Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4959 - Right Of Way Drainage And Fences

• Section 4959.01 - Waterways Must Be Provided.
  Except where the roadbed of a railroad extends through or by swampland, the company or person operating the railroad shall make and keep open...
• Section 4959.02 - Fences.
  (A) A company or person having control or management of any railroad except a scenic railway shall construct and maintain in good repair, or...
• Section 4959.03 - Cattle Guards And Crossings.
  Before operating a railroad, the company or person having control or management of such railroad shall maintain at every point where a public road,...
• Section 4959.04 - Temporary Crossings.
  In the case of a railroad in process of construction or a proposed railroad which passes through enclosed land, the company or person having...
• Section 4959.05, 4959.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-09-1999
• Section 4959.07 - Exception.
  Sections 4959.02 to 4959.04 of the Revised Code, relating to fences, do not apply to any case in which compensation for building a fence...
• Section 4959.08 - Company May Build Fence At Landowner's Expense.
  If an owner of lands abutting on the line of lands of a company, who is legally bound to build or repair the fence...
• Section 4959.09 - Right To Use Culvert For Cattle Way.
  An owner of land through which a railroad is constructed, and upon which there is a culvert, waterway, or opening through the embankment of...
• Section 4959.10 - Forfeitures For Not Constructing And Repairing Fences.
  A company or person having the control and management of a railroad, who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, shall forfeit...
• Section 4959.11 - Destruction Of Noxious Weeds.
  The superintendent or manager of a toll road, railroad, or electric railway shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, Russian thistle, Canadian thistle, common...

Last modified: October 10, 2016