No person shall place or dispose of in any manner, any garbage, waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature on any state owned, controlled, or administered land, or in any ditch, stream, river, lake, pond, or other watercourse, except those waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters, or upon the bank thereof where the same is liable to be washed into the water either by ordinary flow or floods. This section does not apply to any substance placed under authority of a permit issued under section 6111.04 of the Revised Code or exempted by such section from its terms.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1531.29
Prohibiting polluting state land or water
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 67 Ohio App. 2d 23 - State v. Budd Co. (1980)
Most recently applied in 67 Ohio App. 2d 23 - State v. Budd Co. (January 1980)
Effective: November 20, 1973; Latest Legislation: House Bill 453 - 110th General Assembly
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.