(1) "Public record" means
records kept by
any
public
office, | 18 |
including, but not limited to, state, county,
city,
village, | 19 |
township, and school district units,
and records
pertaining to the | 20 |
delivery of educational
services by an
alternative
school in this | 21 |
state kept by the nonprofit or
for-profit
entity operating the | 22 |
alternative school pursuant to
section
3313.533 of the Revised | 23 |
Code. "Public record" does not
mean any of
the following: | 24 |
(5) "Intellectual property record" means a record,
other
than | 132 |
a financial or administrative record, that is produced or | 133 |
collected
by or for faculty or staff of a state institution of | 134 |
higher learning in the
conduct of or as a result of study or | 135 |
research on an educational, commercial,
scientific, artistic, | 136 |
technical, or scholarly issue, regardless of whether the
study or | 137 |
research was sponsored by the institution alone or in conjunction | 138 |
with
a governmental body or private concern, and that has not been | 139 |
publicly
released, published, or patented. | 140 |
(7) "Peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, | 145 |
assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth | 146 |
services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement | 147 |
officer residential and
familial
information"
means any | 148 |
information that discloses any of the
following about a
peace | 149 |
officer, parole officer, prosecuting
attorney, assistant | 150 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional employee,
youth services | 151 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer: | 152 |
(a) The address of the actual personal residence of a peace | 153 |
officer, parole officer, assistant prosecuting attorney, | 154 |
correctional employee, youth services employee, firefighter, or | 155 |
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer, except for the state or | 156 |
political
subdivision in which
the
peace
officer, parole officer, | 157 |
assistant prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee, youth | 158 |
services employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law | 159 |
enforcement officer
resides; | 160 |
(c) The social security number, the residential telephone | 163 |
number,
any bank account, debit card, charge card, or credit card | 164 |
number, or the
emergency telephone number of, or any medical | 165 |
information pertaining to, a peace officer, parole officer, | 166 |
prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional | 167 |
employee, youth services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal | 168 |
law enforcement officer; | 169 |
(d) The name of any beneficiary of employment benefits, | 170 |
including,
but not limited to, life insurance benefits, provided | 171 |
to a peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, | 172 |
assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth | 173 |
services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement | 174 |
officer by
the peace officer's,
parole officer's, prosecuting | 175 |
attorney's, assistant prosecuting
attorney's, correctional | 176 |
employee's, youth services employee's,
firefighter's, or EMT's, or | 177 |
federal law enforcement officer's employer; | 178 |
(e) The identity and amount of any charitable or employment | 179 |
benefit deduction made by the peace officer's, parole officer's, | 180 |
prosecuting attorney's, assistant prosecuting attorney's, | 181 |
correctional employee's, youth services employee's, firefighter's, | 182 |
or
EMT's, or federal law enforcement officer's
employer from the | 183 |
peace
officer's, parole officer's,
prosecuting attorney's, | 184 |
assistant prosecuting attorney's,
correctional employee's, youth | 185 |
services employee's, firefighter's,
or EMT's, or federal law | 186 |
enforcement officer's
compensation
unless the amount of the | 187 |
deduction is
required by
state
or federal
law; | 188 |
(f) The name, the residential address, the name of the | 189 |
employer,
the address of the employer, the social security number, | 190 |
the residential
telephone number, any bank account, debit card, | 191 |
charge card, or credit card
number, or the emergency telephone | 192 |
number
of the spouse, a former spouse, or any child of a peace | 193 |
officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant | 194 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth services | 195 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer; | 196 |
(B)(1) Upon request and subject to division (B)(8) of this | 262 |
section, all
public records responsive to the request shall
be | 263 |
promptly prepared and made
available for
inspection to any person | 264 |
at all reasonable times
during regular
business hours. Subject to | 265 |
division (B)(8) of this section,
upon
request, a public office or | 266 |
person
responsible for public records
shall make copies of the | 267 |
requested public record available at
cost and within a reasonable | 268 |
period of
time. If a public record contains information that is | 269 |
exempt from the duty to permit public inspection or to copy the | 270 |
public record, the public office or the person responsible for the | 271 |
public record shall make available all of the information within | 272 |
the public record that is not exempt. When making that public | 273 |
record available for public inspection or copying that public | 274 |
