Ohio Code § 971.34
Ohio Code § 971.34. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 971.34.
If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles,
or other noxious weeds, as provided in section 971.33 of the Revised Code , an owner or occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after having given
the owner or tenant not less than ten days' notice to cut or remove them, may notify
the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is situated, who
shall forthwith view the premises, and if satisfied that there is just cause of complaint,
shall cause them to be cut, by letting the work to the lowest bidder, or by entering
into a private contract therefor.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 971.34
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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