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Chapter 5719 | Personal Property Tax Collection

 
 
 
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Section 5719.01 | Attaching of lien for taxes.
 

As used in this Chapter, "taxes" means all general taxes levied against personal property pursuant to section 5709.01 of the Revised Code and all taxes levied pursuant to section 5707.04 of the Revised Code.

All personal property subject to taxation shall be liable to be seized and sold for taxes. The personal property of a deceased person in the hands of an executor or administrator shall be liable for any tax due on it from the decedent.

Taxes charged on any tax duplicate, except those upon real estate, shall be a lien on real property of the person charged therewith from the date of the filing of a notice of such lien as provided by law.

Section 5719.02 | Amounts payable when filing return - manner of payment - advance payments - returns by mail.
 

Each person presenting a return for filing for taxation with a county auditor pursuant to sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, shall at the time of presenting the same for filing or within ten days of the last date for presentment for filing as required by law or as extended under authority of law, pay to the county treasurer of the county in which the same is presented for filing, on account of taxes assessable on such return, the following amounts:

(A) As to the taxable property mentioned in section 5709.01 of the Revised Code, except real property, one half of the taxes to which the value thereof as listed in the return would be subject at the aggregate rate applicable thereto;

(B) As to all taxable property mentioned in section 5707.04 of the Revised Code one half of the taxes to which the value thereof as listed in the return would be subject at the rate imposed by law on such property. Unless otherwise prescribed for any county by the tax commissioner, such payments shall be made in the manner prescribed by this section.

The auditor, on presentation of the return, shall compute therefrom the amount of the advance payment of taxes required by this section and shall issue in duplicate a certificate for the payment of the amount computed into the county treasury to the credit of the proper undivided tax funds, designating thereon, separately, the amount to be credited to each undivided tax fund. One copy of such certificate shall be retained by the auditor and the other shall be delivered to the person desiring to file a return, who shall deliver the same to the treasurer together with the payment required by this section. The treasurer shall retain such copy and issue to the person making such payment a receipt in duplicate, one copy of which shall be for the use of the person making such payment, and the other the treasurer shall deliver to the auditor. Upon receiving such copy, the auditor shall attach the same to his copy of the return, which shall thereby be deemed filed and made as of the date of such receipt, but if the return is presented for filing within the time required by law or as extended under authority of law, the completion of the filing thereof as required by this section within ten days thereafter shall be considered as within the time allowed, and the penalty prescribed by law shall not attach.

A person desiring to present a return by mail may enclose therewith an addressed envelope with sufficient postage, in which event the auditor shall enclose the warrant for payment in such envelope and deposit it in the mail. A person desiring to make an advance payment by mail may enclose with such payment an addressed envelope with sufficient postage, and the treasurer shall enclose such person's copy of the receipt in such envelope and deposit it in the mail. If a person so presenting a return by mail tenders with it an advance payment which the auditor finds correct in amount, the auditor shall deliver the payment, together with his certificate therefor, and the addressed envelope to the treasurer, who shall enclose such person's copy of the receipt in such envelope and deposit it in the mail.

This section does not apply to a taxpayer required by section 5711.13 of the Revised Code to make a combined return to the tax commissioner, but each such taxpayer shall pay the entire amount of taxes charged against it on the general personal property duplicate of such county at the time prescribed by law for the payment of taxes so charged.

Section 5719.021 | Treasurer's office open to collect taxes.
 

The office of the county treasurer shall be kept open for the collection of advance payments of taxes during the entire time that the county auditor is accepting returns under section 5711.04 of the Revised Code, and for the collection of taxes charged on the general personal or classified tax duplicate from the time of delivery of the duplicate until the twenty-first day of September.

When any such tax is paid at the office of the county treasurer, the treasurer shall give a receipt to the person paying it. If any such tax is paid to the treasurer by mail and the person paying it encloses with the payment an addressed envelope with sufficient postage, the treasurer shall enclose a receipt for the taxes in such envelope and deposit it in the mail. No receipt given by the treasurer for payments made otherwise than in lawful money or the notes specified in section 321.13 of the Revised Code shall be valid, unless the moneys represented by such payment are received into the county treasury or a county depository.

