Ohio Code § 5715.251

§ 5715.251.

(A) The following appeals may be taken to the board of tax appeals: (1) A county auditor may appeal any determination of change in the abstract of real property

of a taxing district in the auditor's county that is made by the tax commissioner

under section 5715.24 of the Revised Code . (2) The commissioner may appeal an auditor's determination of the sales included in the

representative sampling of sales required to be used by the commissioner in making

sales-assessment ratio studies under section 5715.012 of the Revised Code . (B) An appeal filed under division (A) of this section shall be taken within thirty

days after receipt of the statement by the county auditor of the commissioner's determination

or after the commissioner's receipt of the representative sample, as applicable.  For an appeal under division (A)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall be made

appellee, and for an appeal under division (A)(2) of this section, the county auditor

shall be made appellee.  The appellant shall file a notice of appeal with the board and the appellee.  Such notice of appeal shall set forth the determination of the commissioner or the

auditor's representative sample appealed from, as applicable, and the errors therein

complained of.  Proof of the filing of such notice with the appellee shall be filed with the board.  The board shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the appeal. Unless waived, notice of the appeal shall be served upon the appellee by certified

mail.  The prosecuting attorney shall represent the county auditor in such an appeal. (C) For an appeal under division (A)(1) of this section, the commissioner, upon written

demand filed by the county auditor, shall within thirty days after the filing of such

demand file with the board a certified transcript of the record of the commissioner's

proceedings pertaining to the determination complained of and the evidence the commissioner

considered in making such determination.  For an appeal under division (A)(2) of this section, the auditor, upon written demand

filed by the commissioner, shall file with the board any evidence the auditor considered

in determining the contents of the representative sampling of sales.  The board shall notify the auditor of the deadline, determined by the board, by

which the auditor shall file such evidence. The board shall render its decision on any appeal filed under this section on or before

the last day of the tax year in which the appeal is filed.  If upon hearing and consideration of such record and evidence the board decides

that the determination or sample appealed from is reasonable and lawful, it shall

affirm the same, but if the board decides that such determination or sample is unreasonable

or unlawful, the board shall reverse and vacate the determination or shall modify

the determination or sample and enter a final order in accordance with such modification. The secretary of the board shall send the order of the board to the county auditor

and to the commissioner, and they shall take such action in connection therewith as

is required to give effect to the order of the board.  At the request of the county auditor, the board of tax appeal's order shall be sent

by certified mail at the county auditor's expense.