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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [21] XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE
Chapter 2105: DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION
2105.16 [Effective Until1/13/2012] Heirs of aliens may inherit - aliens may hold lands.


OH Rev Code § 2105.16 What's This?

No person who is capable of inheriting shall be deprived of the inheritance by reason of any of his ancestors having been aliens. Aliens may hold, possess, and enjoy lands, tenements, and hereditaments within this state, either by descent, devise, gift, or purchase, as fully as any citizen of the United States or of this state may do.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2105.16, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

2105.16 [Effective1/13/2012] Heirs of aliens may inherit – aliens may hold lands

No person who is capable of inheriting shall be deprived of the inheritance by reason of any of the person’s ancestors having been aliens. Aliens may hold, possess, and enjoy real property within this state, either by descent, devise, gift, or purchase, as fully as any citizen of the United States or of this state may do.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

This section is set out twice. See also § 2105.16, effective until 1/13/2012.

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