Ohio § 971.34 Notice to landowner failing to cut noxious weeds

Ohio Statutes

§ 971.34 — Notice to landowner failing to cut noxious weeds

Ohio § 971.34

Title 9Agriculture-Animals-Fences

Ch. 971Fences

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 971.34 (2026).

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If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects  or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds,  as provided in section971.33of the Revised Code, an owner or  occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after  having  given the owner or tenant not less than ten days' notice to  cut  or remove them, may notify the board of township trustees of  the  township in which the land is situated, who shall forthwith  view  the premises, and if satisfied that there is just cause of  complaint, shall cause them to be cut, by letting the work to the  lowest bidder, or by entering into a private contract therefor.

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If the owner or tenant occupying land neglects or refuses to cut brush, briers, thistles, or other noxious weeds, as provided in section971.33of the Revised Code, an owner or occupant of land abutting on the partition fence, after having given the owner or tenant not less than ten days' notice to cut or remove them, may notify the board of township trustees of the township in which the land is situated, who shall forthwith view the premises, and if satisfied that there is just cause of complaint, shall cause them to be cut, by letting the work to the lowest bidder, or by entering into a private contract therefor.