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...An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party. A deposition is a written declaration under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party. Oral testimony is that delivered from the lips of the witness.

...An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading, to prove the service of the summons, notice, or other process in an action; or to obtain a provisional remedy, an examination of a witness, a stay of proceedings, or upon a motion, and in any other case permitted by law.

...An affidavit may be made in or out of this state before any person authorized to take depositions, and unless it is a verification of a pleading it must be authenticated in the same way as a deposition. Such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths whether an attorney in the case or not.

...Depositions may be taken when the testimony is required in an action, cause, or matter pending before any court or authority outside this state.

...(A) This section may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." (B) As used in this section: (1) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than Ohio. (2) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. (3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association...

...Depositions taken in and to be used in this state must be taken by an officer or person whose authority is derived within the state; but, if for use elsewhere, they may be taken before a commissioner or officer who derives his authority from the state, district, or territory in which they are to be used.

...Except as section 147.08 of the Revised Code governs the fees chargeable by a notary public for services rendered in connection with depositions, the fees and expenses chargeable for the taking and certifying of a deposition by a person who is authorized to do so in this state, including, but not limited to, a reporter, stenographer, or person described in Civil Rule 28, may be established by that person subjec...

...pter 4707. of the Revised Code and as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson under Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code. (3) "Residential mortgage loan" and "residential property" have the same meanings as in section 2308.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Judgment debtor" includes any individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, or association.

...Any judgment or decree rendered by any court of general jurisdiction, including district courts of the United States, within this state shall be a lien upon lands and tenements of each judgment debtor within any county of this state from the time there is filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of such county a certificate of such judgment, setting forth all of the following: (A) The court in ...

...As used in sections 2329.021 to 2329.027 of the Revised Code, "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States, or of any court of another state, that is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

...A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with section 1738 of Title 28 of the United States Code, 62 Stat. 947 (1948), may be filed with the clerk of any court of common pleas. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of a court of common pleas. A foreign judgment filed pursuant to this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, an...

... which the foreign judgment is filed an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and of the judgment creditor. (B) Upon the filing of a foreign judgment pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code and the affidavit pursuant to division (A) of this section, the judgment creditor or his attorney shall file with the clerk of the court a praecipe instructing the clerk to issue ...

...(A) If the judgment debtor shows the court of common pleas that an appeal is pending or will be taken from a foreign judgment that is filed pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code, or that a stay of execution of the foreign judgment has been granted and if proof is given to the court that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the foreign judgment that is required by the juris...

...Any person who files a foreign judgment pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code shall pay a filing fee of fifteen dollars. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided in section 2303.20 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 2329.021 to 2329.027 of the Revised Code do not affect the right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce a foreign judgment rather than to enforce the judgment pursuant to those sections.

...Sections 2329.021 to 2329.027 of the Revised Code shall be construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact a uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.

...Lands and tenements of a judgment debtor shall be bound with a lien for the satisfaction of any judgment of any court of general jurisdiction, including district courts of the United States, within this state, without the filing of the certificate provided for in section 2329.02 of the Revised Code, from the time when the same are seized in execution. Goods and chattels of a judgment debtor shall be bound from the t...

...Judgments of probate courts, municipal courts, county courts, and other courts inferior to the court of common pleas may be made liens upon lands and tenements of a judgment debtor within any county of this state only in the manner provided in section 2329.02 of the Revised Code. The certificate of such judgment shall be made by the clerk of any such court or judge of a county court except that as to all judgments me...

... any judgment which, having attached to property of a judgment debtor in any county, is preserved pending the review of such judgment upon appeal in the court of appeals or the supreme court.

...When a certificate is filed as provided in section 2329.02 of the Revised Code, the lien of a judgment of the court of common pleas in an action which is appealed by the judgment debtor to the court of appeals and thence removed into the supreme court shall not thereby be divested or vacated, but shall be continued until the final determination of the action in the supreme court.

... earnings or an order of garnishment of property other than personal earnings is issued by a court. For purposes of this section, an order of garnishment of personal earnings is continuing when regular garnishment payments are being made in accordance with a judgment debtor's regular pay schedule. An order of garnishment other than personal earnings is continuing until the garnishee files an answer. "Renewal of the...

...ntered with respect to residential real property but the property has not been sold or a sale of the property is not underway, then, beginning twelve months after the entry of the decree of foreclosure, either of the following may occur: (1) The local political subdivision may request, by motion or resolution, or by other means, that the county prosecuting attorney file a motion with the court for the sale of the p...

...nt in the nature of a mortgage, on real property or any interest therein, upon which real property there has been located a dwelling or dwellings for not more than two families which has been used in whole or in part as a home or farm dwelling or which at any time was held as a homestead by the person who executed or assumed such mortgage or other instrument, or which has been held by such person as a homesite, shall...

...ering the judgment or decree so orders, real estate may be sold under execution as follows: one third cash on the day of sale, one third in one year, one third in two years thereafter, with interest on deferred payments, to be secured by mortgage on the premises so sold. An execution on a judgment rendered against a partnership firm by its firm name shall operate only on the partnership property. The exact amount of ...

...ing, directing that some or all of your property be sold according to law and the proceeds of the sale be delivered to the clerk of this court to be used to satisfy all or part of your debt to the judgment creditor. This writ of execution was issued on the basis of the judgment creditor's judgment against you that was obtained in (name of court) in (case number) on (date). The laws of Ohio and the United States pro...