Legal with Leah: Differences in eminent domain laws between states
News out of Iowa that a private company has filed to use eminent domain to construct a carbon pipeline has raised lots of questions in Ohio.
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Protecting 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.
Legal with Leah: Columbia Gas of Ohio v. Bailey Family/Arno Renner Trust
Ohio Farm Bureau and the Union County Farm Bureau recently filed an amicus brief in a case with potential impacts to farmland preservation programs.
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Our Ohio Weekly: Conservation priorities in Ohio
State Resource Conservationist Eric Schwab talks about the priorities NRCS has in the state, and how partners and producers have made a measurable impact.
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Legal with Leah: Ohio Power v. Burns eminent domain case
Landowners should have the right to challenge and make sure that a taking is necessary and that it’s limited to what is actually necessary so that the law is upheld.
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Eminent domain reform bill introduced to protect landowners
A bill introduced by State Representatives Darrell Kick and Rodney Creech would create a more direct legal route for a landowner to receive compensation when property is taken by the government without compensation.
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Legal with Leah: Trees and property rights
In this Legal with Leah, Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis answers the most common questions about Ohio laws regarding trees and property rights.
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2022 Ohio Agriculture and Rural Communities Action Plan
While dealing with the lingering effects of the pandemic and multiple economic uncertainties, Ohio Farm Bureau calls on policymakers to implement this action plan to help bolster Ohio agriculture and our rural communities.
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Legal with Leah: Economic development and eminent domain
With the announcement of Intel in Licking County, will eminent domain will play a role in finding the land resources for future projects in rural areas?
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Eminent domain concerns continue for landowners
When Ohio landowners are faced with losing property rights through eminent domain, the law doesn’t make it easy for them to defend their own interests.
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Community Council Fall 2021 Discussion Guide
Ohio Farm Bureau values input from community councils, which contribute to the grassroots policy making process for the organization.
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