(A) No person having an interest in real property, buyer, lessee, tenant, or occupant of real property, knowing that the real property is mortgaged or the subject of a land contract, shall remove, or cause or permit the removal of any improvement or fixture from the real property without the consent of the mortgagee, vendor under the land contract, or other person authorized to give such consent. (R.C. § 5301.61)
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (R.C. § 5301.99) (Ord. 79-1973, passed 12-19-73) Penalty, see § 130.99