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ORC §163.03 Entry upon real property; notice; damages.
Any agency may, upon the notice prescribed in this section, prior to or subsequent to the filing of a
petition pursuant to Section 163.05 of the Revised Code, enter upon any lands, waters, and premises
for the purpose of making such surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, and examinations as are
necessary or proper for the purpose of the agency. Under Sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the
Revised Code, and such entry shall not constitute a trespass. Notice of such proposed entry shall be
given to the owner or the person in possession by such means as are reasonably available not less
than forty-eight (48) hours or more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such entry.
The agency shall make restitution or reimbursement for any actual damage, resulting to such lands,
waters, and premises and to improvements or personal property located in, on, along, over, or under
such lands, water, and premises, as a result of such activities. If the parties are unable to agree upon
restitution or other settlement, damages are recoverable by civil action to which the state or agency
hereby consents.
HISTORY: 131 v 180. Eff 1-1-66.
ORC § 5517.01 Proposed projects; claims arising from execution of survey; unloading points
and routes for transportation of materials.
The director of transportation shall make a map in outline and profile, and plans, specifications,
profiles, and estimates covering proposed projects. When completed the director shall indorse upon
such maps, profiles, plans, specifications, and estimates of quantities his approval of the same and
cause one copy thereof to be placed on file in his office and another in the office of the district deputy
director of transportation, for public inspection on or before starting the publication of notice to bidders.
The director may sell prints or copies of any plans, specifications, or contracts for a charge not to
exceed the cost of such prints or copies. The money received from such sale shall be deposited with
the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund.
In the execution of any survey authorized by the director, any person, firm, or corporation, without
doing unnecessary injury thereto, may enter upon any lands within the state for the purpose of
inspecting, surveying, leveling, or doing any work deemed necessary to carry out Chapters 5501.,
5503., 5511., 5512. /D, 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529.,
5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code. If the person, firm, or corporation, whose premises are
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