6131.26 Filing bond and statement of appeal. - Ohio Statutes

6131.26 Filing bond and statement of appeal.

To perfect an appeal as provided in section 6131.25 of the Revised Code, the owner of land shall file an appeal bond, with surety to be approved by the clerk of the court of common pleas, to pay all costs on appeal if the decision or order appealed from is sustained on a hearing or trial thereof. The owner shall also file with the bond a statement of the decision or order appealed from and of the claims of the owner in ordinary and concise language. The bond and statement shall be filed by the owner with the clerk of the court of common pleas, including all necessary filing fees and other related documents as the court may require, within twenty-one days from the date of the order. Two or more owners may join in the same appeal and file the same bond and the same statement.

The amount of the appeal bond shall be not less than five hundred dollars, plus the sum of two dollars for each parcel of land in excess of two hundred parcels averred in the petition to be benefited.

Effective Date: 04-09-1981