Ohio § 5553.20 Civil action to establish true line of road

Ohio Statutes

§ 5553.20 — Civil action to establish true line of road

Ohio § 5553.20

Title 55Roads-Highways-Bridges

Ch. 5553County Roads - Establishment; Alteration; Vacation

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5553.20 (2026).

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When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and have the boundaries of such road judicially established in one action. Any road, the true course of which is surveyed and fixed as provided in this section and sections5553.18and5553.19of the Revised Code, shall to the limits of such boundaries be a public highway. The engineer and board may not change the line of any road under sections5553.18and5553.19of the Revised Code from that which has been opened and used by the public for a period of seven years immediately preceding the application provided for in section5553.18of the Revised Code; but this 

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When the county engineer is unable to ascertain with certainty the true course and boundary line of a road, the board of county commissioners may prosecute a civil action against the owners of the land abutting upon such road to ascertain and have the boundaries of such road judicially established in one action. Any road, the true course of which is surveyed and fixed as provided in this section and sections5553.18and5553.19of the Revised Code, shall to the limits of such boundaries be a public highway. The engineer and board may not change the line of any road under sections5553.18and5553.19of the Revised Code from that which has been opened and used by the public for a period of seven years immediately preceding the application provided for in section5553.18of the Revised Code; but this section does not authorize any encroachment by abutting property owners on said road as opened and used.