Effective: March 27, 2002
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 - 124th General Assembly
(A) A municipal corporation may petition the board of county commissioners to annex contiguous territory owned only by the municipal corporation, a county, or the state. The clerk of the board shall cause the petition to be entered upon the board's journal at its next regular session. This entry shall be the first official act of the board upon the petition. Proceedings on the petition shall be conducted under this section to the exclusion of any other provisions of this chapter except for sections 709.014, 709.14, 709.15, 709.20, and 709.21 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the only territory to be annexed is contiguous territory owned by a municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall grant the annexation. The annexation shall be complete upon the entry upon the journal of the board of the resolution granting the annexation.
(C) If the only territory to be annexed is contiguous territory owned by a county, the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may grant or deny the annexation. The annexation shall be complete upon the entry upon the journal of the board of a resolution granting the annexation.
(D) If the only territory to be annexed is contiguous territory owned by the state and the director of administrative services has filed a written consent to the granting of the annexation with the board of county commissioners, the board, by resolution, shall grant the annexation. The annexation shall be complete upon the entry upon the journal of the board of a resolution granting the annexation.
(E) The board of county commissioners shall act upon a petition for annexation filed under this section within thirty days after receipt of the petition.
(F) No appeal in law or in equity shall be allowed from the granting of an annexation under this section.
(G) When a municipal corporation purchases real property below an appraised fair market value and sells or agrees to sell the property back to the person that sold it to the municipal corporation, an annexation of that property completed under this section shall be void, and the annexed property shall become part of the township from which it was annexed, if it still exists. If the township no longer exists, the board of county commissioners shall attach the annexed territory to another township.
(H) Territory annexed under this section shall not be excluded from the township under section 503.07 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Chapter 709 | Annexation; Detachment
Section 709.01 | Annexation and Detachment of Territory.
Section 709.012 | Reduction in Firefighting Force Resulting From Annexation of Township Territory.
Section 709.013 | Multiple Annexation Petitions Concerning Same Territory.
Section 709.014 | Fee Schedule for Annexation Costs.
Section 709.02 | Petition for Annexation by Owners of Contiguous Real Estate.
Section 709.021 | Special Procedure Where Owners Unanimously Request Annexation.
Section 709.022 | Petition Where Owners Unanimously Request Annexation.
Section 709.023 | Special Annexation Procedure Where Land Is Not Excluded From Township.
Section 709.03 | Petition Presented to Board of County Commissioners - Proceedings.
Section 709.031 | Report on Accuracy of Legal Description - Verification of Signatures.
Section 709.032 | Annexation Hearing.
Section 709.033 | Commissioners' Resolution Granting or Denying Annexation.
Section 709.04 | Accepting or Rejecting Annexation by Ordinance or Resolution.
Section 709.05 | Rejection of Application - Effect.
Section 709.06 | Proceedings When Application Allowed.
Section 709.07 | Appeal From Resolution Granting or Denying Petition.
Section 709.10 | Effective Date of Annexation and Rights of Inhabitants.
Section 709.11 | Territory Situated in More Than One County.
Section 709.12 | Apportioning of Indebtedness of Annexed Territory - Division of Funds.
Section 709.13 | Annexation of Territory Upon Action by Inhabitants Generally.
Section 709.14 | Preliminary Action by Legislative Authority.
Section 709.15 | Petition to Board of County Commissioners.
Section 709.16 | Petition by Municipal Corporation for Annexation.
Section 709.19 | Compensating Township for Lost Tax Revenue.
Section 709.191 | Annual Payments to Compensate for Lost Tax Revenue.
Section 709.192 | Annexation Agreements.
Section 709.20 | Rights When Annexation Complete.
Section 709.21 | Errors Not Fatal to Proceedings.
Section 709.23 | Arrangement of Conditions of Annexation.
Section 709.24 | Petition for Annexation - Appointment of Commission.
Section 709.25 | Ordinance or Petition - Procedure.
Section 709.26 | Designation of Commissioners for Negotiation.
Section 709.27 | Procedure on Failure of Legislative Authority to Designate Commissioners.
Section 709.28 | Conditions of Annexation.
Section 709.29 | Submission of Question of Annexation to a Vote - Procedure.
Section 709.30 | Assent to Annexation - Election.
Section 709.31 | Election Results Certified.
Section 709.32 | Clerk of Municipal Corporation to Certify Transcripts.
Section 709.33 | Effective Date of Annexation.
Section 709.34 | Government of the Municipal Corporations.
Section 709.37 | Adjustment of Boundaries of Adjoining Municipal Corporations by Mutual Consent.
Section 709.39 | Petition to Submit Question of Detachment of Territory - Election.
Section 709.40 | Apportionment of Property, Funds, and Indebtedness.
Section 709.41 | Petition for Detachment of Farm Land.
Section 709.42 | Hearing - Decision.
Section 709.43 | Merger Defined.
Section 709.44 | Territory That May Be Merged.
Section 709.45 | Petition for Merger.
Section 709.451 | Merger in Lieu of Petition.
Section 709.452 | Submission of Question of Merger to Voters.
Section 709.46 | Disapproval or Approval of Merger.
Section 709.461 | Collaborative Formulation of Merger Conditions - Unincorporated Areas.
Section 709.47 | Procedure After Disapproval or Approval.
Section 709.48 | No Petitions for Annexation After Merger Defeated.