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...A surety of the treasurer of school funds, in any lawfully organized school district, may notify the board of education of the district by at least five days' notice, in writing, that he is unwilling to continue as surety for such treasurer, and at a time therein named, will make application to the board to be released from further liability upon his bond. He also shall give at least three days' notice in writing to ...

...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, the board of education shall hear the application, and, if in its opinion there is good reason therefor, require the treasurer to give a new bond, conditioned according to law, and to the satisfaction of the board, within such time as it directs. If the treasurer fails to execute such bond, the office shall be vacant and shall immediately be ...

...The original surety mentioned in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, shall not be released or discharged until the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.14 of the Revised Code. The cost of the application provided for in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the person making it.

...A surety of a constable, township fiscal officer, or other township officer, may notify the board of township trustees, by giving at least five days' notice in writing, that the surety is unwilling to continue as surety for the officer and, at a time named in the notice, will make application to the board to be released from further liability upon the bond. The surety also shall give at least three days' notice...

...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall hear the application, and if it finds that such officer on demand by a person entitled thereto, his agent, or attorney, neglects or refuses to pay over all money received by him in his official capacity for the use of such person, or if, in its opinion, there is other good reason therefor, shall require s...

...The original sureties mentioned in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code shall not be released or discharged until the filing of a new bond, or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.17 of the Revised Code, but shall be liable only for the official acts of such officer from the time of the execution of the original bond to the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor...

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to compel him to discharge the debt or liability for which the surety is bound, after it becomes due.

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which he is bound, before it is due, whenever any of the grounds exist upon which an order may be made for arrest of a debtor, or for an attachment.

...In an action under section 1341.20 of the Revised Code the surety may obtain any provisional remedies mentioned in Chapters 2713., 2715., 2727., and 2735. and sections 2327.03 and 2327.04 of the Revised Code, upon the grounds and in the manner provided by law.

...Any party of whom a bond, undertaking, or other obligation is required, may agree with his surety for the deposit and safekeeping of any assets for which he and his surety are or may be held responsible. If such deposit is otherwise proper, it shall be made with or in the vaults of a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company, authorized by law to do business as such, or with a depository approved by the court...

...(A) The parties to a bond, bill, promissory note, or other instrument of writing for the forbearance or payment of money at any future time, may stipulate therein for the payment of interest upon the amount thereof at any rate not exceeding eight per cent per annum payable annually, except as authorized in division (B) of this section. (B) Any party may agree to pay a rate of interest in excess of the maximum rate p...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Discount points" means any charges, whether or not actually denominated as "discount points," that are paid by the seller or the buyer of residential real property to a residential mortgage lender or that are deducted and retained by a residential mortgage lender from the proceeds of the residential mortgage. "Discount points" does not include the costs associated with settle...

...Upon all judgments, decrees, or orders, rendered on any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing containing stipulations for the payment of interest in accordance with section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, interest shall be computed until payment is made at the rate specified in such instrument.

...(A) In cases other than those provided for in sections 1343.01 and 1343.02 of the Revised Code, when money becomes due and payable upon any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing, upon any book account, upon any settlement between parties, upon all verbal contracts entered into, and upon all judgments, decrees, and orders of any judicial tribunal for the payment of money arising out of tortious conduct or a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of the congress of the United States, or section 5919.29 or 5923.21 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligation" means any retail installment sales contract, other contract for the purchase of goods or services, or bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing for the payment of ...

...Payments of money or property made by way of usurious interest, whether made in advance or not, as to the excess of interest above the rate allowed by law at the time of making the contract, shall be taken to be payments made on account of principal; and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due, after deducting the excess of interest so paid.

...No debtor is deemed a particeps criminis on account of having paid, or agreeing to pay, the exorbitant interest mentioned in section 1343.04 of the Revised Code, but he shall have like remedy and relief in either case. No bona fide indorsee of negotiable paper purchased before due, shall be affected by any usury exacted by any former holder of such paper, unless he has actual notice of the usury previous to his purch...

