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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.01 | Jurisdiction in Civil Cases - Trial Transfer.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided by this section or section 2305.03 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas has original jurisdiction in all civil cases in which the sum or matter in dispute exceeds the exclusive original jurisdiction of county courts and appellate jurisdiction from the decisions of boards of county commissioners. The court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction, in any tort action to which the amounts apply, to award punitive or exemplary damages that exceed the amounts set forth in section 2315.21 of the Revised Code. The court of common pleas shall not have jurisdiction in any tort action to which the limits apply to enter judgment on an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in excess of the limits set forth in section 2315.18 of the Revised Code.
The court of common pleas may on its own motion transfer for trial any action in the court to any municipal court in the county having concurrent jurisdiction of the subject matter of, and the parties to, the action, if the amount sought by the plaintiff does not exceed one thousand dollars and if the judge or presiding judge of the municipal court concurs in the proposed transfer. Upon the issuance of an order of transfer, the clerk of courts shall remove to the designated municipal court the entire case file. Any untaxed portion of the common pleas deposit for court costs shall be remitted to the municipal court by the clerk of courts to be applied in accordance with section 1901.26 of the Revised Code, and the costs taxed by the municipal court shall be added to any costs taxed in the common pleas court.
The court of common pleas has jurisdiction in any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
The courts of common pleas of Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Clermont, Columbiana, Gallia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Scioto, and Washington counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any adjacent counties or adjacent state. Each of those courts of common pleas has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent court of common pleas that borders on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.011 | Standing of Nature or Ecosystem.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Nature" means the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, other features and products of the earth, the natural environment or wilderness, and generally areas that are not human or human creations, have not been substantially altered by humans, or that persist despite human intervention.
(2) "Ecosystem" means a complex community of living organisms in conjunction with their physical environments, all interacting and linked together as a system through nutrient cycles and energy flows in a particular unit of space.
(B) Nature or any ecosystem does not have standing to participate in or bring an action in any court of common pleas.
(C)(1) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall bring an action in any court of common pleas.
(2) No person shall bring an action in any court of common pleas against a person who is acting on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem.
(3) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall intervene in any manner, such as by filing a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party complaint, in any action brought in any court of common pleas.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the state or any of its agencies from enforcing the laws pertaining to environmental pollution, conservation, wild animals, or other natural communities or ecosystems.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.02 | Wrongful Imprisonment Claim.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 411 - 132nd General Assembly
The court of common pleas in the county where the underlying criminal action was initiated has exclusive, original jurisdiction to hear and determine an action or proceeding that is commenced by an individual who satisfies divisions (A)(1) to (5) of section 2743.48 of the Revised Code and that seeks a determination by the court that an error in procedure of the type described in division (A)(5) of that section occurred, that the offense of which the individual was found guilty, including all lesser included offenses, was not committed by the individual, or that no offense was committed by any person. If the court enters the requested determination, it shall comply with division (B) of that section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.03 | Lapse of Time a Bar.

Effective:
June 16, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and unless a different limitation is prescribed by statute, a civil action may be commenced only within the period prescribed in sections 2305.04 to 2305.22 of the Revised Code. If interposed by proper plea by a party to an action mentioned in any of those sections, lapse of time shall be a bar to the action.
(B) No tort action, as defined in section 2305.236 of the Revised Code, that is based upon a cause of action that accrued in any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired.
(C) No action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing, other than an action described in division (C) of section 2305.07 of the Revised Code, that seeks post-default interest at a rate governed by or provided in the substantive laws of any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, and in excess of the rate of interest provided by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired.
(D) No action described in division (C) of section 2305.07 of the Revised Code that seeks post charge-off interest at a rate governed by or provided in the substantive laws of any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, and in excess of the rate of interest provided by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired.
Last updated April 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.04 | Recovery of Real Estate.

Effective:
January 13, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 125 - 118th General Assembly
An action to recover the title to or possession of real property shall be brought within twenty-one years after the cause of action accrued, but if a person entitled to bring the action is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person, after the expiration of twenty-one years from the time the cause of action accrues, may bring the action within ten years after the disability is removed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.041 | Action for Breach of Oil or Gas Lease or License.

