Non-Owner Occupied Property Registration, Canton, OH

[Tyrell Perry]

If you purchase a rental in Canton, OH and do not occupy one of the units, you must register the property with the city for a non-owner occupied fee of $80/unit. The property must be registered every time ownership changes even if registration has been paid for the current year. Failure to register within 30 days results in a fine of 2X the registration fee. As for me, I failed to register a triplex so the fine was $480. Coupled with the registration fee of $240 and the inspection fee of $100, this was an unexpected nugget of $820. My loss is your gain. 

Happy Investing!