Ohio Code § 711.13

§ 711.13.

Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without a municipal

corporation, willfully transfers any lot, parcel, or tract of such land from or in

accordance with a plat of a subdivision as specifically defined in this chapter, before

the plat has been recorded in the office of the county recorder, shall forfeit and

pay the sum of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each lot,

parcel, or tract of land so sold.  The description of the lot, parcel, or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or

transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeiture provided in this

section. If the land is within a municipal corporation, the sum may be recovered in a civil

action, brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the city director of law

or other corresponding official of the municipal corporation in the name of the municipal

corporation and for the use of the street repair fund thereof. If the land is situated outside a municipal corporation, the sum may be recovered

in a civil action, brought by the prosecuting attorney, other corresponding official,

or planning commission of the county in which the land is situated, in the name of

the county and for the use of the road repair fund thereof. The sale of lots, parcels, or tracts from a plat of a subdivision on which any and

all areas indicated as streets or open grounds are expressly indicated as for the

exclusive use of the abutting or other owners in the subdivision and not as public

streets, ways, or grounds shall not serve to exempt the seller from the requirements

of this chapter or from the forfeiture provided in this section.