record, the public office or the person responsible for the public | 275 |
record shall notify the requester of any redaction or make the | 276 |
redaction plainly visible. A redaction shall be deemed a denial of | 277 |
a request to inspect or copy the redacted information, except if | 278 |
federal or state law authorizes or requires a public office to | 279 |
make the redaction. | 280 |
(2) To facilitate broader access to public records, a public | 281 |
office or the person responsible for public records shall organize | 282 |
and maintain public records in a manner that they can be made | 283 |
available for inspection or copying in accordance with division | 284 |
(B) of this section. A public office also shall have available a | 285 |
copy of its current records retention schedule at a location | 286 |
readily available to the public. If a requester makes an ambiguous | 287 |
or overly broad request or has difficulty in making a request for | 288 |
copies or inspection of public records under this section such | 289 |
that the public office or the person responsible for the requested | 290 |
public record cannot reasonably identify what public records are | 291 |
being requested, the public office or the person responsible for | 292 |
the requested public record may deny the request but shall provide | 293 |
the requester with an opportunity to revise the request by | 294 |
informing the requester of the manner in which records are | 295 |
maintained by the public office and accessed in the ordinary | 296 |
course of the public office's or person's duties. | 297 |
(3) If a request is ultimately denied, in part or in whole, | 298 |
the public office or the person responsible for the requested | 299 |
public record shall provide the requester with an explanation, | 300 |
including legal authority, setting forth why the request was | 301 |
denied. If the initial request was provided in writing, the | 302 |
explanation also shall be provided to the requester in writing. | 303 |
The explanation shall not preclude the public office or the person | 304 |
responsible for the requested public record from relying upon | 305 |
additional reasons or legal authority in defending an action | 306 |
commenced under division (C) of this section. | 307 |
(5) A public office or person responsible for public records | 316 |
may ask a requester to make the request in writing, may ask for | 317 |
the requester's identity, and may inquire about the intended use | 318 |
of the information requested, but may do so only after disclosing | 319 |
to the requester that a written request is not mandatory and that | 320 |
the requester may decline to reveal the requester's identity or | 321 |
the intended use and when a written request or disclosure of the | 322 |
identity or intended use would benefit the requester by enhancing | 323 |
the ability of the public office or person responsible for public | 324 |
records to identify, locate, or deliver the public records sought | 325 |
by the requester. | 326 |
(6) If any person chooses to obtain a copy of a public
record | 327 |
in
accordance with division (B) of this section,
the
public office | 328 |
or person responsible for the public record may require that | 329 |
person to pay in advance the cost involved in providing the copy | 330 |
of the public record in accordance with the choice made by the | 331 |
person seeking the copy under this division. The public office or | 332 |
the person responsible for the public record shall
permit
that | 333 |
person to
choose to have the public record duplicated
upon paper, | 334 |
upon the same medium
upon which the public office or
person | 335 |
responsible for the public record keeps
it, or upon
any
other | 336 |
medium upon which the public office or person responsible
for the | 337 |
public record determines
that it reasonably can be
duplicated
as | 338 |
an integral part of the normal operations of the
public office or | 339 |
person
responsible for the public record. When
the person
seeking | 340 |
the copy makes a choice under this division,
the public office or | 341 |
person responsible for the public record
shall provide a copy of | 342 |
it in
accordance
with the choice made by
the person seeking the | 343 |
copy. Nothing in this section requires a public office or person | 344 |
responsible for the public record to allow the person seeking a | 345 |
copy of the public record to make the copies of the public record. | 346 |
(7) Upon a request made in accordance with division (B)
of | 347 |
this section and subject to division (B)(6) of this section, a | 348 |
public office or person responsible for public
records
shall | 349 |
transmit a copy of a public record to any person by
United
States | 350 |
mail or by any other means of delivery or transmission within a | 351 |
reasonable period of time after
receiving the
request for the | 352 |
copy. The public office or person
responsible for the public | 353 |
record may
require the person making
the request to pay in advance | 354 |
the cost of postage if the copy is transmitted by United States | 355 |
mail or the cost of delivery if the copy is transmitted other than | 356 |
by United States mail, and to pay in advance the costs incurred | 357 |
for other
supplies used in
the mailing, delivery, or transmission. | 358 |
In any policy and procedures adopted under this division, a | 366 |
public office may limit the number of records requested by a | 367 |