The tax receipt given by the treasurer shall be a duplicate of the tax bill.

Section 5719.03 | Credit of advance payment of taxes - payment date - late payment penalty - partial payments.
 

(A) The county auditor shall preserve all receipts showing the advance payment of taxes. At the time of making up the general personal and the classified tax list and duplicate, the auditor shall enter thereon opposite the name of each person charged with taxes the amount of the advance payment made, as a credit against the amount of taxes charged thereon against such person.

(B) Each person charged with taxes on a general personal property or a classified property tax duplicate shall pay the full amount of such taxes, less the amount of advance payment credited on the duplicate, on or before the twentieth day of September, or a day as extended pursuant to section 5719.031 of the Revised Code.

(C) A tax is paid on or before the dates set forth in this section if the tax payment is received by the county treasurer on or before the last day for payment of such tax, or is received after such date in an envelope that was postmarked by the United States postal service on or before the last day for payment of such tax. In the event there is more than one date of postmark on the envelope, the earliest date imprinted by the United States postal service shall be the date of payment. A private meter postmark on an envelope is not a valid postmark for purposes of establishing the date of payment of such tax.

(D) When an installment of taxes is not paid within the time prescribed by this section, or within the time so prescribed as extended pursuant to section 5719.031 of the Revised Code, a penalty of ten per cent of the amount due and unpaid shall accrue when the county treasurer closes the treasurer's office for business on the last day so prescribed, but if the taxes are paid within ten days subsequent to the last day prescribed, the treasurer shall waive the collection of, and the auditor shall remit one-half of, the penalty.

(E) A county treasurer may accept partial payments of taxes. Any overpayment shall be refunded by the treasurer in the manner most convenient to the treasurer. When the amount tendered and accepted is less than the amount due, the unpaid balance shall be treated as other unpaid taxes and, except when the unpaid amount is the penalty, the treasurer shall notify the taxpayer of such deficiency.

If the taxpayer files with the payment of taxes a copy of an application to the county auditor for remission of penalty, or the payment is received within ten days after the last day the taxes may be paid without penalty, the county treasurer shall accept a partial payment in which the only unpaid amount is the penalty for late payment.

Section 5719.031 | Delay in delivery of general personal or classified property tax duplicate.
 

When, because of an emergency as defined in section 323.17 of the Revised Code or because of a delay in delivery of the preliminary assessment certificates pursuant to section 5711.25 of the Revised Code the county auditor determines that the general personal or classified property tax duplicate cannot be delivered to the county treasurer by the time fixed by section 319.29 or 319.34 of the Revised Code, such delivery may be delayed for up to thirty days. Upon making said determination, the auditor shall, by written notice, inform the treasurer of the fact and of the cause of such delay and of the day upon which such delivery will be made. Upon issuance of said notice the time for payment of the taxes charged on the duplicate shall be extended for the same period of time after the time fixed for payment by division (B) of section 5719.03 of the Revised Code.

Immediately after delivery to the treasurer of the general personal and classified property tax duplicates as prescribed in sections 319.29 and 319.34 of the Revised Code or this section, the treasurer shall prepare and mail a tax bill to each person in whose name property has been listed and assessed on either duplicate. Such tax bill shall be mailed at least twenty days prior to the last day prescribed by law for payment of any portion of such taxes without penalty.

Section 5719.04 | Tax list and duplicate of delinquent personal and classified property taxes - publication - notice of lien - certificate of jeopardy - stay of collection.
 

