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...ty may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (L) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the assets of the funds, it shall be the intent of the author...

...corporation, limited liability company, partnership, club, trust, estate, society, receiver, trustee, person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, instrumentality of the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any other business entity or combination of individuals meeting the requirements set forth in this section or established by rule or order of the state lottery commission. (B) The director ...

... corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, proprietorship, or any other entity operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide transportation network company services. (G) "Transportation network company driver" or "driver" means an individual to whom both of the following apply: (1) Th...

...No business trust shall be authorized to transact business in this state unless it complies with section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, except that a business trust that is transacting business in this state on the effective date of this section may continue to transact business in this state without complying with this chapter and, if it makes the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, shall be deem...

...) The authorized number, which may be unlimited, and the par value per share of shares of beneficial interest with par value, and the authorized number, which may be unlimited, of shares of beneficial interest without par value; the terms, if any, of the shares; the assessability or nonassessability of the shares; and, if the shares are classified, the designation of each class or series thereof, the authorized numbe...

...orated," "Corporation," "Inc.," "Co.," "Partnership," "Ltd.," or derivatives thereof in its name. (B) No business trust formed after the effective date of this chapter that has made a filing pursuant to section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall assume the name of any corporation established under the laws of this state, or of a corporation, firm, or association, or trust whether or not as defined in section 1746.01 ...

...A trust instrument may be amended in the manner specified in it or in any manner that is valid under the common or statutory law applicable to the business trust created by the instrument.

...(A) Any individual or entity may be a trustee of a business trust; any trustee may own shares, including all of the shares, of the business trust. (B) Unless otherwise set forth in the trust instrument, and notwithstanding section 1746.13 of the Revised Code, a trustee of a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall be liable to the business trust, its shareholder...

...(A) A business trust may take, hold, and dispose of any estate or interest in real or personal property in its business name, or in the name of one or more of its trustees, or in the name of one or more of its nominees. A conveyance to a business trust in its business name shall recite that the grantee is a business trust, and the estate or interest so acquired can be conveyed by the business trust only in its busine...

...Business trusts transacting business in this state are subject to all applicable provisions of law, rules of procedure, and rules of court relating to domestic or foreign corporations, with regard to service of process.

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the trust instrument, shares of beneficial interest need not be evidenced by certificates. (B) For purposes of Title XIII of the Revised Code, shares of beneficial interest, however designated, in a business trust shall be treated as personal property, notwithstanding the nature of the property of which the business trust shall consist, and shall be subject to attachment and executio...

...ic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the trust instrument of the business trust contains provisions for indemnification of such person against such liability by the business trust. (C) The trust estate of a business trust t...

...Unless otherwise stated in the trust instrument, a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code has a perpetual period of existence and is not affected by any rule against perpetuities. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to limit, prohibit, or invalidate any provision of a trust instrument providing that such business trust may be terminate...

...tor may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. When reporting on the performance of investments, the administrator shall comply with the performance presentation standards established by the as...

...siness, or a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or joint venture of any kind, that is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens and residents of this state. (B) The administrator of workers' compensation shall submit annually to the governor and to the general assembly (under section 101.68 of the Revised Code) a report containing the following information: (1) The name ...

...artnership, unincorporated association, limited liability company, two or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. (E) "Service mark" means a mark used by a person to identify services and to distinguish them from the services of others. (F) "Trademark" means a mark used by a person to identify goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. (...

...tion, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, or other business organization named in the subpoena or order. (C)(1) Any witness who appears in response to a subpoena of the board may request, and shall receive within a reasonable time after making the request, the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. (2) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena or order is...

...Any business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code may withdraw from this state at any time by filing in the office of the secretary of state a verified copy of a resolution duly adopted by its trustees declaring its intention to withdraw and surrender its authority, accompanied by the fee specified in division (T) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Any business trust that transacts business in this state in violation of this chapter shall forfeit not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars. Such forfeiture shall be recovered in an action in the name of the state brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or in the court of common pleas of any county in which the business trust has transacted business or has property or a plac...

...(A) The transaction of business in this state by a business trust in violation of this chapter does not affect the validity of any contract with such trust, or the validity of the title to any estate or interest in real or personal property taken, held, or disposed of by such trust. No business trust that has transacted business in violation of this chapter, nor any persons acting on its behalf, shall maintain any ac...

...Any business trust may be a party, with one or more other entities, to an agreement of merger, consolidation, or sale, or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, provided that the agreement of merger, consolidation, or sale, or other disposition is approved in the manner set forth in the trust instrument or, if the trust instrument contains no procedure for such approval, by the holders of a majo...

...Chapter 1746. of the Revised Code is applicable to a foreign business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that such provisions may be inconsistent with the applicable laws of the state or jurisdiction under which the foreign business trust was organized.

...No person knowingly shall prepare, make, assist in preparing or making, or procure or advise the preparing or making of any false or fraudulent filings required or permitted by sections 1746.01 to 1746.20 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates section 1746.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars.

...As used in Chapter 1747. of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Real estate investment trust" means a trust created by an instrument, pursuant to common law or enabling legislation, under which any estate or interest in real property is held, managed, administered, controlled, invested, reinvested, or operated by a trustee or trustees for the benefit and profit of persons who are or may bec...

