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... who is a member of a limited liability company is not liable, solely by reason of being a member, for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited liability company or a series thereof, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise; or for the acts or omissions of any other member, agent, or employee of the limited liability company or a series thereof. The failure of a limited liability company or any of its m...

...th the formation of a limited liability company, a person is admitted as a member of the limited liability company upon the occurrence of either of the following: (1) If the organizer was authorized by one or more persons intending to be members of the limited liability company to file the articles of organization on their behalf, the formation of the limited liability company; (2) If the organizer was not author...

...tion of a member to a limited liability company, or a series thereof, may consist of cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services.

...e a contribution to a limited liability company, or a series thereof, is not enforceable unless set forth in a writing signed by the member. (B) A member's obligation to make a contribution to a limited liability company, or a series thereof, is not excused by the member's death, disability, or other inability to perform personally. If a member does not make a contribution required by an enforceable promise, the me...

...stributions made by a limited liability company before its dissolution and winding up. (2) A member has a right to a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company as provided in the operating agreement. A decision to make a distribution before the dissolution and winding up of the limited liability company is a decision in the ordinary course of activities of the limited liabilit...

...ion, or a comparable federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency; (c) Undertake any act outside the ordinary course of the limited liability company's activities; (d) Undertake, authorize, or approve any other act or matter for which this chapter requires the consent of all members. (2) The consent of all members associated with a series is required to do either of the following: (a) Undertake any act...

...ing agreement for the limited liability company or a written agreement with a member establishes additional fiduciary duties, in the event that there have been designated one or more managers to supervise or manage the activities or affairs of the limited liability company, the only obligation a member owes, in the member's capacity as a member, to the limited liability company and the other members is to discharge t...

...ing agreement for the limited liability company or a written agreement with a manager establishes additional fiduciary duties or the duties of the manager have been modified, waived, or eliminated as contemplated by section 1706.08 of the Revised Code, the only fiduciary duties of a manager to the limited liability company or its members are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set forth in divisions (B) and (C) ...

...A limited liability company, or a series thereof, may indemnify and hold harmless a member or other person, pay in advance or reimburse expenses incurred by a member or other person, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member or other person.

...otice provided to the limited liability company, a member may inspect and copy during regular business hours, at a reasonable location specified by the limited liability company, any record maintained by the limited liability company, to the extent the information is material to the member's rights and duties under the operating agreement or this chapter. (B) A limited liability company may charge a person that mak...

...member and agent of a limited liability company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the limited liability company and upon information, opinions, reports, or statements presented by another member or agent of the limited liability company, or by any other person as to matters the member or the agent reasonably believes are within that other person's professional or expert competence,...

...If a member dies, the deceased member's personal representative or other legal representative may, for purposes of settling the estate, exercise the rights of a current member under section 1706.33 of the Revised Code.

...The only interest of a member that is assignable is the member's membership interest. A membership interest is personal property.

...to be a member of the limited liability company; (b) Does not by itself cause a member to cease to be associated with a series of the limited liability company. (3) Does not by itself cause a dissolution and winding up of the limited liability company, or a series thereof; (4) Subject to section 1706.332 of the Revised Code, does not entitle the assignee to do either of the following: (a) Participate in the m...

...charged and after the limited liability company has been served with the charging order, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of the membership interest. (B) After the limited liability company is served with a charging order, the limited liability company or any member shall be entitled to pay to o...

...ily dissociate from a limited liability company. (B) A person's dissociation from a limited liability company is wrongful only if one of the following applies: (1) The dissociation is in breach of an express provision of the operating agreement. (2) The person is expelled as a member by a determination of a tribunal under division (D) of section 1706.411 of the Revised Code. (3) The person is dissociated by b...

...ed as a member from a limited liability company in any of the following circumstances: (A) An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the person's dissociation occurs. (B) The person is expelled as a member pursuant to the operating agreement. (C) The person is expelled as a member by the unanimous consent of the other members if any of the following apply: (1) It is unlawful to carry on the limite...

...es and affairs of the limited liability company and is entitled only to receive the distributions to which that member would have been entitled if the member had not dissociated. (B) Upon a person's dissociation, the member's duty of loyalty and duty of care under divisions (C) and (D) of section 1706.31 of the Revised Code continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the member's dissoc...

...A limited liability company is dissolved, and its activities shall be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following: (A) An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution; (B) The consent of all the members; (C) A limited liability company with canceled articles has failed to cure the grounds for cancellation for three years or more and any member or person authorized pursu...

... of the following: (1) Deliver to the secretary of state for filing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a certificate of dissolution setting forth all of the following: (a) The name and registration number of the limited liability company; (b) That the limited liability company has dissolved; (c) The effective date of the certificate of dissolution if it is not to be effective upon the filing. Su...

...mber, may wind up the limited liability company's activities. (B) The appropriate tribunal may order supervision of the winding up of a dissolved limited liability company, including the appointment of a person to wind up the limited liability company's activities as follows: (1) On application of a member, if the applicant establishes good cause; (2) On application of an assignee, if both of the following appl...

...(A) A dissolved limited liability company may dispose of any known claims against it by following the procedures described in division (B) of this section at any time after the effective date of the dissolution of the limited liability company. (B) A dissolved limited liability company may give notice of its dissolution in a record to the holder of any known claim. The notice shall do all of the following: (1) Id...

...ty company, if any, and provided to the secretary of state to be posted on the web site maintained by the secretary of state in accordance with division (J) of this section. The notice shall be considered published when posted on both web sites or, if the limited liability company does not then maintain a web site, when posted on the web site maintained by the secretary of state. (2) It shall describe the informati...

...n the winding up of a limited liability company, payment or adequate provision for payment, shall be made to creditors, including members who are creditors, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited liability company. (B) After a limited liability company complies with division (A) of this section, any surplus shall be distributed as follows: (1) First, to each person owning a membership interest that reflect...

...under which a foreign limited liability company is formed governs all of the following: (1) The organization and internal affairs of the foreign limited liability company; (2) The liability of a member as a member for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the foreign limited liability company or a series thereof; (3) The authority of the members and agents of a foreign limited liability company or a s...