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...(A) This chapter shall be construed to give maximum effect to the principles of freedom of contract and to the enforceability of operating agreements. (B) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, principles of law and equity supplement this chapter. (C) Rules that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter. (D) Sections 1309....

...The law of this state governs all of the following: (A) The organization and 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...

...(B) of of this section if there also is filed in the office of the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, the consent of the other person or, in the case of a registered trade name, the person in whose name is registered the exclusive right to use the name, which consent is evidenced in a writing signed by any authorized officer or any authorized representative of the other person. (D) ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) An operating agreement governs relations among the members as members and between 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 th...

...(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...

...(A) An operating agreement may be amended upon the consent of 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 ...

... division (A) of this section and shall file with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a written appointment of that agent that is signed by an authorized representative of the company and a written acceptance of the appointment that is signed by the designated agent. (C)(1) The written appointment of an agent shall set forth the name and address in this state of the agent, includ...

...d when the articles of organization are filed by the secretary of state or at any later date or time specified in the articles of organization. (C) The fact that articles of organization are on file in the office of the secretary of state is notice of the matters required to be included by divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section, but is not notice of any other fact. (D) An operating agreement may be entered into ...

... separate certificate of amendment were filed to effect the amendment or change. (E) The original articles of organization, as amended or supplemented, shall be superseded by the restated articles of organization. Thereafter, the articles of organization, including any further amendment or changes made thereby, shall be the articles of organization of the limited liability company, but the original effective date o...

...mited liability company. (3) A record filed on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no members shall be signed by the person winding up the limited liability company's activities under division (A) of section 1706.472 of the Revised Code or a person appointed under division (B) of section 1706.472 of the Revised Code to wind up those activities. (4) A statement of denial by a person under sect...

...filing; (3) The secretary of state to file the record unsigned. (B) If a petitioner under division (A) of this section is not the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to whom the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company a party to the action. A person aggrieved under division (A) of this section may seek the remedies pr...

...e secretary of state is not required to file a record that is not delivered by a means and in a medium that complies with the requirements then established by the secretary of state for the delivery and filing of records. If the secretary of state permits a record to be delivered on paper, the record shall be typewritten or machine printed, and the secretary of state may impose reasonable requirements upon the dimens...

...y company to the secretary of state and filed by the secretary of state if at the time of filing the record contained incorrect or inaccurate information or was defectively signed. (B) A certificate of correction under division (A) of this section shall not state a delayed effective date and shall do all of the following: (1) Describe the record to be corrected, including its filing date, or attach a copy of the ...

...s a record authorized or required to be filed under this chapter thereby affirms under penalty for falsification as described in section 2921.13 of the Revised Code that the facts stated in the record are true in all material respects. (B) If a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter and filed by the secretary of state contains incorrect or inaccurate information, a person that suff...

...imited liability company if the records filed in the office of the secretary of state show that the limited liability company has been formed under the laws of this state. A certificate of full force and effect shall state all of the following: (1) The limited liability company's name; (2) The limited liability company's date of formation; (3) That the limited liability company is in full force and effect on th...

...No person shall have the power to bind the limited liability company, or a series thereof, except: (A) To the extent the person is authorized to act as the agent of the limited liability company or a series thereof under or pursuant to the operating agreement; (B) To the extent the person is authorized to act as the agent of the limited liability company or a series thereof pursuant to division (A) of section 170...

...mend or cancel a statement of authority filed by the secretary of state, a limited liability company shall, on behalf of itself or a series thereof, deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment or cancellation on a form prescribed by the secretary of state stating all of the following: (1) The name and registration number of the limited liability company; (2) The date of filing of the statement of au...

...A person named in a filed statement of authority may deliver to the secretary of state for filing on a form prescribed by the secretary of state a statement of denial that does both of the following: (A) States the name and registration number of the limited liability company and the date of filing of the statement of authority to which the statement of denial pertains; (B) Denies the person's authority.

...A person 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 ...

...ers 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 authorized by any other person intending to be members of the limited liability company, each organizer shall have the authority of a member of the limited liability company upon the formation of the limited liability company until the admission of t...

...A contribution 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.

