Chapter 5323 | Residential Rental Property

Section 5323.01 | Residential rental property definitions.

• Effective: September 29, 2007
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly

As used in this chapter:

(A) "Hotel" has the same meaning as in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.

(C) "Mobile home" and "recreational vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.

(D) "Political subdivision" means a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census or a township, municipal corporation, or other body corporate and politic that is located in a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census and is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.

(E) "Residential rental property" means real property that is located in a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census and on which is located one or more dwelling units leased or otherwise rented to tenants solely for residential purposes, or a mobile home park or other permanent or semipermanent site at which lots are leased or otherwise rented to tenants for the parking of a manufactured home, mobile home, or recreational vehicle that is used solely for residential purposes. "Residential rental property" does not include a hotel or a college or university dormitory.

Section 5323.02 | Filing of information by owner with county auditor.

• Effective: October 24, 2024
• Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly

(A) An owner of residential rental property shall file with the county auditor of the county in which the property is located the following information:

(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner;

(2) If the residential rental property is owned by a trust, business trust, estate, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, or any other business entity, the name, address, and telephone number of the following:

(a) A trustee, in the case of a trust or business trust;

(b) The executor or administrator, in the case of an estate;

(c) A general partner, in the case of a partnership or a limited partnership;

(d) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of a limited liability company;

(e) An associate, in the case of an association;

(f) An officer, in the case of a corporation;

(g) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of any other business entity.

(3) The street address and permanent parcel number of the residential rental property.

(B) The information required under division (A) of this section shall be filed and maintained on the tax list or the real property record.

(C) An owner of residential rental property shall update the information required under division (A) of this section within sixty days after any change in the information occurs.

(D) The county auditor shall provide an owner of residential rental property located in a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census with notice pursuant to division (B) of section 323.131 of the Revised Code of the requirement to file the information required under division (A) of this section and the requirement to update that information under division (C) of this section.

(E) The owner of residential real property shall comply with the requirements under divisions (A) and (C) of this section within sixty days after receiving the notice provided under division (D) of this section, division (D) of section 319.202, or division (B) of section 323.131 of the Revised Code.

(F) Any agent designated by the owner to manage the property on the owner's behalf may file or update any information, or do anything otherwise required by this section, on the owner's behalf.

Last updated August 19, 2024 at 3:40 PM

Section 5323.03 | Designation of filing agent by out-of-state owner.

• Effective: September 28, 2006
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 294 - 126th General Assembly

An owner of residential rental property who resides outside the state shall designate, in a manner to be determined by the county auditor of the county in which the property is located, an individual who resides in the state to serve as the owner's agent for the acceptance of service of process on behalf of the owner in any legal action or proceeding in the state, unless the owner previously designated and continues to maintain a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state pursuant to another section of the Revised Code.

An owner who designates an agent pursuant to this section shall file in writing with the relevant county auditor the name, address, and telephone number of the agent. An owner who previously designated and continues to maintain a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state pursuant to another section of the Revised Code shall file in writing with the county auditor of the county in which the residential rental property is located a certified copy of the document filed with the secretary of state containing that designation.

Section 5323.04 | Filed information as public record.

• Effective: September 28, 2006
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 294 - 126th General Assembly

(A) All information filed with a county auditor under this chapter is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

(B) An owner of residential rental property who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be in full compliance with any request by the state or any political subdivision to that owner for information that is identical to the information filed with the county auditor under this chapter.

Section 5323.99 | Failure to comply with chapter - penalty.

• Effective: September 29, 2007
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly

No owner of residential rental property shall fail to comply with the filing or updating of information requirements of section 5323.02 of the Revised Code or shall fail to satisfy the designation of agent requirement or the filing of the appropriate designation of agent document requirement of section 5323.03 of the Revised Code. The county auditor may impose upon any person who violates this section a special assessment on the residential rental property that is the subject of the violation that is not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred fifty dollars. Such special assessment may be appealed to the county board of revision.