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...If the party released on bail under section 2705.04 of the Revised Code fails to appear upon the day named, the court may issue another order of arrest, or order the bond for his appearance to be prosecuted, or both. If the bond is prosecuted, the measure of damages in the action is the extent of loss or injury sustained by the aggrieved party by reason of the misconduct for which the contempt was prosecuted, and th...

...The court may make proper orders for the preservation of property attached during the pendency of a suit and direct a sale of it when, because of its perishable nature or the costs of its keeping, that will be for the benefit of the parties. The sale shall be public, after such advertisement as is prescribed for the sale of like property on execution, and shall be made in such manner and on such terms of credit, with...

...After written notice is issued to a garnishee as provided in section 2715.091 of the Revised Code, the garnishee shall appear and answer within the time allowed the defendant to answer the petition upon which the attachment was granted. Under oath, he shall answer all questions put to him touching property of every description, and credits of the defendant in his possession or under his control. The garnishee shall ...

...(A) If the answer of a garnishee required by section 2716.05 or 2716.13 of the Revised Code is not made in writing as ordered by the court that issued the garnishment order, the answer shall be made before the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the garnishee resides or, if the garnishee resides outside of the state, before the clerk of the county in which the garnishee was served or in which th...

...Actions to enjoin the illegal levy of taxes and assessments must be brought against the corporation or person for whose use and benefit the levy is made. If the levy would go upon the county duplicate, the county auditor must be joined in the action.

...The court rendering a judgment dissolving a corporation as provided in section 2733.20 of the Revised Code shall appoint a trustee or trustees, not exceeding three in number, for the benefit of the creditors and stockholders thereof, who shall each give an undertaking payable to this state, in such sum and with such sureties as the court designates and approves, conditioned that they will faithfully discharge their r...

...On petition, the court or judge may enjoin the directors of a banking association mentioned in section 2733.32 of the Revised Code from borrowing or issuing, directly or indirectly, any of the money or assets of such bank, for their individual benefit, while the quo warranto proceedings are pending.

...After the levying officer takes possession of property pursuant to an order of possession, and until the property is delivered to the movant, he shall keep the property in a secure place. If removal of the property from the address where it is detained would be unreasonably expensive, the levying officer may take possession by conspicuously placing a notice of possession on the property. The court may order a sale of...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the reparations fund, which shall be used only for the following purposes: (a) The payment of awards of reparations that are granted by the attorney general; (b) The compensation of any personnel needed by the attorney general to administer sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code; (c) The compensation of witnesses as provided in division (J) of sec...

...(A) As used in this section and section 2743.49 of the Revised Code, a "wrongfully imprisoned individual" means an individual who satisfies each of the following: (1) The individual was charged with a violation of a section of the Revised Code by an indictment or information, and the violation charged was an aggravated felony, felony, or misdemeanor. (2) The individual was found guilty of, but did not plead guilty ...

...(A)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the functions of political subdivisions are hereby classified as governmental functions and proprietary functions. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a political subdivision is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission of the political subdivision or an employee of the polit...

...In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01, 2746.02, and 2746.04 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, and subject to any waiver of fees for combat zone casualties under section 2101.164 of the Revised Code and any reduction of fees under section 2101.20 of the Revised Code, a probate court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the...

...shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code to the same extent as if rendering services within the territory of their employing political subdivision. The information in any missing child report made to a law enforcement agency shall be made available, upon request, to law enforcement personnel of this state, other states, and the federal government when the law enforcement...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Strangulation or suffocation" means any act that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood by applying pressure to the throat or neck, or by covering the nose and mouth. (2) "Dating relationship" has the same meaning as in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code. (3) "Family or household member" has the same meaning as in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code. (4) "P...

...(A) As used in this section and section 2905.111 of the Revised Code: (1) "Elderly person" and "disabled adult" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Information service" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C. 153, as amended. (3) "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as in the "Telecommunicatio...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context requires that a term be given a different meaning: (A) "Deception" means knowingly deceiving another or causing another to be deceived by any false or misleading representation, by withholding information, by preventing another from acquiring information, or by any other conduct, act, or omission that creates, confirms, or perpetuates a false impression in another, inclu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Computer," "computer network," and "computer system" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Commercial electronic mail message" means any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service, including content on an internet web site operated for a commercial purpo...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Bookmaking" means the business of receiving or paying off bets. (B) "Bet" means the hazarding of anything of value upon the result of an event, undertaking, or contingency, but does not include a bona fide business risk. (C) "Scheme of chance" means a slot machine unless authorized under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code, lottery unless authorized under Chapter 3770. of the Revised...

...(A) No distributor shall sell, offer to sell, or otherwise provide or offer to provide bingo supplies to another person, or modify, convert, add to, or remove parts from bingo supplies to further their promotion or sale, for use in this state without having obtained a license from the attorney general under this section. (B)(1) The attorney general may issue a distributor license to any person that meets the requi...

...As used in sections 2921.01 to 2921.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers. "Public official" does not include an employee, officer, or governor-appointed member of th...

...(A) No public servant shall knowingly solicit or accept, and no person shall knowingly promise or give to a public servant, either of the following: (1) Any compensation, other than as allowed by divisions (G), (H), and (I) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code or other provisions of law, to perform the public servant's official duties, to perform any other act or service in the public servant's public capacity, for...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Compensation" means money, thing of value, or financial benefit. "Compensation" does not include bail, fines, or court costs. (2) "Critical infrastructure facility" has the same meaning as in section 2911.21 of the Revised Code. (3) "Organization" has the same meaning as in section 2901.23 of the Revised Code. (B) No organization shall knowingly direct, authorize, facilitate,...

...(A)(1) No person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise shall conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of corrupt activity or the collection of an unlawful debt. (2) No person, through a pattern of corrupt activity or the collection of an unlawful debt, shall acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in, or control of, any enterpris...

...(A) Upon the institution of any criminal proceeding charging a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code, the filing of any complaint, indictment, or information in juvenile court alleging a violation of that section as a delinquent act, or the institution of any civil proceeding under section 2923.34 or 2981.05 of the Revised Code, the state, at any time during the pendency of the proceeding, may file a corru...

...(A) In any criminal prosecution for a violation of this chapter or Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code, a laboratory report from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, a laboratory operated by another law enforcement agency, or a laboratory established by or under the authority of an institution of higher education that has its main campus in this state and that is accredited by the association of Ame...