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...Sections 2331.11 to 2331.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not extend to cases of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, nor do they privilege any person specified in such sections from being served with a summons or notice to appear. Arrests not contrary to such sections made in any place or on any river or watercourse within or bounding upon this state are lawful.

... in a summary way, by motion before the court from which the process issued, at the cost of the party who sued out the process.

...A person imprisoned for debt is entitled to the privilege of prison bounds, which shall be coextensive with the limits of the county. Such prisoner shall not pass over or without such limits.

...A prisoner is not entitled to the privilege of prison bounds until he gives bond to the creditors, with two or more sureties, resident in the county, approved by the judge or mayor who issued the process, or, in other cases, by the probate judge, in double the sum for which he stands committed, for his safe continuance in the custody of the jailer within the limits of the prison bounds, until legally discharged, whic...

...When a judgment debtor does not have sufficient personal or real property subject to levy on execution to satisfy the judgment, any equitable interest which he has in real estate as mortgagor, mortgagee, or otherwise, or any interest he has in a banking, turnpike, bridge, or other joint-stock company, or in a money contract, claim, or chose in action, due or to become due to him, or in a judgment or order, or money, ...

...inst a railroad company rendered in any court upon a claim due to the common laborers for work and labor performed for the company, or for crossties, lumber, or wood furnished thereto, to be used in the construction, repair, or operation of its road or for the erection of fences along the line of its road, required by law to be erected, or upon a note, or other evidence of indebtedness given for such considerations, ...

...The officer holding a writ of execution shall serve upon each garnishee named in the notice required by section 2333.02 of the Revised Code a copy of the execution and notice, and the person so served shall be bound to the plaintiff in execution from the date of such service for all the money, property, and credits of the defendant in his possession or under his control, or which may come into his possession or under...

...ister oaths, or before the clerk of the court of common pleas of his county, and answer such questions as are asked him touching the property of every description, money, and credits of the defendant, in his possession or under his control. The notice must be signed by the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, and shall specify the time when and place where the examination will be held, and shall be served at least one...

...If the garnishee refuses to appear, as required by the notice mentioned in section 2333.04 of the Revised Code, an attachment may be issued against him, upon proof made of due service of the notice. Having appeared, if he refuses to answer the questions asked him, the officer before whom the examination is had shall commit him to the jail of the county until he answers such questions, or is discharged according to l...

...The garnishee shall pay over to the officer holding a writ of execution all money in his hands, or under his control, or which may come into his hands or control, belonging to the defendant mentioned in section 2333.02 of the Revised Code, not exceeding the amount of the judgment and costs, and deliver to the officer all property and credits of the defendant in his hands, or which may come into his hands, and take ...

...ther property to abide the order of the court.

...An assignment or transfer of property in the hands or under the control of an agent of the railroad company mentioned in section 2333.02 of the Revised Code at the date of the service of notice of garnishment required by such section, or which afterwards and before the satisfaction of the judgment, comes into his hands or under his control, shall be void as against judgment claimants under sections 2333.02 to 2333.07...

...ed by a probate judge or a judge of the court of common pleas in the county in which the judgment was rendered or in which the debtor resides, requiring such debtor to appear and answer concerning his property before such judge, or a referee appointed by him, at a time and place within the county to be specified in the order.

..., to the satisfaction of a judge of the court of common pleas, or a probate judge, of the county in which the debtor is found, that the judgment debtor has property which he unjustly refuses to apply toward the satisfaction of the judgment, such judge, by order, may require the debtor to appear at a time and place in such county to answer concerning it. Such proceedings thereupon may be had for the application of the...

...nt can be issued only by a judge of the court of common pleas, or the probate judge, of a county in which the debtor is found, and the sheriff can execute it only within that county. In executing the warrant, the sheriff shall deliver to the debtor a copy thereof and of the testimony on which it issued.

...When brought before the judge as provided in section 2333.11 of the Revised Code, the judgment debtor shall be examined on oath, and other witnesses may be examined on either side. In the examination, if it appears that there is danger of such debtor's leaving the state, or that he has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the judgment, he may be ordered to enter into a bond, with surety, in such sum as the ...

...On examination pursuant to sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, no person shall be excused from answering any question on the ground that his examination will tend to convict him of a fraud. His answer shall not be used as evidence against him in a prosecution for such fraud.

..., of the Revised Code, the judge of the court of common pleas or the probate judge may order a reference to a referee agreed upon, or appointed by such judge to report the evidence or the facts. Such judge or referee may continue his proceedings from time to time, until they are completed.

...In a proceeding under sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, a party or witness may be compelled, by an order of the judge, or by a subpoena, to attend, before a judge or referee, to testify.

...If an examination held pursuant to sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is before a referee, such examination must be taken by the referee, and certified to the judge. All examinations and answers before a judge or referee must be on oath. When a corporation answers, the answer must be on the oath of an officer thereof.

...witness disobeys an order of the judge, court, or referee, issued and served pursuant to sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, such person may be punished as for contempt; and such referee may report the case to the court, or judge, and such court or judge may punish for contempt.

...After the issuance of execution against property, a person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of his debt, or so much as is necessary to satisfy the execution. The sheriff's receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid or directed to be credited by the judgment creditor on the execution.

...The judge may order any property of the judgment debtor that is not exempt by law to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment, but the earnings of the judgment debtor for personal services shall be applied only in accordance with sections 2329.66 and 2329.70 and Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code.

...(A) In proceedings under sections 2333.09 to 2333.27 of the Revised Code, the judge by order may appoint the sheriff of the proper county, or other suitable person, a receiver of the property of the judgment debtor. (B) The judge who appointed the receiver under division (A) of this section, by order, may forbid a transfer, or other disposition of or interference with, the property of the judgment debtor not exempt ...

...If the sheriff is appointed receiver under section 2333.22 of the Revised Code, he and his sureties shall be liable on his official bond as such receiver. If another person is appointed, he must take an oath and give a bond.