Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5321 — Landlords and Tenants
ORC Chapter 5321 (23 sections, full chapter): Ohio's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act. Definitions (§ 5321.01), rental agreement terms, security-deposit rules (§ 5321.16), landlord habitability duties (§ 5321.02), tenant obligations (§ 5321.05), landlord entry rights (§ 5321.04), notice requirements, tenant remedies (§§ 5321.07–5321.10), anti-retaliation (§ 5321.02), and rent-control/rent-stabilization preemption (§§ 5321.19–5321.20). Fetched via Bright Data Unlocker (DEC-040, state-statute extension 2026-10-08). Verified 2026-10-08.
Provisions (23)
§ 5321.01
Landlord and tenant definitions.
§ 5321.02
Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited.
§ 5321.03
Action for possession by landlord.
§ 5321.031
College or university student tenant rental agreements.
§ 5321.04
Landlord obligations.
§ 5321.05
Tenant obligations.
§ 5321.051
Eviction of tenant allowing sex or child victim offenders to occupy premises near school, child care facility.
§ 5321.06
Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
§ 5321.07
Failure of landlord to fulfill obligations - remedies of tenant.
§ 5321.08
Rent deposits - duty of clerk of court.
§ 5321.09
Landlord application for release of rent.
§ 5321.10
Release of part of rent.
§ 5321.11
Failure of tenant to fulfill obligations - remedies of landlord.
§ 5321.12
Recovery of damages.
§ 5321.13
Terms prohibited in rental agreement.
§ 5321.131
Display of certain flags.
§ 5321.14
Unconscionable terms.
§ 5321.15
Acts of landlord prohibited if residential property involved.
§ 5321.16
Procedures for security deposits.
§ 5321.17
Termination of tenancy.
§ 5321.18
Written rental agreement for residential premises provisions.
§ 5321.19
Effect of chapter on political subdivisions.
§ 5321.20