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...In all actions in which the plaintiff is a nonresident of the county in which the action is brought, a partnership suing by its company name, an insolvent corporation, or any party required to furnish security under section 2323.31 of the Revised Code, the plaintiff shall deposit cash or furnish security for costs. The surety must be a resident of the county and approved by the clerk. The obligation of the surety sha...

...The court of common pleas by rule may require an advance deposit for the filing of any civil action or proceeding or of any responsive action by the defendant. On the motion of any party, and if satisfied that such deposit is insufficient, the court may require it to be increased from time to time, so as to secure all costs that may accrue in the cause, or may require personal security to be given. However, if a pa...

...(A) In any civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, the defendant may introduce evidence of any amount payable as a benefit to the plaintiff as a result of the damages that result from an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the claim, except if the source of collateral benefits has a mandatory self-effectuating federal right of subrogation, a contractual ...

...Any judgment for money rendered in a court of record in this state upon any indebtedness which is secured or evidenced by a mortgage, or other instrument in the nature of a mortgage, on real property or any interest therein, upon which real property there has been located a dwelling or dwellings for not more than two families which has been used in whole or in part as a home or farm dwelling or which at any time was ...

...The writ of execution against the property of a judgment debtor issuing from a court of record shall command the officer to whom it is directed to levy on the goods and chattels of the debtor. If no goods or chattels can be found, the officer shall levy on the lands and tenements of the debtor. If the court rendering the judgment or decree so orders, real estate may be sold under execution as follows: one third cash ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, when premises are ordered to be sold, if said premises, or a part thereof, remain unsold for want of bidders after having been once appraised, advertised, and offered for sale, the court from which the order of sale issued may, on motion of the plaintiff or defendant and from time to time until said premises are disposed of, order a new appraisement an...

...(A) Every person who is domiciled in this state may hold property exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or sale to satisfy a judgment or order, as follows: (1)(a) In the case of a judgment or order regarding money owed for health care services rendered or health care supplies provided to the person or a dependent of the person, one parcel or item of real or personal property that the person or a dependent ...

...Any person upon whom a demand has been made in accordance with section 2716.02 of the Revised Code may apply to any judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court within this state in whose jurisdiction the person resides or, if the person is not a resident of this state, in whose jurisdiction the person's place of employment is located for the appointment of a trustee to receive that portion of the personal e...

...If, at any time, in the opinion of the court, the official bond of its clerk, is not sufficient in form, or becomes insufficient, for want of responsible sureties to secure the payment of the sum specified in such bond, the court, on motion, shall order its clerk to give additional bond, with responsible sureties, in the sum required by law, with the proper conditions.

...The reports of the supreme court, of the courts of appeals, and of inferior courts shall be printed on such paper and style of type as the supreme court directs, and bound in volumes in such manner and of such size as it prescribes. Each volume of the supreme court reports, reports of the courts of appeals, and of the inferior courts shall be issued at such time and cover such period of works as the supreme court ord...

...When more than one arbitrator is agreed to, all the arbitrators shall sit at the hearing of the controversy unless, by consent in writing, all parties agree to proceed with the hearing with a less number. The arbitrators selected either as prescribed in sections 2711.01 to 2711.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or otherwise, or a majority of them, may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses, fix the time and ...

...In appointing an arbitrator, the court of common pleas shall consider all of the following: (A) Any qualifications required of the arbitrator by the agreement of the parties; (B) Other considerations that are likely to secure the appointment of an independent and impartial arbitrator; (C) In the case of a sole or third arbitrator, the advisability of appointing an arbitrator of a nationality other than those of th...

...(A) The levying officer shall execute an order of attachment, after it has taken effect, without delay. He shall go to the place where the defendant's property is, and he or his agent shall make a true inventory and appraisement of all the property which shall be set forth in his or his agent's affidavit and returned with the order. When the property is real property, the officer shall leave a copy of the order wit...

