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...(A) As used in this section, "value" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 1303.33 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an agreement between an account debtor and an assignor not to assert against an assignee any claim or defense that the account debtor may have against the assignor is enforceable by an assignee that takes an assignment: (1) For value; (2) In good fai...

...(A) A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this section, if the debtor is a registered organization or the collateral is held in a trust that is a registered organization, only if the financing statement provides the name that is stated to be the registered organization's name on the public organic record most recently filed w...

...(A) A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section; or (2) The person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing, and the financing state...

...(A) A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person's name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. (B) An information statement under division (A) of this section must: (1) Identify the record to which it relates by: (a) The file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record ...

...(A) If a person who files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1309.519 of the Revised Code and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office instead may: ...

...(A) After default, a secured party has the rights provided in sections 1309.601 to 1309.628 of the Revised Code and, except as otherwise provided in section 1309.602 of the Revised Code, those provided by agreement of the parties. A secured party: (1) May reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest, or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure; and (2)...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 1309.624 of the Revised Code, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the following provisions of the Revised Code; (A) Division (B)(4)(c) of section 1309.207 of the Revised Code, which relates to the use and operation of the collateral by the secured party; (B) Section 1309.2...

...(A) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party: (1) May notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party; (2) May take any proceeds to which the secured party is entitled under section 1309.315 of the Revised Code; (3) May enforce the obligations of an account debtor or other person o...

...(A) As used in this section, "notification date" means the earlier of the date on which: (1) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition. or (2) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a secured party who disposes of collateral under section 1309.610 of the Revised Co...

...(A) Except in a consumer-goods transaction, all of the following rules apply to a notification of disposition of collateral and to a disposition of collateral: (1) The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification: (a) Describes the debtor and the secured party; (b) Describes the collateral that is the subject of the intended disposition; (c) States the method of intended dispositio...

...(A) In a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) A notification of disposition must provide all of the following information: (a) The information specified in division (A)(1) of section 1309.613 of the Revised Code; (b) A description of any liability for a deficiency of the person to whom the notification is sent; (c) A telephone number from which the amount that must be paid to the secured par...

...(A) A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of disposition under section 1309.610 of the Revised Code in the following order to: (1) The reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for disposition, processing, and disposing, and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party; (2...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Explanation" means a writing that: (a) States the amount of the surplus or deficiency; (b) Provides an explanation in accordance with division (C) of this section of how the secured party calculated the surplus or deficiency; (c) States, if applicable, that future debits, credits, charges, including additional credit service charges or interest, rebates, and expenses may affect t...

...(A) A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition of collateral under section 1309.611 of the Revised Code only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default. (B) A debtor may waive the right to require disposition of collateral under division (E) of section 1309.620 of the Revised Code only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated...

...(A) If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (B) Subject to divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section, a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a failure to comply with this chapter. Loss caused by a failure to comply ...

...In an action arising from a transaction in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply: (A) A secured party is not required to prove compliance with sections 1309.601 to 1309.628 of the Revised Code relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a secondary obligor places the secured party's compliance in issue. (B) If the secured party's ...

...(A) Unless a secured party knows that a person is a debtor or obligor, knows the identity of the person, and knows how to communicate with the person: (1) The secured party is not liable to the person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against the person, for failure to comply with this chapter; and (2) The failure of the secured party to comply with this chapter does not affe...

...(A) As used in this section, "pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001. (B) On or after July 1, 2001, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as prov...

...As used in Chapters 113., 117., 123., 124., 125., 126., 127., and 131. of the Revised Code, and any statute that uses the terms in connection with state accounting or budgeting: (A) "Account" means any record, element, or summary in which financial transactions are identified and recorded as debit or credit transactions in order to summarize items of a similar nature or classification. (B) "Accounting procedure...

...(A) With respect to federal revenue received into any fund of the state, except for those funds listed in division (D) of section 127.14 of the Revised Code: (1) No state agency may make expenditures of any federal revenue, whether the revenue is advanced prior to expenditure or as reimbursement, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations of the general assembly, are authorized by the con...

...(A) A lease contract is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless one of the following applies: (1) The total payments to be made under the lease contract, excluding payments for options to renew or buy, are less than one thousand dollars; (2) There is a writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by that party's authorized agent, sufficient to indicate that a lease contract has been...

...(A) A lessee obtains an insurable interest when existing goods are identified to the lease contract, even though the goods identified are nonconforming, and the lessee has an option to reject them. (B) If a lessee has an insurable interest only by reason of the lessor's identification of the goods, the lessor, until default or insolvency or notification to the lessee that identification is final, may substitute othe...

...(A) As used in this section, "creation of a security interest" includes the sale of a lease contract that is subject to Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, by reason of division (A)(3) of section 1309.109 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and section 1309.407 of the Revised Code, a provision in a lease agreement that prohibits the voluntary or involuntary transfer, includi...

...(A) For purposes of this section, goods are "accessions" when they are installed in or affixed to other goods. (B) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into before the goods became accessions is superior to all interests in the whole except as stated in division (D) of this section. (C) The interest of a lessor or a lessee under a lease contract entered into at the time or after the g...

...(A) A lease contract imposes an obligation on each party that the other party's expectation of receiving due performance will not be impaired. (B) If reasonable grounds for insecurity arise with respect to the performance of either party, the insecure party may demand in writing adequate assurance of due performance. Until the insecure party receives that assurance, if commercially reasonable, the insecure party may...