Private attorney's fees in tax certificate actions

# (A)

Private attorney's fees payable with respect to an action under sections 5721.30 to 5721.46 of the Revised Code are subject to the following conditions:

# (1)

The fees must be reasonable.

# (2)

Fees exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid only if authorized by a court order.

# (B)

# (1)

Fees less than or equal to two thousand five hundred dollars shall be presumed to be reasonable.

# (2)

If the private attorney's fees payable are fixed and not determined on an hourly basis, the court shall not consider or require evidence of hours expended or hourly rates.

# (3)

The terms of a sale negotiated under section 5721.33 of the Revised Code may include the amount to be paid in private attorney's fees, subject to division (A)(2) of this section.