Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4583 - Ferries

• Section 4583.01 - License Of Ferries.
  (A) No person shall keep a ferry across a stream running through or bounding on a county in this state, without having obtained a...
• Section 4583.02 - Notice.
  The person applying for a ferry license shall produce satisfactory evidence to the court of common pleas, by the affidavit of the applicant or...
• Section 4583.03 - Court To Grant License.
  The court of common pleas, upon being satisfied that the notice required by section 4583.02 of the Revised Code, has been given, that a...
• Section 4583.04 - Exclusive Right Of License.
  The person owning land on both sides of a stream where a ferry is proposed to be established shall have exclusive right of a...
• Section 4583.05 - Renewal Of License.
  When a person applies for a renewal of his ferry license at the same place where he kept a ferry the preceding year, it...
• Section 4583.06 - License Expiring In Vacation.
  When a ferry license expires in vacation, and the person obtaining it procures a renewal thereof, the renewal license shall include the time from...
• Section 4583.07 - Permit In Lieu Of License.
  A person may ferry passengers across a small stream in high water, and the court of common pleas may direct the clerk of the...
• Section 4583.08 - Court To Fix Rate Of Ferriage.
  At the time it grants a license to keep a ferry, the court of common pleas shall fix the rate of ferriages which the...
• Section 4583.09 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-27-1981
• Section 4583.10 - Duties Of Ferrymen.
  A person obtaining a license to keep a ferry shall provide and keep in complete repair a sufficient boat for the safe conveyance of...
• Section 4583.11 - Duty Of County Auditor.
  The county auditor shall inform against offenders and prosecute violations of sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 4583.12 - Enforcement.
  Actions brought under sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be in the name of the state and the court taking...
• Section 4583.13 - Penalty For Overcharging.
  A keeper of a ferry demanding and receiving a higher rate or sum for ferriage than that allowed by the court of common pleas...
• Section 4583.14 - Penalty For Failing To Perform Duties Of Ferryman.
  A person having obtained a ferry license, and failing or neglecting to perform the duties provided in section 4583.10 of the Revised Code, shall...
• Section 4583.15 - Ferryman May Be Exonerated From Penalties.
  If the court of common pleas refuses to renew the license of a ferryman, he shall be exonerated from the penalties of sections 4583.01...
• Section 4583.16 - Penalty For Failing To Comply With Chapter.
  Any officer neglecting or failing to comply with sections 4583.01 to 4583.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay for each offense...
• Section 4583.17 - Account Of Fines.
  County court judges, municipal court judges, and clerks of the courts of common pleas before whom the fines provided for in sections 4583.01 to...
• Section 4583.99 - Penalty.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004

Last modified: October 10, 2016