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Ohio Rev. Code § 1907.05 (2026)

Jurisdiction concerning title to real estate

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Effective:
July 1, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly
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County courts have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the title to real estate may be drawn in question as follows:

(A) In actions for trespass on real estate in which the damages demanded do not exceed fifteen thousand dollars;

(B) In actions to recover from the owner of adjoining land the equal proportion to the expense incurred in obtaining evidence in surveys to fix corners or settle boundary lines.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2001–2013 · leading case: Laipply v. Bates, 849 N.E.2d 308 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2006).
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Laipply v. Bates, 849 N.E.2d 308 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2006). “See R.C. 1907.05. *140 {¶ 39} The county court correctly determined that it did not have jurisdiction over this issue.”
Bowshier v. Bowshier, 2013-Ohio-297. · cites it 3× “01, noted that county courts are statutory in nature, and that “R.C. 1907.05 1 limits the jurisdiction of county courts in civil actions in which title to real property is disputed to those matters identified in paragraphs (A) and (B) of that section.”
Williams v. Bjork, 753 N.E.2d 995 (2001). “R.C. 1907.05 remains in effect and provides: “County courts have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the title to real estate may be drawn in question as follows: “(A) In actions for trespass on real estate in which the damages demanded do not exceed fifteen thousand dollars;…”
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