Ohio Code § 4933.16
Ohio Code § 4933.16. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4933.16.
No person or company shall place, string, construct, or maintain a line, wire, fixture,
or appliance of any kind to conduct electricity for lighting, heating, or power purposes
through a street, alley, lane, square, place, or land of a municipal corporation without
the consent of such municipal corporation. This prohibition extends to all levels above or below the surface of such public ways,
grounds, or places, as well as along their surfaces, but not to rights received through
and exercised under proceedings of a probate court prior to February 26, 1910. The penalty provided by section 4933.99 of the Revised Code for a violation of this section is cumulative to other means of enforcing this section
open to the municipal corporation, by way of injunction or otherwise, and is not exclusive.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4933.16
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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