Ohio § 4931.04 Right of entry

Ohio Statutes

§ 4931.04 — Right of entry

Ohio § 4931.04

Title 49Public Utilities

Ch. 4931Companies - Telegraph; Telephone

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4931.04 (2026).

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A telephone company may enter upon any land  held by an individual or a corporation, whether such land was  acquired by purchase, appropriation, or by virtue of any provision  in its charter, for the purpose of making preliminary examination  and surveys, with a view to the location and construction of  telecommunications lines and facilities, and may appropriate so  much of such land in accordance with sections163.01to163.22of  the Revised Code, as it deems necessary for the construction and  maintenance of those lines and facilities, and the right of way  in, through, over, across, and under such lands and adjacent  lands, sufficient to enable it to construct and repair the lines  and facilities.

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A telephone company may enter upon any land held by an individual or a corporation, whether such land was acquired by purchase, appropriation, or by virtue of any provision in its charter, for the purpose of making preliminary examination and surveys, with a view to the location and construction of telecommunications lines and facilities, and may appropriate so much of such land in accordance with sections163.01to163.22of the Revised Code, as it deems necessary for the construction and maintenance of those lines and facilities, and the right of way in, through, over, across, and under such lands and adjacent lands, sufficient to enable it to construct and repair the lines and facilities.