person that
the office will transmit by United States mail to ten | 368 |
per
month, unless the person certifies to the office in writing | 369 |
that the person
does not intend to use or forward the requested | 370 |
records, or the information
contained
in them, for commercial | 371 |
purposes. For purposes of this division, "commercial"
shall be | 372 |
narrowly construed and does not include reporting or gathering | 373 |
news,
reporting or gathering information to assist citizen | 374 |
oversight or
understanding of the operation or activities of | 375 |
government, or nonprofit
educational research. | 376 |
(8) A public office or person responsible for public records | 377 |
is
not required to permit a person who is incarcerated pursuant to | 378 |
a
criminal conviction or a juvenile adjudication to inspect or to | 379 |
obtain a copy of any public record concerning a criminal | 380 |
investigation or prosecution or concerning what would be a | 381 |
criminal investigation or prosecution if the subject of the | 382 |
investigation or prosecution were an adult, unless the request to | 383 |
inspect or to obtain a copy of the record is for the purpose of | 384 |
acquiring information that is subject to release as a public | 385 |
record under this section and the judge who imposed the sentence | 386 |
or made the adjudication with respect to the person, or the | 387 |
judge's successor in office, finds that the information sought in | 388 |
the public record is necessary to support what appears to be a | 389 |
justiciable claim of the person. | 390 |
(9) Upon written request made and signed by a journalist on | 391 |
or after
December 16,
1999, a
public office, or person responsible | 392 |
for public records, having custody of
the records of the agency | 393 |
employing a specified peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting | 394 |
attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, | 395 |
youth services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law | 396 |
enforcement officer shall
disclose
to the
journalist the address | 397 |
of the actual personal
residence of
the
peace
officer, parole | 398 |
officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant
prosecuting attorney, | 399 |
correctional employee, youth services
employee, firefighter, or | 400 |
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer and, if the
peace | 401 |
officer's, parole
officer's, prosecuting attorney's, assistant | 402 |
prosecuting
attorney's, correctional employee's, youth services | 403 |
employee's,
firefighter's, or EMT's, or federal law enforcement | 404 |
officer's spouse, former spouse,
or
child is
employed by a
public | 405 |
office, the name and address of
the
employer
of the peace | 406 |
officer's, parole officer's, prosecuting attorney's,
assistant | 407 |
prosecuting attorney's, correctional employee's, youth
services | 408 |
employee's, firefighter's, or EMT's, or federal law enforcement | 409 |
officer's spouse,
former
spouse, or
child.
The
request shall | 410 |
include the
journalist's name
and title
and the
name
and address | 411 |
of the
journalist's employer
and shall
state
that
disclosure of | 412 |
the
information sought would be
in the
public
interest. | 413 |
As used in this division, "journalist"
means a
person engaged | 414 |
in, connected with, or employed by any news
medium, including a | 415 |
newspaper, magazine, press association, news
agency, or wire | 416 |
service, a radio or television station, or a
similar medium, for | 417 |
the purpose of gathering, processing,
transmitting, compiling, | 418 |
editing, or disseminating information for
the
general public. | 419 |
(C)(1) If a person allegedly is aggrieved by the failure of a | 420 |
public office or the person responsible for public records to | 421 |
promptly prepare a public record and to make
it
available to the | 422 |
person for inspection in accordance with
division
(B) of this | 423 |
section or by any other failure of a public
office or the person | 424 |
responsible for public records to comply with an obligation in | 425 |
accordance
with division (B) of this section, the person allegedly | 426 |
aggrieved
may commence a mandamus action to obtain a judgment that | 427 |
orders
the public office or the person responsible for the public | 428 |
record
to comply with division (B) of this section, that
awards | 429 |
court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees to the person that | 430 |
instituted
the
mandamus action, and, if applicable, that includes | 431 |
an order fixing statutory damages under division (C)(1) of this | 432 |
section. The mandamus action may be commenced in the
court of | 433 |
common pleas of the county in which division (B) of this
section | 434 |
allegedly was not complied with, in the supreme court
pursuant to | 435 |
its original jurisdiction under Section 2 of Article
IV, Ohio | 436 |
Constitution, or in the court of appeals for the
appellate | 437 |
district in which division (B) of this section
allegedly
was not | 438 |
complied with pursuant to its original
jurisdiction under
Section | 439 |
3 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution. | 440 |
If a requestor transmits a written request by hand delivery | 441 |
or certified mail to inspect or receive copies of any public | 442 |
record in a manner that fairly describes the public record or | 443 |
class of public records to the public office or person responsible | 444 |
