Village of Orange, Ohio: septic system and well inspection at sale
Checked on November 9, 2026 against the official rule. Rule set by Village of Orange (Cuyahoga County).
General information, not legal advice. This is our summary of the official rule as we read it. The ordinance or code and the health department decide: confirm with them before you list, sign or close.
The rule
| Question | What the official text says |
|---|---|
| What is required | Seller deposits in escrow a Certificate of Compliance or Certificate of Conditional Transfer signed and dated by the purchaser; chapter also covers smoke/CO detectors, household sewage systems and private water systems Source: orangevillage.com |
| Triggered by | sale, transfer or conveyance of a dwelling or dwelling unit Source: orangevillage.com |
| Deadline | certificate placed in escrow before closing; vacant homes (under 30 days continuous occupancy): conditional transfer, system tested 30 to 90 days after occupancy; sheriff/court auction buyers apply within 30 days and must have a Certificate of Compliance within 120 days Source: orangevillage.com |
| Who arranges it | seller (buyer in sheriff or court-ordered sales) Source: orangevillage.com |
| Exemptions |
Source: orangevillage.com |
| If the system fails | Unoccupied homes get a Certificate of Conditional Transfer; test of the sewage system 30-90 days after continuous occupancy with an Order for Correction if noncompliant Source: orangevillage.com |
| In force since | February 5, 2025 Source: orangevillage.com |
This is our summary of the official rule as we read it. The ordinance or code and the health department decide: confirm with them before you list, sign or close. Rule set by: Village of Orange (Cuyahoga County).
In force since February 5, 2025 (as the official text states).
Checked on November 9, 2026: read on the official site.
Private wells in Cuyahoga County
Village of Orange lies in Cuyahoga County; the figures are for the whole county. In 2015 about 0 of Cuyahoga County’s 1,255,921 residents (0%) got their drinking water from a private well, by the USGS estimate. That is the 87th highest share of the 88 Ohio counties in the USGS table, and the 87th highest number of private-well users.
This rule covers the well as well as the septic system.
Source: USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter et al., 2018). Ranks count the Ohio counties in the USGS table (1 = highest).
Soils and septic systems here
USDA soil surveys rate 100% of Cuyahoga County’s rated land “very limited” for a conventional septic drain field, 0% “somewhat limited” and 0% “not limited”, the 20th highest “very limited” share of 88 Ohio counties with survey data. The most common limits: a high water table (saturated soil near the surface) on 88%; slow percolation (dense or clay soil) on 73%; steep slopes on 25%.
Where soils are limited, inspections more often find drain fields that sit in seasonally wet soil, and replacement systems are often mounds or other engineered designs. A county-wide rating, not a test of one lot: a site evaluation decides. Source: USDA NRCS Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), via Soil Data Access, rating “ENG - Septic Tank Absorption Fields”, read November 15, 2026.
Nearest other sale-time rules
Buying or selling near a county line? These are the closest other local rules in our census to Village of Orange.
| Rule | State | Distance | Covers | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village of Moreland Hills | Ohio | same county | Septic system and well | November 9, 2026 |
| Summit County | Ohio | about 25 miles | Septic system and well | November 9, 2026 |
| Carroll County | Ohio | about 66 miles | Septic system | November 9, 2026 |
| Tuscarawas County | Ohio | about 69 miles | Septic system and well | November 9, 2026 |
| Macomb County | Michigan | about 104 miles | Septic system and well | November 9, 2026 |
Straight-line distance between county centres (the average of each county’s Census ZIP-area points). Townships, villages and health districts are placed at the centre of their county.