Ohio Code § 5553.20
Ohio Code § 5553.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5553.20.
When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and
boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action
against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and have the boundaries
of such road judicially established in one action. Any road, the true course of which is surveyed and fixed as provided in this section
and sections 5553.18 and 5553.19 of the Revised Code , shall to the limits of such boundaries be a public highway. The engineer and board may not change the line of any road under sections 5553.18 and 5553.19 of the Revised Code from that which has been opened and used by the public for a period of seven years
immediately preceding the application provided for in section 5553.18 of the Revised Code ; but this section does not authorize any encroachment by abutting property owners
on said road as opened and used.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5553.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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