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...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, the board of education shall hear the application, and, if in its opinion there is good reason therefor, require the treasurer to give a new bond, conditioned according to law, and to the satisfaction of the board, within such time as it directs. If the treasurer fails to execute such bond, the office shall be vacant and shall immediately be ...

...The original surety mentioned in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, shall not be released or discharged until the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.14 of the Revised Code. The cost of the application provided for in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the person making it.

...A surety of a constable, township fiscal officer, or other township officer, may notify the board of township trustees, by giving at least five days' notice in writing, that the surety is unwilling to continue as surety for the officer and, at a time named in the notice, will make application to the board to be released from further liability upon the bond. The surety also shall give at least three days' notice...

...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall hear the application, and if it finds that such officer on demand by a person entitled thereto, his agent, or attorney, neglects or refuses to pay over all money received by him in his official capacity for the use of such person, or if, in its opinion, there is other good reason therefor, shall require s...

...The original sureties mentioned in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code shall not be released or discharged until the filing of a new bond, or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.17 of the Revised Code, but shall be liable only for the official acts of such officer from the time of the execution of the original bond to the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor...

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to compel him to discharge the debt or liability for which the surety is bound, after it becomes due.

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which he is bound, before it is due, whenever any of the grounds exist upon which an order may be made for arrest of a debtor, or for an attachment.

...In an action under section 1341.20 of the Revised Code the surety may obtain any provisional remedies mentioned in Chapters 2713., 2715., 2727., and 2735. and sections 2327.03 and 2327.04 of the Revised Code, upon the grounds and in the manner provided by law.

...Any party of whom a bond, undertaking, or other obligation is required, may agree with his surety for the deposit and safekeeping of any assets for which he and his surety are or may be held responsible. If such deposit is otherwise proper, it shall be made with or in the vaults of a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company, authorized by law to do business as such, or with a depository approved by the court...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Discount points" means any charges, whether or not actually denominated as "discount points," that are paid by the seller or the buyer of residential real property to a residential mortgage lender or that are deducted and retained by a residential mortgage lender from the proceeds of the residential mortgage. "Discount points" does not include the costs associated with settle...

...Upon all judgments, decrees, or orders, rendered on any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing containing stipulations for the payment of interest in accordance with section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, interest shall be computed until payment is made at the rate specified in such instrument.

...(A) In cases other than those provided for in sections 1343.01 and 1343.02 of the Revised Code, when money becomes due and payable upon any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing, upon any book account, upon any settlement between parties, upon all verbal contracts entered into, and upon all judgments, decrees, and orders of any judicial tribunal for the payment of money arising out of tortious conduct or a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of the congress of the United States, or section 5919.29 or 5923.21 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligation" means any retail installment sales contract, other contract for the purchase of goods or services, or bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing for the payment of ...

...Payments of money or property made by way of usurious interest, whether made in advance or not, as to the excess of interest above the rate allowed by law at the time of making the contract, shall be taken to be payments made on account of principal; and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due, after deducting the excess of interest so paid.

...No debtor is deemed a particeps criminis on account of having paid, or agreeing to pay, the exorbitant interest mentioned in section 1343.04 of the Revised Code, but he shall have like remedy and relief in either case. No bona fide indorsee of negotiable paper purchased before due, shall be affected by any usury exacted by any former holder of such paper, unless he has actual notice of the usury previous to his purch...

...As used in sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer transaction" means a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other transfer of an item of goods, a service, a franchise, or an intangible, to an individual for purposes that are primarily personal, family, or household, or solicitation to supply any of these things. "Consumer transaction" does not include transactions between persons, d...

...(A) As used in this section, "retail dealer" means a person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises an establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to the public. (B) When ethanol is blended or mixed into gasoline that is sold or offered for sale to the public, it is not an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction for a retail dealer to fail to disclose either ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Passenger car" has the same meaning as in section 4513.021 of the Revised Code. (2) "Unsafe used tire" means a used tire to which any of the following criteria applies: (a) The tire is worn to two thirty-seconds of an inch tread depth or less on any area of the tread. (b) The tire has any damage exposing the reinforcing plies of the tire, including cuts, cracks, punctures, s...

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) In determining whether an act or practice is unconscionable, the following circumstances shall be taken into consideration: (1) Whether the supplier has knowingly taken adva...

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice concerning a consumer transaction in connection with the origination of a residential mortgage. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, the following acts or practices of a supplier in connection with such a tra...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Deed" means a written instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the subject property is situated that purports to convey or transfer title in fee simple of real property in this state. "Deed" includes a leasehold interest for ninety-nine years or more. "Deed" does not include instruments providing for any of the following: (a)...

...The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective monetary jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to any act or practice in this state covered by sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code, or with respect to any claim arising from a consumer transaction subject to such sections.

...(A) The attorney general shall: (1) Adopt, amend, and repeal procedural rules; (2) Adopt as a rule a description of the organization of the attorney general's office, stating the general courses and methods of operation of the section of the office of the attorney general, which is to administer Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code and methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions or requ...

...(A) If, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged or is engaging in an act or practice that violates Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, he may investigate. (B) For this purpose, the attorney general may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, adduce evidence, and require the production of relevant matter. ...

...(A) If the attorney general, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints, has reasonable cause to believe that a supplier has engaged or is engaging in an act or practice that violates this chapter, and that the action would be in the public interest, the attorney general may bring any of the following: (1) An action to obtain a declaratory judgment that the act or practice violates section ...