...An order of attachment shall bind the property attached from the time of service. A garnishee under this chapter shall be liable to the plaintiff in attachment for all property of the defendant in his hands, and money and credits due from him to the defendant, other than personal earnings, from the time he is served with the written notice required in section 2715.091 of the Revised Code. When property is attached in...

...(A) The powers of a receiver shall be set forth in the order of the court that appointed the receiver as those powers may be modified by the court or as otherwise approved by the court upon application of the receiver or a party to the action. (B) Under the control of the court that appointed the receiver as provided in section 2735.01 of the Revised Code, the receiver may do any of the following: (1) Bring and def...

...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) A decision of the attorney general or order or judgment of the court of claims granting an award of reparations may provide for the payment of the award in a lump sum or in installments. The part of an award equal to the amount of economic loss accrued to the date of the award shall be paid in a lump sum. An award for allowable expense that would accrue after the award is made shall not be paid in a lump su...

...(A) Regardless of whether a political subdivision, under section 2744.08 of the Revised Code, secures a policy or policies of liability insurance, establishes and maintains a self-insurance program, or enters into an agreement for the joint administration of a self-insurance program, the political subdivision may, pursuant to a written agreement and to the extent that it considers necessary, join with other political...

...(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another; (2) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another, the use of which is lawfully restricted to certain persons, purposes, modes, or hours, when the offender knows the offender is in violation of any such restriction or is reckless in that regard; (3) Recklessl...

...(A) For the purpose of this section, a minor shall be considered "emancipated" if the minor has married, entered the armed services of the United States, become employed and self-subsisting, or has otherwise become independent from the care and control of her parent, guardian, or custodian. (B) No person shall knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant minor unless one of the following is the case...

...(A) No person shall knowingly convey or attempt to convey a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance into a courthouse or into another building or structure in which a courtroom is located. (B) No person shall knowingly possess or have under the person's control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a courthouse or in another building or structure in which a courtroom is located. (C) This section does not apply to ...

...(A) No person shall knowingly discharge a firearm while in or on a motor vehicle. (B) No person shall knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle in such a manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle. (C) No person shall knowingly transport or have a firearm in a motor vehicle, unless the person may lawfully possess that firearm under appl...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Hidden compartment" means a container, space, or enclosure that conceals, hides, or otherwise prevents the discovery of the contents of the container, space, or enclosure. "Hidden compartment" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (a) False, altered, or modified fuel ...

...(A) When, after arrest, the accused is taken before a court or magistrate, or when the accused appears pursuant to terms of summons or notice, the affidavit or complaint being first filed, the court or magistrate shall, before proceeding further: (1) Inform the accused of the nature of the charge and the identity of the complainant and permit the accused or counsel for the accused to see and read the affidavit or c...

...After the grand jury is discharged, the court of common pleas, when necessary, may order the drawing and impaneling of a new grand jury, which shall be summoned and returned as provided by section 2939.03 of the Revised Code and shall be sworn and proceed in the manner provided by sections 2939.06 to 2939.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Whenever the governor or general assembly directs the attorney general to con...

...(A) The issuing authority may issue obligations under this section to provide money to make proceeds loans to the designated administrator for the purpose of acquiring education loans, or needed for capitalized interest, for funding reserves, and for paying costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, carrying, securing, paying, redeeming, or retirement of the obligations or any obligations refunded t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Automated transaction" has the same meaning as in section 1306.01 of the Revised Code, and includes electronic transactions between two or more persons conducting business pursuant to the laws of this state relating to insurance. (2) "Contact point" means any electronic identification to which messages can be sent, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (a) An el...

...(A)(1) Application for a certificate of title shall be made in a form prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles and shall be sworn to before a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths. The application shall be filed with the clerk of any court of common pleas. An application for a certificate of title may be filed electronically by any electronic means approved by the registrar in any county w...

