Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If, upon the hearing of a cause of action as provided by section 709.41 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas finds that the lands are farm lands, and are not within the original limits of the municipal corporation, that by reason of the same being or remaining within the municipal corporation the owner thereof is taxed and will continue to be taxed thereon for municipal purposes in substantial excess of the benefits conferred by reason of such lands being within the municipal corporation, and that said lands may be detached without materially affecting the best interests or good government of such municipal corporation or of the territory therein adjacent to that sought to be detached; then an order and decree may be made by the court, and entered on the record, that the lands be detached from the municipal corporation and be attached to the most convenient adjacent township in the same county. Thereafter the lands shall not be a part of the municipal corporation but shall be a part of the township to which they have been so attached. The costs shall be taxed as may seem right to the court.
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.