...(A) A promise by a member to make 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 b...

...(A)(1) All members shall share equally in any distributions 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 ordin...

...a) Amend the operating agreement; (b) File a petition of the limited liability company for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, or a successor statute of general application, 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 ...

...(A) Unless either a written operating 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 t...

...(A) Unless either a written operating 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 s...

...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.

...(A) Upon reasonable notice 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 cha...

...Each 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 compet...

...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.

...(A) An assignment, in whole or in part, of a membership interest: (1) Is permissible; (2)(a) Does not by itself cause a member to cease 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; ...

...(A) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a member or assignee, the court may charge the membership interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so 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 o...

...(A) A person shall not voluntarily 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)...

...lled as a member because the person has filed a statement of dissolution or the equivalent, or its right to transact business has been suspended by its jurisdiction of formation, the statement of dissolution or the equivalent has not been revoked or its right to transact business has not been reinstated. (3) The person is an entity and, within ninety days after the limited liability company notifies the person that...

...(A) A person who has dissociated as a member shall have no right to participate as a member in the activities 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 th...

...e, trade name, or assumed name has been filed, the name of which is not distinguishable upon the record as provided in section 1706.07 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall require the applicant for reinstatement, as a condition prerequisite to such reinstatement, to amend its articles or registration by changing its name. (B) Upon reinstatement in accordance with section 1706.09 of the Revised Code, bo...

...(A)(1) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may appeal a cancellation under division (L) of section 1706.09 of the Revised Code within thirty days after the effective date of the cancellation. The appeal shall be made to one of the following: (a) The court of common pleas of the county in which the street address of the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company's pri...

...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...

...(A) A dissolved limited liability company continues its existence as a limited liability company but may not carry on any activities except as is appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs. Appropriate activities include all of the following: (1) Collecting its assets; (2) Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind to persons owning membership interests; (3) Dischargin...

...(A) Subject to division (C)(5) of section 1706.471 of the Revised Code, after dissolution, the remaining members, if any, and if none, a person appointed by all holders of the membership interest last assigned by the last person to have been a member, 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,...

...(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...

...blished a notice under this section may file an application with the appropriate court in the county in which the dissolved limited liability company's principal office is located or, if it has none in this state, in the county in which the dissolved limited liability company's statutory agent is or was last located, for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of the following cl...

...(A) Upon 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 ...

...eign limited liability company that has filed a registration as a foreign limited liability company, may not engage in any activities in this state that a limited liability company is forbidden to engage in by the laws of this state. (D) A foreign limited liability company that has filed a registration as a foreign limited liability company shall in this state: (1) Have the same but no greater rights than a limit...

...at makes any statement contained in its filed registration as a foreign limited liability company no longer true, a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing an appropriate certificate of correction, on a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, so that its statement of foreign qualification is in all respects true. (E) A ...

...(A) A foreign limited liability company shall not be considered to be transacting business in this state within the meaning of sections 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code by reason of its or any one or more of its series' carrying on in this state any of the following actions: (1) Maintaining, defending, or settling in its own behalf any proceeding or dispute; (2) Holding meetings or carrying on any other ac...

...ion 1706.07 of the Revised Code may not file a registration as a foreign limited liability company until it adopts, for the purpose of transacting business in this state, an assumed name that complies with section 1706.07 of the Revised Code. A foreign limited liability company that adopts an assumed name under this division and then files a registration as a foreign limited liability company under that assumed name ...

...any statement of assumed name it has on file in the records of the secretary of state and any assumed name with respect to the foreign limited liability company, are withdrawn upon the effective date of the cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liability company. (C) The cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liability company shall be effective upon filing by the secretary of state, whereupo...

...foreign limited liability company is on file in the records of the secretary of state. (B) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign limited liability company, or series thereof, until it determines whether the foreign limited liability company should have a registration as a limited liability company on file in the records of the secretary of state. If the court determines that the foreign limited liabi...

...(A) A member may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a limited liability company to recover a judgment in favor of the limited liability company by complying with sections 1706.61 to 1706.617 of the Revised Code. (B) A member associated with a series of a limited liability company may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the series to recover a judgment in favor of the serie...