(A) Immediately after each settlement required by division (D) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall make a tax list and duplicates thereof of all general personal and classified property taxes remaining unpaid, as shown by the county treasurer's books and the list of taxes returned as delinquent by the treasurer to the auditor at such settlement. The county auditor shall also include in such list all taxes assessed by the tax commissioner pursuant to law which were not charged upon the tax lists and duplicates on which such settlements were made nor previously charged upon a delinquent tax list and duplicates pursuant to this section, but the auditor shall not include taxes specifically excepted from collection pursuant to section 5711.32 of the Revised Code. Such tax list and duplicates shall contain the name of the person charged and the amount of such taxes, and the penalty, due and unpaid, and shall set forth separately the amount charged or chargeable on the general and on the classified list and duplicate. The auditor shall deliver one such duplicate to the treasurer on the first day of December, annually. Upon receipt of the duplicate the treasurer may prepare and mail tax bills to all persons charged with such delinquent taxes. Each bill shall include a notice that the interest charge prescribed by section 5719.041 of the Revised Code has begun to accrue.

The auditor shall cause a copy of the delinquent personal and classified property tax list and duplicate provided for in this division to be published twice within sixty days after delivery of such duplicate to the treasurer in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The newspaper shall meet the requirements of section 7.12 of the Revised Code. The auditor may publish the tax list on a preprinted insert in the newspaper. The cost of the second publication of the list shall not exceed three-fourths of the cost of the first publication of the list.

Before such publication, the auditor shall cause a display notice of the forthcoming publication of such delinquent personal and classified property tax list to be inserted once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Copy for such display notice shall be furnished by the auditor to the newspaper selected to publish such delinquent tax lists simultaneously with the delivery of the duplicate to the treasurer. Publication of the delinquent lists may be made by a newspaper in installments, provided that complete publication thereof is made twice during said sixty-day period.

The office of the county treasurer shall be kept open to receive the payment of delinquent general and classified property taxes from the day of delivery of the duplicate thereof until the final publication of the delinquent tax list. The name of any taxpayer who, prior to seven days before either the first or second publication of said list, pays such taxes in full or enters into a delinquent tax contract to pay such taxes in installments pursuant to section 5719.05 of the Revised Code shall be stricken from such list, and the taxpayer's name shall not be included in the list for that publication.

The other such duplicate, from which shall first be eliminated the names of persons whose total liability for taxes and penalty is less than one hundred dollars, shall be filed by the auditor on the first day of December, annually, in the office of the county recorder, and the same shall constitute a notice of lien and operate as of the date of delivery as a lien on the lands and tenements, vested legal interests therein, and permanent leasehold estates of each person named therein having such real estate in such county. Such notice of lien and such lien shall not be valid as against any mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, or judgment creditor whose rights have attached prior to the date of such delivery. Such duplicate shall be kept by the county recorder in the official records, and indexed under the name of the person charged with such tax. No fee shall be charged by the county recorder for the services required under this section.

The auditor shall add to the tax list made pursuant to this section all such taxes omitted in a previous year when assessed by the auditor or finally assessed by the tax commissioner pursuant to law, and by proper certificates cause the same to be added to the treasurer's delinquent tax duplicate provided for in this section, and, in proper cases, file notice of the lien with the recorder, as provided in this section.

If the authority making any assessment believes that the collection of such taxes will be jeopardized by delay, such assessing authority shall so certify on the assessment certificate thereof, and the auditor shall include a certificate of such jeopardy in the certificate given by the auditor to the treasurer. In such event, the treasurer shall proceed immediately to collect such taxes, and to enforce the collection thereof by any means provided by law, and the treasurer may not accept a tender of any part of such taxes; but the person or the representatives of the person against whom such assessment is made may, in the event of an appeal to the tax commissioner therefrom, obtain a stay of collection of the whole or any part of the amount of such assessment by filing with the treasurer a bond in an amount not exceeding double the amount as to which the stay is desired, with such surety as the treasurer deems necessary, conditioned upon the payment of the amount determined to be due by the decision of the commissioner which has become final, and further conditioned that if an appeal is not filed within the period provided by law, the amount of collection which is stayed by the bond will be paid on notice and demand of the treasurer at any time after the expiration of such period. The taxpayer may waive such stay as to the whole or any part of the amount covered by the bond, and if as the result of such waiver any part of the amount covered by the bond is paid, then the bond shall be proportionately reduced on the request of the taxpayer.

