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OH HB619
Bill
Status
12/18/2012
Primary Sponsor
Bill Patmon
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AI Summary
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Amends Ohio Revised Code sections 1901.185 and 3767.50 to allow municipal corporations to bring lien foreclosure actions in municipal court or its environmental division, rather than only in the environmental division.
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Expands jurisdiction to allow either a municipal court or environmental division of municipal court to hear actions for foreclosing existing liens upon blighted parcels within the municipality's territory.
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Permits municipal corporations to foreclose liens on blighted parcels provided no other foreclosure action affecting the same parcel is actively being prosecuted in any court of record.
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Maintains existing protections including affirmative defenses related to mortgage default periods and bankruptcy proceedings, and restrictions on marshaling certain federal, state, and political subdivision liens.
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Preserves the existing priority of distribution from judicial sales and allows taxing authorities to protect claims on delinquent taxes through written response or advance agreements with the municipal corporation.
Legislative Description
To allow a municipal corporation to bring an action in municipal court, rather than only in the environmental division of a municipal court, to foreclose an existing lien upon a blighted parcel located in the municipal corporation provided that no other foreclosure action affecting the parcel is being actively prosecuted.
Blighted parcel-foreclose lien-bring action in municipal court
Last Action
Introduced to House
12/18/2012