If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds, as provided in section 971.33 of the Revised Code, an owner or occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after having given the owner or tenant not less than ten days’ notice to cut or remove them, may notify the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is situated, who shall forthwith view the premises, and if satisfied that there is just cause of complaint, shall cause them to be cut, by letting the work to the lowest bidder, or by entering into a private contract therefor.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 971.34

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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

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