(B) Immediately after each settlement required by division (D) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code, the auditor shall make a separate list and duplicate, prepared as prescribed in division (A) of this section, of all general personal and classified property taxes that remain unpaid but are excepted from collection pursuant to section 5711.32 of the Revised Code. The duplicate of such list shall be delivered to the treasurer at the time of delivery of the delinquent personal and classified property tax duplicate.

Section 5719.041 | Interest charge for late payment.
 

If the payment of a general personal property or classified property tax is not made on or before the last day prescribed by section 5719.03 or 5719.031 of the Revised Code, an interest charge shall begin to accrue and shall continue until all charges are paid, except that no interest charge shall accrue for or in the month in which such payment was due under such section or under the circumstances and for the period described in division (A)(2) of section 5711.33 of the Revised Code or upon delinquent taxes that are the subject of a delinquent tax contract entered into pursuant to section 5719.05 of the Revised Code.

The interest charge shall accrue against the balance of such taxes and any penalty thereon outstanding that remains unpaid on the last day of each month and shall be at the rate per calendar month, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one per cent, equal to one-twelfth of the federal short-term rate determined by the tax commissioner under section 5703.47 of the Revised Code for the calendar year that includes the month for which the charge accrues. The charge is payable in addition to the unpaid balance of taxes and penalties on the day the charge accrues, unless the entire balance is sooner paid.

If a delinquent tax contract becomes void, interest shall be charged on the day on which the contract becomes void in the amount that would have been charged had the delinquent tax contract not been entered into and shall thereafter accrue as provided in this section.

Interest shall be allowed, at the same rate per calendar month as is applicable that month for underpayments, on any overpayment of the tax charged on a general personal property or a classified property tax duplicate, from the first day of the month following the date of the overpayment until the last day of the month preceding the date of the refund of the overpayment. The interest shall be paid from the fund or funds to which the overpayment was credited.

When the county treasurer makes the treasurer's annual settlement with the county auditor under division (D) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code, the treasurer shall certify to the auditor a list of all entries on the cumulative delinquent tax duplicate that are at that time in the process of being paid in installments under a valid delinquent tax contract. For each entry that appears on the duplicate that is not on the certified list, the auditor shall compute the full amount of interest charges which have accrued against such entry since the preceding such settlement was made and shall include such charges through the last day of the month preceding the current settlement. The auditor shall include such amounts on the tax list and duplicates prepared by the auditor as prescribed in section 5719.04 of the Revised Code unless the interest is less than one dollar, in which case it shall not be added to such tax lists and duplicates.

Before the county treasurer accepts any payment of taxes against which there are accrued interest charges that do not appear on the delinquent tax duplicate, the treasurer shall notify the auditor who shall issue a certificate to the treasurer showing the amount of such interest charges, and the treasurer shall collect the amount shown on such certificate at the time of accepting payment of such taxes. If the amount of such interest charges is less than one dollar, no such certificate shall be issued. In the case of delinquent personal property taxes, the interest shown on such certificate shall be credited to the undivided general tax fund, and distributed in the same manner as the delinquent taxes upon which the interest charges accrued. In the case of delinquent classified property taxes, the interest shown on such certificate shall be credited to the county public library fund and distributed in accordance with section 5747.48 of the Revised Code. When the payment of delinquent taxes is credited on the tax duplicate the treasurer shall make a separate notation thereon indicating the amount collected and the index number of the auditor's certificate herein prescribed.

Section 5719.042 | Successful contractors to submit sworn statement of no tax liability.
 

After the award by a taxing district of any contract let by competitive bid and prior to the time the contract is entered into, the person making a bid shall submit to the district's fiscal officer a statement affirmed under oath that the person with whom the contract is to be made was not charged at the time the bid was submitted with any delinquent personal property taxes on the general tax list of personal property of any county in which the taxing district has territory or that such person was charged with delinquent personal property taxes on any such tax list, in which case the statement shall also set forth the amount of such due and unpaid delinquent taxes and any due and unpaid penalties and interest thereon.

