Ohio Revised Code Title IX. Agriculture Animals Fences § 981.10

If the owner of drift timber recovered under section 981.05 of the Revised Code, within one year from the date of sale, appears before the clerk of the court of common pleas to whom the money has been paid, as provided in section 981.08 of the Revised Code, or appears before a judge of the court of common pleas, and establishes his right to such money to the satisfaction of such clerk or judge, it shall be paid to him by the clerk, on the order of the judge; otherwise, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the treasury of the county for the use of the schools as provided in section 3315.32 of the Revised Code.