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...1, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to a foreign corporation, or a copy of such certificate certified by the secretary of state, shall be prima-facie evidence that such corporation has been duly organized, is in existence, and is duly licensed to transact business in this state. Such evidence may be rebutted by a certificate of the secretary of state to the effect that the license of such corporation to transact busin...

...An amendment changing the name of a foreign corporation may be filed for record with the county recorder of any county when accompanied by a certificate from the secretary of state of this state certifying that an amendment evidencing a change in the corporate name has been filed in the secretary of state's office. For such recording the recorder shall charge and collect the same fee as provided for in division...

...itted by such sections to be given to a foreign corporation by any public authorities shall be deemed sufficiently given if mailed, postage prepaid, to such corporation at its principal office or at its principal office in this state, or to its designated agent at his residence or his business address.

...ary of state shall keep a record of all foreign corporations licensed to transact business in this state. Once a month the secretary of state shall prepare and deliver to the tax commissioner a list of all foreign corporations licensed to transact business in this state during the preceding month, showing the location and addresses of their principal offices and of their principal offices in this state, and the name...

...If any fees required to be paid under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are paid under protest, if an action to recover such fees would lie against the secretary of state while they were held by him, and if such fees are paid into the state treasury in compliance with section 111.18 of the Revised Code, then actions to recover such fees shall be brought against the state and not against the...

...A foreign corporation licensed before the effective date of this amendment and having authority on that date to transact business in this state may appeal from any decision, finding, determination, or action by the secretary of state under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, to a board of review consisting of the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general, or their authorized repr...

...of its officers, setting forth, but not limited to, the following: (A) The name of the corporation; (B) The state under the laws of which it is incorporated; (C) The location of its principal office; (D) The corporate privileges it proposes to exercise in this state; (E) The appointment of a designated agent and the complete address of such agent, which shall comply with the requirements of section 1703.041...

...poration has transacted business or has property or a place of business, by the attorney general or by the prosecuting attorney. If such action is brought by the attorney general such forfeiture shall on collection be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, and if brought by the prosecuting attorney one half of such forfeiture shall on collection be paid to the treasurer of the county ...

... contract with such corporation, but no foreign corporation that should have obtained such license shall maintain any action in any court until it has obtained such license. Before any such corporation shall maintain such action on any cause of action arising at the time when it was not licensed to transact business in this state, it shall pay to the secretary of state a forfeiture of two hundred fifty dollars and fi...

...No officer of a foreign corporation shall transact business in this state on its behalf, if such corporation is required by sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to procure and maintain a license but has not done so.

...tion 111.16 of the Revised Code shall accompany the application. (B) Registration of a corporate name under this section is effective for a term of one year from the date of registration. Upon application, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, filed with the secretary of state prior to the expiration of each one-year term, the registration may be renewed for an additional term. The renewal application sha...

...Whoever violates section 1703.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...evised Code and additionally includes a foreign country and any province, territory, or other political subdivision of a foreign country. (N) "Tribunal" means a court or, if provided in the operating agreement or otherwise agreed, an arbitrator, arbitration panel, or other tribunal.

...able order under any federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency. (J) "Distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a limited liability company, or a series thereof, to another person on account of a membership interest. (K) "Entity" means a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, professional corporati...

... as the "Ohio Revised Limited Liability Company Act."

...matters included in a limited liability company's articles of organization under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 1706.16 of the Revised Code, upon the filing of the articles; (2) A limited liability company's dissolution, ninety days after a certificate of dissolution under section 1706.471 of the Revised Code becomes effective; (3) A limited liability company's merger or conversion, ninety days after a certif...

...(A) A limited liability company is a separate legal entity. A limited liability company's status for tax purposes shall not affect its status as a separate legal entity formed under this chapter. (B) A limited liability company has perpetual duration.

...to assets of the series, including real property, personal property, and intangible property; (4) Grant liens and security interests in assets of the series.

... to any interest in a limited liability company, including all rights, powers, and interests arising under an operating agreement or this chapter. This division prevails over those sections, and is expressly intended to permit the enforcement of the provisions of an operating agreement that would otherwise be ineffective under those sections. (E) This chapter applies to all limited liability companies equally regar...

...internal affairs of a limited liability company; (B) The liability of a member as a member for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a limited liability company; (C) The authority of the members and agents of a limited liability company; (D) The availability of the assets of a limited liability company or series thereof for the obligations of the limited liability company or another series thereof.

...estic limited liability company or of a foreign limited liability company registered as a foreign limited liability company under this chapter; (2) Any corporation, whether the name is of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation holding a license as a foreign corporation under the laws of this state pursuant to Chapter 1701., 1702., or 1703. of the Revised Code; (3) Any limited liability partnership, wh...

...n the members and the limited liability company. (2) To the extent that an operating agreement does not otherwise provide for a matter described in division (A)(1) of this section, this chapter governs the matter. (B)(1) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a member, manager, or other person has duties, including fiduciary duties, to the limited liability company, or to another member or to another person tha...

...(A) A limited liability company is bound by and may enforce its operating agreement, whether or not the limited liability company has itself manifested assent to its operating agreement. (B) A person that is admitted as a member of a limited liability company becomes a party to and assents to the operating agreement subject to division (A) of section 1706.281 of the Revised Code. (C) Two or more persons intending...

... all the members of a limited liability company or in such other manner authorized by the operating agreement. If an operating agreement provides for the manner in which it may be amended, including by requiring the approval of a person who is not a party to the operating agreement or the satisfaction of conditions, it may be amended only in that manner or as otherwise permitted by law; except that the approval of an...

...(A) Each limited liability company and foreign limited liability company that has an effective registration as a foreign limited liability company under section 1706.511 of the Revised Code shall maintain continuously in this state an agent for service of process on the company. The agent shall be one of the following: (1) A natural person who is a resident of this state; (2) A domestic or foreign corporation, no...