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...broker that enters into a written contract for services related to selling, leasing, or conveying any interest in commercial real estate has a lien on that commercial real estate. The lien is effective only if the contract for services is in writing and is signed by the broker or the broker's agent and the owner of the lien property or the owner's agent. (B) Any broker that enters into a written contract for ...

...d to a fee or commission under the contract. (b) The broker has met the requirements of division (B) of this section. (2) The lien is perfected as of the date the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section are met and does not relate back to an earlier date. (B) To perfect a lien pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section, a broker shall comply with all of the following: (1) The broker shall record a li...

...(3) A complaint shall identify the contract upon which the lien is based and the date of the contract, describe the services performed by the broker pursuant to the contract, specify the unpaid amounts due to the broker pursuant to the contract, specify the address of the lien property, and have a copy of the contract attached. (4) The broker shall name as defendants in the complaint all parties that have a legal o...

...(A) All liens claimed under sections 1311.85 to 1311.93 of the Revised Code shall be subject to section 2323.07 of the Revised Code unless the parties agree to proceed pursuant to division (B) of this section. (B) If the broker and owner agree to alternative dispute resolution (ADR), the claim shall be heard and resolved in the agreed upon ADR forum. The court shall retain jurisdiction to enter and enforce the award...

...shall record a written release or satisfaction of the broker's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded within ten days after any of the following: (1) Moneys in an amount sufficient to release the broker's lien established pursuant to section 1311.86 of the Revised Code have been deposited in an escrow account established pursuant to section 1311.92 of the Revised Code. (...

...All valid mechanic's liens, arising pursuant to and perfected in accordance with Chapter 1311. of the Revised Code, and all prior recorded liens and mortgages have priority over a broker's lien perfected pursuant to section 1311.87 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, to enable a transfer of lien property to close when a broker's perfected lien may otherwise prevent the closing, a separate escrow account shall be established by the owner into which moneys from the proceeds of the closing shall be deposited in an amount sufficient to release the broker's lien. The moneys shall be held in escrow and shall only be released as or...

...release or acknowledge release or satisfaction of a broker's lien in compliance with this section, is liable for damages incurred by any person who has a legal or equitable interest in the lien property.

...f the structural design. (B) "Dwelling action" means any civil action in contract or tort for damages or indemnity brought against a residential contractor for damages or the loss of use of real property caused by a construction defect. (C) "Owner" means an owner or a prospective owner of a residential building or a dwelling unit in a residential building who enters into a contract with a residential contractor for...

...only to an owner and a residential contractor who enter into a contract for the construction or the substantial rehabilitation of a residential building.

...Upon entering into a contract for the construction or the substantial rehabilitation of a residential building, a residential contractor shall provide the owner with notice of the contractor's right to offer to resolve any alleged construction defect before the owner may commence a dwelling action or arbitration proceedings against the contractor. The contractor may include the notice in the contract or provide the n...

...itration proceedings or file a dwelling action against a residential contractor unless, at least sixty days before commencing the proceedings or filing the action, the owner provides the contractor with written notice of the construction defect that would be the basis of the arbitration proceedings or the dwelling action. The notice shall be in writing and mailed, sent by telegram, delivered in person, or sent by any...

...(A) A residential contractor shall provide the owner with a good faith written response to any notice provided pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code. The response shall be provided within twenty-one days after the owner mailed the notice, delivered it by personal delivery, or transmitted it by telegram, facsimile, or electronic mail. In the response, the contractor shall offer to take one of the following a...

... If an owner accepts a residential contractor's offer to inspect the residential building, the owner shall notify the contractor of that acceptance within fourteen days. After accepting the offer to inspect, the owner shall allow the contractor reasonable access to the building during normal working hours. The contractor shall inspect the building within fourteen days after the owner accepts the offer. The contractor...

...itration proceedings or file a dwelling action sixty days after the owner mails, delivers, sends by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, or otherwise provides the residential contractor with a defect notice pursuant to division (A) of section 1312.04 of the Revised Code.

...wner sends a notice of defect to a contractor pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code until the owner has complied with this chapter. (B) If an owner files a dwelling action or commences arbitration proceedings without having complied with this chapter, the court or arbitrator shall dismiss that action or those proceedings without prejudice. The owner may again file a dwelling action or commence arbitration ...

...When a person, partnership, association, or corporation, makes an assignment to a trustee of property, money, rights, or credits, in trust for the benefit of creditors, within ten days after the delivery of the assignment to him and before disposing of any property so assigned, such assignee shall appear before the probate judge of the county in which the assignor resided at the time of executing the assignment, prod...

...elivery to the probate judge, and the exact time of such delivery shall be indorsed thereon by the judge, who immediately shall note the filing on the journal of the court. Such assignment may be delivered by the assignor to the judge either before or after its delivery to the assignee.

...If ten days after the execution of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, the original or a copy of it has not been filed in the probate court, or if the assignee named thereon fails for that time to give bond, on application of the assignor, or any of his creditors, the court shall make an order removing such assignee and appoint a trustee in his place. If more than one assignee is named in the assignment, and ...

...An assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors appointed by the probate court, who has qualified, may resign his trust with the consent of the court. In case of the death, removal, or resignation of a sole assignee or trustee, the court shall appoint one or more trustees in his place. If one or more assignees or trustees have not died, resigned, or been removed, the court either may fill the vacancy, or allow t...

...e or otherwise established to its satisfaction, praying for permission to elect trustees, the court by its order shall fix a time for such election and cause notices to be sent by mail or otherwise to each creditor of the assignor, specifying a time when the creditors shall meet at the courtroom for the election of trustees.

...At an election under section 1313.05 of the Revised Code creditors representing fifty per cent or more of the debts of the assignor, present or represented by attorney, may proceed to the election of trustees for the benefit of creditors, a majority in value of all the debts represented at such meeting being necessary to a choice. The proceedings of the meeting showing what creditors were present, the amount of the ...

...The probate court may remove an assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, specifying in the order the cause of removal.

...A surety of an assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, or the executor or administrator of such surety, at any time may make application to the probate court to be released from the bond of such assignee or trustee, by filing his written request therefor with the judge of such court, and giving at least five days' notice, in writing, to such assignee or trustee. If, upon the hearing, the court is of opinion...

...An assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors at any time may make application to the probate court for the release of his sureties, by filing his written request with the judge of such court, and giving at least five days' notice, in writing, to such sureties. If, upon the hearing, the court is of opinion that there is good reason to release said sureties it shall order said assignee or trustee to file an acco...