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...all take on any document required to be filed with the commissioner and on any document required under Chapter 718., 3734., 3769., 4303., or 4305. or Title LVII of the Revised Code to be filed with the treasurer of state. The commissioner may authorize an electronic or other alternative form of filing of any document required to be filed with the commissioner or the treasurer of state under Chapter 3734., 3769., 4303...

...A person may, and if required by the tax commissioner shall, round to the nearest whole dollar all amounts the person is required to enter on any return, report, voucher, or other document. Any fractional part of a dollar that equals or exceeds fifty cents shall be rounded to the next whole dollar, and any fractional part of a dollar that is less than fifty cents shall be dropped. If a person chooses or is required t...

...g business hours. (3) For a document filed or sent electronically or a payment made electronically, the date on the timestamp assigned by the first electronic system receiving that payment or document. (D) As used in divisions (A) and (C) of this section "electronically" includes by facsimile, if applicable.

...y person filing a tax document with the department of taxation provide identifying information, which may include the person's social security number, federal employer identification number, or other identification number requested by the commissioner. A person required by the commissioner to provide identifying information who has experienced any change with respect to that information shall notify the commissioner ...

...Before January 1, 2008, the tax commissioner and the treasurer of state shall consult and jointly adopt policies and procedures for the processing of payments of taxes administered by the tax commissioner such that payments are deposited in or credited to the appropriate account or fund within thirty days after receipt by the commissioner or treasurer. The policies and procedures shall apply to all such payment...

...ew electronic filing requirement on the department's web site. The commissioner shall educate the public of the requirement through seminars, workshops, conferences, or other outreach activities. (D) Any person required to file returns and make payments electronically under rules adopted under this section may apply to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, to be excused from that requirement. F...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that requires a taxpayer to provide a tax credit certificate to the tax commissioner upon the commissioner's request, any person claiming a credit against a tax or fee administered by the commissioner shall provide a copy of any accompanying certificate issued by the director of development services or by another state agency, if applicable, demonstrating th...

...(A) As used in this section, "claim" means a claim for an amount payable to this state that arises under a statute administered by the tax commissioner and that has been certified to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The tax commissioner and the attorney general shall consider the following standards when ascertaining with respect to a claim whether a compromise or pay...

...ed Code or that is subject to an appeal filed with the board of tax appeals.

...x commissioner and each employee of the department of taxation shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office, and shall not hold any position of trust or profit or engage in any occupation, employment, or business interfering with or inconsistent with his duty as commissioner or an employee, or serve on or under any committee of any political party.

...y be paid from the appropriation of the department of taxation. A schedule bond shall designate the name or position of each employee covered by the bond. The commissioner shall by rule provide for canceling, renewing, and increasing the bond authorized by this section.

...artment of taxation who fails to timely file an annual return required under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code for any taxable year during which the employee is employed by the department. The commissioner may condition employment or continued employment with the department upon timely compliance with any other requirement of the laws, rules, or ordinances of federal, state, or local taxing authorities and may disc...

...Each member of the board of tax appeals shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day spent in the discharge of his official duties and shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such duties.

...The department of taxation shall keep its office in Columbus and shall provide suitable rooms, necessary office furniture, supplies, books, periodicals, and maps. All necessary expenses shall be audited and paid as are other expenses. The department may hold sessions at any place within the state. The department may establish as many branch offices in different parts of the state as are convenient for the purpose of...

...The department of taxation shall be open for the transaction of business during the business hours of every day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.

...tions" includes officers of any agency, department, or instrumentality of another member jurisdiction with authority under the laws of that jurisdiction to administer or enforce motor vehicle or taxation laws. (B) Money received by the department of taxation from the bureau of motor vehicles pursuant to section 4501.044 of the Revised Code for the purpose of paying the costs the department incurs in conducting audit...

...A majority of the board of tax appeals shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and any vacancy does not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the board so long as a majority remains. Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the board is authorized to hold or undertake may be held or undertaken by or before any one member of the board. All investigations, inquiries, heari...