Effective:
April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly
With respect to a lease or license by which a right is granted to operate or to sink or drill wells on land in this state for natural gas or petroleum and that is recorded in accordance with section 5301.09 of the Revised Code, an action alleging breach of any express or implied provision of the lease or license concerning the calculation or payment of royalties shall be brought within the time period that is specified in section 1302.98 of the Revised Code. An action alleging a breach with respect to any other issue that the lease or license involves shall be brought within the time period specified in section 2305.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.05 | Real Estate Dedicated to Public Uses.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a street or alley, or any part thereof, laid out and shown on the recorded plat of a municipal corporation, has not been opened to the public use and occupancy of the citizens thereof, or other persons, and has been enclosed with a fence by the owners of the inlots, lots, or outlots lying on, adjacent to, or along such street or alley, or part thereof, and has remained in the open, uninterrupted use, adverse possession, and occupancy of such owners for the period of twenty-one years, and if such street, alley, inlot, or outlot is a part of the tract of land so laid out by the original proprietors, the public easement therein shall be extinguished and the right of such municipal corporation, the citizens thereof, or other persons, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation and the legal authorities thereof, to use, control, or occupy so much of such street or alley as has been fenced, used, possessed, and occupied, shall be barred, except to the owners of such inlots or outlots lying on, adjacent to, or along such streets or alleys who have occupied them in the manner mentioned in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.06 | Contract in Writing.

Effective:
June 16, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly
Except as provided in sections 126.301, 1302.98, 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within six years after the cause of action accrued.
Last updated April 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.07 | Contract Not in Writing; Statutory Liability; Consumer Transactions.

Effective:
June 16, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four years after the cause of action accrued.
(B) An action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty shall be brought within six years after the cause of action accrued.
(C) Except as provided in sections 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the Revised Code, and notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, section 1302.98, and division (B) of section 2305.03 of the Revised Code, an action arising out of a consumer transaction incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, based upon any contract, agreement, obligation, liability, or promise, express or implied, including an account stated, whether or not reduced to writing or signed by the party to be charged by that transaction, shall be commenced within six years after the cause of action accrued. For purposes of this division, a cause of action accrues thirty calendar days after the date of the last charge or payment by, or on behalf of, the consumer, whichever is later.
Last updated May 2, 2021 at 10:11 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.08 | Partial Payment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If payment has been made upon any demand founded on a contract, or a written acknowledgment thereof, or a promise to pay it has been made and signed by the party to be charged, an action may be brought thereon within the time limited by sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code, after such payment, acknowledgment, or promise.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.09 | Four Years - Certain Torts.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, an action for any of the following causes shall be brought within four years after the cause thereof accrued:
(A) For trespassing upon real property;
(B) For the recovery of personal property, or for taking or detaining it;
(C) For relief on the ground of fraud, except when the cause of action is a violation of section 2913.49 of the Revised Code, in which case the action shall be brought within five years after the cause thereof accrued;
(D) For an injury to the rights of the plaintiff not arising on contract nor enumerated in sections 1304.35, 2305.10 to 2305.12, and 2305.14 of the Revised Code;
(E) For relief on the grounds of a physical or regulatory taking of real property.
If the action is for trespassing under ground or injury to mines, or for the wrongful taking of personal property, the causes thereof shall not accrue until the wrongdoer is discovered; nor, if it is for fraud, until the fraud is discovered.
An action for professional negligence against a registered surveyor shall be commenced within four years after the completion of the engagement on which the cause of action is based.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.091 | Asbestos Actions by School Districts.

Effective:
October 8, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 334 - 119th General Assembly
(A) An action to obtain a judgment for any of the following shall be brought by a board of education of any school district within four years after the cause of action accrues in accordance with division (B) of this section:
(1) The removal of asbestos or materials that contain asbestos from a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education;
(2) Measures to be taken to locate, correct, or ameliorate any problem associated with asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education;
(3) The reimbursement of the costs and expenses associated with the removal of asbestos or materials that contain asbestos from a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education;
(4) The reimbursement of the costs and expenses associated with the location, correction, or amelioration of any problem associated with asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education.
(B) A cause of action for any removal, measures, or reimbursement described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section accrues upon the date that the board of education is informed by an official of a state, county, or local health department or of the United States environmental protection agency, the Ohio environmental protection agency, or the industrial commission who has conducted an inspection for asbestos or who has received test data concerning asbestos located in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education, that asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in any building or other structure that is owned by the board of education should be removed from the building or other structure or be encapsulated or otherwise maintained because the asbestos poses a health hazard or risk to persons who use the building or other structure.
(C) This section applies to asbestos, and material that contains asbestos, that is or was installed in a building or other structure prior to, on, or after the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.101 | Limitation of Actions Against Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust.

