Ohio Revised Code Chapter 707 - Incorporation

• Section 707.01 - Incorporation Of Villages.
  Villages may be incorporated in the manner provided in sections 707.01 to 707.28 of the Revised Code. Application for incorporation of a village shall...
• Section 707.02 - Petition For Incorporation As Village.
  The petition required by section 707.01 of the Revised Code shall be signed by fifty-one per cent of the electors within the territory proposed...
• Section 707.03 - Petition Presented To County Commissioners.
  The petition required by section 707.02 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the...
• Section 707.04 - Existing Municipal Corporation To Approve Incorporation Of Territory Within Three Miles Of Its Boundaries.
  Prior to fixing the time and place of the public hearing pursuant to section 707.05 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners...
• Section 707.05 - Fixing Time And Place For Hearing Petition - Notice.
  The board shall fix, and communicate to the agent of the petitioners, the time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be...
• Section 707.06 - Hearing - Amendments.
  The hearing provided for in section 707.05 of the Revised Code shall be public. Any person interested may appear, in person or by attorney,...
• Section 707.07 - Order Of Incorporation.
  After the hearing on a petition to incorporate, the board of county commissioners shall enter an order on its journal allowing the incorporation if...
• Section 707.08 - Recording Of Journal Entry.
  If the board of county commissioners grants the petition for incorporation as a village or if the board of elections certifies to the board...
• Section 707.09 - Record.
  The county recorder shall file the transcript or other papers provided by section 707.08 of the Revised Code in the county recorder's office, and...
• Section 707.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-01-1967
• Section 707.11 - Injunction Against Recorder.
  Within sixty days from the filing of the papers relating to the incorporation of a village by the board of county commissioners with the...
• Section 707.12 - Procedure In Injunction Cases.
  When a petition is filed under section 707.11 of the Revised Code, the person filing it shall give notice by delivering a copy of...
• Section 707.13 - Filing, Docketing, And Hearing Of Petition.
  The court of common pleas shall hear the petition not less than twenty days from the filing thereof and at such hearing the court...
• Section 707.14 - Proceedings If Error Is Found.
  If the court finds error in the proceedings before the board of county commissioners or that the board's decision was unreasonable or unlawful, the...
• Section 707.15 To 707.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-01-1967
• Section 707.21 - Election Of Officers - Special Election.
  The first election of officers for a municipal corporation organized under Chapter 707 . of the Revised Code shall be held at the time...
• Section 707.22 - Territory Embracing Parts Of More Than One County.
  When electors residing in two or more counties desire the organization of such territory into a municipal corporation, the petition shall be made to...
• Section 707.23 - Jurisdiction Of Officers.
  When the jurisdiction of municipal officers is coextensive with the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, their jurisdiction in a municipal corporation...
• Section 707.24 - Fees.
  Each municipal officer shall receive for the services required of him under sections 707.01 to 707.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the same fees...
• Section 707.25 - Proceedings To Change Name.
  When it is desirable to change the name of a municipal corporation a petition for the purpose, subscribed by at least twelve freeholders of...
• Section 707.26 - Power Of Court - Saving Rights.
  The court of common pleas may order a change in the name of a municipal corporation as provided by section 707.25 of the Revised...
• Section 707.27 - Effect Of Error.
  No error, irregularity, or defect in any proceeding for the creation of a municipal corporation shall render it invalid if the territory sought to...
• Section 707.28 - Division Of Property And Funds When Village Or City Is Incorporated From Township.
  When a village or a city is incorporated from a portion of a township, or portions of more than one township, a proper division...
• Section 707.29 - Incorporation Of City.
  (A) Cities may be incorporated in the manner provided in sections 707.29 and 707.30 of the Revised Code. Application for incorporation of a city...
• Section 707.30 - Requirements For Petition For Special Election On Question Of Incorporation.
  (A) The petition required by section 707.29 of the Revised Code shall be signed by twenty per cent of the electors in the territory,...

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