...(A) A member may commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company only if the member meets both of the following conditions: (1) The member fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company. (2) The member either: (a) Was a member of the limited liability company at the time of the act or ...

...A member may not commence a derivative action in the right of the limited liability company, or a series thereof, until both of the following occur: (A) A written demand has been made upon the limited liability company or the series to take suitable action. (B) Ninety days have expired from the date the demand was made unless either of the following applies: (1) The member has earlier been notified that the dem...

...For the purpose of allowing the limited liability company or the series thereof time to undertake an inquiry into the allegations made in the demand or complaint commenced pursuant to sections 1706.61 to 1706.617 of the Revised Code, the court may stay any derivative action for the period the court deems appropriate.

...ersons appointed by a court upon motion filed with the court by the limited liability company for those purposes. (B)(1) A derivative action in the right of a series of a limited liability company shall be dismissed on motion by the series if one of the groups specified in division (B)(2) of this section has determined in good faith, after conducting a reasonable inquiry upon which its conclusions are based that th...

...A derivative action may not be discontinued or settled without the court's approval. If the court determines that a proposed discontinuance or settlement will substantially affect the interests of members of the limited liability company, or the interests of members associated with a series of the limited liability company, the court shall direct that notice be given to the members affected.

...On termination of the derivative action the court may do any of the following: (A) Order the limited liability company to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the plaintiff in the derivative action if the court finds that the derivative action has resulted in a substantial benefit to the limited liability company; (B) Order a series to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expens...

...In any derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, the right of a person to commence or maintain a derivative action in the right of a foreign limited liability company, or a series thereof, and any matters raised in the action covered by sections 1706.61 to 1706.616 of the Revised Code shall be governed by the law of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited lia...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a member may maintain a direct action against another member or members or the limited liability company, or a series thereof, to enforce the member's rights and otherwise protect the member's interests, including rights and interests under the operating agreement or this chapter or arising independently of the membership relationship. (B) A member maintaining a direct a...

...(A) A limited liability company may merge with one or more other constituent entities pursuant to sections 1706.71 to 1706.713 of the Revised Code and to an agreement of merger if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The governing statute of each of the other entities authorizes the merger. (2) The merger is not prohibited by the law of a jurisdiction that enacted any of the governing statutes. (3) Each...

...(A) To be effective, an agreement of merger shall be consented to by all the members of a constituent limited liability company. (B) After the agreement of merger is approved, and at any time before a certificate of merger is delivered to the secretary of state for filing under section 1706.712 of the Revised Code, a constituent limited liability company may amend the agreement or abandon the merger: (1) As provi...

...(A) After each constituent entity has approved the agreement of merger, a certificate of merger shall be signed on behalf of both of the following: (1) Each constituent limited liability company, as provided in division (A) of section 1706.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Each other constituent entity, as provided in its governing statute. (B) A certificate of merger under this section shall include all of the follo...

...(A) When a merger becomes effective, all of the following apply: (1) The surviving entity continues or comes into existence. (2) Each constituent entity that merges into the surviving entity ceases to exist as a separate entity. (3) All property owned by each constituent entity, or series thereof, that ceases to exist vests in the surviving entity without reservation or impairment. (4) All debts, obligations,...

...(A) An entity other than a limited liability company may convert to a limited liability company, and a limited liability company may convert to an entity other than a limited liability company pursuant to sections 1706.72 to 1706.723 of the Revised Code and a written declaration of conversion if all of the following apply: (1) The governing statute of the entity that is not a limited liability company authorizes th...

...(A) A declaration of conversion must be consented to by all the members of a converting limited liability company. (B) After a conversion is approved, and at any time before the certificate of conversion is delivered to the secretary of state for filing under section 1706.722 of the Revised Code, a converting limited liability company may amend the declaration or abandon the conversion: (1) As provided in the dec...

...(A) After a declaration of conversion is approved, both of the following apply: (1) A converting limited liability company shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of conversion. The certificate of conversion shall be signed as provided in division (A) of section 1706.17 of the Revised Code and shall include all of the following: (a) A statement that the converting limited liability compan...