Effective:
August 16, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 371 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding the limitations provided for in sections 2125.02 and 2305.10 of the Revised Code, a claimant who alleges bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device and who has filed a claim in the A.H. Robins bankruptcy reorganization in the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Virginia, Richmond division, may bring an action in this state against the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device, within one year from the date of the certification by the United States district court or the United States bankruptcy court for the eastern district of Virginia, Richmond division, of the right of that claimant to proceed to litigation or arbitration regarding that claim, or within six months from the effective date of this section, whichever is later.
(B) Division (A) of this section applies to all actions for bodily injury or wrongful death caused by the effects of the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device, including actions that may have been barred prior to the effective date of this section by dismissal pursuant to a court order or otherwise.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.11 | Time Limitations for Bringing Certain Actions.

Effective:
June 16, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly
(A) An action for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment, an action for malpractice other than an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, an action for legal malpractice against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, or an action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued, provided that an action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued.
(B) A civil action for unlawful abortion pursuant to section 2919.12 of the Revised Code, a civil action authorized by division (H) of section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, a civil action pursuant to division (B) of section 2307.52 of the Revised Code for terminating or attempting to terminate a human pregnancy after viability in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code, and a civil action for terminating or attempting to terminate a human pregnancy of a pain-capable unborn child in violation of division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code shall be commenced within one year after the performance or inducement of the abortion or within one year after the attempt to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code.
(C) As used in this section, "medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
Last updated April 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.112 | Actions Based on Identity Fraud.

Effective:
September 16, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 488 - 130th General Assembly
A civil action brought pursuant to division (A) of section 2307.60 of the Revised Code when the person filing the action is injured in person or property by a violation of division (B), (D), or (E) of section 2913.49 of the Revised Code shall be commenced within five years from the date on which the identity of the offender was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.114 | Partial Birth Feticide Actions.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 145 - 132nd General Assembly
A civil action pursuant to section 2307.53 of the Revised Code for partial birth feticide or dismemberment feticide shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.115 | Assault or Battery Actions Against Mental Health Professional Based on Sexual Conduct or Contact.

Effective:
August 3, 2006
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an action for assault or battery shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues, except as provided in division (B) of this section, if all of the following apply regarding the action, the cause of the action, and the parties to the action:
(1) The action is brought against a mental health professional.
(2) The assault or battery claim asserted in the action is that, while the plaintiff was a mental health client or patient of the mental health professional, the mental health professional engaged in sexual conduct with, had sexual contact with, or caused one or more other persons to have sexual contact with the plaintiff.
(3) At the time of the sexual conduct or sexual contact described in division (A)(2) of this section, the plaintiff was not the spouse of the mental health professional.
(B) If the mental health service relationship between the plaintiff in an action for assault or battery that is described in division (A) of this section and the mental health professional continues after the date on which the cause of action accrues, the two-year period specified in division (A) of this section does not begin to run until the date on which that mental health service relationship is terminated by either or both of the parties.
(C) An action for assault or battery brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse that is based on childhood sexual abuse, as defined in section 2305.111 of the Revised Code, shall be brought as provided in division (C) of that section. In all other cases, unless division (A) or (B) of this section applies, an action for assault or battery shall be brought as provided in division (B) of section 2305.111 of the Revised Code.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) "Mental health client or patient" and "mental health service" have the same meanings as in section 2305.51 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Mental health professional" has the same meaning as in section 2305.51 of the Revised Code and also includes an individual who is not licensed, certified, or registered under the Revised Code, or otherwise authorized in this state, but who regularly provides or purports to provide mental health services for compensation or remuneration at an established place of business.
(3) "Mental health service relationship" means the relationship between a mental health professional and a mental health client or patient of the mental health professional that exists for purposes of the mental health professional's provision of mental health services to the mental health client or patient.
(4) "Sexual conduct" and "sexual contact" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.116 | No Cause of Action for Failure to Perform Abortion.

