Ohio park problems, computed
The three park questions for Ohio, answered from the state code itself: how much lot rent can go up (and what notice you must get), what happens when the park closes, and whether residents get a chance to buy the park when it sells. State law only — local ordinances are outside this dataset's scope, and the page says so wherever that matters.
Ohio has no statewide cap on how much lot rent can go up. No statewide cap on the amount of a lot rent increase was found in Ohio Rev. Code 4781.40. The statute allows increases with 30 days' written notice and bars any increase during the term of a tenant's or owner's rental agreement; it sets no percentage limit.
Notice the park must give: 30 days before an increase takes effect.
Rule: Ohio Rev. Code 4781.40(B) (park operator must disclose all fees, charges, assessments and rental fees in writing before a rental agreement is signed; none may be increased, and rules may not be changed, without specifying an implementation date not less than 30 days after written notice to all tenants or owners; no increase during the term of any rental agreement)
Run your increase through the Lot-Rent Checker →
Closure / change-of-use notice the state requires: 180 days.
ORC 4781.40(A)(3) is a sale rule, and it is the closure clock Ohio law gives: if the park operator sells the manufactured home park for a use other than as a manufactured home park, each tenant and owner must get written notification (certified mail, return receipt requested, or in person with a signed receipt) stating the sale and the date by which they must vacate — at least 120 days after receipt for a tenant (someone renting a home), and at least 180 days after receipt for an owner (someone who owns the home on a rented lot, which is this site's audience). Encoded as 180 days for homeowners, with the 120-day tenant figure stated here.
Rule: Ohio Rev. Code 4781.40(A)(3)
No state relocation fund for park closures was found in Ohio's code in our verified dataset.
Ohio has no park purchase-opportunity law in the national NCLC survey (September 2026). That is a sourced fact, not a gap in our reading: the survey covers every state's manufactured-home community purchase law, and Ohio is not in it. When a park sells here, residents' rights come from the lease, the notice rules, and the eviction framework on this page — not from a purchase window.
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Ohio sets statutory grounds and duties for park terminations in ORC 4781.37 and 4781.38, and Ohio Admin. Code 4781-12-28 bars a park operator from retaliating against a resident — by raising rent, cutting services, refusing to renew, or bringing or threatening a possession action — because the resident complained to a government agency about a code violation, complained to the operator about a 4781.38 violation, or organized with other residents. The same rule confirms a rent increase itself is not retaliation when it reflects improvement costs or other operating costs.
Rule: Ohio Rev. Code 4781.37, 4781.38; Ohio Admin. Code 4781-12-28
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General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.