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...(A) A security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against the debtor with respect to the collateral, unless an agreement expressly postpones the time of attachment. (B) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C) to (I) of this section, a security interest is enforceable against the debtor and third parties with respect to the collateral only if: (1) Value has been given; (2) The d...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, a secured party may perfect a security interest in tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money, or tangible chattel paper by taking possession of the collateral. A secured party may perfect a security interest in certificated securities by taking delivery of the certificated securities under section 1308.27 of the Revised Code. (B)...

...The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (A) A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under section 1309.106 of the Revised Code has priority of a security interest held by a secured party that does not have control of the investment property. (B) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this se...

...(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, "transfer statement" means a record authenticated by a secured party that states: (1) The debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral; (2) The secured party has exercised its post-default remedies with respect to the collateral; (3) By reason of the exercise, a transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the collateral; and (4) The nam...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 4123.37, section 5703.061, and division (K) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code, whenever any amount is payable to the state, the officer, employee, or agent responsible for administering the law under which the amount is payable shall immediately proceed to collect the amount or cause the amount to be collected and shall pay the amount into the state treasury or into t...

...The undertaking provided for in section 131.11 of the Revised Code shall be continuous in form and shall remain in full force as to all deposits secured by it until they have been totally withdrawn, including all interest thereon. In case the deposits are increased or decreased or the federal deposit insurance is decreased or increased, the depository may furnish and substitute for said undertaking a good and suffici...

...evised Code, respecting the terms used, forms, manner of sale, and redemption except as otherwise provided in this section. The board of county commissioners of any county may issue bonds authorized by this section and distribute the proceeds of the bond issues to any or all of the cities and townships of the county. All sections of the Revised Code inconsistent with or prohibiting the exercise of the authority con...

...first. The director shall prescribe the forms and procedures to be used when reporting the receipt of federal revenue. (2) If the federal revenue received is greater than the amount of the revenue appropriated by the general assembly for a specific purpose, the total appropriation of federal and state funds for such purpose shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly, except that the expenditure o...

...(A) Sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code apply to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease. (B)(1) A lease, although subject to sections 1310.01 to 1310.78 of the Revised Code, is also subject to Chapter 1548., 4505., or 4585. of the Revised Code, any applicable certificate of title statute of another jurisdiction as provided in section 1310.03 of the Revised Code, and Chapter 1345., 1349...

...An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or, if no time is stated, for a reasonable time, but in no event may the period of irrevocability exceed three months. Any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree shall be separately signed by the...

...(A) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding. (B) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing may not be otherwise modified or rescinded, but, except as between merchants, a provision that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed writing and that is on a form supplied by a merchant shall be separately signed by the oth...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Home construction contract" means a contract entered into between an original contractor and an owner, part owner, or lessee for the improvement of any single- or double-family dwelling or portion of the dwelling or a residential unit of any condominium property that has been submitted to the provisions of Chapter 5311. of the Revised Code; an addition to any land; or the imp...

...bcontractor or material supplier who performs labor or work upon or furnishes material in furtherance of an improvement to real property and who wishes to preserve the subcontractor's or material supplier's lien rights shall serve a notice of furnishing, if any person has recorded a notice of commencement in accordance with section 1311.04 of the Revised Code, upon the owner's, part owner's, or lessee's designee name...

...(A) Any person, or the person's agent, who wishes to avail self of sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code, shall make and file for record in the office of the county recorder in the counties in which the improved property is located, an affidavit showing the amount due over and above all legal setoffs, a description of the property to be charged with the lien, the name and address of the person to or for who...

...(A)(1) Every subcontractor and material supplier who wishes to exercise the subcontractor's or material supplier's rights under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code regarding claims for labor or work performed or materials furnished in furtherance of a public improvement shall serve a notice of furnishing, in accordance with division (B) of this section, on the principal contractor whose contract with the ...

...(A) The agricultural producer or handler may perfect the producer's or handler's lien by recording, in the office of the county recorder in the county where the agricultural product was delivered to the agricultural product handler, an affidavit that includes the date of delivery, or first delivery if there was a series of deliveries under the contract, the name of the agricultural product handler to whom the agricul...

...(A) Before perfecting a lien that arises under section 1311.72 of the Revised Code for an abandoned aircraft, the director of a public-use airport shall search the appropriate records of the airport and contact both of the following entities to determine the name and address of the last registered owner: (1) The federal aviation administration's aircraft registration branch; (2) The office of aviation. (B)(1) W...

...Upon entering into a contract for the construction or the substantial rehabilitation of a residential building, a residential contractor shall provide the owner with notice of the contractor's right to offer to resolve any alleged construction defect before the owner may commence a dwelling action or arbitration proceedings against the contractor. The contractor may include the notice in the contract or provide the n...

...(A) Each application for a money transmitter license shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent of financial institutions and accompanied by an application fee established in section 1315.13 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The superintendent shall approve or deny every application for a license under this section within one hundred eighty days after the date that the superintendent accepts the application as ...

...(A) Within forty-five days after the end of each calendar quarter, each licensee shall submit to the superintendent of financial institutions all of the following in the form prescribed by the superintendent: (1) The licensee's unaudited, unconsolidated financial statements as of the end of the calendar quarter, including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in shareholder's equity, and statement ...

...(A) Subject to division (F) of this section, no person, alone or acting in concert with other persons, shall, directly or indirectly, acquire control of a licensee without the prior approval of the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) A person or group of persons proposing to acquire control of a licensee shall submit an application for the superintendent's approval in the form prescribed by the superintend...

...(A) No person, on and after January 1, 1993, shall operate a check-cashing business without first obtaining a license from the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) Application for an original license required under this section or a renewal license required under section 1315.23 of the Revised Code shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The application shall conta...

...As used in sections 1315.51 to 1315.55 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Conduct the business" means engaging in activities regulated under sections 1315.51 to 1315.55 of the Revised Code. (B) "Corrupt activity" has the same meaning as in section 2923 of the Revised Code. (C) "Knowingly" has the same meaning as in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code. (D) "Material" means a statement...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other commercial entity, whether for profit or not for profit. (2) "Commercial credit report" means any report provided to a business for a legitimate business purpose, relating to the financial status or payment habits of a business that is the subject of the report. "Commercial credit...