common pleas shall consider any such objection before issuing an order to remove the restriction.(E) An order issued by the court of common pleas removing a restriction pursuant to this section shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located, who shall record it in the official records.
Ohio Rev Code § 961.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 961 | Pet Cemeteries|Section 961.99 | Penalty.

Effective: August 29, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 699 - 116th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 961.02 or 961.03 or division (B) of section 961.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.01 | Owner Defined.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  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 § 971.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.02 | Preferred Partition Fence for Livestock Enclosures.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fields and enclosures in which livestock are kept or placed and that are bordered by a division line between the adjoining properties of different owners shall be enclosed by a preferred partition fence. (B) Nothing in this chapter prevents an owner from building a fence that exceeds the requirements for a preferred partition fence established under this chapter. The owner building such a fence shall pay all additional costs and expenses of building the fence and maintaining it in good repair.(C) This section does not apply to either of the following:(1) The owners of adjoining properties that enter into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code;(2) Fences that were constructed prior to the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.03 | Application of Chapter.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) The enclosure of lots in municipal corporations;(B) The enclosure of adjoining properties that are laid out into lots outside of municipal corporations;(C) Fences that are required to be constructed by persons or corporations owning, controlling, or managing a railroad pursuant to Chapter 4959. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.04 | Alternative Fence Agreement Between Owners.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|Nothing in this chapter prevents the owners of adjoining properties from entering into a written agreement that states that no fence is needed between the properties, a fence other than a preferred partition fence may be built and maintained pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 971.02 of the Revised Code, or the rights and obligations of the owners are different from what is established in this chapter. The agreement shall be filed with the applicable county recorder and placed in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of the Revised Code. In addition, the agreement runs with the properties that are subject to the agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.05 | Affidavit Concerning Previous Partition Fence.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  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 § 971.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.06 | Responsibility for Maintaining Existing Fence - Removal.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) If a partition fence exists between adjoining properties, the owners of the adjoining properties shall maintain the fence in good repair in equitable shares. If the owners decide to build a new fence, they shall do so in equitable shares in accordance with this chapter unless the owners enter into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The owners of adjoining properties shall build and maintain in good repair a partition fence in equitable shares in accordance with this chapter if there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties or if either of the owners of the adjoining properties, or the previous owners of the adjoining properties, has or had filed an affidavit with the applicable county recorder under section 971.05 of the Revised Code. However, the owners of the adjoining properties are not required to build and maintain in good repair a partition fence in equitable shares if the owners enter or the previous owners entered, as applicable, into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code.(C)(1) If a partition fence is removed by an owner and not replaced within one year after removal, the owner who removed the partition fence shall 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 one year prior to the filing of the affidavit. The affidavit also shall specify the location of the properties and state that the fence has been removed and not replaced.(2) If an affidavit is filed and a partition fence is rebuilt, the owners of the adjoining properties shall build and maintain in good repair the new fence in equitable shares in accordance with this chapter unless the owners enter into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code.(3) If an affidavit is not filed and a partition fence is rebuilt, the owner constructing the fence shall bear the total costs of building and maintaining it in good repair.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.071 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.071 | Allocation of Fence Costs Between Property Owners.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence between that owner and the owner of adjoining property unless a written agreement has been entered into under section 971.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.08 | Entry Onto Adjoining Property to Maintain Fence.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|(A) If an owner chooses to build a partition fence and the owner of adjoining property does not share in the construction of the fence, the owner building the fence, or a contractor hired by the owner, may enter on the adjoining property for no more than ten feet for the length of the fence to build and maintain in good repair the fence. The owner or contractor building the fence is not guilty of a violation of section 2911.21 of the Revised Code or an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is substantially equivalent, provided that the owner or contractor does not enter onto the property beyond the ten feet specified in this division. However, that owner or contractor is liable for all damages caused by the entry onto the adjoining property, including damages to crops. (B) No person shall obstruct or interfere with anyone who is lawfully engaged in the construction or maintenance of a partition fence.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.10 | Costs for Making Assignment.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|The cost due the township fiscal officer and the board of township trustees for making the assignment set forth in section 971.09 of the Revised Code shall be taxed equally against each of the persons and, if not paid to the fiscal officer within thirty days from the date of the assignment, shall be certified by the fiscal officer to the county auditor, with a correct description of the lands and the amount charged against each portion.
Ohio Rev Code § 971.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 971 | Fences|Section 971.11 | Collection of Tax.

Effective: September 30, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly|The county auditor shall place the amount authorized in section 971.10 of the Revised Code upon the duplicate to be collected as other taxes, and the county treasurer shall pay it, when collected, to the township fiscal officer as other funds are paid.