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Ohio Rev. Code § 1531.29 (2026)

Prohibiting polluting state land or water

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Effective:
November 20, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 453 - 110th General Assembly
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No person shall place or dispose of in any manner, any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature on any state owned, controlled, or administered land, or in any ditch, stream, river, lake, pond, or other watercourse, except those waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters, or upon the bank thereof where the same is liable to be washed into the water either by ordinary flow or floods. This section does not apply to any substance placed under authority of a permit issued under section 6111.04 of the Revised Code or exempted by such section from its terms.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: State v. Budd Co., 425 N.E.2d 935 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1980).
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State v. Budd Co., 425 N.E.2d 935 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1980). · cites it 4× “For its first assignment of error appellant claims: “That the Court erred in finding that the appellant placed or disposed of oil on state land, in a waterway or on the bank of a waterway within the meaning of Ohio Revised Code §1531.29.” By this assignment of error appellant…”
State v. Coburn, 893 N.E.2d 201 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 2008). · cites it 2× “Any person regularly employed by the division of wildlife for the purpose of conducting research and investigation of game or fish or their habitat conditions or engaged in restocking game or fish or in any type of work involved in or incident to game or fish restoration…”
State ex rel. Yost v. Wylie, 2024-Ohio-2498, 246 N.E.3d 1089. “1980) (construing R.C. 1531.29, which provides “No person shall place or dispose of in any manner, any garbage, waste…oil, or anything else” in the waters of the state as imposing strict liability); see also State/Div.”
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