STATE OF OHIO
Revised Code
OWNER INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 5323
Section:
5323.01 Definitions
5323.02 Information to be filed with county auditor
5323.03 Statutory agent for nonresident owner
5323.04 Information filed is public record
5323.99 Penalties
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Hotel" has the same meaning as in §3731.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in §3781.06 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Mobile home" and "recreational vehicle" have the same meanings
as in §4501.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal
corporation, or other body corporate and politic that is responsible for
government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the
state.
(E) "Residential rental property" means real property on which is
located one or more dwelling units leased or otherwise rented to tenants
solely for residential purposes, or a mobile home park or other
permanent or semi-permanent site at which lots are leased or otherwise
rented to tenants for the parking of a manufactured home, mobile home,
or recreational vehicle that is used solely for residential purposes.
"Residential rental property" does not include a hotel or a
college or university dormitory.
Effective 9/28/2006.
(A) An owner of residential rental property shall file with the county auditor
of the county in which the property is located the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner;
(2) If the residential rental property is owned by a trust, business trust, estate,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company,
association, corporation, or any other business entity, the name,
address, and telephone number of the following:
(a) A trustee, in the case of a trust or business trust;
(b) The executor or administrator, in the case of an estate;
(c) A general partner, in the case of a partnership or a limited partnership;
(d) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of a limited liability company;
(e) An associate, in the case of an association;
(f) An officer, in the case of a corporation;
(g) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of any other business entity.
(3) The street address and permanent parcel number of the residential rental property;
(4) If the residential rental property has dwelling units that are leased or
otherwise rented to tenants, the year the units were built.
(B) The information required under division (A) of this section shall be filed
and maintained in a manner to be determined by the county auditor.
(C) An owner of residential rental property shall update the information
required under division (A) of this section within ten days after any
change in the information occurs.
Effective 9/28/2006.
An owner of
residential rental property who resides outside the state shall
designate, in a manner to be determined by the county auditor of the
county in which the property is located, an individual who resides in
the state to serve as the owner's agent for the acceptance of service of
process on behalf of the owner in any legal action or proceeding in the
state, unless the owner previously designated and continues to maintain
a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state
as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state
pursuant to another section of the Revised Code. An owner who
designates an agent pursuant to this section shall file in writing with
the relevant county auditor the name, address, and telephone number of
the agent. An owner who previously designated and continues to maintain
a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state
as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state
pursuant to another section of the Revised Code shall file in writing
with the county auditor of the county in which the residential rental
property is located a certified copy of the document filed with the
secretary of state containing that designation. Effective 9/28/2006.
(A) All information filed with a county auditor under this chapter is a public
record under §149.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) An owner of residential rental property who complies with the requirements
of this chapter shall be deemed to be in full compliance with any
request by the state or any political subdivision to that owner for
information that is identical to the information filed with the county
auditor under this chapter.
Effective 9/28/2006.
No owner of residential rental property shall
fail to comply with the filing or updating of information requirements of §5323.02 of the
Revised Code or shall fail to satisfy the designation of agent
requirement or the filing of the appropriate designation of agent
document requirement of section §5323.03 of the Revised Code. Whoever
violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Effective
9/28/2006.
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