(Supreme Court of Ohio in LRC Realty, Inc. v. B.E.B. Properties, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-3196 reaffirms time-tested rule that absent an express reservation in a deed, a covenant to pay rent r...
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By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.-Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz Real Estate taxes in Ohio are collected six months in arrears. This means that real estate taxes and assessments for the 2...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2020/05/several-ohio-counties-extend-real.html
(Watch your Language & Say What You Mean, Precisely or a Judge Will Tell You What You Meant #14) BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ.-SENIOR COUNSEL-KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ WATCH YOUR LANGUAG...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2020/01/who-is-prevailing-party-when-awarding.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq., Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz Effective last Friday, September 20, 2019, a new law (Ohio Senate Bill 263, the Notary Public Modernization Act) went ...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/09/ohios-new-notary-law-definitely-worth.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.-Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz BOIL•ER•PLATE (boi l r-pl t ) n. 1. A steel plate used in making the shells of steam boilers. 2. Inconsequential, f...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/06/boilerplate-language-upheld-in-ohio.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.- Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz RECENT BILLS OF THE 133RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY (SEE HTTPS://WWW.LEGISLATURE.OHIO.GOV/ ) PENDING IN THE OHIO HOUSE AND O...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/05/recent-real-estate-legislation.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. - SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (A Watch Your Language Series Article) As established in other “Watch Your Language” articles for this Blog...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/04/us-supreme-court-holds-that-enforcers.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.-Senior Counsel, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz Answering the “what, when, where and why questions” relating to real estate tax complaints in Ohio is a lot easier th...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/03/dont-get-knocked-out-of-gate-before.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. - SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (Criminal Penalties and Lack of Warrant Procedure Held to be Key Failings of Bedford, Ohio’s Former Point of Sale Ord...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2019/01/another-local-point-of-sale-ordinance.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. - SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (A Watch Your Language Series Article) (Watch your language when creating contracts ) As established in other...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/10/electronically-signed-email-exchange.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq. – Senior Counsel, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz That old adage, “if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck�...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/09/a-greenhouse-building-is-not-building.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. – SENIOR COUNSEL – KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ Earlier this summer (June 6, 2018), the Ohio House of Representatives passed HB 407 which would abolish dower righ...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/08/abolition-of-dower-rights-in-ohio-now.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, SENIOR COUNSEL, KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ THE DOCTRINE OF CAVEAT EMPTOR (“LET THE BUYER BEWARE”) is still alive and well in Ohio, generally precluding recovery in a...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/07/caveat-emptor-let-buyer-beware-is-still.html
Reprinted with permission from Jason McKenney& Ben Latoche of HZW Environmental Consultants, LLC Over the past three (3) years, acquisition of agriculture properties for commercial and residen...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/06/agricultural-land-may-wetlands-aka.html
(Plain language within the four corners of the deed is key-pursuant to Koprivec v. Rails-to-Trails of Wayne County, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-465) By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq. - Senior Counse...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/05/ohio-supreme-court-confirms-reversion.html
By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.- Senior Counsel-Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz RECENT BILLS OF THE 132ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY (SEE HTTPS://WWW.LEGISLATURE.OHIO.GOV/ ) PENDING IN THE OHIO HOUSE AND O...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/04/recent-real-estate-legislation.html
(Criminal Penalties and Lack of Warrant Procedure Held to be Key Failings of Ordinance) By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq. - Senior Counsel- Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz It is not easy being a munici...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/03/former-point-of-sale-ordinance-in.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. - SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (A WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE SERIES ARTICLE) It’s a lease, it’s a contract, it’s a lease and a contract. Just a...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2018/01/watch-your-language-with-oil-and-gas.html
While title to real estate cannot transfer without a deed and a closing, the closing merely carries out the provisions of the real estate agreement. Accordingly, it is the agreement in a real es...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/12/to-be-or-not-to-be-enforceable-real.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ. - SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (A WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE SERIES ARTICLE) As is commonly known, ignorance of the law is no excuse to one who is char...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/11/bragdon-v-carter-life-estate-or.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ As of September 29, 2017, those wishing to appeal Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (“BTA”) decisions no longer have a choice ...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/10/taxpayers-appealing-board-of-tax.html
BY: STEPHEN D. RICHMAN, ESQ.- SENIOR COUNSEL- KOHRMAN, JACKSON & KRANTZ (A WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE SERIES ARTICLE) “If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass — an id...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/08/game-case-called-on-account-of-absurdity.html
Posted by Connie Carr On July 26, 2017 the Ohio Court of Appeals, 1st Appellate District (the Court) issued its opinion in Drake Townhouses L.L.C. v. Woodberry, 2017-Ohio-6968 , which relate...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/08/ohio-court-of-appeals-hamilton-county.html
(SUPREME COURT OF OHIO SIDES WITH TAXPAYERS IN TWO RECENT REAL ESTATE TAXATION DECISIONS) By: Stephen D. Richman, Esq.-Senior Counsel, Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz I had a law school professor ...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/07/the-government-does-not-always-win.html
On June 15, 2017, the Ohio Supreme Court issued its decision in Dialysis Ctrs. of Dayton, L.L.C. v. Testa ,Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-4269 , which provided clarity on the basis for granting or de...
http://www.ohiorelaw.com/2017/07/ohio-supreme-court-charitable-use.html