971.071 Allocation of fence costs between property owners. - Ohio Statutes

971.071 Allocation of fence costs between property owners.

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