...(A) When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or public safety vehicle as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, that is required by the United States department of transportation to be equipped with seat belts at the time of manufacture or assembly, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the child properly secured ...

...(A) Whether or not it secures any other debt or obligation, a mortgage may secure unpaid balances of loan advances made after the mortgage is delivered to the recorder for record, to the extent that the total unpaid loan indebtedness, exclusive of interest thereon, does not exceed the maximum amount of loan indebtedness which the mortgage states may be outstanding at any time. With respect to such unpaid balances, di...

...(A) As used in this chapter : (1) "Borrower" means the person who receives a l oan from a lender secured by a mortgage on real property to which the borrower holds legal title and who is an applicant of the D.O.L.L.A.R. deed program. "Borrower" includes the original borrower's successor in interest. (2) "D.O.L.L.A.R. d eed in lieu of foreclosure" means a transaction in which a borrower, after default on a loan s ...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution, order, trust agreement, indenture, lease, lease-purchase agreements, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security or liquidity of, obligations issued pursuant to this section, and...

...(A) For purposes of this section, "bank" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of hospital commissioners may enter into a contract for a secured line of credit with a bank if the contract meets all of the following requirements: (1) The term of the contract does not exceed one hundred eighty days; (2) The board's secured line of credit does not exceed five hundred thousan...

...(A) A secured party has control of a deposit account if: (1) The secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained; (2) The debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or (3) The secured party bec...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, this section applies if: (1) There is no outstanding secured obligation; and (2) The secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value. (B) Within ten days after receiving an authenticated demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account debtor that has received notification of an assignment to...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Request" means a record of a type described in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section. (2) "Request for an accounting" means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient provide an accounting of the unpaid obligations secured by collateral and reasonably identifying the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request. (3) "Request regarding...

...(A) After default, a secured party has the rights provided in sections 1309.601 to 1309.628 of the Revised Code and, except as otherwise provided in section 1309.602 of the Revised Code, those provided by agreement of the parties. A secured party: (1) May reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest, or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure; and (2)...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 1309.624 of the Revised Code, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the following provisions of the Revised Code; (A) Division (B)(4)(c) of section 1309.207 of the Revised Code, which relates to the use and operation of the collateral by the secured party; (B) Section 1309.2...

...(A) After default, a secured party: (1) May take possession of the collateral; and (2) Without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor's premises under section 1309.610 of the Revised Code. (B) A secured party may act under division (A) of this section: (1) Pursuant to judicial process; or (2) Without judicial process if it acts without breach of the peace. (C) If so agreed,...

...(A) As used in this section, "transfer statement" means a record authenticated by a secured party that states: (1) The debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral; (2) The secured party has exercised its post-default remedies with respect to the collateral; (3) By reason of the exercise, a transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the collateral; and (4) The nam...

...No retail seller, in connection with a retail installment contract arising out of a consumer transaction, shall take any security interest other than as authorized by this section. A seller may take a security interest in the property sold, and in goods upon which services are performed or in which goods sold are installed or to which they are annexed. A seller may secure the debt arising from the sale by contracti...

...(A) A secured party whose security interest is taken pursuant to section 1317.071 of the Revised Code may, after default, dispose of any or all of the collateral only as authorized by this section. (B) Disposition of the collateral shall be by public sale only. Such sale may be as a unit or in parcels and the method, manner, time, place, and terms thereof shall be commercially reasonable. At least ten days prior to ...

...(A) A public hospital agency may issue revenue obligations as provided in this section to pay the costs of hospital facilities. Such revenue obligations shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the public hospital agency. (B) Revenue obligations may be secured by a pledge of and lien on all or such part of the hospital receipts of the public hospital agency as provided in the bond proc...

...(A) Subject to the limitations provided in Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the commissioners of the sinking fund, upon certification by the director of the Ohio coal development office of the amount of moneys or additional moneys needed in the coal research and development fund for the purpose of making grants or loans for allowable costs, or needed for capitalized interest, for funding reserves,...