...(A) When a conversion takes effect, all of the following apply: (1) All property owned by the converting entity, or series thereof, remains vested in the converted entity. (2) All debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converting entity, or series thereof, continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the converted entity. (3) An action or proceeding pending by or against the converting entit...

...(A) If a member of a constituent or converting limited liability company will have personal liability with respect to a surviving or converted entity, approval or amendment of a plan of merger or a declaration of conversion are ineffective without the consent of the member, unless both of the following conditions are met: (1) The limited liability company's operating agreement provides for approval of a merger or c...

...Sections 1706.71 to 1706.74 of the Revised Code do not preclude an entity from being merged or converted under law other than this chapter.

...(A) An operating agreement may establish or provide for the establishment of one or more designated series of assets that has both of the following: (1) Either or both of the following: (a) Separate rights, powers, or duties with respect to specified property or obligations of the limited liability company or profits and losses associated with specified property or obligations; (b) A separate purpose or investm...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a series shall be enforceable against the assets of that series only, and shall not be enforceable against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series thereof. (2) None of the debts, liabilities...

...(A) Assets of a series may be held directly or indirectly, including in the name of the series, in the name of the limited liability company, through a nominee, or otherwise. (B) If the records of a series are maintained in a manner so that the assets of the series can be reasonably identified by specific listing, category, type, quantity, or computational or allocational formula or procedure, including a percentag...

...The statement of limitation on liabilities of a series required by division (B)(3) of section 1706.761 of the Revised Code is sufficient regardless of whether either of the following applies: (A) The limited liability company has established any series under this chapter when the statement of limitations is contained in the articles of organization; (B) The statement of limitations makes reference to a specific s...

...(A) A person shall not voluntarily dissociate as a member associated with a series. (B) A person's dissociation from a series is wrongful only if one of the following applies: (1) The person's dissociation is in breach of an express provision of the operating agreement. (2) The person is expelled as a member associated with the series by determination of a tribunal under division (E) of section 1706.765 of the ...

...with that series because the person has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, or its right to transact business has been suspended by its jurisdiction of formation, the certificate of dissolution or the equivalent has not been revoked or its right to transact business has not been reinstated. (3) The person is an entity and, within ninety days after the series notifies the person that it will be exp...

...(A) A person who has dissociated as a member associated with a series shall have no right to participate in the activities and affairs of that series and is entitled only to receive the distributions to which that member would have been entitled if the member had not dissociated from that series. (B) A person's dissociation as a member associated with a series does not of itself discharge the person from any debt, ...

...A series may be dissolved and its activities and affairs may be wound up without causing the dissolution of the limited liability company. The dissolution and winding up of a series does not abate, suspend, or otherwise affect the limitation on liabilities of the series provided by section 1706.761 of the Revised Code.

...A series is dissolved and its activities and affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (A) The dissolution of the limited liability company under section 1706.47 of the Revised Code; (B) An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution of the series; (C) The consent of all of the members associated with the series; (D) The passage of ninety days after t...

...(A) A dissolved series continues its existence as a series but shall not carry on any activities except as is appropriate to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs. Appropriate activities include all of the following: (1) Collecting the assets of the series; (2) Disposing of the properties of the series that will not be distributed in kind to persons owning membership interests associated with the serie...

...(A) Subject to division (C) of section 1706.769 of the Revised Code, after dissolution of a series, the remaining members associated with the series, if any, and if none, a person appointed by all holders of the membership interest last assigned by the last person to have been a member associated with the series, may wind up the series' activities. (B) The appropriate tribunal may order supervision of the winding u...

...(A) A dissolved series 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 series. (B) A dissolved series may give notice of the dissolution in a record to the holder of any known claim. The notice shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the limited liability company and the dissolved s...

...blished a notice under this section may file an application with the appropriate court in the county in which the limited liability company's principal office is located or, if it has none in this state, in the county in which the limited liability company's statutory agent is or was last located. The application shall be for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that...

...(A) Upon the winding up of a series, payment or adequate provision for payment shall be made to creditors of the series, including, to the extent permitted by law, members who are associated with the series and who are also creditors of the series, in satisfaction of liabilities of the series. (B) After a series complies with division (A) of this section, any surplus shall be distributed as follows: (1) First, to...

