2013 Ohio Revised Code
Title [13] XIII COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS - OHIO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
Chapter 1312 - RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE.
Section 1312.08 - Tolling of statutes of limitation and repose - dismissal - application of chapter.


Ohio Rev Code § 1312.08 (2013) What's This?

(A) All applicable statutes of limitation or repose are tolled from the time the owner sends a notice of defect to a contractor pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code until the owner has complied with this chapter.

(B) If an owner files a dwelling action or commences arbitration proceedings without having complied with this chapter, the court or arbitrator shall dismiss that action or those proceedings without prejudice. The owner may again file a dwelling action or commence arbitration proceedings after complying with this chapter.

(C) This chapter does not apply to any civil action in tort alleging personal injury or wrongful death to a person resulting from a construction defect.

Effective Date: 05-27-2005

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