for the requested public records, except as otherwise provided in | 445 |
this section, the requestor shall be entitled to recover the | 446 |
amount of statutory damages set forth in this division if a court | 447 |
determines that the public office or the person responsible for | 448 |
public records failed to comply with an obligation in accordance | 449 |
with division (B) of this section. | 450 |
The amount of statutory damages shall be fixed at one hundred | 451 |
dollars for each business day during which the public office or | 452 |
person responsible for the requested public records failed to | 453 |
comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this | 454 |
section, beginning with the day on which the requester files a | 455 |
mandamus action to recover statutory damages, up to a maximum of | 456 |
one thousand dollars. The award of statutory damages shall not be | 457 |
construed as a penalty, but as compensation for injury arising | 458 |
from lost use of the requested information. The existence of this | 459 |
injury shall be conclusively presumed. The award of statutory | 460 |
damages shall be in addition to all other remedies authorized by | 461 |
this section. | 462 |
(a) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law | 466 |
and case law as it existed at the time of the conduct or | 467 |
threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for | 468 |
the requested public records that allegedly constitutes a failure | 469 |
to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of | 470 |
this section and that was the basis of the mandamus action, a | 471 |
well-informed public office or person responsible for the | 472 |
requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct | 473 |
or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible | 474 |
for the requested public records did not constitute a failure to | 475 |
comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this | 476 |
section; | 477 |
(i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law | 514 |
and case law as it existed at the time of the conduct or | 515 |
threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for | 516 |
the requested public records that allegedly constitutes a failure | 517 |
to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of | 518 |
this section and that was the basis of the mandamus action, a | 519 |
well-informed public office or person responsible for the | 520 |
requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct | 521 |
or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible | 522 |
for the requested public records did not constitute a failure to | 523 |
comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this | 524 |
section; | 525 |
(E)(1) To ensure that all employees of public offices are | 535 |
appropriately educated about a public office's obligations under | 536 |
division (B) of this section, all elected officials or their | 537 |
appropriate designees shall attend training approved by the | 538 |
attorney general as provided in section 109.43 of the Revised | 539 |
Code. In addition, all public offices shall adopt a public records | 540 |
policy in compliance with this section for responding to public | 541 |
records requests. In adopting a public records policy under this | 542 |
division, a public office may obtain guidance from the model | 543 |
public records policy developed and provided to the public office | 544 |
by the attorney general under section 109.43 of the Revised Code. | 545 |
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the policy may not | 546 |
limit the number of public records that the public office will | 547 |
make available to a single person, may not limit the number of | 548 |
public records that it will make available during a fixed period | 549 |
of time, and may not establish a fixed period of time before it | 550 |
will respond to a request for inspection or copying of public | 551 |
records, unless that period is less than eight hours. | 552 |
(2) The public office shall distribute the public records | 553 |
policy adopted by the public office under division (E)(1) of this | 554 |
section to the employee of the public office who is the records | 555 |
custodian or records manager or otherwise has custody of the | 556 |
records of that office. The public office shall require that | 557 |
employee to acknowledge receipt of the copy of the public records | 558 |
policy. The public office shall create a poster that describes its | 559 |
public records policy and shall post the poster in a conspicuous | 560 |
place in the public office and in all locations where the public | 561 |
office has branch offices. The public office may post its public | 562 |
records policy on the internet web site of the public office if | 563 |
the public office maintains an internet web site. A public office | 564 |
that has established a manual or handbook of its general policies | 565 |
and procedures for all employees of the public office shall | 566 |
include the public records policy of the public office in the | 567 |
manual or handbook. | 568 |
(F)(1) The bureau of motor vehicles may adopt rules pursuant | 569 |
to
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to reasonably
limit the number | 570 |
of bulk commercial special extraction requests made by a
person | 571 |
for the same records or for updated records during a calendar | 572 |
year.