...This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).

...A limited liability company formed and existing under this chapter may conduct its activities and affairs, carry on its operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this chapter in any state, foreign country, or other jurisdiction.

... foreign limited liability company that files an application for registration as a foreign limited liability company on or after February 11, 2022, every foreign limited liability company that registers a name in this state on or after February 11, 2022, every foreign limited liability company that has registered a name in this state prior to February 11, 2022, and every foreign limited liability company that has fil...

...Unless expressly stated to the contrary in this chapter, all amendments of this chapter shall apply to limited liability companies and members and agents whether or not existing as such at the time of the enactment of any such amendment.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural cooperative" means a cooperative to which all of the following apply: (1) The cooperative engages in any activity in connection with the propagation, raising, producing, harvesting, storing, drying, handling, processing, or marketing of agricultural products; procuring equipment and supplies or providing services for producers and others; bargaining; and any activity...

...(D) This chapter shall be known as the "Ohio Cooperative Law."

...Each association incorporated under this chapter shall have the following powers: (A) It may make contracts, incur liabilities, and borrow money; issue capital stock and other equity interests and issue certificates therefor; acquire property; and dispose of, mortgage, pledge, lease, or otherwise use in any manner, any of its property, or any interest in its property, wherever situated. (B) It may invest its funds,...

...(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, an association may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person that was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding, other than an action or suit by or in the right of the association, because the person is or was a director, officer,...

...(A) The name of any association organized under this chapter shall include the word or abbreviation "cooperative," "coop," "co-operative," "co-op," "association," "assn.," "company," "co.," "incorporated," "inc.," "corporation," or "corp." (B) No corporation or other person organized or applying to do business in this state shall use the word or abbreviation "cooperative," "coop," "co-operative," or "co-op" as a par...

...(A) Two or more individuals may form an association under this chapter. (B)(1) Every association shall have and maintain a statutory agent upon whom any process, notice, or demand against the association may be served. The agent shall be one of the following: (a) A natural person who is a resident of this state; (b) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partners...

...hall be signed by the incorporators and filed with the secretary of state in accordance with section 1729.12 of the Revised Code. The articles shall be accompanied by the appointment of a statutory agent in accordance with division (B) of section 1729.06 of the Revised Code. The legal existence of an association begins upon the filing of the articles and, unless the articles provide otherwise, its period of existence...

...ncorporation, when so adopted, shall be filed in accordance with section 1729.12 of the Revised Code. (C) The board of an association may adopt a restatement of the articles without a member vote if the restatement merely incorporates amendments previously approved by the board and adopted by the members. An association may, by action taken in the manner required for an amendment, adopt restated articles that contai...

...(A)(1) Unless the board provides that division (A)(3) of this section applies to an amendment to the articles of incorporation, a holder of stock other than membership stock or patronage stock who is affected by a proposed amendment to the articles shall be entitled to cast one vote on the amendment regardless of the par or stated value of the stock, the number of shares, or the number of affected classes of stock he...

...es of incorporation or amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, and certified by the secretary of state, is conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that the association has been incorporated under the laws of this state; and a copy certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate is prima-facie evidence of such amendment or of the facts stated i...

...(A) An association whose articles of incorporation have been canceled or an association that has been dissolved in a manner other than for a voluntary dissolution as provided in section 1729.55 of the Revised Code, or a judicial dissolution as provided in section 1729.61 of the Revised Code, may be reinstated by filing, within two years of the cancellation or dissolution, on a form prescribed by the secretary of stat...

...conversion, division, or dissolution is filed with the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall, if the articles or certificate complies with this chapter, endorse approval thereon, the date of filing, a file number, and make a legible copy thereof by any authorized method. The original or a copy of the articles or certificate, certified by the secretary of state, shall be returned to the person filing the ar...

...(A) An association may pay dividends annually on its capital stock. All its other net income from business with or for members and other eligible patrons, less reserves which shall be provided for in the bylaws or other written agreements, shall be distributed to its members and other eligible patrons on the basis of patronage as provided in the bylaws or other written agreements. Any receipts or dividends from subsi...