STATE STATUTES & CODES

OHIO STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 709: ANNEXATION; DETACHMENT

• 709.01 Annexation and detachment of territory.
• 709.011 Clerk to notify board of elections of vacancies in office and change in municipal boundaries.
• 709.012 Reduction in firefighting force resulting from annexation of township territory.
• 709.013 Multiple annexation petitions concerning same territory.
• 709.014 Fee schedule for annexation costs.
• 709.015 Substantial compliance with procedural requirements is sufficient to grant jurisdiction.
• 709.02 Petition for annexation by owners of contiguous real estate.
• 709.021 Special procedure where owners unanimously request annexation.
• 709.022 Petition where owners unanimously request annexation.
• 709.023 Special annexation procedure where land is not excluded from township.
• 709.024 Special annexation procedure for purpose of undertaking significant economic development project.
• 709.03 Petition presented to board of county commissioners - proceedings.
• 709.031 Report on accuracy of legal description - verification of signatures.
• 709.032 Annexation hearing.
• 709.033 Commissioners' resolution granting or denying annexation.
• 709.04 Accepting or rejecting annexation by ordinance or resolution.
• 709.05 Rejection of application - effect.
• 709.06 Proceedings when application allowed.
• 709.07 Appeals.
• 709.08, 707.09 [Repealed].
• 709.10 Effective date of annexation and rights of inhabitants.
• 709.11 Territory situated in more than one county.
• 709.12 Apportioning of indebtedness of annexed territory - division of funds.
• 709.13 Annexation of territory upon action by inhabitants generally.
• 709.14 Preliminary action by legislative authority.
• 709.15 Petition to board of county commissioners.
• 709.16 Petition by municipal corporation for annexation.
• 709.17, 709.18 [Repealed].
• 709.19 Compensating township for lost tax revenue.
• 709.191 Annual payments to compensate for lost tax revenue.
• 709.192 Annexation agreements.
• 709.20 Rights when annexation complete.
• 709.21 Errors not fatal to proceedings.
• 709.22 Annexation of territory of one municipal corporation to a contiguous municipal corporation.
• 709.23 Arrangement of conditions of annexation.
• 709.24 Petition for annexation - appointment of commission.
• 709.25 Ordinance or petition - procedure.
• 709.26 Designation of commissioners for negotiation.
• 709.27 Procedure on failure of legislative authority to designate commissioners.
• 709.28 Conditions of annexation.
• 709.29 Submission of question of annexation to a vote - procedure.
• 709.30 Assent to annexation - election.
• 709.31 Election results certified.
• 709.32 Clerk of municipal corporation to certify transcripts.
• 709.33 Effective date of annexation.
• 709.34 Government of the municipal corporations.
• 709.35, 709.36 [Repealed].
• 709.37 Adjustment of boundaries of adjoining municipal corporations by mutual consent.
• 709.38 Petition for detachment of lands and attachment to contiguous township - may form new township.
• 709.39 Petition to submit question of detachment of territory - election.
• 709.40 Apportionment of property, funds, and indebtedness.
• 709.41 Petition for detachment of farm land.
• 709.42 Hearing - decision.
• 709.43 Merger defined.
• 709.44 Territory that nay be merged.
• 709.45 Petition for merger.
• 709.46 Disapproval or approval of merger.
• 709.461 Collaborative formulation of merger conditions - unincorporated areas.
• 709.462 Vote on merger conditions - agreement by majority of subdivision members - term of commission.
• 709.47 Procedure after disapproval or approval.
• 709.48 No petitions for annexation after merger defeated.
• 709.50 Removal of area.

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