OH SB241

Allows record owners or authorized agents to request immediate removal of unauthorized residential occupants through a complaint process with county sheriffs, police officers, constables, or bailiffs, provided nine conditions are met (including that the occupant unlawfully entered, was directed to leave, is not a tenant or family member, and no pending litigation exists).

Law enforcement must verify the complainant's ownership and apparent entitlement to relief, then serve notice to vacate without delay; may arrest occupants for trespass, outstanding warrants, or other legal causes.

Property owners may request law enforcement to remain on-site at a reasonable hourly rate while changing locks and removing occupants' personal property to the property line; neither law enforcement nor property owners are liable for damage to personal property unless removal was wrongful.

Persons wrongfully removed may bring civil action for wrongful removal and recover actual damages, triple the fair market rent as statutory damages, court costs, and attorney's fees.

Creates new crime of "title fraud" prohibiting presentation of false lease or deed documents, listing/advertising property without legal authority to sell, and renting property without lawful ownership (misdemeanor for false documents; felony for listing/renting unauthorized property).