Personal property used exclusively to transport, store, crush, press, process, ferment, or age grape agricultural products in the production of grape juice or grape wine, and grape juice or grape wine held in the course of business, but not held in labeled containers in which it will be sold, are exempt from personal property taxation if either of the following apply:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5709.55

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59

(A) The property is used or held by the holder of a liquor permit issued under section 4303.03 or 4303.031 of the Revised Code whose primary business is the production of wine.

(B) The production is used or held by a person or enterprise engaged in agriculture that sells the grape agricultural products or juice or wine to a holder of a liquor permit issued under section 4303.03 or 4303.031 of the Revised Code if the primary business of the permittee is the production of wine.

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