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...When a special assessment is made on real estate subject to a life estate, the assessment shall be payable by the tenant for life, but upon application by the life tenant to a court of competent jurisdiction, by action against the owner of the estate in fee, such court may apportion the cost of the assessment between the life tenant and the owner in fee in proportion to the relative value of the improvement to their ...

...(A)(1)(a) Except as provided under division (A)(3) of this section, the executor or administrator, or, if no executor or administrator has been appointed, another person in possession of property the transfer of which is subject to estate taxes under section 5731.02 or division (A) of section 5731.19 of the Revised Code, shall file an estate tax return, within nine months of the date of the decedent's death, in the f...

...Service may be made by publication in any of the following cases: (A) In an action for the recovery of real property or of an estate or interest in real property, when the defendant is not a resident of this state or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (B) In an action for the partition of real property, when the defendant is not a resident of this state or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (...

...(A) Each unit of a condominium property, together with the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to it, is real property for all purposes and is real estate within the meaning of all provisions of the Revised Code. (B) A unit owner is entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of the unit and to ownership of an undivided interest in the common elements as expressed in the declaration. (C...

...A spouse who has not relinquished or been barred from it shall be endowed of an estate for life in one third of the real property of which the consort was seized as an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage. Such dower interest shall terminate upon the death of the consort except: (A) To the extent that any such real property was conveyed by the deceased consort during the marriage, the surviving spou...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial institution" has the same meaning as in section 5725.01 of the Revised Code. "Financial institution" also includes a credit union and a fiduciary that is not a trust company but that does trust business. (2) "Funeral and burial expenses" means whichever of the following applies: (a) The funeral and burial expenses of the decedent that are included in the bill of a funera...

...Every devise of an interest in real property in a will shall convey all the estate of the devisor in the property, unless it clearly appears by the will that the devisor intended to convey a less estate.

...When a person who has entered into a written contract for the purchase of an interest in real property dies before the conveyance of the interest to the person, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, the surviving spouse, any heir, or any devisee or legatee having an interest in the contract may file an application for authority to complete the contract in the probate court of the county in whi...

...(A) With the consent of all persons entitled to share in an estate upon distribution, the executor, administrator, or administrator with the will annexed may, and upon the request of these persons shall, commence an action in the probate court for authority to sell any part or all of the decedent's real property, even though the real property is not required to be sold to pay debts or legacies. A guardian may m...

...A trust company may receive and hold moneys or property, in trust or as custodian, from executors, administrators, assignees, guardians, trustees, corporations, or individuals, and engage in those activities constituting the trust business, and any activities incidental to the trust business, including any of the following: (A) Acting as trustee under any instrument creating a trust for the care and management of pr...

...(A) As used in sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affiliate" means a business entity that is owned by, operated by, controlled by, or under common control with another business entity. (2) "Communication" means a written or oral notification or advertisement that meets both of the following criteria, as applicable: (a) The notification or advertisement is transmitted by or on behalf of the se...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 5162.23 of the Revised Code, no lien may be imposed against the property of an individual before the individual's death on account of medicaid services correctly paid or to be paid on the individual's behalf. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the department of medicaid may impose a lien against the real property of a medi...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or the bylaws, the unit owners association has a continuing lien upon the estate or interest of the owner in any unit and the appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements for the payment of any of the following expenses that are chargeable against the unit and that remain unpaid for ten days after any portion has become due and payable: (a) The portion of...

...(A) The owners association has a lien upon the estate or interest in any lot for the payment of any assessment or charge levied in accordance with section 5312.11 of the Revised Code, as well as any related interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, collection costs, attorney's fees, and paralegal fees, that are chargeable against the lot and that remain unpaid ten days after any portion has b...

...As used in sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means any individual, partnership, trust, estate, business trust, association, or corporation; any labor organization or manufacturer association; any department, commission, board, publicly supported college or university, division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the state; or any county, township, municipal c...

...(A) Unless otherwise limited by the trust instrument, a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code has the following general powers: (1) To make contracts, incur liabilities, lend or borrow money and to receive or give security therefor; to sell, mortgage, lease, pledge, exchange, convey, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets; to ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession. (B) "Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, a comparable order under a successor statute of general application, or a comparable order under any federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency. (C) "Constituent" means in a merger or co...

...If accepted by the grantee, the conveyance of an estate or interest in real property in lieu of dower, to take effect on the death of the grantor, will bar such grantee's right of dower in the real property of the grantor. If the conveyance was made when the grantee was a minor or during the marriage, the grantee may waive title to such real property and demand dower. When a conveyance which is intended to be in lie...

...The real property and personal property comprised in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, unless an appraisement of that real property or personal property has been dispensed with by an order of the probate court, shall be appraised by one suitable disinterested person appointed by the executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the court and sworn to a faithful discharge of ...

...The real property included in the court's order of sale, as provided in section 2127.29 of the Revised Code, shall be sold either in whole or in parcels at public auction at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the order of sale was granted, or at another place, as the court directs, and the order shall fix the place, day, and hour of sale. If it appears to be more for the interest of the ward or t...

...If, after the institution of proceedings for the partition of the real property of a decedent, it is found that the assets in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator probably are insufficient to pay the debts of the estate, together with the allowance for support of the surviving spouse, minor children, or surviving spouse and minor children as provided in section 2106.13 of the Rev...

...As used in sections 101.90 to 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a state retirement system, a member of the board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a ...

...For purposes of this section and sections 1109.54, 1109.55, and 1109.56 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Affiliate" means any of the following: (a) A company that controls the state bank and any other company controlled by the company that controls the state bank; (b) A bank subsidiary of the state bank; (c) A company that is controlled directly or indirectly, by a trust or otherwise, by or for the benefit of shareho...

...As used in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, ...

...(A) As used in this section, "state agency" or "agency" does not include the general assembly or any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and their respective offices. (B) The Ohio geographically referenced information program council shall develop and annually update a real property management plan. E...