{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5571.06","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.06","heading":"Persons not to be counted either for or against the improvement.","body":"In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement:\n(A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of such road is located in a municipal corporation;\n(B) Owners of life and leasehold estates;\n(C) Minors and other persons under legal disability, unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the action of the guardian shall be binding upon such persons;\n(D) Lot or landowners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost of such improvement, to be paid by the township as a whole.\nAll tenants in common of any undivided estate, resident within the county, shall be counted as a unit, and if all are not united, either for or against the improvement, none shall be counted in determining whether the requisite number of persons have signed such petition.\nNo person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the board finds that there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.","path":["Title 55 Roads-Highways-Bridges","Chapter 5571 Board Of Township Trustees"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5571.06","current_through":"1953-10-01 (House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:41Z","sha256":"fca4a603871e6351932ef546fa6157ab860734a351d3ad7500b4975571d1257e","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5571.05","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-5571.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}