If the statement indicates that the taxpayer was charged with any such taxes, all of the following apply:

(A) The fiscal officer shall transmit a copy of the statement to the county treasurer within thirty days of the date it is submitted.

(B) A copy of that statement shall be incorporated into the contract.

(C) No payment shall be made with respect to any contract to which this section applies unless that statement has been incorporated as required under division (B) of this section.

Section 5719.05 | Collection of taxes.
 

The county treasurer shall forthwith collect the taxes and penalty on the duplicate delivered to the treasurer by the auditor pursuant to section 5719.04 of the Revised Code and any interest thereon by any of the means provided by law.

In addition to any other means provided by law, the treasurer may, after finding that the treasurer is unable to collect the full amount of delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties charged against an entry on the cumulative delinquent tax duplicate in a single payment, enter into a written delinquent tax contract, with the person so charged, for payment of the full amount in installments. The terms of the delinquent tax contract shall include the amount payable and the due date of each installment including the final payment date, which shall be not more than five years after the date of the first payment. The treasurer shall enter upon the margin of the duplicate a notation indicating that the agreement for installment payment has been undertaken. A receipt shall be issued for each payment, and the payment shall be credited on the duplicate on the date paid. Each payment shall be apportioned among the several taxing districts in the same proportion that the amount of taxes levied by each district against the entry in the preceding tax year bears to the taxes levied by all such districts against the entry in the preceding tax year. The payment shall be apportioned among the taxing district's various funds for which the taxes were levied. When a payment is not tendered as agreed upon, the delinquent tax contract may be declared void by the treasurer, and the treasurer may proceed to collect the unpaid balance by any means provided by law. The treasurer may permit a new agreement to be undertaken, under the same terms and conditions, but there shall be no requirement that the treasurer do so.

Section 5719.051 | Employment of collectors.
 

If the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, it may authorize the county treasurer to employ collectors to collect the taxes mentioned in section 5719.05 of the Revised Code or part thereof, and fix the compensation of such collectors, and provide for the reasonable and necessary expenses of such collectors in the pursuit of their duties, which shall be paid out of the county treasury. All such compensation and expenses shall be apportioned ratably by the county auditor among all the funds entitled to share in the distribution of the taxes.

Section 5719.06 | Delinquent tax list and duplicate to be cumulatively kept - uncollectible items.
 

The county auditor's delinquent tax list and the county treasurer's delinquent tax duplicate provided for in section 5719.04 of the Revised Code shall be cumulatively kept so that the amount of delinquent taxes and penalties charged against each person may be shown on the latest delinquent list and duplicate. Whenever the treasurer shall, by means of the remedies provided by law or otherwise, determine that any item which has appeared on the cumulative tax list and duplicate of taxes provided for in this section for a period of five years is uncollectible, he shall forthwith certify such determination, together with his reasons therefor, to the county board of revision and the prosecuting attorney. If such board and the prosecuting attorney determine any such item is uncollectible, they shall certify such finding to the auditor who shall cause said item to be stricken from the cumulative tax list and duplicate.

Section 5719.07 | Certificate of release of lien - partial discharge.
 

Subject to the rules prescribed by the tax commissioner, a county treasurer charged with the collection of delinquent taxes may issue a certificate of release of the lien provided for in section 5719.04 of the Revised Code if the amount secured thereby has been paid or omitted from the delinquent tax list and duplicate pursuant to section 5719.06 of the Revised Code. The treasurer shall issue a certificate of partial discharge of any part of the real property subject to the lien after finding that the value of the part of the property remaining subject to the lien is at least double the amount of the delinquent taxes and all prior liens upon such real property. Such certificate shall be filed and recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the notice of lien has been filed, for which recording the recorder shall charge a base fee of two dollars for services and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code.

Section 5719.08 | Civil action to enforce collection of taxes - judgment.
 

