Ohio § 1311.25 Public improvement definitions

Ohio Statutes

§ 1311.25 — Public improvement definitions

Ohio § 1311.25

Title 13Commercial Transactions

Ch. 1311Liens

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1311.25 (2026).

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As used in sections1311.25to1311.32of the Revised Code:

(A)"Public improvement" means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, demolition, or repair of a building, highway, drainage system, water system, road, street, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, and any other structure or work of any nature by a public authority.

(B)"Public authority" includes the state, and a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of or in the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any officer or agent thereof.

(C)"Material supp

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As used in sections1311.25to1311.32of the Revised Code:

(A) "Public improvement" means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, demolition, or repair of a building, highway, drainage system, water system, road, street, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, and any other structure or work of any nature by a public authority.

(B) "Public authority" includes the state, and a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of or in the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any officer or agent thereof.

(C) "Material supplier" includes any person by whom any materials are furnished in furtherance of a public improvement.

(D) "Laborer" includes any mechanic, worker, artisan, or other individual who performs labor or work in furtherance of any public improvement.

(E) "Subcontractor" includes any person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, or drill any part of any public improvement under a contract with any person other than the public authority.

(F) "Principal contractor" includes any person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, or drill any part of any public improvement under a contract with a public authority.

(G) "Materials" means all products and substances including, without limitation, any gasoline, lubricating oil, petroleum products, powder, dynamite, blasting supplies and other explosives, tools, equipment, or machinery furnished in furtherance of a public improvement.

(H) "Wages" has the same meaning as "prevailing wage" in division (E) of section4115.03of the Revised Code.

(I) "Notice of commencement" means the notice specified in section1311.252of the Revised Code.

(J) "Notice of furnishing" means the notice specified in section1311.261of the Revised Code.