2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2305.09. Four-year limitation for certain actions.

§ 2305.09. Four-year limitation for certain actions.
 

An action for any of the following causes shall be brought within four years after the cause thereof accrued: 

(A) For trespassing upon real property; 

(B) For the recovery of personal property, or for taking or detaining it; 

(C) For relief on the ground of fraud; 

(D) For an injury to the rights of the plaintiff not arising on contract nor enumerated in sections 1304.35, 2305.10 to 2305.12, and 2305.14 of the Revised Code; 

(E) For relief on the grounds of a physical or regulatory taking of real property. 

If the action is for trespassing under ground or injury to mines, or for the wrongful taking of personal property, the causes thereof shall not accrue until the wrongdoer is discovered; nor, if it is for fraud, until the fraud is discovered. 
 

HISTORY: RS § 4982; S&S 541; S&C 948; 51 v 57, § 15; 64 v 145; 81 v 210; GC § 11224; 112 v 237; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 129 v 13(177) (Eff 7-1-62); 145 v S 147. Eff 8-19-94; 150 v H 161, § 1, eff. 5-31-04.
 

The effective date is set by section 6 of H.B. 161 (150 v  - ). 

 

Effect of Amendments

H.B. 161, Acts 2004, effective May 31, 2004, in (D), inserted "1304.35", and substituted "and 2305.14" for "2305.14 and 1304.35"; and added the first paragraph of (E).