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... in real property dies before its completion, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, if not required to otherwise dispose of the contract, may file a complaint for the alteration or cancellation of the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed, or in which the real property or any part of it is situated. If the decedent died intestate, the...

...le an application for authority to complete the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed. Notice of the time of the hearing on the application shall be given to the surviving spouse and heirs, if the decedent died intestate, and to the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if the decedent died testate, to the executo...

...bequeathed may be delivered over to the legatee entitled to the property. The legatee shall secure its redelivery on demand to the executor or administrator. Otherwise, the property shall remain in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator to be distributed or sold, as required by law and the condition of the estate.

...l property under a devise in a will, unless the will otherwise provides, or an heir taking real property under the statutes of descent and distribution shall take the real property subject to all taxes, penalties, interest, and assessments that are a lien against that real property. (B) If real property devised in a will is subject to a mortgage lien that exists on the date of the testator's death, the perso...

...e estate before the expiration of the times described in division (E) of section 2106.01 of the Revised Code for the making of an election by a surviving spouse, the executor or administrator shall be personally liable to any surviving spouse who subsequently elects to take against the will. If the executor or administrator distributes any part of the assets of the estate within three months after the death of the d...

...General legacies shall bear no interest unless specifically provided in the will.

... or administrator to distribute the assets of the estate, either in whole or in part, in cash or in kind. Upon notice to the executor or administrator, the court shall inquire into the condition of the estate, and if all claims have been paid, or adequate provision has been or can be made for their payment, the court shall make that order with reference to distribution of the estate as the condition of the esta...

...bate court or the consent of all of the legatees or distributees whose interests may be affected by such distribution. A distribution in kind may be made to any beneficiary, including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, and the surviving spouse.

...An executor or administrator is not liable for any distribution made in compliance with sections 2113.53, 2113.54, and 2113.55 of the Revised Code, except that an order of distribution made pursuant to any of such sections may be vacated as provided in section 2109.35 of the Revised Code relating to accounts.

...with or without bond, as the court may determine; or the court may order that the property be held by the executor or some other trustee, with or without bond, for the benefit of the person having the limited estate. If bond is required of the person having the limited estate, or of the trustee, it may be increased or decreased, and if bond is not required in the first instance it may be required by the court a...

...state to which such beneficiary is entitled.

...dministration of the estate; (4) The names and places of residence of the devisees, the interests passing to them, the names and places of residence of the persons inheriting intestate, and the interests inherited by them, in each parcel of real property being transferred; (5) A description of each parcel of real property being transferred; (6) Other information that in the opinion of the court should be incl...

...Upon receipt of the certificate provided for in section 2113.61 of the Revised Code, the county recorder shall record it in the official records and index the certificate in the name of the decedent as grantor and the person to whom the real property passes as grantee in the indexes provided for in section 317.18 of the Revised Code.

... legatees, or owing from an estate to a creditor of the estate, remains unclaimed prior to the filing of a final account, the court may order it turned into the county treasury as provided in section 2113.65 of the Revised Code, or may order the executor or administrator to invest it as the court directs for a period not to exceed two years, to accumulate for the benefit of the persons entitled to the sum of mone...

... be turned into the county treasury and credited to the general fund, without liability for interest thereon. The receipt of the county treasurer taken for it and filed is a sufficient voucher.

...ecutor or administrator who fails or neglects to comply with the requirements of sections 2113.64 and 2113.65 of the Revised Code.

...When a person entitled to the money invested or turned into the county treasury under section 2113.64 of the Revised Code satisfies the probate court of the person's right to receive it, the court shall order it to be paid over and transferred to the person. In case it has been turned into the treasury, the county auditor shall give to the person a warrant for the money upon the certificate of the probate judge...

... to whom they come, and the judges' sureties, shall be responsible for their safekeeping and application, as provided in sections 2113.64 to 2113.67 of the Revised Code.

..., the executor or administrator shall file in the probate court an itemized report of those assets, with an estimate of their value, but shall not be required to make an inventory or appraisement of the assets unless ordered to do so by the court, either upon its own motion or upon the application of any interested party.

...y, or the executor's or administrator's legal representatives, may be prosecuted in any appropriate court in this state in the capacity of executor or administrator.

...veral probate courts, courts of common pleas, and superior courts have the same authority over foreign executors and administrators as if they were appointed in this state.

...or residing in this state, or having assets or property in this state, to account at the suit of an heir, distributee, or legatee, who is resident in this state, and make distribution of the amount found in the possession or under the control of the foreign administrator or executor to the respective heirs, distributees, or legatees according to the law of the state granting the letters of administration. If su...

...s or executor's sureties are irresponsible, the distributees, heirs, or legatees, in any court of common pleas or probate court may compel the foreign administrator or executor to secure the amounts respectively due to them and any of the foreign administrator's or executor's sureties may require indemnity on account of their liability as bail.

...rator's property and effects, or the assets of the estate, necessary for the security of those interested in the property, effects, or assets.

...An executor or administrator appointed in any other state or country may commence and prosecute an action or proceeding in any court in this state, in the capacity as executor or administrator, in the same manner and under the same restrictions as a nonresident is permitted to sue.