...sly in their files of the rules of the department; (B) The determination shall be filed in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review. Division (C)(2) of this section does not apply to any rule to which division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code does not apply. On the tenth day after the determination has been received by the secretary of state, the director, and, if applicable, the...

...or officers shall be in the name of the department of taxation.

...The department of taxation shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and to regulate the manner of all valuations of real or personal property, apportionments, investigations, inspections, and hearings not specifically provided for.

...of tax agents that is acceptable to the department of taxation.

...The tax commissioner and every agent provided for in section 5703.17 of the Revised Code may, for the purposes of the laws relating to taxation, administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony.

...(A) To carry out the purposes of the laws that the tax commissioner is required to administer, the commissioner or any person employed by the commissioner for that purpose, upon demand, may inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any person or public utility subject to those laws, and may examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of that person or public utility. Any person other than the commissi...

...The tax commissioner may require, by order or subpoena served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, limited liability company, or public utility in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action in the court of common pleas, the production within this state, at the time and place the commissioner designates, of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by that company, fi...

...ions, complaints, and related documents filed with the department under section 5715.27 of the Revised Code or in applications filed with the department under section 5715.39 of the Revised Code; (2) Providing to the attorney general information the department obtains under division (J) of section 1346.01 of the Revised Code; (3) Permitting properly authorized officers, employees, or agents of a municipal corpo...

...y search of any of the databases of the department of taxation be tracked so that administrators of the database or investigators can identify each account holder who conducted a search of the database. (B) The rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall not require the tracking of any search of any of the databases of the department conducted by an account holder in any of the following circumstances: ...

...The department of taxation may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through different agents, and may delegate to any such agent the taking of all testimony bearing upon any investigation or hearing. The decision of the department shall be based upon its examination of all testimony and records. The recommendations made by an agent shall be advisory only, and do not preclude the taking of further te...

...Upon the request of the department of taxation, the attorney general shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department is required to administer, shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions for the enforcement of such laws, and for the punishment of all violations thereof. The prosecuting attorney of any county shall, upon the request of the department and under the dir...

...Each company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, or public utility shall furnish the tax commissioner in the returns prescribed by him all information required by law and all other facts and information which the commissioner requires to enable him to carry into effect the laws which he is required to administer, and shall make specific answers to all questions submitted by the commissioner. The an...

...re required by law to be filed with the department of taxation, the treasurer of state, a county auditor, or a county treasurer need not be sworn to. Any such return, claim, or report shall have printed on it the following statement, which shall be subscribed to by the person signing such return, claim, or report: "I declare under penalties of perjury that this return or claim (including any accompanying schedules an...

...or required by law to be filed with the department of taxation, the treasurer of state, a county auditor, a county treasurer, or a county clerk of courts, or knowingly procure, counsel, or advise the preparation or presentation of such report, return, schedule, statement, claim, or document, or knowingly change, alter, or amend, or knowingly procure, counsel, or advise such change, alteration, or amendment of the rec...

...equired by any tax administered by the department of taxation to pay taxes, penalties, interest, or other charges arising from unpaid taxes makes payment of the taxes, penalties, interest, or other charges with a dishonored instrument, an instrument that is determined to be nonnegotiable, or with any financial transaction device that is declined, returned, or dishonored, a penalty of fifty dollars shall be add...

...rning the consequences of continuing to file false or fraudulent documents, and the document is submitted to the intended state or county official or department, a penalty of one thousand dollars shall be imposed upon the preparer who prepared or assisted another in preparing the document, knowing it to be false or fraudulent. (D) All or part of any penalty imposed under division (B) or (C) of this section may be ab...

...epresents the preparer's eligibility to file returns or applications for refund on behalf of taxpayers, or otherwise misrepresents the preparer's experience or education; (f) Guarantees the payment of any tax refund or the allowance of any tax credit, deduction, or exemption; (g) Engages in any other fraudulent or deceptive conduct that substantially interferes with the proper administration of any provision of T...

