Ohio Revised Code Chapter 971 - Fences

• Section 971.01 - Owner Defined.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicable county recorder" means the county recorder of a county in which a partition fence is, was, or...
• Section 971.02 - Preferred Partition Fence For Livestock Enclosures.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fields and enclosures in which livestock are kept or placed and that are bordered by...
• Section 971.03 - Application Of Chapter.
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) The enclosure of lots in municipal corporations; (B) The enclosure of adjoining properties...
• Section 971.04 - Alternative Fence Agreement Between Owners.
  Nothing in this chapter prevents the owners of adjoining properties from entering into a written agreement that states that no fence is needed between...
• Section 971.05 - Affidavit Concerning Previous Partition Fence.
  (A) If there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties of two owners, one of the owners, or both,...
• Section 971.06 - Responsibility For Maintaining Existing Fence - Removal.
  (A) If a partition fence exists between adjoining properties, the owners of the adjoining properties shall maintain the fence in good repair in equitable...
• Section 971.07 - Responsibility For New Partition Fence - Reimbursement.
  (A) If a partition fence does not exist between adjoining properties, there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, an affidavit has...
• Section 971.071 - Allocation Of Fence Costs Between Property Owners.
  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...
• Section 971.08 - Entry Onto Adjoining Property To Maintain Fence.
  (A) If an owner chooses to build a partition fence and the owner of adjoining property does not share in the construction of the...
• Section 971.09 - Action For Costs Of Maintaining Fence.
  (A) (1) When an owner neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence, or the portion thereof that the owner is...
• Section 971.10 - Costs For Making Assignment.
  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...
• Section 971.11 - Collection Of Tax.
  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,...
• Section 971.12 - Partition Fences - Failure To Comply With Assignment.
  (A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section...
• Section 971.13 - Costs For Building Fences.
  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...
• Section 971.14 - Duties Of County Auditor.
  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...
• Section 971.15 - Partition Fence Records.
  All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter,...
• Section 971.16 - Action For Failure To Build Or Maintain Partition Fence.
  (A) An owner may file an action in a court of common pleas of the county in which the owner resides if the owner...
• Section 971.17 - Notification Of Removal.
  (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...
• Section 971.18 - Negligently Permitting Livestock To Run At Large.
  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...
• Section 971.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 02-14-1967
• Section 971.21 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-29-1988; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.22 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-10-1961; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.23 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.24 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.25 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-29-1988; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.27 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.28 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.30 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-10-1961; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.31 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.32 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953; 2008 HB323 09-30-2008
• Section 971.33 - Cutting Of Noxious Weeds.
  An owner of land, adjacent to a partition fence, shall keep all brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds cut in the fence corners...
• Section 971.34 - Notice To Landowner Failing To Cut Noxious Weeds.
  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...
• Section 971.35 - Cost - Collection And Payment.
  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...
• Section 971.36 - Anticipating Cost.
  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,...
• Section 971.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-29-1988
• Section 971.99 - Penalty.
  (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)...

Last modified: October 10, 2016