Ohio Rev. Code § 315.01
Election and term of office.
There shall be elected quadrennially in each county a county engineer who shall assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election and shall hold such office for four years.
Chapter 315 | Engineer
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Ohio Rev. Code § 315.02
Eligibility for office of county engineer.
No person holding the office of clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county treasurer, or county recorder is eligible to hold the office of county engineer. No person is eligible in any county as a candidate for such office or shall be elected or appointed thereto unless he is a registered professional engineer…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.03
Bond of county engineer.
Except as provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the county engineer, before entering upon the duties of the office of county engineer, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the engineer's option, signed by two or more freeholders having real esta…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.05
Delivery of effects to successor in office.
On leaving office, the county engineer shall deliver to his successor all books, papers, and other property and effects belonging to such office. In case of the failure of such engineer to do so, an action may be brought by his successor for the delivery of such property and effects, and for a forfeiture of five hundre…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.06
Removal of engineer by civil action.
Any person may bring a civil action in the court of common pleas against the county engineer, alleging such engineer's incapacity, misconduct in office, or neglect of duty. A copy of the petition with the summons shall be served on such engineer. Such cause shall have precedence over other business, and, if upon trial…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.07
Action on engineer's bond.
Any person injured by the misconduct or neglect of the county engineer or his deputy may bring an action on the official bond of such engineer or deputy and recover judgment for any loss or damage sustained by reason of such misconduct or neglect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.08
Duties of county engineer.
The county engineer shall perform for the county all duties authorized or declared by law to be done by a registered professional engineer or registered surveyor, except those duties described in sections 307.37 and 307.38 and Chapters 343., 6103., and 6117. of the Revised Code. The engineer shall prepare all plans, sp…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.10
County maintenance engineer.
The county engineer may designate one of his deputies as county maintenance engineer. Such deputy shall be a person experienced in the maintenance and repair of roads, and he shall, acting under the general direction and supervision of the engineer, have charge of all road maintenance and repair work carried forward un…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.11
Office of county engineer.
(A) The county engineer shall keep the engineer's office in the county seat, or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section, in such rooms as are provided by the board of county commissioners, and which shall be furnished with all necessary cases and other suitable articles at the expense of the cou…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.12
Office to be maintained partially from motor vehicle taxes.
(A) Two thirds of the cost of operation of the office of county engineer, including the salaries of all of the employees and the cost of the maintenance of such office as provided by the annual appropriation made by the board of county commissioners for such purpose, shall be paid out of the county's share of the fund…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.13
Emergency repairs - county engineer's emergency repair fund.
The county engineer shall make all emergency repairs on all roads, bridges, and culverts in the county, including state highways, and shall keep on hand at all times a supply of material for the purposes of making such repairs. Upon report to the engineer of any road or bridge in the county needing immediate attention,…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.14
Inspection - records - surveys.
The county engineer shall be responsible for the inspection of all public improvements made under authority of the board of county commissioners. The engineer shall keep in suitable books a complete record of all estimates and summaries of bids received and contracts for the various improvements, together with the reco…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.15
Examination of witnesses.
When a county engineer or his deputy is called upon to make a survey to be offered as evidence, the adverse party having notice of the time of the making of such survey, the county engineer or deputy, upon application of either party to the cause of action, shall administer an oath to any witness brought to prove any c…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.16
Calculation of contents of tract of land.
When a survey or calculation is to be used as evidence, all calculations, by the county engineer or other person, to ascertain the contents of a tract of land shall be made by latitude and departure. On such plat, the person making such survey or calculation shall note the variation of the magnetic needle from the orig…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.17
Survey of land in two counties.
When a tract of land is situated in two or more counties, or when the beginning of the entry or survey on which such tract of land depends is in a different county from that in which part of such tracts of land are, the court of common pleas, in either of such counties, may issue an order of survey to the county engine…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.18
Survey of lands sold for taxes.
On the application of any person producing to the county engineer a certificate from the proper officer, the engineer or the engineer's deputy may survey all lands that have been sold for taxes, which lie within the engineer's county. When a portion of any land or lot has been sold for taxes, and, after the sale and be…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.21
Court may appoint a person to resurvey lands.
When it appears that the county engineer is interested in a survey, the title of which is disputed before the court of common pleas, or if such engineer is not commissioned and qualified, the court shall direct the resurvey to be made by a capable disinterested person, who shall return such resurvey to the court, on oa…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.22
Survey as evidence.
No survey made by the county engineer or his deputy, unless made by an order of the court of common pleas, or made in accordance with sections 315.15 to 315.18 of the Revised Code, shall be considered evidence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.23
Acknowledgments by engineer.
The county engineer shall have the same power as judges of county courts to take and certify the acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments affecting real estate, to administer oaths, and to take and certify affidavits and depositions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.24
Field notes.
When so directed by the board of county commissioners, the county engineer shall procure from any office in this state where it may be procured, a certified plat, together with the field notes of the corners and bearing trees to each section, quarter section, lot, or original survey in his county, and cause it to be pr…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.25
Record to be kept by county engineer.
(A) The county engineer shall make and keep, in a book provided for that purpose, an accurate record of all surveys made by the engineer or the engineer's deputies for the purpose of locating any land or road lines, or fixing any corner or monument by which it may be determined, whether official or otherwise. Such surv…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.251
Minimum standards for boundary surveys.
If a deed conveying title to real property is presented to the county auditor for transfer, and the deed contains a legal description for land that is a cut-up or split of the grantor's one or more existing parcels of land as shown in the county auditor's records, or if the legal description of the land conveyed in the…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.26
Engineer to transcribe records.
When ordered to do so by the board of county commissioners, the county engineer shall transcribe any dilapidated maps and the records of plats and field notes of surveys from the records of the court of common pleas, probate court, or any other court, or from the office of the county auditor, county recorder, or other…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.27
Indexes to records of county engineer.
Unless otherwise ordered by the board of county commissioners, the county engineer shall make and keep up, in a manner convenient for reference, complete indexes to all the records in his office, alphabetically arranged by townships. Such indexes shall contain in their several columns the number or name of the original…
Ohio Rev. Code § 315.28
Survey of corners.
Any person who owns or is interested in a tract of land within this state, any corner or line of which has become lost or uncertain, or is in danger of becoming lost or uncertain by the removal, destruction, defacement, or perishing condition of any corner, witness or line tree, monument, or other cause, may call on th…
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