The rules may include provisions for charges to be made for | 573 |
bulk commercial
special
extraction requests for the actual cost of | 574 |
the bureau, plus special extraction
costs, plus ten per cent. The | 575 |
bureau may charge for
expenses for redacting information, the | 576 |
release of which is prohibited by
law. | 577 |
(b) "Bulk commercial special extraction request" means a | 584 |
request
for copies of a record for information in a format other | 585 |
than the format
already available, or information that cannot be | 586 |
extracted without examination
of all items in a records series, | 587 |
class of records, or data base by a person
who intends to use or | 588 |
forward the copies for surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale | 589 |
for
commercial purposes. "Bulk commercial special extraction | 590 |
request" does not
include a request by a person who gives | 591 |
assurance to the bureau that the
person making the request does | 592 |
not intend to use or forward the requested
copies for surveys, | 593 |
marketing,
solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes. | 594 |
(C)(1) An individual may request that a public office or a | 643 |
person responsible for a public office's public records redact | 644 |
personal information of that individual from any record made | 645 |
available to the general public on the internet. An individual who | 646 |
makes a request for redaction
pursuant to this division shall | 647 |
make the request in writing on a
form developed by the attorney | 648 |
general and
shall specify the
personal information to be | 649 |
redacted and provide
any information
that identifies the | 650 |
location of that personal
information within
a document that | 651 |
contains that personal
information. | 652 |
(2) Upon receiving a request for a redaction pursuant to | 653 |
division (C)(1) of this section, a public office or a person | 654 |
responsible for a public office's public records shall act within | 655 |
five business days in accordance with the request to redact the | 656 |
personal information of the individual from any record made | 657 |
available to the general public on the internet, if practicable. | 658 |
If a redaction is not
practicable, the public office or person | 659 |
responsible for the
public office's public records shall verbally | 660 |
or in writing within
five business days after receiving the | 661 |
written request explain to
the individual why the redaction is | 662 |
impracticable. | 663 |
(D)(1) A peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting | 669 |
attorney,
assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, | 670 |
youth
services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law | 671 |
enforcement officer may request that a
public
office other than | 672 |
a county auditor or a person responsible
for the public records | 673 |
of a public office other than a county
auditor redact the address | 674 |
of
the person making the request from
any
record made available | 675 |
to the general public on the
internet
that
includes peace | 676 |
officer,
parole officer, prosecuting
attorney,
assistant | 677 |
prosecuting
attorney, correctional
employee, youth
services | 678 |
employee,
firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 679 |
residential and familial
information of the
person making the | 680 |
request. A person who makes a
request for a
redaction pursuant | 681 |
to
this division shall make the
request in
writing and on a | 682 |
form
developed by the attorney
general. | 683 |
(2) Upon receiving a written request for a redaction pursuant | 684 |
to division (D)(1) of this section, a public office other than a | 685 |
county auditor or a person responsible for the public records of a | 686 |
public office other than a county auditor shall act
within five | 687 |
business days in accordance
with the request to redact
the | 688 |
address of the peace officer, parole
officer, prosecuting | 689 |
attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee, | 690 |
youth services employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law | 691 |
enforcement officer making the request
from any record made | 692 |
available to the general public on the
internet that includes | 693 |
peace
officer, parole
officer,
prosecuting
attorney, assistant | 694 |
prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee,
youth services | 695 |
employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 696 |
residential and
familial
information of the person making
the | 697 |
request, if practicable. If
a redaction is not
practicable,
the | 698 |
public office or person
responsible for the public office's | 699 |
public records shall verbally
or in writing within
five business | 700 |
days after receiving the
written request explain to
the peace | 701 |
officer, parole officer,
prosecuting attorney, assistant | 702 |
prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee, youth services | 703 |
employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 704 |
why the
redaction is
impracticable. | 705 |
(3) Except as provided in this section and section 319.28 of | 706 |
the Revised Code, a public office
other than an employer of a | 707 |
peace officer, parole officer,