...service providers from the verification requirements adopted in 47 C.F.R. 64.1100, 64.1150, 64.1160, 64.1170, 64.1180, and 64.1190 by the federal communications commission, division (E)(1) of this section does not apply to a provider of commercial mobile radio service insofar as such provider is engaged in the provision of commercial mobile radio service. However, when that exclusion no longer is in effect, division ...

...line is sold or offered for sale to the public. (B) When ethanol is blended or mixed into gasoline that is sold or offered for sale to the public, it is not an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction for a retail dealer to fail to disclose either of the following: (1) The fact that the gasoline contains ethanol; (2) The percentage of ethanol that is contained in the gasoline. ...

...rying passengers that will operate on a public highway. (2) A violation of division (B)(1) of this section shall be considered an unconscionable consumer sales act or practice under section 1345.03 of the Revised Code. (C) This section shall not apply to tires mounted on wheels or rims that are temporarily removed from a vehicle and reinstalled on the same vehicle.

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) In determining whether an act or practice is unconscionable, the following circumstances shall be taken into consideration: (1) Whether the supplier has knowingly taken adva...

...faith due to the consumer's failure to abide by the material terms of the loan. (4) Knowingly replacing, refinancing, or consolidating a zero interest rate or other low-rate mortgage loan made by a governmental or nonprofit lender with another loan unless the current holder of the loan consents in writing to the refinancing and the consumer presents written certification from a third-party nonprofit organization co...

... possible outstanding interests. (2) "Public body" means any township, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision, or public body of this state. (3) "Solicit" means to advertise or market to a person with whom the solicitor has no pre-existing business relationship. (B)(1) A supplier soliciting a fee for providing a copy of a deed or a free copy of a deed in connection wi...

...The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective monetary jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to any act or practice in this state covered by sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code, or with respect to any claim arising from a consumer transaction subject to such sections.

...e Revised Code and methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests, including a description of all forms and instructions used by that office; (3) Make available for public inspection all rules and all other written statements of policy or interpretations adopted or used by the attorney general in the discharge of the attorney general's functions, together with all judgments, ...

... transactions or relationships from the requirements of sections 1109.53, 1109.54, and 1109.55 of the Revised Code; (2) Exclude any subsidiary of a bank holding company from the definition of affiliate for purposes of sections 1109.53, 1109.54, and 1109.55 of the Revised Code.

...A state bank may borrow money in any sum consistent with safety and soundness. Borrowing by means of the issuance of debt securities is subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions in accordance with section 1107.05 of the Revised Code.

...No state bank shall contract to pay, or pay to any person, any fees for management or consulting services, including fees for legal, accounting, brokerage, or other similar professional services, that do not have a direct relationship to the value of the services rendered or to be rendered, based on reasonable costs consistent with current market values for services of the kind contracted for.

...A state bank may engage in the business of selling insurance through a subsidiary insurance agency subject to licensing under the law of this state and the law of every other state in which services are provided by the bank or its subsidiary.

...A state bank may buy, sell, and exchange coin and bullion.

...Subject to the limitations and restrictions of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, a state bank shall have the power to do both of the following: (A) Operate travel agencies; (B) Engage in the sale of tickets for passage on common carriers, such as airlines, railroads, ships, and buses, to points within and outside the United States.

...In order to protect its interest in a property, a state bank may purchase a tax certificate under section 5721.32 or 5721.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A bank may, for any business purpose, retain a document, paper, or other instrument or record by use of a process to record, copy, photograph, or store a representation of the original document, paper, or other instrument or record, if all of the following apply: (1) The process correctly and accurately copies or reproduces, or provides a means for correctly and accurately copying or reproducing, the original do...

...om the date of the last entry. (C) The requirements of divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be complied with by the preservation of records in the manner prescribed in section 1109.68 of the Revised Code. (D) In construing the terms set forth in division (A) of this section, reference may be made to general banking usage. (E) A bank may dispose of any records that have been retained or preserved for the perio...