...Any company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, or public utility which receives from the tax commissioner any blanks with directions to fill them out shall fill them out so as to answer fully and correctly each question therein propounded, and if it is unable to answer any question, it shall in writing give a good reason for such failure.

...y person to an order or subpoena of the department of taxation, or on the refusal of a witness to testify to any matter regarding which he is lawfully interrogated before the department, the court of common pleas of the county in which such person resides, or a judge thereof, on application of the department, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings as for contempt in the case of disobedience of a subpoena is...

...nd each witness who appears before the department of taxation by its order shall receive for the witness's attendance the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, which shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses, upon the presentation of proper vouchers approved by the department. A witness subpoenaed at the instance of parties other than the ...

...A person who appears before the department of taxation or the board of tax appeals by its order in relation to the appraisal of property in any taxing district shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the proper county, if that person is an officer of any such taxing district or a member of any county board of revision, his actual and necessary traveling expenses. The expenses shall be itemized and sworn to b...

...The department of taxation may order any officer in whom any powers are vested or upon whom any duties are imposed by any laws which the department is required to administer to appear before it for conference concerning the administration of such laws. Except as provided in section 5703.30 of the Revised Code, the department shall allow and pay from any appropriation to the department available for such purpose the a...

...In an investigation the department of taxation or any party may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of common pleas.

...aken by a stenographer appointed by the department of taxation and which is certified by such stenographer to be a true and correct transcript of all the testimony in the investigation, or of a particular witness, or of a specific part thereof, carefully compared by him with his original notes, and stated to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had on such investigations shall be received in evidenc...

...Whenever a taxpayer or other person refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in an examination or proceeding before the tax commissioner, and the commissioner communicates to the taxpayer or other person an order issued under this section, the taxpayer or other person may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against self-in...

...exceed forty-five days, within which to file any report required by law to be filed with the commissioner, in which event the attaching of any penalty for failure to file such report or pay any tax or fee shall be extended accordingly.

...If any company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, or public utility fails to make out and deliver to the tax commissioner any statement required by law, or to furnish the commissioner with any information requested, the commissioner shall inform himself as best he can on the matters necessary to be known in order to discharge his duties.

...zed representative of the person on the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, as of the date the notification was sent. (2) "Undeliverable address" means an address to which the United States postal service or an authorized delivery service under section 5703.056 of the Revised Code is not able to deliver a notice or order, except when the reason for nondelivery is because the ad...

...uch process in the secretary of state's files, keep a record of any such process served upon the secretary of state, and record therein the time of such service and the secretary of state's action thereafter with respect thereto. The provisions of this section do not affect any right to serve process upon a foreign corporation in any other manner permitted by law.

...der, determination, or direction of the department of taxation, or any action of the treasurer of state or attorney general required by law to be taken in pursuance of any such order, determination, or direction. This section does not affect any right or defense in any action to collect any tax or penalty.

... of any violation of the laws which the department of taxation is required to administer or the orders of the department, such laws and orders may upon the application of the department be enforced by proceedings in mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate proceeding.

...The department of taxation may adopt rules governing the interchange of information with the proper officer, board, department, ministry, or commission of any other state, the United States, any province of Canada, or Canada, and may, pursuant to such rules, furnish any information in its possession to any such officer, board, department, ministry, or commission under reciprocal arrangements by which the department s...

... or any political division thereof, the department of taxation shall furnish any information to such officer, board, or commission, and shall assist such officer, board, or commission in performing the duties of its office. All state, county, and local officers shall make and forward to the department, upon the department's written order, such transcripts of records, or parts thereof, and other information in their p...

...The annual report of the department of taxation shall include a full report of the operation and execution of all laws which it is required to administer.

...No officer, agent, or employee of of any public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association, subject to any law which the tax commissioner is required to administer shall fail to fill out and return any blanks required by such law, fail to answer any questions therein propounded, or knowingly or willfully give a false answer to any such question where the fact inquired of is within his kn...