prosecuting attorney, assistant | 708 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional
employee, youth services | 709 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 710 |
or a person responsible for the
public records of the employer is | 711 |
not
required to redact the
residential and familial information | 712 |
of the
peace officer, parole
officer, prosecuting attorney, | 713 |
assistant
prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee, youth | 714 |
services
employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law | 715 |
enforcement officer from other records maintained by the
public | 716 |
office. | 717 |
(4) The attorney general shall develop a form to be used by a | 718 |
peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant | 719 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth services | 720 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 721 |
to request a redaction pursuant to
division (D)(1) of this | 722 |
section. The form shall include a place to
provide any | 723 |
information that identifies the location of the
address of a | 724 |
peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney,
assistant | 725 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth
services | 726 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 727 |
to be redacted. | 728 |
(E)(1) If a public office or a person responsible for a | 729 |
public
office's public records becomes aware that an electronic | 730 |
record of
that public office that is made available to the | 731 |
general public on
the
internet
contains an individual's social | 732 |
security number that was
mistakenly not redacted, encrypted,
or | 733 |
truncated as required by
division (B)(1) or (2) of this
section, | 734 |
the public office or
person responsible for the public office's | 735 |
public
records shall
redact, encrypt, or truncate the | 736 |
individual's social security
number within a reasonable period of | 737 |
time. | 738 |
(2) A public office or a person responsible for a public | 739 |
office's public records is not liable in damages in a civil action | 740 |
for any harm an individual allegedly sustains as a result of the | 741 |
inclusion of that individual's personal information on any record | 742 |
made available to the general public on the internet or any harm a | 743 |
peace officer, parole officer,
prosecuting attorney, assistant | 744 |
prosecuting attorney, correctional
employee, youth services | 745 |
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 746 |
sustains as
a result of the
inclusion of the address of the | 747 |
peace officer,
parole officer,
prosecuting attorney, assistant | 748 |
prosecuting
attorney,
correctional employee, youth services | 749 |
employee,
firefighter, or
EMT on any record made available to | 750 |
the general
public on the
internet in
violation of this section | 751 |
unless the public office or
person
responsible for the public | 752 |
office's public records acted
with
malicious purpose, in bad | 753 |
faith, or in a wanton or reckless
manner
or division (A)(6)(a) | 754 |
or (c) of section 2744.03 of the
Revised
Code applies. | 755 |
Sec. 319.28. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division | 756 |
(B) of this section, on or before the first Monday of August, | 757 |
annually, the county auditor shall compile and make up a general | 758 |
tax list of real and public utility property in the county,
either | 759 |
in tabular form and alphabetical order, or, with the
consent of | 760 |
the county treasurer, by listing all parcels in a
permanent parcel | 761 |
number sequence to which a separate alphabetical
index is keyed, | 762 |
containing the names of the several persons,
companies, firms, | 763 |
partnerships, associations, and corporations in
whose names real | 764 |
property has been listed in each township,
municipal corporation, | 765 |
special district, or separate school
district, or part of either | 766 |
in the auditor's county, placing
separately, in
appropriate | 767 |
columns opposite each name, the description of each
tract, lot, or | 768 |
parcel of real estate, the value of each tract,
lot, or parcel, | 769 |
the value of the improvements thereon, and of the
names of the | 770 |
several public utilities whose property, subject to
taxation on | 771 |
the general tax list and duplicate, has been
apportioned by the | 772 |
department of taxation to the county, and the
amount so | 773 |
apportioned to each township, municipal corporation,
special | 774 |
district, or separate school district or part of either
in the | 775 |
auditor's county, as shown by the certificates of
apportionment of | 776 |
public utility property. If the name of the owner of any tract, | 777 |
lot, or parcel of real estate is unknown to the auditor,
"unknown" | 778 |
shall be entered in the column of names opposite said
tract, lot, | 779 |
or parcel. Such lists shall be prepared in
duplicate. On or before | 780 |
the first Monday of September in each
year, the auditor shall | 781 |
correct such lists in accordance with the
additions and deductions | 782 |
ordered by the tax commissioner and by
the county board of | 783 |
revision, and shall certify and on the first
day of October | 784 |
deliver one copy thereof to the county treasurer.