...The interests of any tenants in common, survivorship tenants, or coparceners of any tangible or intangible personal property may be partitioned under this section pursuant to a partition proceeding. A proceeding for partition under this section may be filed in the court of common pleas of any county in which any co-owner resides. If a partition proceeding is filed and the court finds that partition of the interests i...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent set forth in the transaction documents relating to a securitization: (1) Any property, assets, or rights purported to be transferred, in whole or in part, in a securitization shall be deemed to no longer be the property, assets, or rights of the transferor. (2) A transferor in a securitization, the transferor's creditors, or a bankruptcy trustee, receive...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Financial institution regulatory authority" includes a regulator of a business activity in which a bank or trust company is engaged, or has applied to engage in, to the extent that the regulator has jurisdiction over a bank or trust company engaged in that business activity. A bank or trust company is engaged in a business activity, and a regulator of that business activity has jurisdic...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions shall see that the laws and rules relating to institutions and businesses governed by Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code are executed and enforced. (B) The deputy superintendent for banks shall be the principal supervisor of state banks and trust companies. In that position the deputy superintendent for banks shall, notwithstanding sections 1121.10 and 1121.1...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may adopt rules and standards to carry out the provisions of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. No rule or standard adopted by the superintendent pursuant to this authority shall conflict with, abridge, or supersede any provision of the Revised Code unless the conflict, abridgement, or supersession is expressly authorized. The rules and standards shall be ado...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (E) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions shall, by rule, grant state banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted by the superintendent any right, power, privilege, or benefit possessed, by virtue of statute, rule, regulation, interpretation, or judicial decision, by any of the following...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code, if any regulation, rule, interpretation, procedure, or guideline of the office of the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve board, consumer financial protection bureau, national credit union administration, or any other bank regulatory authority of the United States, or the bank regulatory authority of any other state...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1121.101 of the Revised Code, as often as the superintendent of financial institutions considers necessary, but at least once each twenty-four-month cycle, the superintendent, or any deputy or examiner appointed by the superintendent for that purpose, shall thoroughly examine the records and affairs of each state bank. The examination shall include a review of all of the f...

...ivision (A)(2) of this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...(A) In administering Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code and fulfilling the duties imposed by those chapters, including the duty imposed by section 1121.10 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may do any of the following: (1) Participate with financial institution regulatory authorities of this and other states, the United States, and other countries in any of the following: (a)...

...An examination of the records and affairs of a state bank under section 1121.10 of the Revised Code may include the examination of a person who, directly or indirectly, controls the bank that is a bank holding company registered with the federal reserve or a savings and loan holding company, but only to the extent explicitly permitted under this section. To examine the records and affairs of a person who, directly or...

...An examination of the records and affairs of a state bank under section 1121.10 of the Revised Code may include the examination of a person who, directly or indirectly, controls the state bank and is a corporation that is not a bank holding company registered with the federal reserve or a savings and loan holding company, as its affairs relate to the bank.

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may prescribe the manner and form of keeping the books and accounts of state banks, so the books and accounts may be as nearly uniform as circumstances permit. (B) Any person that, by contract or otherwise, performs services for a state bank or trust company or a representative office, agency, or branch licensed under Chapter 1119. of the Revised Code, whether on or o...

...(A) No state bank, trust company, or regulated person shall do any of the following: (1) Refuse to allow any examination authorized by section 1121.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Refuse to give information required by the division of financial institutions in the course of or in relation to an examination authorized by section 1121.10 of the Revised Code; (3) Provide false or misleading information in the course of o...

...(A) Accounts and other documents required by the superintendent of financial institutions may be signed and sworn to or affirmed on behalf of a state bank or trust company by any officer or director authorized to do so by the bank's or trust company's board of directors. (B) When the superintendent requires, any officer, official, employee, or director of a state bank or trust company receiving any communication fro...

...ble them to act in the interests of the public; (2) To the banking commission to enable the commission to effectively advise the superintendent and take action on any matter the superintendent presents to the commission; (3) To financial institution regulatory authorities of this and other states, the United States, and other countries to assist them in their regulatory duties; (4) To the directors, executive offi...