Effective:
August 17, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 287 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No person has a civil action or may receive an award of damages in a civil action, and no other person shall be liable in a civil action, upon a medical claim that because of an act or omission by the other person the person was not aborted.
(B) No person has a civil action or may receive an award of damages in a civil action, and no other person shall be liable in a civil action, upon a medical claim that because of an act or omission by the other person a child was not aborted.
(C) Nothing in this section shall preclude a person from bringing a civil action or from receiving an award of damages in a medical claim based upon an intentional or willful misrepresentation or omission of information related to medical diagnosis, care, or treatment.
(D) As used in this section, "medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.117 | Action Upon a Legal Malpractice Claim.

Effective:
June 2, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 133, Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued.
(B) Except as to persons within the age of minority or of unsound mind as provided by section 2305.16 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, both of the following apply:
(1) No action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association shall be commenced more than four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the legal malpractice claim.
(2) If an action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association is not commenced within four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim, then, any action upon that claim is barred.
(C)(1) If a person making a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association, in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence, could not have discovered the injury resulting from the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim within three years after the occurrence of the act or omission, but, in the exercise of reasonable care and diligence, discovers the injury resulting from that act or omission before the expiration of the four-year period specified in division (B)(1) of this section, the person may commence an action upon the claim not later than one year after the person discovers the injury resulting from that act or omission.
(2) A person who commences an action upon a legal malpractice claim under the circumstances described in division (C)(1) of this section has the affirmative burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person, with reasonable care and diligence, could not have discovered the injury resulting from the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the claim within the three-year period described in that division.
(D) An action upon a legal malpractice claim against an attorney or a law firm or legal professional association arising from an act or omission related to the attorney's, law firm's, or legal professional association's issuance of an opinion of title issued prior to June 16, 2021, shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued without regard to when the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the legal malpractice claim occurred.
Last updated June 15, 2021 at 5:03 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.118 | Action for an Assisted Reproduction Procedure Performed Without Consent.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section "health care professional" has the same meaning as in section 2907.13 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an action under section 4731.861 or 4731.864 of the Revised Code for an assisted reproduction procedure performed without consent shall be brought within ten years after the procedure was performed.
(C)(1) An action that would otherwise be barred under division (B) of this section, may be brought not later than five years after the latest any of the following occurs:
(a) The discovery of evidence based on deoxyribonucleic acid analysis sufficient to bring the action against the health care professional.
(b) The discovery of a recording providing evidence sufficient to bring the action against the health care professional.
(c) The health care professional confesses and the confession is known to the plaintiff.
(2) If a person born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure discovers any of the evidence listed in division (C)(1) of this section before the person reaches the age of twenty-one, the five-year period does not begin to run until the person reaches the age of twenty-one.
Last updated March 9, 2023 at 5:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.12 | On Official Bond.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
An action on the official bond, or undertaking of an officer, assignee, trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian, or on a bond or undertaking given in pursuance of statute, shall be brought within ten years after the cause thereof accrued.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.13 | Limitation of Actions for Recovery of Charges by and Against Carriers - Overcharge Defined.

Effective:
July 11, 1963
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 208 - 105th General Assembly
All actions by carriers for recovery of their charges or part thereof, arising out of the intrastate transportation of persons or property in this state, and all actions against carriers, upon recovery of overcharges, collected by such carriers, for the intrastate transportation of persons or property in this state, shall be begun within three years of the time the cause of action accrues.
The cause of action in respect to a shipment of property shall, for the purposes of this section, accrue upon the delivery, or tender of delivery thereof, by the carrier.
"Overcharge" as used in this section means charges for transportation services in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on file with the public utilities commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.14 | For Other Relief.

Effective:
August 19, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 147 - 120th General Assembly
An action for relief not provided for in sections 2305.04 to 2305.131 and section 1304.35 of the Revised Code shall be brought within ten years after the cause thereof accrued. This section does not apply to an action on a judgment rendered in another state or territory.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.15 | Tolling During Defendant's Absence, Concealment or Imprisonment.

