Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 155 | Lands and Memorials
Section 155.28 | War Relics.

Effective: March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 59 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Ohio history connection" means the corporation described in section 149.30 of the Revised Code.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, governmental agency, or the state or a political subdivision of the state.
"Public property" means property owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision of the state.
"War" means the French and Indian war, American revolutionary war, war of 1812, United States-Mexican war, American civil war 1861-1865, Spanish-American war, the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, Korean conflict, Vietnam era, operation urgent fury (Grenada), operation El Dorado Canyon (Libya), operation just cause (Panama), operation desert shield/desert storm (Persian Gulf War I), operation enduring freedom (Afghanistan), operation Iraqi freedom (Persian Gulf War II), any subsequent declaration of war by the congress of the United States, or any subsequent armed conflict in which the United States is engaged.
"War relic" means a cannon or other artillery, from the era of a war, that was used by forces of the American colonies, of the federal government of the United States of America, or of any state in support of the United States of America; or a statue, monument, memorial, or plaque that has been erected for, or named or dedicated in honor of, an individual's or group of individuals' service with those forces.
(B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section:
(1) No war relic that is located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association may be sold or otherwise disposed of by any person.
(2) No person may purchase a war relic in violation of this section.
(3) No war relic that is located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association may be destroyed, altered, or otherwise disturbed by any person, except that the person having responsibility for maintaining the war relic may relocate, remove, alter, or otherwise disturb the war relic to preserve, care for, repair, or restore it, to place it in a temporary public display, or to use it in re-enactments of a war. A person having responsibility for maintaining a war relic located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association may permanently relocate the war relic as long as it remains on public property or on the property of a cemetery association.
(C) A governmental agency, the state, a political subdivision, or a cemetery association that wishes to dispossess a war relic that is located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association may give the war relic to the federal government. If the federal government does not accept the war relic, it shall be given to the Ohio history connection. If the Ohio history connection does not accept the war relic, it shall be given to the sons of union veterans of the civil war, department of Ohio, or, if the war relic is not of the civil war era, it shall be given to any congressionally chartered veterans' service organization at the discretion of the Ohio history connection.
(D) This section does not apply to the state or a political subdivision of the state if it can clearly prove ownership, by written documentation, of a war relic. A governmental agency, the state, or a political subdivision of the state shall not be fined under division (E) of section 155.99 of the Revised Code for a violation.
Last updated January 13, 2022 at 5:17 PM

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 1 | State Government

Chapter 155 | Lands and Memorials

Section 155.04 | Approved Headstones at Graves of Soldiers.

Section 155.05 | Violating Rules at Prehistoric Parks.

Section 155.27 | Certain Incorporated Associations May Purchase or Condemn Battlefield or Memorial Sites.

Section 155.28 | War Relics.

Section 155.29 | [Former r.c. 155.011, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110 of the 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Applying for Acquisition of Minerals Rights From State.

Section 155.30 | [Former r.c. 1509.70, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110 of the 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Definitions.

Section 155.31 | [Former r.c. 1509.71, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110 of the 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Statement of Policy; Oil and Gas Land Management Commission.

Section 155.32 | [Former r.c. 1509.72, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110 of the 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Notice of Nominations.

Section 155.33 | [Former r.c. 1509.73, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Leasing Formations; Exclusion of Nature Preserves.

Section 155.34 | [Former r.c. 1509.74, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Rules; Standard Surface Use Agreement; Scope.

Section 155.35 | [Former 1509.75, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Oil and Gas Land Management Commission Administration Fund.

Section 155.36 | [Former r.c. 1509.77, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Formation of Drilling Unit for Certain Properties.

Section 155.37 | [Former r.c. 1509.78, Amended and Renumbered by h.b. 110, 134th General Assembly, Effective 9/30/2021] Disposition of Proceeds for State Park Expenses.

Section 155.99 | Penalty.