New rules requiring owners of rental property to register with the county in which the property was located were enacted in September 2006. After many property owners and managers expressed concern about the requirement, Ohio lawmakers enacted House Bill 119 which goes into effect on October 30, 2007 and includes the following changes. Registration is now required only in the state's 13 most populated counties (with population of 200,000 or more) -- Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Stark, Summit, Trumbull. County Auditors must notify owners of the requirement to register if applicable, by including a notice with the tax bill The requirement to update registration information within 10 days after any change in the information occurs -- changed to 60 days. Failure to comply with the filing or updating of information requirements was changed from a minor misdemeanor to a special assessment on the residential rental property that is the subject of the violation which is not less than $50 or more than $150. This special assessment may be appealed to the county board of revision. Note: The law defines residential rental property as property on which is located one or more dwellings, leased or otherwise rented, solely for residential purposes, or a mobile home park or other site at which lots are leased, or otherwise rented, for the parking of a manufactured home,mobile home, or recreational vehicle that is used solely for residential purposes. For more information, contact OAR's Bob Fletcher at (614) 228-6675 or BFletcher@ohiorealtors.org | 
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