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Ohio Rev. Code § 163.62 (2026)

Reimbursement of reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses

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October 10, 2007

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly

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(A) The court having jurisdiction of a proceeding instituted by a state agency to acquire real property by condemnation shall award the owner of any right, or title to, or interest in, such real property such sum as will in the opinion of the court reimburse such owner for the owner's reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees actually incurred because of the condemnation proceeding, as provided in division (G) of section 163.09 or division (A) or (C) of section 163.21 of the Revised Code, as applicable.

(B) Any award made pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be paid by the head of the agency for whose benefit the condemnation proceeding was instituted.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2020 · leading case: Toledo v. Bernard Ross Fam. Ltd. P'ship, 847 N.E.2d 466 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006).

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Toledo v. Bernard Ross Fam. Ltd. P'ship, 847 N.E.2d 466 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 9× “Appellant argues that it was entitled to have these costs paid by the city pursuant to R.C. 163.62 because the city abandoned its environmental claim by not raising it at trial.”

State ex rel. New Wen, Inc. v. Marchbanks (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 4865 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 3× “R.C. 163.62, one of the statutes referred to in R.”

Ohio Edison Co. v. Franklin Paper Co., 479 N.E.2d 843 (Ohio 1985). · cites it 4× “51(B) defines a “state agency,” as used in R.C. 163.62, as “any department, agency, or instrumentality, of the state or a political subdivision, receiving federal financial assistance or any community urban redevelopment corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of…”

Metro, Sw. Ohio Reg'l Transit Auth. v. Capozzolo, 796 N.E.2d 583 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “{¶ 19} Furthermore, as a remedial law, R.C. 163.62 is to be “liberally construed in order to promote [its] object and assist the parties in obtaining justice.”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 163.62(A) — 3 cases

State ex rel. New Wen, Inc. v. Marchbanks (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 4865 (Ohio 2020). “R.C. 163.62, one of the statutes referred to in R.”

Ohio Edison Co. v. Franklin Paper Co., 479 N.E.2d 843 (Ohio 1985). “51(B) defines a “state agency,” as used in R.C. 163.62, as “any department, agency, or instrumentality, of the state or a political subdivision, receiving federal financial assistance or any community urban redevelopment corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of…”

Metro, Sw. Ohio Reg'l Transit Auth. v. Capozzolo, 796 N.E.2d 583 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). “{¶ 19} Furthermore, as a remedial law, R.C. 163.62 is to be “liberally construed in order to promote [its] object and assist the parties in obtaining justice.”

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