...When an officer, agent, or employee acted in obedience to the instruction or request of a public utility, company, corporation, or association, or any general officer thereof, in violating section 5703.43 of the Revised Code, a forfeiture of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars shall be recovered from such public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association for eac...

...In construing and enforcing division (D) of section 5703.99 of the Revised Code, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association acting within the scope of his employment shall be the act, omission, or failure of such public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or as...

...Every day during which any public utility, company, corporation, association, firm, partnership, officer, or individual subject to any law which the tax commissioner is required to administer, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, willfully fails to comply with any order or direction of the commissioner or to perform any duty enjoined by such law shall constitute a separate offense.

...(A) As used in this section, "federal short-term rate" means the rate of the average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity of three years or less, as determined under section 1274 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1274, for July of the current year. (B) On the fifteenth day of October of each year, the tax ...

...ent; (d) Other exemptions. (B) The department of taxation shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of November in each even-numbered year a report containing certain information about tax expenditures and property tax exemptions. The report shall contain each of the following: (1) A description of each existing tax expenditure and property tax exemption; (2) In comparative form, ...

...(A) On or before December 31, 2001, the tax commissioner shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet. The tax commissioner shall provide access on the site for each municipal corporation that has not established its own electronic site to post documents or information required under section 718.07 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall provide electronic links for each municipal corpo...

...As used in sections 5703.50 to 5703.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Tax" includes only those taxes imposed on tangible personal property listed in accordance with Chapter 5711. of the Revised Code, taxes imposed under Chapters 5733., 5736., 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code, and the tax administered under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. (B) "Taxpayer" means a person subject to or potent...

...written description of the roles of the department of taxation and of the taxpayer during an audit and a statement of the taxpayer's rights, including any right to obtain a refund of an overpayment of a tax. At or before the commencement of an audit, the commissioner shall inform the taxpayer when the audit is considered to have commenced. (C) With or before the issuance of an assessment, the tax commissioner or cou...

... shall receive and review inquiries and complaints concerning matters that have been pending before the department for an unreasonable length of time or matters to which a taxpayer has been unable to obtain a satisfactory response after several attempts to communicate with the employee of the department assigned to the taxpayer's case or the employee's immediate supervisor. Matters arising in cases on appeal from a ...

...(A) An "opinion of the tax commissioner" means an opinion issued under this section with respect to prospective tax liability. It does not include ordinary correspondence of the commissioner or a final determination of the commissioner arising from a request for administrative review of an assessment, a claim for refund, or an application for a pollution control or other certificate. (B) If a taxpayer requests in ...

...ission of an officer or employee of the department of taxation may bring an action for damages in the court of claims pursuant to Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code, if all of the following apply: (1) In the action or omission the officer or employee frivolously disregards a provision of Chapter 5711., 5733., 5739., 5741., or 5747. of the Revised Code or a rule of the tax commissioner adopted under authority of one ...

...The department of taxation shall not put a taxpayer's social security number on the outside of any material mailed to the taxpayer.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Sham transaction" means a transaction or series of transactions without economic substance because there is no business purpose or expectation of profit other than obtaining tax benefits. (2) "Tax" includes any tax or fee administered by the tax commissioner. (3) "Taxpayer" includes any entity subject to a tax. (4) "Controlled group" means two or more persons related in such a wa...

...(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (D) of this section, the tax commissioner shall not make or issue an assessment for any tax payable to the state that is administered by the tax commissioner, or any penalty, interest, or additional charge on such tax, after the expiration of ten years, including any extension, from the date the tax return or report was due when such amount was not reported and paid, provided th...

...tion for reassessment has been properly filed under a law that specifies that this section applies, the tax commissioner shall proceed as follows: (1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the commissioner may correct the assessment by issuing a corrected assessment. The corrected assessment may reduce or increase the previous assessment, as the commissioner finds proper. The commissioner shall send th...

