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2012 Ohio Revised Code
Title [9] IX AGRICULTURE - ANIMALS - FENCES
Chapter 971 - FENCES
Section 971.071 - Allocation of fence costs between property owners.

Universal Citation:
Ohio Rev Code ยง 971.071 (2012)
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence between that owner and the owner of adjoining property unless a written agreement has been entered into under section 971.04 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 2008 HB323 09-30-2008

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