Ohio Code § 5303.32

Ohio Code § 5303.32. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5303.32.

When real estate, except burial grounds or cemeteries, has been donated, bequeathed,

or otherwise entrusted to, or purchased by any person or trustee, for public religious

use, but not to or for the use of a specific or particular religious society or denomination,

or when it has been donated, bequeathed, or entrusted to, or purchased by a particular

religious society or denomination, and abandoned for such use, the court of common

pleas of the county in which it is located, on good cause shown, upon the petition

of a citizen of the vicinity, may make an order for the sale of such property, whether

or not it has been built upon or otherwise improved, and make such order as to costs

and the disposition of the proceeds of the sale to such religious or other public

use as is just and equitable.  The purchaser shall be invested with as full and complete a title thereto as the

character of the original grant for such religious use permits.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5303.32
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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