Ohio Code 971.15 – Partition fence records
All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair partition fences made under this chapter shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder. A document recorded in the official records shall be final between the parties thereto and successive owners thereafter until modified by a subsequent document. All documents recorded shall describe the land where a partition fence is located and the portion of the fence assigned to each applicable owner. In addition, the documents shall describe the purposes and use of the partition fence.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 971.15
- Owner: means both of the following:
(1) The owner of land in fee simple, of estates for life, of easements, or of rights-of-way while used by the owners thereof as farm outlets;
(2) Any of the following with regard to any land that it owns, leases, manages, or otherwise controls and that is adjacent to land used to graze livestock:
(a) The department of natural resources;
(b) A conservancy district organized under Chapter 6101. See Ohio Code 971.01
- Partition fence: includes a fence that has been considered a division line between two such properties even though a subsequent land survey indicates that the fence is not located directly on the division line. See Ohio Code 971.01