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2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile
Chapter 2105 | Descent and Distribution
Section 2105.20 | Waste by Tenant for Life.
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OH Rev Code § 2105.20 (2025)
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Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A tenant for life in real property who commits or suffers waste thereto shall forfeit that part of the property, to which such waste is committed or suffered, to the person having the immediate estate in reversion or remainder and such tenant will be liable in damages to such person for the waste committed or suffered thereto.
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