Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 5713 · 44 active provisions
(A) Each county shall be the unit for assessing real estate for taxation purposes. The county auditor shall be the assessor of all the real estate in the auditor's county for purposes of taxation, but this section does not affect the power conferred by Chapter 5727. of the Revised Code upon the tax commissioner regardi…
If the county auditor determines under section 5713.01 of the Revised Code that the construction of a dwelling on a previously vacant parcel of land is now available for use or that an additional dwelling is constructed on a parcel of land and is now available for use, the county auditor, by ordinary mail, shall send t…
(A) For purposes of this section:(1) "Mass appraisal project" means any sexennial reappraisal, triennial update, or other revaluation of all real property or the valuation of newly constructed real property in accordance with section 5713.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Qualified project manager" means a person who plans,…
An assessor, from the maps and descriptions furnished him by the county auditor and other sources of information, shall make a correct and pertinent description of each tract and lot of real property in his district. When he deems it necessary to obtain an accurate description of any separate tract or lot in his distri…
The county auditor, from the best sources of information available, shall determine, as nearly as practicable, the true value of the fee simple estate, as if unencumbered but subject to any effects from the exercise of police powers or from other governmental actions, of each separate tract, lot, or parcel of real prop…
(A) As used in this section, "federally subsidized residential rental property" means property to which one or more of the following apply: (1) It is part of a qualified low-income housing project, through its compliance and extended use period, as those terms are defined in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, or…
Each separate parcel of real property shall be valued at its taxable value, excluding the value of the crops, deciduous and evergreen trees, plants, and shrubs growing thereon, and taking into account the diminution in value as the result of the existence of any conservation easement created under sections 5301.67 to 5…
Each separate parcel of real property shall be classified by the county auditor according to its principal, current use. Vacant lots and tracts of land upon which there are no structures or improvements shall be classified in accordance with their location and their highest and best probable legal use. In the case of l…
On or before the thirty-first day of March, annually, the county auditor shall make a list of petroleum, oil, and natural gas wells, coal and ore mines, limestone quarries, fireclay pits, and works designed for the production of minerals which have been begun or constructed since the last preceding appraisal.If, by rea…
(A) As used in this section:(1) "Oil" means all grades of crude oil.(2) "Gas" means all forms of natural gas.(3) "Well" means an oil or gas well or an oil and gas well.(4) "M.C.F." means one thousand cubic feet.(5) "Commonly metered wells" means two or more wells that share the same meter.(6) "Total production" means t…
Where the fee of the soil and the minerals, or part of either, of a lot or parcel of land has been previously assessed for taxation in the name of the same person, but the title to the fee of the soil is in one or more persons and the title to such minerals, or any right to the minerals, is in another person, the count…
The county auditor, at the time of making the assessment of real property subject to taxation, shall enter in a separate list pertinent descriptions of all burying grounds, public schoolhouses, houses used exclusively for public worship, institutions of purely public charity, real property used exclusively for a home f…
(A) The county auditor shall make a list of all real and personal property in the auditor's county that is exempted from taxation. Such list shall show the name of the owner, the value of the property exempted, and a statement in brief form of the ground on which such exemption has been granted. It shall be corrected a…
(A) No application for real property tax exemption and tax remission shall be filed with, or considered by, the tax commissioner or county auditor in which tax remission is requested for more than three tax years, and the commissioner or auditor shall not remit more than three years' taxes, penalties, and interest. (B)…
(A) Whenever the county auditor reenters an item of property to the tax list as provided in section 5713.08 of the Revised Code and there has been no conveyance of the property between separate entities, the auditor shall send notice to the owner of the property e ither by certified mail or, if the auditor has record o…
(A) The owner of property appearing on the exempt list shall notify the county auditor, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner, if the use of the property changes from the use stated on the application for exemption filed for the property. The notification shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the l…
The board of county commissioners may designate the county engineer to provide for making, correcting, and keeping up to date a complete set of tax maps of the county, and shall employ the necessary number of assistants. Such maps shall show all original lots and parcels of land, and all divisions, subdivisions, and al…
The county engineer shall appoint the necessary draftsmen and fix the salary thereof, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners.The salaries of the assistants shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are paid.
The county auditor shall ascertain from the owner or his agent the amount of the mortgage indebtedness upon each tract and lot in any district. The blanks necessary for the purpose of this section and sections 5713.02 and 5713.03 of the Revised Code shall be furnished by the auditor and paid for by the board of county…
When an original survey, section, tract, or lot has become divided into such small parcels or fractions so that the description of the several parts thereof is indefinite and doubtful, the county auditor when appraising any such survey, section, tract, or lot, or part thereof, shall cause the said section, or such part…
When the assessor has neglected to plat and number the divisions, mentioned in section 5713.13 of the Revised Code or the survey, section, tract, lot, or part thereof, is subdivided after the assessement and appraisal thereof, and the county auditor believes it should be platted and numbered for the purpose of a pertin…
If the owner or occupier of a subdivided survey, section, tract, lot, or part thereof fails to appear when required, and to produce the title papers, or produces them in such manner that the county auditor cannot plat and number said subdivisions without a survey, the auditor may require such owner or occupier to cause…
When the title papers are produced to the county auditor, he may plat, allot, and number said subdivisions. The plat made by the auditor shall be recorded upon the records of deeds of the county. After it has been platted and numbered by the auditor, or by the county engineer, it shall be sufficient for all purposes of…
To enable the county auditor to determine the value and location of buildings and other improvements, any person, other than a railroad company or a public utility whose real property is valued for taxation by the tax commissioner, that constructs any building or other improvement costing more than two thousand dollars…
When any person lays out a municipal corporation, any addition thereto, or any subdivision of any lot or tract of land before the plat thereof is recorded, he shall present it to the county auditor, who shall assess and return the taxable valuation of each lot or parcel of land described in such plat in the same manner…