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...(A) In order to form a limited liability company, one or more persons shall execute articles of organization and deliver the articles to the secretary of state for filing. The articles of organization shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name of the limited liability company; (2) The name and street address of the limited liability company's statutory agent and a written acceptance of the appointment tha...

...y of state for filing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a certificate of amendment containing both of the following information: (1) The name and registration number of the limited liability company; (2) The changes the amendment makes to the articles of organization as most recently amended or restated. (D) Restated articles of organization shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing...

...(A) A record delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this chapter shall be signed as provided by this section. (1) A limited liability company's initial articles of organization shall be signed by at least one person. (2) A record signed on behalf of a limited liability company shall be signed by a person authorized by the limited liability company. (3) A record filed on behalf of a dissolved...

...(A) If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved by that failure to sign may petition the appropriate court to order any of the following: (1) The person to sign the record; (2) The person to deliver the record to the secretary of state for filing; (3) The secretary of state to...

...(A) Each record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) The record shall contain all information required by the law of this state to be contained in the record but, unless otherwise provided by law, shall not be required to contain other information. (2) The record shall be on or in a medium and in such form ...

...(A) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of correction to correct a record previously delivered by the limited liability company or foreign limited liability 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 ...

...nder 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 suffers a loss by reasonable reliance on the information may recover damages for the l...

...(A) The secretary of state, upon request and payment of the requisite fee, shall furnish to any person a certificate of full force and effect for a limited 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 liabilit...

...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...

...ry of state for filing on a form prescribed by the secretary of state a statement of authority. Such a statement: (1) Shall include the name and registration number of the limited liability company; (2) May state the authority of a specific person, or, with respect to any position that exists in or with respect to the limited liability company or series thereof, of all persons holding the position, to enter into ...

...ry 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 ...

...(A) In connection with the formation of a limited liability company, a person is admitted as a member of the limited liability company upon the occurrence of either of the following: (1) If the organizer was authorized by one or more persons intending to be members of the limited liability company to file the articles of organization on their behalf, the formation of the limited liability company; (2) If the orga...

...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)(1) The activities and affairs of the limited liability company shall be under the direction, and subject to the oversight, of its members. (2) The activities and affairs of a series shall be under the direction, and subject to the oversight, of the members associated with the series. (3) Division (A)(1) of this section shall not apply to the activities and affairs of a series. (B)(1) Except as provided in d...

...(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...

...r presented by any of the persons described in section 1706.331 of the Revised Code to be unwarranted. (E) A manager shall be liable for monetary relief for a violation of the manager's duties under division (C) of this section only if it is proved that the manager's action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the limited liability company or undertaken ...

...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; ...