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...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a person has knowledge of a fact if any of the following apply: (1) The person has actual knowledge of the fact. (2) The person has received notice or notification of the fact. (3) From all the facts and circumstances known to the person at the time in question, the person has reason to know the fact. (B) An organization that conducts activities through employees has n...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of the trust, Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code govern the duties and powers of a trustee, relations among trustees, and the rights and interests of a beneficiary. (B) The terms of a trust prevail over any provision of Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code except the following: (1) The requirements for creating a trust; (2) The duty of a trustee to act ...

...The common law of trusts and principles of equity continue to apply in this state, except to the extent modified by Chapters 5801. to 5811. or another section of the Revised Code.

...(A) The law of the jurisdiction designated in the terms of a trust determines the meaning and effect of the terms unless the designation of that jurisdiction's law is contrary to a strong public policy of the jurisdiction having the most significant relationship to the matter at issue. In the absence of a controlling designation in the terms of the trust, the law of the jurisdiction having the most significant ...

...(A) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, the terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration of the trust are valid and controlling if a trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction or if all or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction. (B) A...

...(A) Notice to a person or the sending of a document to a person under Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code shall be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person's last known place of residence or place of b...

...(A) Whenever Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code require notice to current or qualified beneficiaries of a trust, the trustee shall also give notice to any other beneficiary who has sent the trustee a request for notice. (B) A person appointed to enforce a trust created for the care of an animal or another noncharitable purpose as provided in section 5804.08 or 5804.09 of the Revised Code has the rights of a...

... section, the parties shall include the attorney general if an agreement described in division (C)(7) of this section is being made and either of the following applies: (a) An organization with one or more purposes that are described in division (A) of section 5804.05 of the Revised Code is a beneficiary. (b) The trust is a charitable trust. (C) The persons specified in division (B) of this section may by written ...

...A guardian of the estate or person, in acting under Chapters 5801. to 5811. of the Revised Code, shall comply with the guardian's duties under Chapter 2111. of the Revised Code or other applicable law.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Assisted reproductive technologies" means any medical or scientific technology or method designed to assist one or more persons to cause a pregnancy through means other than by sexual intercourse, including technologies that are developed after the date of this amendment. (2) "Trust" includes a revocable or irrevocable trust. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised...

...As used in sections 5801.20 to 5801.24 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Applicable reporting period" means either of the following, as applicable: (a) The most recent four years, as of the date of preparation of a notice authorized under division (B) of section 5801.22 or division (B) of section 5801.23 of the Revised Code; (b) If the trust became irrevocable during such four-year period, the period from the date ...

...(A) A trustee may, but is not required to, use the process prescribed in sections 5801.22 and 5801.23 of the Revised Code, as applicable, when concluding the trustee's administration of an irrevocable trust. (B) Sections 5801.20 to 5801.24 of the Revised Code do not apply to a testamentary trust subject to the supervision of a probate court. (C) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code or other applicab...

... estimate of any assets, income, taxes, fees, expenses, claims, or other items reasonably expected by the trustee to be received or disbursed before completion of the trust-terminating distributions but not yet received or disbursed, including trustee fees remaining to be paid. (2) One or more trustee's reports covering the applicable reporting period. (C) If no written objection is received by the trustee within...

... estimate of any assets, income, taxes, fees, expenses, claims, or other items reasonably expected by the departing trustee to be received or disbursed before delivery of the net assets of the trust to the successor trustee, or to one or more co-trustees as applicable, but not yet received or disbursed, including trustee fees remaining to be paid. (2) One or more trustee's reports covering the applicable reporting ...

... to be served or provided by his or her attorney, in which event service is complete upon transmission, but is not effective if the trustee of the noticing trust learns that they did not reach the person. (C) No trustee shall request or include a trustee indemnification clause in the notice and trustee's reports served under division (B) of section 5801.22 or division (B) of section 5801.23 of the Revised Code or i...

...(A)(1) As used in the Revised Code, the "Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act" means sections 5809.01 to 5809.08, 5808.03, 5808.05, and 5808.06, division (A) of section 5808.02, and division (B) of section 5808.07 of the Revised Code, and those sections may be cited as the "Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act." (2) As used in the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act, "trustee" means a trustee under any testamentary, inter v...

...(A) A trustee shall invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. In satisfying this requirement, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution. (B) A trustee shall make a reasonable effort to verify facts relevant to the investment and management of trust assets. (C) A trustee's inves...

...(A) A trustee may invest in any kind of property or type of investment provided that the investment is consistent with the requirements and standards of the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act. (B) A trustee shall diversify the investments of a trust unless the trustee reasonably determines that, because of special circumstances, the purposes of the trust are better served without diversifying.

...under the policy. (B) The trustee, the attorney who drafted a trust, or any person who was consulted with regard to the creation of a trust, in the absence of fraud, is not liable to the beneficiaries of the trust or to any other person for any loss arising from the absence of the duties specified in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section. (C) Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the trust, this section...

...Within a reasonable time after accepting a trusteeship or receiving trust assets, a trustee shall review the trust assets and make and implement decisions concerning the retention and disposition of trust assets in order to bring the trust portfolio into compliance with the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust, and in order to comply with the requirements and standards of ...

...Compliance with the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act shall be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of a trustee's decision or action and not by hindsight.

...(A) A trustee may delegate investment and management functions of a trust that a prudent trustee having comparable skills could properly delegate under the circumstances. A trustee that exercises its delegation authority under this division shall comply with the requirements of division (A) of section 5808.07 of the Revised Code. (B) In performing investment or management functions of a trust that are delegated to a...

...The following terms or comparable language in the provisions of a trust, unless otherwise limited or modified, authorizes any investment or strategy permitted by the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act: "investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds"; "legal investments"; "authorized investments"; "using the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, ...

