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Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
59 sections
Renting
- When the Landlord RetaliatesORC 5321.02 — three protected acts, three prohibited responses
- Discrimination in HousingORC 4112.02 — the classes, and the sentence about availability
- Ending a Month to MonthORC 5321.17 — thirty days before the rental date, not thirty days from today
- What a Lease Cannot SayORC 5321.13 — three terms a residential rental agreement does not get to contain
- When the Landlord Will Not Fix ItORC 5321.07 — rent escrow, and the condition that decides italso here
- Renting the Lot, Owning the HomeORC 4781.40 — thirty days notice, and the right to organizealso here
- Getting the Deposit BackORC 5321.16 — thirty days, and the address that preserves the remedyalso here
- Being EvictedORC 5321.15 — a landlord cannot do it alonealso here
- When the Power Goes OffOAC 4901:1-18 — disconnection, and the order that reverses italso here
- Renting to Own ItORC 1351.05 — the grace period, and the right to get it back after it goesalso here
The police at the door
- Your HomeU.S. Const. amend. IV — the warrant, and its exceptions at home
- When They KnockPayton v. New York — answering, or not answering, the door
- Reading a WarrantORC 2933.24 — what it has to say
- Who Can Let Them InChapman and Olson — permission has to come from the right person
- When No Warrant Is NeededU.S. Const. amend. IV — the exceptions, and how far each one reaches
- When Police Are Called to a HouseORC 2919.25 — the encounter the legislature wrote its own rules for
Family, children and school
- Before Any Custody OrderORC 3109.042 and 2919.23 — who has the child until a court says, and taking a child from that parent
- Disciplining a ChildORC 2919.22(B) — where the statute draws the line on physical discipline
- Ending a MarriageORC 3105.01 and 3105.64 — two routes, six months of residence, and a window with two ends
- Who the Father Is on PaperORC 3111.27 — sixty days to rescind, and a year for the only other way out
- When Children Services ComesORC 2151.421 — the twenty four hours, the cooperation with police, and the hearing that follows a removal
- When School Calls It TruancyORC 3321.16 — when the attendance officer files, and the progress that stops italso here
- Who Gets the ChildrenORC 3109.04 — the best interest of the child, and no head start for either parentalso here
- What the Child Gets to SayORC 3109.04(B) — the interview in chambers, and the statement nobody may takealso here
- What You File in a Custody CaseORC 3127.23 and 3109.04(G) — the sworn history of the child, and the plan a shared parenting request brings with italso here
- The Parent Who Is Not the Residential OneORC 3109.051 — records, school activities, the child care center, and notice of a movealso here
- Support and Parenting TimeORC 3109.051 — two orders, and neither one buys the otheralso here
- Grandparents and VisitationORC 3109.11 — two doors in, and no general onealso here
- What Parents Answer ForORC 3109.09, 3109.10 and 2919.24 — a child's damage, a child's assault, and contributingalso here
- Changing Your NameORC 2717.03 — probate court, sixty days in the county, and the notice that can be waivedalso here
Debt, buying and money
- Putting It in Writing FirstORC 2133.02 and 1337.12 — two documents, and who is not allowed to witness them
- What They Cannot TakeORC 2329.66 — the exemptions, and the five days to claim themalso here
- The Three Day CancellationORC 1345.22 — midnight of the third business day, and what it coversalso here
Owning a home, land and animals
- The Tree on the LineORC 901.51 — cutting somebody else's vegetation, and the multiplier that follows
- The House That Skips ProbateORC 5302.22 — a transfer on death designation affidavit, and what it does not touch
- The Value on Your Tax BillORC 5715.19 — a complaint to the board of revision by the end of March, and thirty days to appeal what it decides
- The Strip You Have Been MowingORC 2305.04 — twenty one years, and the elements the Supreme Court of Ohio attached to them
- The Form That Comes with the HouseORC 5302.30 — the seller's disclosure form, and the three business days a late one opens
- When the Taxes Go UnpaidORC 5721.18 and 5721.25 — the county's own foreclosure, the contract that holds it off, and redemption until the sale is confirmed
- The Break on Your Tax BillORC 323.152 — the homestead reduction, and ORC 323.153 — the day it is applied for by
- When the House Is ForeclosedORC 2329.33 — the window closes at confirmation, not at the salealso here
- Buying on a Land ContractORC 5313.07 — five years or twenty percent changes everythingalso here
- A Lien on Your HouseORC 1311.06 — sixty days on a home, and paying the contractor is not the end of italso here
- The Fence on the LineORC 971.07 — an existing fence is shared, a new one is notalso here
- A Dog the County Calls DangerousORC 955.23 — ten calendar days to ask for the hearing, and who has to prove what at italso here
Health, aging and estates
- Signing Over AuthorityORC 1337.60 — a power of attorney starts working the day it is signedalso here
- When a Court Appoints a GuardianORC 2111.02 — the alternatives a court has to weigh firstalso here
- Dying Without a WillORC 2105.06 — the state's order, and where it surprises peoplealso here
- Who Decides If You CannotORC 2133.08 — the order that applies when nothing was signedalso here
- Living in a Nursing HomeORC 3721.13 — rights that belong to the resident, not the familyalso here
- The Claim After a DeathORC 5162.21 — medicaid estate recovery, and what delays italso here
- A Small EstateORC 2113.03 — the ceilings that keep an estate out of full probatealso here
Courts and records
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- If There Are ChildrenORC 2151.31 — the other custody that is not an arrest
- When Your Landlord Comes InORC 5321.04 — the other door question, and a different chapter
- The Dog the Warden Picked UpORC 955.16 — three days for an unregistered dog, fourteen for a registered one, and the notice in between
- Self DefenseORC 2901.05 and 2901.09 — what the state has to provealso here
- Your Own CamerasORC 2933.51 — video and audio are two different statutesalso here
- Protection OrdersORC 2919.27 — five ways to get one, one way to break any of themalso here
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