...No real estate investment trust shall be authorized to transact real estate business in this state unless it fully complies with section 1747.03 of the Revised Code, except that a real estate investment trust that holds an estate or interest in real property in this state on the effective date of this section may continue to transact real estate business in this state if it fully complies with section 1747.03 of the ...

...A trust instrument may be amended in the manner specified in it or in any manner that is valid under the common or statutory law applicable to the trust created under it. However, no amendment adopted subsequent to the initial filings required by section 1747.03 of the Revised Code is legally effective in this state until an executed or certified true and correct copy of the amendment has been filed in the office of...

...corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association under section 4707.073 of the Revised Code. All auctioneer's licenses and auction firm licenses expire on the last day of June of the biennium. The licenses shall be renewed in accordance with the standard renewal procedures of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code or the procedures in this section and upon the licensee's payment to the department of a...

...corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association, although a licensed home inspector may sign a home inspection report in a representative capacity on behalf of any of those types of entities.

...estate investment trusts, associations, partnerships, and individuals, or direct or indirect obligations of any state or municipal corporation, or any instrumentality thereof; (7) To elect or appoint trustees, officers, and agents of the trust for the period of time the trust instrument or bylaws provides, to define the authority and duties of such trustees, officers, and agents, and to adopt and operate employee an...

...(A) A real estate investment trust may take, hold, and dispose of any estate or interest in real property in its business name, or in the name of one or more of its trustees, or in the name of one or more of its nominees. A conveyance to a real estate investment trust in its business name shall recite that the grantee is a real estate investment trust, and the estate or interest so acquired can be conveyed by the tru...

...Real estate investment trusts are subject to all applicable provisions of law, rules of procedure, and rules of court, now in effect or hereafter enacted, relating to domestic or foreign corporations, with regard to service of process.

...A certificate of beneficial interest is a security subject to Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code.

...Unless otherwise stated in the trust instrument, a real estate investment trust authorized to transact real estate business in this state has a perpetual period of existence and is not affected by any rule against perpetuities. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to limit, prohibit, or invalidate any provision of a trust instrument providing that such real estate investment trust may b...

...ard may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (B) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the funds, it shall be the intent of the board to give considerat...

...tion including, but not limited to, any partnership, sole proprietorship, or corporation, including an S corporation as defined in section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code and any corporation that is majority worker-owned either directly through the ownership of stock or indirectly through participation in an employee stock ownership plan. (C) "Facility" means an enterprise's place of business in a zone, including...

...ard may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (B) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the funds, it shall be the intent of the board to give consider...

...rson, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, corporation, society, agricultural cooperative as defined in section 1729.01 of the Revised Code, association, or fiduciary. (G) "Processor" means any person who is in the business of grading, packaging, packing, canning, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, juicing, or in any other way preservin...

...or the purposes therein stated; (d) A partnership, the partner or agent acknowledged signing the instrument on behalf of the partnership by proper authority and the partner or agent executed the instrument as the act of the partnership for the purposes therein stated; (e) A person acknowledging as principal by an attorney in fact, the attorney in fact executed the instrument by proper authority as the act of the ...

...e case of a partnership, any general or limited partner, under the Revised Code and common law of this state.

... professional association, professional partnership, corporation-for-profit, or limited liability company that includes the person's name, or the name of an organization specified in division (A)(4) of this section. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Federally qualified health center" and "federally qualified health center look-alike" have the same meanings as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code. (2) "Free c...

...partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in a pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (6) "Record owner" means the person or persons in whose name a parcel is listed on the tax list or exempt list compiled by the county au...

...on, a limited liability company, or any partnership, may become a member of the first mentioned corporation. (F) Whenever the number of members of a corporation that, under the law, the articles, or the regulations, must have a specified number of members, is reduced below the specified number, the corporation shall not be required because of that reduction to cease carrying on its activities, but the continuing mem...

...poration, limited liability company, or partnership, any organizational document that would be filed upon the creation of the converted entity shall be filed with the certificate of conversion. (3) If the converted entity is a foreign entity that desires to transact business in this state, the certificate of conversion shall be accompanied by the information required by division (B)(7), (8), or (9) of section ...

...partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in any other kind of pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (D) "Development charge agreement" means a voluntary agreement entered into under section 308.23 of the Revised Code.

...partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in a pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (3) "Truck," "trailer," and "semitrailer" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Commercial trailer"...

...ited liability company, association, or partnership. "Auction firm" means a person who provides auction services for online or live auctions. "Auction services" means arranging, managing, and sponsoring a personal property auction. "Auction services" includes the taking and advertising of personal property on consignment to be sold at an online or live auction by a licensed auctioneer for a fee or other considera...

...ing any partner or limited partner of a partnership applicant, any officer or director of a corporate applicant, and any stock holder holding more than two per cent of the stock of a corporate applicant, the date of birth and social security number of each individual, and the federal identification number of any partnership or corporation; (D) Authorization for an investigation into the criminal record of any person...

...partner of a partnership, a member of a limited liability company, a majority shareholder of an S corporation, a person with a majority ownership interest in a pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with the authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. The signature of any owner of a business operates as the signature of the business. (5) "Eligible township" means a township wholly ...

...d a partnership composed of general and limited partners. (2) Subject to division (D) of this section, an executor or administrator who acquires, in a fiduciary capacity, a general partnership interest upon the death of a general partner of a partnership is not personally liable for any debt, obligation, or liability of the partnership that arises from the executor's or administrator's actions, except as provided in...