Ohio Code § 505.551
Ohio Code § 505.551. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 505.551.
(A) Any township or municipal corporation may withdraw from a joint police district created
under section 505.482 of the Revised Code by adopting a resolution or an ordinance, respectively, ordering withdrawal. On or after the first day of January of the year following the adoption of the resolution
or ordinance of withdrawal, the township or municipal corporation withdrawing ceases
to be a part of the district, and the power of the district to levy a tax upon the
taxable property in the withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates,
except that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment
of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it was comprised at the time
the indebtedness was incurred. (B) Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation from a joint police
district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the
funds on hand and moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes
levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either
in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates
of the withdrawing township or municipal corporation and the remaining territory of
the joint police district. (C) When the number of townships or municipal corporations comprising a joint police
district is reduced to one, the joint police district ceases to exist by operation
of law, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after apportionments to withdrawing
townships or municipal corporations shall be assumed by the one remaining township
or municipal corporation. When a joint police district ceases to exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid,
the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the
payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint police district as
it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 505.551
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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