Lynn Snyder - Nov. 30, 2020
In part 2 of the landowner liability series, Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis looks at the instances where a landowner could be found liable for a trespassers’ injuries, explaining intentional conduct and attractive nuisance.
Lynn Snyder - Oct. 27, 2020
There are quite a few advantages of being a landowner, including tax deductions, returns on the investment and potential borrowing power. But owning land also comes with some liability. Leah Curtis explains.
Melinda Lee - April 17, 2019
Spring 2019 update from Darke County Farm Bureau President Matt Aultman. Information about programming, membership campaign, and resources.
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Feb. 27, 2018
Owning land comes with special responsibilities, and Ohio Farm Bureau is here to help landowners better navigate through the issues that come along with those responsibilities. Through Legal with Leah podcasts and several county educational events on everything from CAUV to estate…
Joe Cornely - March 31, 2016
Farm Bureau can help members understand the eminent domain process and point them to experienced legal counsel.
Callie Wells - Feb. 24, 2016
The power of eminent domain has been in the news recently because of a highly visible political candidate. Eminent domain is revisited in two four-minute Legal with Leah podcasts with Ohio Farm Bureau Director of Ag Law Leah Curtis.
Amy Beth Graves - Jan. 19, 2016
Do ATVs and utility vehicles fall under the sales tax exemption for agriculture? It depends, according to Leah Curtis, Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of agricultural law. Under Ohio law, the agricultural sales tax exemption applies to most items that will…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Jan. 16, 2014
Owning land comes with special responsibilities, and Ohio Farm Bureau is here to help landowners better understand these issues and more. The landowner toolkit contains essential information prepared by our legal team that will help answer questions unique to you as a property owner.
Leah Curtis - June 26, 2013
“Appropriation,” “eminent domain,” “condemnation” and “takings” are all terms that commonly refer to the government’s ability to take property for public use. However, there are limitations on this power from both the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions, as well as safeguards in the Ohio Revised Code, that protect landowners. Here are five important things to remember if you or your land becomes involved in an eminent domain situation.