...and personal property, property rights, easements, leasehold estates, and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the arena. (2) "Convention center" means any structure expressly designed and constructed for the purposes of presenting conventions, public meetings, and exhibitions and includes parking facilities that serve the center and any personal property used in conne...

...(A) The provisions of this section apply only to obligations issued by the issuing authority prior to December 1, 1999. (B) Subject to the limitations provided in section 3318.29 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority, upon the certification by the Ohio facilities construction commission to the issuing authority of the amount of moneys or additional moneys needed in the school building program assistance fund fo...

...To provide all or part of the moneys for acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, repairing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, and improving university facilities, including costs connected with or incidental thereto and the financing thereof, and to repay or restore moneys borrowed or advanced for such purposes or temporarily used therefor from other funds of such institution, the board of directors of any m...

...(A) When an elector receives an absent voter's ballot pursuant to the elector's application or request, the elector shall, before placing any marks on the ballot, note whether there are any voting marks on it. If there are any voting marks, the ballot shall be returned immediately to the board of elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot to be marked, folded in a manner that the stub on it and the indo...

...As used in sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Admitted assets" means investment in assets which will be admitted by the superintendent of insurance pursuant to the law of this state. (B) "Affiliate" has the same meaning as "affiliate of" or "affiliated with," as defined in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code. (C) "Assets" means all property, real and personal, of every nature and kind whatsoe...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 4505.18 of the Revised Code, a motor vehicle dealer or person acting on behalf of a motor vehicle dealer may display, offer for sale, or sell a used motor vehicle and a manufactured housing dealer or person acting on behalf of a manufactured housing dealer may display, offer for sale, or sell a used manufactured home or used mobile home without having first obtained a certificate of title ...

...ted access highway or freeway, existing easements or access may be extinguished by purchase, gift, agreement, or by condemnation. As an adjunct of any limited access highway or freeway the municipal corporation may lay out and construct streets or highways, to be designated as service streets or highways, to provide access from areas adjacent to a limited access highway or freeway. A limited access highway or freew...

...ity shall be deemed to have a permanent easement in such vacated portion or excess portion of such street, alley, or highway for the purpose of maintaining, operating, renewing, reconstructing, and removing said utility facilities and for purposes of access to said facilities.

...n of pipe, and also any water rights or easements connected with the use of water. Any land, water right, or easement so taken possession of for water-works purposes shall not be used for any other purpose, except by authority of the director of public service and with consent of such legislative authority.

...ms appropriate and necessary, and grant easements in, through, or over its property; (6) Receive and accept from any federal, state, county, municipal, or local government or agency, any grant or contribution of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied for the purpose for which such grants and contributions are made; and (7) Accept and expend gifts, grants, devises, and beques...

...n and implementation of an agricultural easement purchase program; (2) The selection of applications that will be awarded matching grants under division (D) of section 901.22 of the Revised Code for the purchase of agricultural easements; (3) The design and implementation of any other statewide farmland protection measures that the director considers appropriate. (C) Serving as a member of the board does not const...

...ant, reservation, agreement creating an easement, or lease, shall identify the department for whose use and benefit the interest in real property is acquired, as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...nstall, and the acquisition of lands or easements for such purposes, if the director finds that: (A) A plan for the use of the money so loaned in connection with the creation, location, or expansion of such a facility is economically sound and will benefit the people of the state by increasing opportunities for employment and strengthening the economy; (B) The proposed borrower is unable to procure the money for th...

...roperty, including, without limitation, easements and rights-of-way, and leasehold and other lease interests initially extending or extendable for a period of at least sixty months. (B) "Anticipatory securities" means securities, including notes, issued in anticipation of the issuance of other securities. (C) "Board of elections" means the county board of elections of the county in which the subdivision is locate...

