Ohio § 4959.11 Destruction of noxious weeds

Ohio Statutes

§ 4959.11 — Destruction of noxious weeds

Ohio § 4959.11

Title 49Public Utilities

Ch. 4959Right Of Way Drainage And Fences

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4959.11 (2026).

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(A)As used in this section, "noxious weed" has the same meaning as in section5579.04of the Revised Code.

(B)The superintendent or manager of a toll road, railroad, or electric railway shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, and noxious weeds growing or being cut within the limits of such toll road, railroad, or railway, or within the limits of any right of way belonging to the company owning such toll road, railroad, or railway, whether or not it is in actual operation on such right of way, between such days as are specified in section5579.04of the Revised Code. In default of such destruction, and for five days thereafter, the board of township trustees of a township through which such toll road, railroad, or railway passes, shall cause it to be done, and shall have a right of a

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(A) As used in this section, "noxious weed" has the same meaning as in section5579.04of the Revised Code.

(B) The superintendent or manager of a toll road, railroad, or electric railway shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, and noxious weeds growing or being cut within the limits of such toll road, railroad, or railway, or within the limits of any right of way belonging to the company owning such toll road, railroad, or railway, whether or not it is in actual operation on such right of way, between such days as are specified in section5579.04of the Revised Code.

In default of such destruction, and for five days thereafter, the board of township trustees of a township through which such toll road, railroad, or railway passes, shall cause it to be done, and shall have a right of action against such company for the amount of such work, with one hundred per cent penalty and costs of action, to be recovered before any judge or a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction in the area in which the work was done.

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