...Registration with the central registration system provided for in section 5740.05 of the Revised Code shall not be used as a basis for establishing nexus with or in this state for any tax levied by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

...(A) On the filing of an application for refund under section 718.91, 3734.905, 4307.05, 4307.07, 5726.30, 5727.28, 5727.91, 5728.061, 5733.12, 5735.122, 5735.13, 5735.14, 5735.141, 5735.142, 5735.18, 5736.08, 5739.07, 5739.071, 5739.104, 5741.10, 5743.05, 5743.53, 5747.11, 5749.08, 5751.08, or 5753.06 of the Revised Code, or an application for compensation under section 5739.061 of the Revised Code, if the tax commis...

...This section applies to any tax, fee, or charge payable to the state and administered by the tax commissioner, except the tax administered under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. If the total amount of any such tax, fee, or charge shown to be due on a return, amended return, or notice does not exceed one dollar, the taxpayer or person liable for the tax, fee, or charge shall not be required to remit the ...

...Any payment or distribution of money that the tax commissioner is required by law to make to a political subdivision of this state, an officer thereof, or a political party shall be made by electronic funds transfer. The commissioner shall promulgate any rules necessary to administer this section.

...iod of time during which a taxpayer may file a refund application for a tax or fee, the tax commissioner shall review the taxpayer's accounts for the tax or fee and notify the taxpayer of any credit account balance for which the commissioner is required to issue a refund if the taxpayer were to file a refund application for that balance, regardless of whether the taxpayer files a refund application or amended return ...

...ing tax year and for which returns were filed with the tax commissioner under section 5711.13 of the Revised Code. In computing the amounts described in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the commissioner shall base the actual percentages charged in any fiscal year on the estimated costs incurred by the department of taxation in administering the taxation of property and the equalization of real property valuati...

...Not later than April 1, 2009, the department of taxation shall acquire the necessary hardware, software, and services to establish and implement a tax discovery data system to increase the efficiency of tax collections in the state. The system must be fully integrated and pre-staged for the purposes of assisting in revenue analysis, discovering noncompliant taxpayers, and collecting taxes from those taxpayers. ...

...(A) The department of taxation shall establish policies, procedures, and internal controls, including implementing a property tax relief screening system to evaluate the eligibility of owners of real property and manufactured and mobile homes in this state that receive one or both of the following reductions in taxes: (1) The reduction authorized under division (B) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code; (2) The ...

...On or before September 1, 2015, and on or before the first day of every third month thereafter, the tax commissioner shall prepare a report that includes all of the following information: (A) The number of inspections and investigations conducted during the preceding four months in relation to the enforcement of sections 1333.11 to 1333.21 and Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code; (B) The number of violations of secti...

...If any tax administered by the tax commissioner remains unpaid after the date the tax is due, the commissioner may issue an assessment for the unpaid tax, and for any related penalties and interest, against any person liable for the amount due, including, but not limited to, a person that is jointly and severally liable for the amount under Chapter 5726. or 5751. of the Revised Code, a partner liable for the ta...

... organized, that is required by law to file any report or return or to pay any tax or fee as a corporation organized under the laws of the state for profit, or as a foreign corporation for profit doing business in this state or owning or issuing a part or all of its capital or property in this state, fails to file the required report or return or to pay the required tax or fee for ninety days after the time pr...

...No person shall exercise or attempt to exercise any powers, privileges, or franchises under the articles of incorporation or certificate of authority of a corporation after the articles or certificate has been canceled as provided in section 5703.91 of the Revised Code. A penalty of one hundred dollars shall be imposed for each day a violation of this section occurs, up to a maximum of five thousand dollars.

...) A certificate of reinstatement may be filed in the recorder's office of any county in the state. The recorder shall charge and collect a base fee of three dollars for services and a low- and moderate-income housing trust fund fee of three dollars in accordance with section 317.36 of the Revised Code. (4) Any officer, shareholder, creditor, or receiver of any corporation described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) o...

... request, whichever is later. (D) The department of taxation may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.

... (D) Whoever violates any law that the department of taxation is required to administer, or fails to perform any duty required by such law, for which a penalty has not otherwise been provided, or fails to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the department of taxation, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one thousand dollars.

