Ohio timber law: Don’t miss the forest or the trees
Overall, proper care, maintenance and communication are all essential parts of the process when it comes to trees.
Read MoreProtecting Ohio Landowner Rights
Once land is developed, it’s gone forever. Ohio lags behind most states in protections for landowners. For example, Ohio is the only state that does not provide a protection known as inverse condemnation, a simple concept that allows landowners to challenge the taking of property by the government without compensation. Landowners should be afforded the ability to adequately challenge the necessity of takings by eminent domain, and landowners should receive attorney’s fees when they have to take the government to court to protect their property rights.
Check out examples of our work to protect private property.
Overall, proper care, maintenance and communication are all essential parts of the process when it comes to trees.
Read MoreFarm Bureau staff and members testified on behalf of an annexation bill that aims to preserve farmland in the state by having a more transparent annexation process.
Read MoreCurrent Agricultural Use Value is often discussed as a farmland preservation tool, but there are some other tools in the law that landowners can consider.
Read MoreThe plan provides a blueprint for policymakers and Ohio Farm Bureau members to bolster Ohio’s agriculture industry and our rural communities.
Read MoreOhio Farm Bureau’s Energy and Utility Resource Guide can point landowners in the right direction when it comes to easement considerations.
Read MoreThe bills address the shortage of career tech educators and the nuisance issue of feral swine.
Read MoreIn the case O’Connor v. Eubanks, the question is, can a state be sued in federal court when it takes a property?
Read MorePolicy Counsel Leah Curtis discusses Ohio trespassing laws and the liability that can fall on landowners when people enter their property.
Read MoreThe 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled that Columbia Gas of Ohio did not demonstrate that taking of the property was a necessity, and that further review was warranted of the agricultural easement issue.
Read MoreA second U.S. District Court ruled to halt the 2023 Waters of the United States rule. This ruling stops implementation of the rule in 24 states, including Ohio.
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