Ohio Code § 5723.17
Ohio Code § 5723.17. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5723.17.
When the claimant of any lands sold for the nonpayment of taxes, assessments, penalties,
interest, and costs, or his heirs or assigns, recovers the land sold, by reason of
the invalidity of such sale, such claimant, or his heirs or assigns, shall refund
to the purchaser, or his heirs or assigns, the amount of the purchase price, with
all other taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and costs paid by such purchaser,
or his heirs or assigns to the time of such recovery. Such sum shall be paid to such purchaser entitled thereto, before he is evicted
by any claimant so recovering such land. This section does not prevent a purchaser from obtaining the value of any improvements
made upon said land under sections 5303.07 to 5303.17 of the Revised Code .
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5723.17
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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