Ohio Rev. Code § 721.05
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§ 721.05. Limitations of rights of municipal corporation regarding lake front
Official statutory text
October 13, 1955 Senate Bill 187 - 101st General Assembly When any part of the territory mentioned in section 721.04 of the Revised Code is in front of privately owned upland and has been filled in or improved by the owner or his predecessor in title to such upland, a municipal corporation shall not take possession such part of the public domain so filled or improved, without the consent of such upland owner, until the municipal corporation has complied with sections 719.01 to 719.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. In any such proceeding to appropriate there shall be no compensation allowed to the upland owner for the site of such fill or improvements.
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