Ohio Code 6131.06 – Bond to be filed with petition
(A) The petitioner shall file with the petition referred to in section 6131.04 of the Revised Code a bond in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, plus the sum of five dollars for each parcel of land in excess of two hundred parcels that are listed in the petition as lands that will benefit from the improvement.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 6131.06
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
(B) The bond shall be made payable to the county, to the credit of the general drainage improvement fund or a special fund created for the proposed improvement, and conditioned to pay all costs associated in preparing for the view and first hearing if the petition is not granted or if the petition is for any cause dismissed.
(C) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall release the bond at the expiration of the thirty-day appeal period provided for in section 6131.25 of the Revised Code after an order to proceed with the project by the board at the first hearing or at the termination of the appeal.