Effective:
April 11, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 281 - 124th General Assembly
(A) When a cause of action accrues against a person, if the person is out of the state, has absconded, or conceals self, the period of limitation for the commencement of the action as provided in sections 2305.04 to 2305.14, 1302.98, and 1304.35 of the Revised Code does not begin to run until the person comes into the state or while the person is so absconded or concealed. After the cause of action accrues if the person departs from the state, absconds, or conceals self, the time of the person's absence or concealment shall not be computed as any part of a period within which the action must be brought.
(B) When a person is imprisoned for the commission of any offense, the time of the person's imprisonment shall not be computed as any part of any period of limitation, as provided in section 2305.09, 2305.10, 2305.11, 2305.113, or 2305.14 of the Revised Code, within which any person must bring any action against the imprisoned person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.16 | Tolling Due to Minority or Unsound Mind.

Effective:
July 6, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly
Unless otherwise provided in sections 1302.98, 1304.35, and 2305.04 to 2305.14 of the Revised Code, if a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in those sections, unless for penalty or forfeiture, is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person may bring it within the respective times limited by those sections, after the disability is removed. When the interests of two or more parties are joint and inseparable, the disability of one shall inure to the benefit of all.
After the cause of action accrues, if the person entitled to bring the action becomes of unsound mind and is adjudicated as such by a court of competent jurisdiction or is confined in an institution or hospital under a diagnosed condition or disease which renders the person of unsound mind, the time during which the person is of unsound mind and so adjudicated or so confined shall not be computed as any part of the period within which the action must be brought.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.17 | Commencement of Action.

Effective:
August 19, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 147 - 120th General Assembly
An action is commenced within the meaning of sections 2305.03 to 2305.22 and sections 1302.98 and 1304.35 of the Revised Code by filing a petition in the office of the clerk of the proper court together with a praecipe demanding that summons issue or an affidavit for service by publication, if service is obtained within one year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.18 | Summons on Corporation in Hands of a Receiver.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If a defendant is a corporation, either foreign or domestic, and whether its charter prescribes the manner and place of service, or either, and before the expiration of the sixty days referred to in section 2305.17 of the Revised Code it passes into the hands of a receiver, then, following such attempt to commence an action, within such sixty days service may be made upon such receiver, or his cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or managing agent, or if none of these can be found, by a copy of the summons left at the office or usual place of business of such agents or officers of such receiver, with the person in charge thereof. If such corporation is a railroad company, summons may be served upon any regular ticket or freight agent of the receiver, or, if there is no such agent, then on any conductor of such receiver, in any county in the state in which the company's railroad is located. The summons shall be returned as if served upon the defendant.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.19 | Saving in Case of Reversal.

Effective:
March 24, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 106 - 128th General Assembly
(A) In any action that is commenced or attempted to be commenced, if in due time a judgment for the plaintiff is reversed or if the plaintiff fails otherwise than upon the merits, the plaintiff or, if the plaintiff dies and the cause of action survives, the plaintiff's representative may commence a new action within one year after the date of the reversal of the judgment or the plaintiff's failure otherwise than upon the merits or within the period of the original applicable statute of limitations, whichever occurs later. This division applies to any claim asserted in any pleading by a defendant.
(B) If the defendant in an action described in division (A) of this section is a foreign or domestic corporation, and whether its charter prescribes the manner or place of service of process on the defendant, and if it passes into the hands of a receiver before the expiration of the one year period or the period of the original applicable statute of limitations, whichever is applicable, as described in that division, then service to be made within one year following the original service or attempt to begin the action may be made upon that receiver or the receiver's cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or managing agent, or if none of these officers can be found, by a copy left at the office or the usual place of business of any of those agents or officers of the receiver with the person having charge of the office or place of business. If that corporation is a railroad company, summons may be served on any regular ticket or freight agent of the receiver, and if there is no regular ticket or freight agent of the receiver, then upon any conductor of the receiver, in any county in the state in which the railroad is located. The summons shall be returned as if served on that defendant corporation.
(C) This section does not apply to an action or proceeding arising under section 2106.22, 2107.76, 2109.35, 2115.16, 5806.04, or 5810.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.21 | Survival of Actions.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In addition to the causes of action which survive at common law, causes of action for mesne profits, or injuries to the person or property, or for deceit or fraud, also shall survive; and such actions may be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.22 | Exceptions.

Effective:
January 1, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 416 - 126th General Assembly
Sections 2305.03 to 2305.21, 1302.98, and 1304.35 of the Revised Code, respecting lapse of time as a bar to suit, do not apply in the case of an action by a vendee of real property, in possession thereof, to obtain a conveyance of the real property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.23 | Liability for Emergency Care.