When taxes stand charged against a person and are not paid within the time prescribed by law for their payment, the county treasurer, in addition to any other remedy provided by law for the collection of taxes, shall enforce the collection of the taxes by a civil action in the name of the treasurer against the person for the recovery of the unpaid taxes. If the proper parties are before the court, it shall be sufficient for the treasurer to allege in his complaint that the taxes stand charged upon the duplicate of the county against the person, that they are due and unpaid, and that the person is indebted in the amount appearing to be due on the duplicate, and the treasurer need not set forth any further special matter relating thereto. The tax duplicate shall be prima-facie evidence on the trial of the action of the amount and validity of the taxes appearing due and unpaid on the duplicate and of the nonpayment of the taxes, without setting forth in the complaint any further special matter relating to the taxes.

If it is found on the trial of the action that the person is indebted to the state, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the treasurer prosecuting the action, as in other cases. The judgment debtor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the laws for stay of execution or the exemption of property from levy or sale on execution in the enforcement of the judgment.

Section 5719.081 | Distraint of goods and chattels for collection of taxes.
 

When taxes are past due and unpaid, the county treasurer may distrain sufficient goods and chattels belonging to the person charged with such taxes, if such goods and chattels are found within the county, to pay the taxes remaining due, any penalty and interest thereon, and the costs that have accrued. Such treasurer shall immediately advertise in three public places in the township where the property was taken the time and the place it will be sold. If the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs accrued on the property are not paid before the day appointed for such sale, which shall be not less than ten days after the taking of the property, the treasurer shall sell it at public vendue or so much of the property as will pay such taxes, penalty, interest, and costs.

For making distress and sale for the payment of taxes, the treasurer shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed to constables for making levy and sale of property on execution. Traveling fees shall be computed from the county seat to the place of making the distress.

Section 5719.082 | Inability to collect tax by distress.
 

If the county treasurer is unable to collect by distress taxes assessed upon a person, corporation, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver, accounting officer, agent, or factor, he shall apply to the clerk of the court of common pleas in his county at any time after the semiannual settlement of the treasurer with the county auditor, and the clerk shall cause notice to be served upon such corporation, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver, accounting officer, agent, or factor, requiring him to show cause why he should not pay such taxes and any penalty and interest thereon. If he fails to show sufficient cause, the court of common pleas, at the term to which such notice is returnable, shall enter a rule against him for such payment and the costs of the proceedings, which rule shall have the same force and effect as a judgment and shall be enforced by attachment or execution or such process as the court directs.

Section 5719.083 | Relocation of delinquent tax payer.
 

In making return of the delinquent list of personal property to the county auditor, the county treasurer shall note on the margin of such list the county and state to which the delinquent taxpayer has removed, or in which he resides, with the date of his removal, if such treasurer is able to ascertain such fact.

Immediately after the settlement with the auditor, the treasurer shall make and forward to the treasurer of the county to which a delinquent taxpayer has removed, or in which he resides, a statement of taxes assessed and not paid, specifying the value of the property on which levied and the amount levied, plus any penalty and interest thereon, to which he shall add twenty-five per cent of the tax so levied if such taxpayer left the county in which the taxes were levied after the time required by section 319.29 of the Revised Code for the auditor to deliver the tax duplicate to the treasurer. If he left the county previous to such time, the treasurer shall not add the twenty-five per cent.

Section 5719.084 | Collecting nonresident delinquent taxes.
 

Immediately on the receipt of the statement required by section 5719.083 of the Revised Code, the county treasurer shall collect such taxes and per cent, plus any penalty and interest thereon, from the person so charged, for which services he shall be allowed the same fees as treasurers receive for collecting delinquent taxes by process, to be collected from the person against whom such taxes are charged.

Section 5719.085 | Return of statement of taxes collected.
 

