Ohio Code § 4969.20
Ohio Code § 4969.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4969.20.
A railroad company organized or existing under the laws of this state may purchase
the property as provided in section 4969.19 of the Revised Code . Any number of persons may purchase such railroad, roadbeds, rights of way, property,
and franchises either directly at such judicial sale or by grant from the purchasers
at such sale. On filing a copy of such deed or grant in the office of the secretary of state,
with articles of incorporation executed in accordance with the law respecting the
creation of corporations for profit, they and such persons as associate with them,
not less than five in number, shall become a corporation with perpetual succession
by such name as they assume, with capacity to maintain and operate such railroads,
whether located wholly within this state, or partly within this state and partly in
another state.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 4969.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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