Ohio Code § 5555.26

Ohio Code § 5555.26. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5555.26.

When a petition asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair

of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties

in this state, is filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of said

counties, the petitioners are not limited to the statement of a single method of paying

the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, but may request in the

petition that the share of each interested county be apportioned by a different method,

subject to the limitation that as to each county the method requested must be one

of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code . A joint board acting by unanimous vote and without the filing of any petition, and

ordering the improvement of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line

between two or more counties in this state, may order the proportionate part of the

compensation, damages, and expenses of each county to be paid in a different method,

subject to the limitation that as to each county the method selected must be one of

the methods provided by sections 5555.41 to 5555.43, inclusive, of the Revised Code .

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5555.26
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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