The copies | 785 |
prepared by the auditor shall constitute the auditor's
general tax | 786 |
list and treasurer's general duplicate of real and
public utility | 787 |
property for the current year. | 788 |
(B)(1) A peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, | 793 |
assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, youth | 794 |
services employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement | 795 |
officer may submit a written
request by affidavit to the county | 796 |
auditor requesting the county
auditor to
remove the name of the | 797 |
peace officer, parole officer,
prosecuting
attorney, assistant | 798 |
prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee,
youth services | 799 |
employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 800 |
from the general tax
list of real and public utility property | 801 |
and the general duplicate
of real and public utility property and | 802 |
insert the initials of the peace officer, parole officer, | 803 |
prosecuting
attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, | 804 |
correctional employee,
youth services employee, firefighter, or | 805 |
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer on the general tax
list | 806 |
of real and public utility property
and the general duplicate
of | 807 |
real and public utility property as
the name of the peace | 808 |
officialofficer, parole officer,
prosecuting
attorney, | 809 |
assistant prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee,
youth | 810 |
services employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law | 811 |
enforcement officer that appears on the
deed. | 812 |
(2) Upon receiving a written request by affidavit described | 813 |
in division
(B)(1) of this section, the county auditor shall act | 814 |
within five
business days in accordance with the request to | 815 |
remove the name of
the peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting | 816 |
attorney, assistant
prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, | 817 |
youth services
employee, firefighter, or EMT, or federal law | 818 |
enforcement officer from the general tax
list of real
and public | 819 |
utility property and the general
duplicate of real and
public | 820 |
utility property and insert initials
of
the peace officer, | 821 |
parole officer, prosecuting attorney,
assistant
prosecuting | 822 |
attorney, correctional employee, youth
services
employee, | 823 |
firefighter, or EMT, or federal law enforcement officer on the | 824 |
general tax list of
real and
public utility property and the | 825 |
general duplicate of
real and
public utility property, if | 826 |
practicable. If the removal
and
insertion is not practicable, | 827 |
the county auditor shall
verbally or
in writing within five | 828 |
business days after receiving
the written
request explain to the | 829 |
peace officer, parole officer,
prosecuting
attorney, assistant | 830 |
prosecuting attorney,
correctional employee,
youth services | 831 |
employee, firefighter, or
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer | 832 |
why the removal and
insertion is impracticable. | 833 |
Sec. 319.54. (A) On all moneys collected by the county
| 839 |
treasurer on any tax duplicate of the county, other than estate
| 840 |
tax duplicates, and on all moneys received as advance payments of
| 841 |
personal property and classified property taxes, the county
| 842 |
auditor, on settlement with the treasurer and tax commissioner,
on
| 843 |
or before the date prescribed by law for such settlement or
any
| 844 |
lawful extension of such date, shall be allowed as
compensation
| 845 |
for the county auditor's services the following
percentages:
| 846 |
If any settlement is not made on or before the date
| 855 |
prescribed by law for such settlement or any lawful extension of
| 856 |
such date, the aggregate compensation allowed to the auditor
shall
| 857 |
be reduced one per cent for each day such settlement is
delayed
| 858 |
after the prescribed date. No penalty shall apply if the
auditor
| 859 |
and treasurer grant all requests for advances up to
ninety per
| 860 |
cent of the settlement pursuant to section 321.34 of
the Revised
| 861 |
Code. The compensation allowed in accordance with
this section on
| 862 |
settlements made before the dates prescribed by
law, or the
| 863 |
reduced compensation allowed in accordance with this
section on
| 864 |
settlements made after the date prescribed by law or
any lawful
| 865 |
extension of such date, shall be apportioned ratably
by the
| 866 |
auditor and deducted from the shares or portions of the
revenue
| 867 |
payable to the state as well as to the county, townships,
| 868 |
municipal corporations, and school districts.
