Ohio Code § 727.31
Ohio Code § 727.31. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 727.31.
If the payment of a special assessment, which has not been certified to the county
auditor for collection, is not made by the time stipulated in the ordinance providing
therefor, the amount assessed, with interest, and a forfeiture of ten per cent thereon,
may be recovered by suit before a county court, municipal court, or other court of
competent jurisdiction, in the name of the municipal corporation, to enforce the lien
against the lots and lands charged with such assessment. Proceedings for the recovery of the assessment may be instituted by the municipal
corporation to enforce the lien, against all the lots or lands, or any of them embraced
in any one assessment, but the judgment or decree shall be rendered severally or separately
for the amount assessed. Any proceeding may be severed, in the discretion of the court, for the purpose of
trial, review, or appeal when an appeal is allowed. In proceedings to enforce the lien, when the owner of any lot or land assessed is
a nonresident of this state, or is unknown, notice shall be given by publication in
the manner prescribed by law in similar cases.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 727.31
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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