...As used in Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code: (A) "Action," with respect to an act of a trustee, includes a failure to act. (B) "Ascertainable standard" means a standard relating to an individual's health, education, support, or maintenance within the meaning of section 2041(b)(1)(A) or 2514(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. (C) "Beneficiary" means a person that has a present or future beneficia...

...of the Revised Code may be cited as the Ohio trust code.

...Except as otherwise provided in any provision of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code, those chapters apply to charitable and noncharitable inter vivos express trusts and to trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust. Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code apply to charitable and noncharitable testamentary tr...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a person has knowledge of a fact if any of the following apply: (1) The person has actual knowledge of the fact. (2) The person has received notice or notification of the fact. (3) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, the person has reason to know the fact. (B) An organization that conducts activities through employees has n...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the trust, Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code govern the duties and powers of a trustee, relations among trustees, and the rights and interests of a beneficiary. (B) The terms of a trust prevail over any provision of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code except the following: (1) The requirements for creating a trust; (2) The duty of a trustee to act ...

...The common law of trusts and principles of equity continue to apply in this state, except to the extent modified by Chapters 5801. to 5811. or another section of the Revised Code.

...(A) The law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms of a trust determines the meaning and effect of the terms unless the designation of that jurisdiction's law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue. In the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant ...

...(A) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, the terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration of the trust are valid and controlling if a trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction or if all or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction. (B) A...

...(A) Notice to a person or the sending of a document to a person under Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person's last known place of residence or place of b...

...(A) Whenever Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code require notice to current or qualified beneficiaries of a trust, the trustee shall also give notice to any other beneficiary who has sent the trustee a request for notice. (B) A person appointed to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another noncharitable purpose as provided in section 5804.08 or 5804.09 of the Revised Code has the rights of a...

...al generation-skipping transfer tax, or Ohio estate tax, or that contain a division of property based on the imposition or amount of one or more of those taxes, to give effect to the intent of the settlor; (8) Resolving any other matter that arises under Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code. (D) No agreement shall be entered into under this section affecting the rights of a creditor without the creditor's co...

...A guardian of the estate or person, in acting under Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code, shall comply with the guardian's duties under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code or other applicable law.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assisted reproductive technologies" means any medical or scientific technology or method designed to assist one or more persons to cause a pregnancy through means other than by sexual intercourse, including technologies that are developed after the date of this amendment. (2) "Trust" includes a revocable or irrevocable trust. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised...

...As used in sections 5801.20 to 5801.24 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Applicable reporting period" means either of the following, as applicable: (a) The most recent four years, as of the date of preparation of a notice authorized under division (B) of section 5801.22 or division (B) of section 5801.23 of the Revised Code; (b) If the trust became irrevocable during such four-year period, the period from the date ...

...(A) A trustee may, but is not required to, use the process prescribed in sections 5801.22 and 5801.23 of the Revised Code, as applicable, when concluding the trustee's administration of an irrevocable trust. (B) Sections 5801.20 to 5801.24 of the Revised Code do not apply to a testamentary trust subject to the supervision of a probate court. (C) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code or other applicab...

...(A) When a trust is to terminate as a result of trust-terminating distributions and the trustee elects to use the provisions of this section, the trustee shall serve on the terminating distributions necessary parties the documents and information described in division (B) of this section. The trustee also may serve those documents and that information on other persons who the trustee reasonably believes may have an i...

...(A) When a trustee resigns or is removed from an irrevocable trust pursuant to the terms of the trust or otherwise and the departing trustee elects to use the provisions of this section, the departing trustee shall serve on the resignation or removal necessary parties the documents and information described in division (B) of this section. The trustee also may serve those documents and that information on other perso...

...(A)(1) Division (A)(2) of this section applies if both of the following apply: (a) A notice and trustee's reports under division (B) of section 5801.22 or division (B) of section 5801.23 of the Revised Code are served upon both of the following: (i) The personal representative for the estate of a deceased beneficiary of the noticing trust or the trustee of a subtrust that is a beneficiary of the noticing trust; ...