| 869 |
(B) For the purpose of reimbursing county auditors for the
| 870 |
expenses associated with the increased number of applications for
| 871 |
reductions in real property taxes under sections 323.152 and
| 872 |
4503.065 of the Revised Code that results from the amendment of
| 873 |
those sections by Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the 127th general assembly,
| 874 |
on the first day of August of each year there shall be paid from
| 875 |
the state's general revenue fund to the county treasury to the
| 876 |
credit of the real estate assessment fund created by section
| 877 |
325.31 of the Revised Code an amount equal to one per cent of the
| 878 |
total annual amount of property tax relief reimbursement paid to
| 879 |
that county under sections 323.156 and 4503.068 of the Revised
| 880 |
Code for the preceding tax year.
| 881 |
(C) From all moneys collected by the county treasurer on
any
| 882 |
tax duplicate of the county, other than estate tax
duplicates, and
| 883 |
on all moneys received as advance payments of
personal property
| 884 |
and classified property taxes, there shall be
paid into the county
| 885 |
treasury to the credit of the real estate
assessment fund created
| 886 |
by section 325.31 of the Revised Code, an
amount to be determined
| 887 |
by the county auditor, which shall not
exceed the
percentages
| 888 |
prescribed in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this
section.
| 889 |
(3) For receiving statements of value and administering
| 941 |
section 319.202 of the Revised Code, one dollar, or ten cents for
| 942 |
each one hundred dollars or fraction of one
hundred dollars,
| 943 |
whichever is greater, of the value of
the real property
| 944 |
transferred or, for sales occurring on or after
January 1, 2000,
| 945 |
the value of the used manufactured home
or used mobile home, as
| 946 |
defined in section
5739.0210 of
the Revised Code, transferred,
| 947 |
except no fee shall
be charged when the
transfer is made:
| 948 |
(c) To confirm or correct a deed previously executed and
| 954 |
recorded or when a current owner on the general tax list of real
| 955 |
and public utility property and the general duplicate of real and
| 956 |
public utility property is a peace officer, parole officer,
| 957 |
prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney,
| 958 |
correctional employee, youth services employee, firefighter, or | 959 |
EMT, or federal law enforcement officer and is changing the | 960 |
current owner name listed on the general
tax list of real and | 961 |
public utility property and the
general
duplicate of real and | 962 |
public utility property to
the
initials of
the current owner as | 963 |
prescribed in division (B)(1) of section
319.28 of the Revised | 964 |
Code;
| 965 |
(n) Pursuant to division (B) of section 317.22 of the Revised
| 1001 |
Code, or
section 2113.61 of the Revised Code, between spouses or
| 1002 |
to a
surviving spouse pursuant to section 5302.17 of the Revised
| 1003 |
Code
as it existed prior to April 4, 1985, between persons
| 1004 |
pursuant to
section 5302.17 or 5302.18 of the Revised Code on or
| 1005 |
after April
4, 1985, to a person who is a surviving, survivorship
| 1006 |
tenant
pursuant to section 5302.17 of the Revised Code on or after
| 1007 |
April
4, 1985, or pursuant to section 5309.45 of the Revised Code;
| 1008 |
The auditor shall compute and collect the fee. The auditor
| 1040 |
shall maintain a numbered receipt system, as prescribed by the
tax
| 1041 |
commissioner, and use such receipt system to provide a
receipt to
| 1042 |
each person paying a fee. The auditor shall deposit
the receipts
| 1043 |
of the fees on conveyances in the county treasury
daily to the
| 1044 |
credit of the general fund of the county, except that fees charged
| 1045 |
and received under division (G)(3) of this section for a transfer
| 1046 |
of real property to a county land reutilization corporation shall
| 1047 |
be credited to the county land reutilization corporation fund
| 1048 |
established under section 321.263 of the Revised Code.
| 1049 |