Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5303 - Actions Relating To Realty

• Section 5303.01 - Action To Quiet Title.
  An action may be brought by a person in possession of real property, by himself or tenant, against any person who claims an interest...
• Section 5303.02 - Vendee May Recoup.
  In actions to recover the purchase money of real estate by vendor against vendee, the vendee, notwithstanding his continued possession, may by way of...
• Section 5303.03 - Petition In Action For Land.
  In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if the plaintiff states in his petition that he has a legal...
• Section 5303.04 - Answer To Action For Land.
  In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if in his answer the defendant denies generally the title alleged in...
• Section 5303.05 - Petition By Tenant Against Cotenant.
  In an action by a tenant in common of real property against a cotenant, the plaintiff must state, in addition to what is required...
• Section 5303.06 - Recovery When Right Terminates During The Action.
  In an action for the recovery of real property, when the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time the action was begun,...
• Section 5303.07 - Occupying Claimant Law.
  In an action for the recovery of real property the parties may avail themselves of the benefit of sections 5303.08 to 5303.17, inclusive, of...
• Section 5303.08 - Cases In Which Occupying Claimant Is Paid For Improvements.
  A person who, without fraud or collusion on his part, obtained title to and is in the quiet possession of lands or tenements, claiming...
• Section 5303.09 - Title Under A Sale For Taxes.
  In cases of lands sold for taxes the title by which the successful claimant succeeds against the occupying claimant is an adverse and better...
• Section 5303.10 - Entry Of Claim Against Occupying Claimant.
  The court rendering judgment against the occupying claimant in any case provided for in sections 5303.08 to 5303.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, at...
• Section 5303.11 - Conduct Of Case.
  For the trial of a question of fact remaining undisposed of, a jury shall be impaneled and sworn, and shall at once proceed to...
• Section 5303.12 - Setting Verdict Aside.
  If either party is aggrieved by an assessment or valuation made by a jury under section 5303.11 of the Revised Code, he may apply...
• Section 5303.13 - Judgment And Execution On Verdict For Plaintiff.
  If, under section 5303.11 of the Revised Code, the jury reports a sum in favor of the plaintiff in ejectment on the assessment and...
• Section 5303.14 - Proceedings If Verdict Is For Occupying Claimant.
  If, under section 5303.11 of the Revised Code, the jury reports a sum in favor of the occupying claimant, on the assessment and valuation...
• Section 5303.15 - Writ Of Possession.
  If the successful claimant, his heirs, or their guardians, elect to, and do pay to the occupying claimant, the sum reported in his favor...
• Section 5303.16 - Election By Successful Claimant To Receive Value Of Land.
  If the successful claimant, his heirs, or their guardians, elect to receive the value of the land without the improvements assessed under section 5303.11...
• Section 5303.17 - Action By Occupying Claimant After Election.
  When an application is made for the value of improvements to land, the occupying claimant or his heirs shall not be evicted from the...
• Section 5303.18 - Authority To Convey.
  When two or more persons who own an interest in land become bound in writing for the sale and conveyance thereof, and one dies...
• Section 5303.19 - Petition To Convey Land.
  The petition provided for in section 5303.18 of the Revised Code must set forth the names of all the contracting parties, describe the lands...
• Section 5303.20 - Judgment And Deed To Convey Land.
  If the court finds the allegations of the petition provided for in section 5303.18 of the Revised Code to be true, it may make...
• Section 5303.21 - Sale Of Entailed And Other Estates.
  (A) In an action by the tenant in tail or for life, or in an action by the grantee or devisee of a qualified...
• Section 5303.211 - Estate Held In Trust Sale Or Lease.
  Where the estate sought to be sold or leased is held in trust under the jurisdiction of a probate court, an action may be...
• Section 5303.22 - Petition And Defendants.
  The petition for a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code shall contain a description of such estate, a...
• Section 5303.23 - Order For Sale And Effect.
  Upon the hearing, if it is proved that a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code would be for...
• Section 5303.24 - Sale May Be Had By Consent.
  All parties in interest may appear voluntarily, and consent in writing to a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised...
• Section 5303.25 - Report And Confirmation Of Sale And Deed.
  A sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code shall be reported to the court of common pleas authorizing such...
• Section 5303.26 - Proceeds Of Sale.
  All money arising from a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code, for purposes of descent, succession, reversion, or...
• Section 5303.27 - Investing Money From Sale Of Entailed Estates - Insurance.
  Under the direction and approval of the court of common pleas, money arising from the sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of...
• Section 5303.28 - Trustees For Entailed Estates.
  The court of common pleas shall appoint competent trustees to invest and manage the money referred to in section 5303.27 of the Revised Code....
• Section 5303.29 - Consolidation Of Actions Or Trusts.
  Under the direction and approval of the court of common pleas, money arising from a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of...
• Section 5303.30 - Income - Payment Of Taxes And Expenses.
  The net income accruing from a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the person...
• Section 5303.31 - Estates May Be Leased.
  (A) Upon like proceedings as for the sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code, but subject to division (B)...
• Section 5303.32 - Sale Of Property Given For A Religious Use.
  When real estate, except burial grounds or cemeteries, has been donated, bequeathed, or otherwise entrusted to, or purchased by any person or trustee, for...
• Section 5303.33 - Necessary Parties To Proceeding.
  All persons who have vested, contingent, or reversionary interest in the real estate referred to in section 5303.32 of the Revised Code, and the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016