For the collection of all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs mentioned in section 5719.084 of the Revised Code, the county treasurers shall have the same powers given by any law for the collection of taxes. All moneys collected by any treasurer pursuant to such section shall be by him transmitted, in the safest and most convenient way, to the treasurer of the county to which such moneys belong. At the same time, he shall forward a statement to the county auditor of such county of the amount collected and from whom. If the treasurer is unable to collect such taxes he shall return the original statement to the auditor of the county from which it was sent, with his official certificate why they could not be collected.

Section 5719.086 | Delinquent tax charged to treasurer.
 

If a county treasurer, on making settlement with the county auditor, stands charged with any tax which remains unpaid, and receives no credit for the tax in such settlement, the treasurer may collect such tax, for his own use, at any time within one year after the settlement, either by distress and sale or by action in his own name, before any court having jurisdiction of such action.

Section 5719.087 | Procedure where delinquent taxpayer has property within state.
 

If a person charged with a tax has not sufficient property which the county treasurer can find to distrain to pay such tax, but has money or credit due or coming due him from any person within the state, known to the treasurer, or if such taxpayer has removed from the state or county, and has property, moneys, or credits due or coming due him in the state, known to the treasurer, in every such case, the treasurer shall collect such tax and any penalty and interest thereon by distress, attachment, or other process. He may make affidavit that the residence of such taxpayer is unknown to him, or that such taxpayer is not a resident of the county where such property is found or where such debtor resides, or that such taxpayer has not property in the county sufficient to distrain to pay such tax. Thereupon an attachment, with garnishee process, shall be issued and such proceedings had, and such judgment rendered for taxes, penalty, interest, and costs as are lawful in other cases of attachments. If the treasurer serves upon any person indebted to such taxpayer a written notice, stating the amount of delinquent tax, penalty, and interest due, such debtor may, after the service of such notice, pay such amount to the treasurer, whose receipt shall be a full discharge of so much of the indebtedness as equals the amount paid.

Section 5719.11 | Tax lien on deposits and stock of a financial institution - penalty.
 

Taxes assessed on deposits in a financial institution shall be a lien on the deposit of each person as of the day fixed by the tax commissioner for the listing of such deposits. Taxes assessed on the shares of stock of an institution whose shares are withdrawable and defined as deposits in sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code, shall be a lien on such shares as of the day fixed. Every financial institution shall pay to the treasurer of state the taxes on the amount of such deposits and withdrawable shares assessed in its name and any such institution which fails to pay such taxes as provided in this section shall be liable, as a penalty, for the gross amount of the taxes due on its deposits and withdrawable shares assessed in its name, and for an additional amount of one hundred dollars for every day of delay in the payment of such taxes.

Section 5719.13 | Tax lien on stock of a dealer in intangibles - penalty - deduction of taxes from dividend or distribution.
 

Taxes assessed on the shares of stock of a dealer in intangibles shall be a lien on such shares from the first day of January in each year until they are paid. Each dealer in intangibles shall collect the taxes due from the owners of such shares and remit the same to the tax commissioner, who shall accept the remittance on behalf of the treasurer of state. The remittance shall be made payable to the treasurer of state and shall be made in the form prescribed by the commissioner. Any dealer in intangibles who fails to pay said taxes as provided in this section shall be liable by way of penalty for the gross amount of the taxes due from all the owners of shares, and for an additional amount of one hundred dollars for each day of delay in the payment of said taxes.

A dealer in intangibles who pays the taxes assessed upon its shares in the hands of its shareholders, as provided in this section, may deduct the amount thereof from dividends or distributions that are due or thereafter become due on such shares, and shall have a lien on the shares of stock and all funds belonging to such shareholders in its possession, or which come into its possession, for reimbursement of such tax paid on account of the shareholders, with legal interest. Such lien may be enforced in any appropriate manner.

Section 5719.14 | Fiduciary's lien upon property.
 

A person against whom taxes are assessed as fiduciary for another person or an estate shall, upon payment of such taxes, have a claim against such person or estate for reimbursement of the taxes paid, with legal interest, and a lien upon all funds and property of such person or estate in his possession or which come into his possession. Such lien may be enforced in any appropriate manner.