Effective:
November 18, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 209 - 112th General Assembly
No person shall be liable in civil damages for administering emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency outside of a hospital, doctor's office, or other place having proper medical equipment, for acts performed at the scene of such emergency, unless such acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
Nothing in this section applies to the administering of such care or treatment where the same is rendered for remuneration, or with the expectation of remuneration, from the recipient of such care or treatment or someone on his behalf. The administering of such care or treatment by one as a part of his duties as a paid member of any organization of law enforcement officers or fire fighters does not cause such to be a rendering for remuneration or expectation of remuneration.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.231 | Immunity of Health Professionals Volunteering Services to School Athletic Program.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Dentist" means a person who is licensed under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry.
(2) "Physician" means a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery.
(3) "Registered nurse" means a nurse who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.
(4) "Therapeutic recreation" means adoptive recreation services to persons with illnesses or disabling conditions in order to do any of the following:
(a) Restore, remediate, or rehabilitate;
(b) Improve functioning and independence;
(c) Reduce or eliminate the effects of illness or disability.
(B) No physician who volunteers the physician's services as a team physician or team podiatrist to a school's athletics program, no dentist who volunteers the dentist's services as a team dentist to a school's athletics program, and no registered nurse who volunteers the registered nurse's services as a team nurse to a school's athletics program is liable in damages in a civil action for administering emergency medical care, emergency dental care, other emergency professional care, or first aid treatment to a participant in an athletic event involving the school, at the scene of the event or while the participant is being transported to a hospital, physician's or dentist's office, or other medical or dental facility, or for acts performed in administering the care or treatment, unless the acts of the physician, dentist, or registered nurse constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
(C)(1) No physician who volunteers the physician's services as a camp physician at a camp that specializes in therapeutic recreation, and no registered nurse who volunteers the registered nurse's services at such a camp, is liable in damages in a civil action for either of the following:
(a) Administering medical care, or emergency professional care, or first aid treatment to a participant in the camp or while the participant is being transported to a hospital, physician's or dentist's office, or other medical or dental facility;
(b) Acts performed in administering that care or treatment.
(2) Division (C)(1) of this section does not apply if the acts of the physician or registered nurse constitute willful or wanton misconduct.
(D) This section does not apply if the administration of emergency medical care, emergency dental care, other emergency professional care, or first aid treatment is rendered for remuneration, or with the expectation of remuneration, from the recipient of the care or treatment or from someone on the recipient's behalf.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.233 | Immunity of Person Rendering Assistance Under Reciprocal Fire Protection Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly
(A) No officer of employee as defined in section 109.36 of the Revised Code, or employee as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, rendering fire protection assistance pursuant to a reciprocal fire protection agreement shall be liable in civil damages to any person allegedly harmed by the negligent provision of that assistance.
(B) As used in this section, "reciprocal fire protection agreement" includes any mutual aid agreement for the provision of fire protection entered into pursuant to the "Act of May 23, 1955," 69 Stat. 67, 42 U.S.C.A. 1856-1856d, or any intergovernmental fire-fighting agreement entered into under section 9.60 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 23 | Courts-Common Pleas › Chapter 2305 | Jurisdiction; Limitation of Actions › Section 2305.235 | Immunity of Person Involved With Providing Automated External Defibrillation.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 247 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Automated external defibrillation" means the process of applying a specialized defibrillator to a person in cardiac arrest, allowing the defibrillator to interpret the cardiac rhythm, and, if appropriate, delivering an electrical shock to the heart to allow it to resume effective electrical activity.
(2) "Physician" has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct, no physician shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property for providing a prescription for an automated external defibrillator approved for use as a medical device by the United States food and drug administration or consulting with a person regarding the use and maintenance of a defibrillator.
(C) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property for doing any of the following:
(1) Providing training in automated external defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
(2) Authorizing, directing, or supervising the installation or placement of an automated external defibrillator;
(3) Designing, managing, or operating a cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automated external defibrillation program;
(4) Acquiring an automated external defibrillator;
(5) Owning, managing, or having responsibility for a premises or location where an automated external defibrillator has been placed.
(D) Except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or when there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the Revised Code, no person shall be held liable in civil damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, or held criminally liable, for performing automated external defibrillation in good faith, regardless of whether the person has obtained appropriate training on how to perform automated external defibrillation or successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.