...(A) The Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of these sections among the states enacting it. (B) The Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act applies to trusts existing on or created after March 22, 1999. As applied to trusts existing on March 22, 1999, the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act governs only decis...

...As used in sections 5814.01 to 5814.10 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Benefit plan" means any plan of an employer for the benefit of any employee, any plan for the benefit of any partner, or any plan for the benefit of a proprietor, and includes, but is not limited to, any pension, retirement, death benefit, deferred compensation, employment agency, stock bonus, option, or profit-sh...

...The bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall, where practicable, assist in training local law enforcement officers in crime prevention, detection, and solution when requested by local authorities, and, where practicable, furnish instruction to sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law officers in the establishment of efficient local bureaus of identification in their districts.

...(A)(1) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 121.08, 3301.32, 3301.541, or 3319.39 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manne...

...As used in sections 109.574 to 109.577 of the Revised Code: (A) "Organization or entity" means a religious, charitable, scientific, educational, athletic, or service institution or organization or local government entity that provides care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children. (B) "Unsupervised access to a child" means that the person in question has access to a child...

...At the time of a person's initial application to an organization or entity to be a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis will have unsupervised access to a child, the organization or entity shall inform the person that, at any time, the person might be required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and a criminal records check might be conducted with respect to the pers...

...(A) If a person has applied to an organization or entity to be a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, if the organization or entity subjects the person to a criminal records check, if the report of the results of the criminal records check indicates that the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses described in division (A)(1) ...

...(A) If an organization or entity uses a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child and if the volunteer has been subjected to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57, section 109.572, or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the organization or entit...

...(A) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 505.381, 737.081, 737.221, or 4765.301 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner de...

...(A) On receipt of a request pursuant to division (B) of section 4123.444 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner described in div...

...The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall prepare standard impression sheets on which fingerprints may be made in accordance with the fingerprint system of identification. The impression sheets may provide for other descriptive matter that the superintendent may prescribe. The superintendent shall furnish the impression sheets to each sheriff, chief of police, and person in c...

...The sheriff, chief of police, or other person in charge of each prison, workhouse, or state correctional institution shall send to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, on forms furnished by the superintendent of the bureau, any fingerprint impressions and other descriptive measurements that the superintendent may require. The information shall be filed, classified, and preserved by the bureau.

...(A)(1) The sheriffs of the several counties and the chiefs of police of cities, immediately upon the arrest of any person for any felony, on suspicion of any felony, for a crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or for any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(8)(a) , or (A)(10)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, and immediately upon the arrest or ...

...Each sheriff or chief of police shall furnish the bureau of criminal identification and investigation with descriptions, fingerprints, photographs, and measurements of the following: (A)(1) Persons arrested who in that sheriff's or chief of police's judgment are wanted for serious offenses, are fugitives from justice, or in whose possession at the time of arrest are found goods or property reasonably believed to hav...

...The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall co-operate with bureaus in other states and with the federal bureau of investigation to develop and carry on a complete interstate, national, and international system of criminal identification and investigation.

...The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and his assistants employed in accordance with section 109.51 of the Revised Code may testify in any court in this state to the same extent as any law enforcement officer in this state.

...(A) The attorney general, with assistance from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, annually shall publish statistical data on violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. The first annual publication of this data shall occur one year after the effective date of this section. (B) Each state agency and each agency of each political subdivision that investigates violations of section 29...

...The attorney general shall distribute at least six public awareness publications each year that provide general information on elder fraud and financial exploitation of the elderly. The awareness publications must include information on all of the following: (A) Warning signs that may signal that fraud or financial exploitation are occurring; (B) Methods for reporting elder fraud or financial exploitation includi...

...lected. (B) In consultation with the attorney general's advisory group on sexual assault examination kit tracking, the attorney general shall develop recommendations for establishing a statewide sexual assault examination kit tracking system. Based on those recommendations, the attorney general shall create, operate, and maintain the statewide tracking system and shall identify and allocate money for that purpose ...

...(A)(1) The attorney general shall negotiate and enter into a reciprocity agreement with any other license-issuing state under which a concealed handgun license that is issued by the other state is recognized in this state, except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the attorney general determines that both of the following apply: (a) The eligibility requirements imposed by that license-issuing state for ...

... or state police officers. (D)(1) The attorney general shall establish a form that any local or state police officer may access on the web site of the attorney general for the purpose of reporting the use of quotas in violation of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section by the law enforcement official or agency that has jurisdiction over the local or state police officer. Upon receiving a report, including a r...

... is hereby created in the office of the attorney general the Ohio peace officer training commission. The commission shall consist of ten members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and selected as follows: one member representing the public; one member who represents a fraternal organization representing law enforcement officers; two members who are incumbent sheriffs; two members who ...

...y the chairperson at the request of the attorney general or upon the written request of five members of the commission. The commission may establish its own requirements as to quorum and its own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and other affairs; provided, that all recommendations by the commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code shall require the affirmati...

...(A)(1) The attorney general shall prescribe, and shall make available to sheriffs an application form that is to be used under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code by a person who applies for a concealed handgun license and an application form that is to be used under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code by a person who applies for the renewal of a license of that nature. The attorney general shall design the form to...

...The attorney general, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, has discretion to adopt and promulgate any or all of the rules and regulations recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.73 of the Revised Code. When the attorney general promulgates any rule or regulation recommended by the commission, the attorney general shall transmit a certif...

...The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in the handling of missing children, missing persons, and child abuse and neglect cases. The rules shall specify the amount of that training necessary for the satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training school...

...The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in crisis intervention. The rules shall specify the amount of training necessary for the satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training schools, other than the Ohio peace officer training academy.