Ohio property management software.
AI-native property management for every US state. Here is the Ohio compliance profile included with Forge -- every value cited to its statute.
Included -- every value cited to its statute.
Each value below is drawn directly from the cited statute and maintained to the best of our ability; it has not been reviewed by an attorney. Fields we could not source are left out rather than guessed. You remain responsible for complying with the current statutes -- verify before you rely on any value here.
Ohio landlord-tenant rules Forge tracks
- Security-deposit return
- Within 30 days of move-out
- Late-fee cap
- No statutory cap (must still be reasonable and disclosed)
- Termination notice (month-to-month)
- 30 days
- Notice before landlord entry
- 24 hours
- Pay-or-quit / cure period
- 3 days
- Manager / broker license
- Generally required to manage for others
Extra protected classes: beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, Ohio also protects military status, ancestry. Forge's fair-housing checks account for this.
Required lease disclosures
- Name and address of the owner and any managing agent in the rental agreement (ORC 5321.18)
Sources
- ORC 5321.16 (30-day deposit return with itemized deductions; interest on excess)
- ORC 5321.17 (30-day notice to end a month-to-month tenancy)
- ORC 5321.04(A)(8) (reasonable entry notice; 24 hours presumed reasonable)
- ORC 1923.04 (3-day notice to leave before eviction)
- ORC 4735.01 / 4735.02 (broker license to rent/manage for others)
- ORC 4112.02(H) (fair-housing protected classes: adds military status, ancestry)
Last reviewed: 2026-07-07
Software assistance, not legal advice.
Forge helps you track deadlines and generate documents, but it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Any statutory values shown are assistive guidance we maintain to the best of our ability; you remain responsible for complying with the current Ohio statutes whether or not our values are correct. Always verify the current statutes and consult a licensed Ohio attorney before acting on a specific situation.
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