...) Common driveways ; (b) Exchanges of easements or rights-of-way ; (c) Revocable licenses to use, adjust, or clear defects of or clouds on title ; (d) Utility service lines such as drainage, sewerage, water, electric, telephone, or other such service lines ; (e) Quitclaim of possible outstanding interests. (2) "Public body" means any township, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, ...

...ase-purchase, or installment purchase, easement deed, or other agreement, real estate and interests in real estate, including rights to use space over, under or upon real property owned by others, and support, access, common wall, and other rights in connection therewith. Any public hospital agency or other political subdivision or any public agency, board, commission, institution, body, or instrumentality may ...

...cquiring, by purchase, gift, or devise, easements in those sites or in property adjacent or contiguous to those sites, in order to control or restrict the use of those historic or archaeological sites or adjacent or contiguous property for the purpose of restoring or preserving the historical or archaeological significance or educational value of those sites; (O) Constructing a monument honoring Governor James A. R...

...rants through sales, leases, exchanges, easements, and licenses; performing inventories of land; and performing other related general management duties; (2) Cooperate with federal agencies and political subdivisions in administering federal recreation moneys under the "Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965," 78 Stat. 897, 16 U.S.C. 4601-8, and prepare and distribute the statewide comprehensive outdoor recreat...

...rants through sales, leases, exchanges, easements, and licenses; inventories of land; and other related general management duties; (I) Coordinate such environmental matters concerning the department and the state as are necessary to comply with the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 852, 42 U.S.C. 4321, as amended, the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1098, 31 U.S.C. 6506, a...

...ct, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the project. (B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of projects pursuant to Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section upon certification by the director of the Ohio coal development office of the amount of moneys or additional mon...

...ct, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the project. (B) The issuing authority shall issue general obligations of the state to pay costs of research and development projects pursuant to division (B)(2) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The issuing authority shall issue obligations ...

...on by a stream, roadway, or utility easement does not preclude two or more contiguous tracts of land from being considered contiguous. (I) "Operator" means any person conducting a coal mining operation. (J) "Overburden" means all of the earth and other materials, except topsoil, covering a natural deposit of coal, and also means such earth and other materials after removal from their natur...

...hief may acquire by purchase, donation, easement, or otherwise such interest in land as the chief determines necessary to carry out division (H) of this section. (I) The chief shall report annually to the secretary of the interior on operations under the fund and include recommendations as to its future uses. (J)(1) The chief may engage in any work and do all things necessary or expedient, including the adoption ...

... natural areas owned or managed through easement, license, or lease by the department and administered by the division; (b) Requirements governing the use, visitation, and protection of scenic river lands and of publicly owned lands that are administered by the division that are within the watersheds of wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; (c) Fees and charges for conducting stream impact reviews of any planne...

...he chief on the acquisition of land and easements and on the lands and waters that should be protected in a wild, scenic, or recreational river watershed or a proposed wild, scenic, or recreational river watershed, facilities therein, and other aspects of establishment and administration of the wild, scenic, or recreational river that may affect the local interest. An advisory council for a wild, scenic, or recreat...

...andoned railroad rights-of-way, utility easements, canals, and other scenic or historic corridors or rights-of-way that are suitable for recreational use. The director shall prepare and publish a comprehensive plan for development of a statewide trails system to serve present and future trail recreation needs of the state. Any state department, agency, political subdivision, or planning commission shall furnish avail...

...ed to grant or confer any right, title, easement or interest in, to or over any land belonging to or held in trust by a Party; neither does it authorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, nor infringement of federal, State or local laws or regulations; nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining federal assent when necessary. Section 8.2. Relationship to Agreements Concluded by the Uni...

... including the acquisition of title and easements to lands, biological investigations, law enforcement, production of educational materials, sociological surveys, habitat development, and personnel and equipment costs; and for carrying out section 1531.25 of the Revised Code. Moneys in the fund also may be used to promote and develop nonconsumptive wildlife recreational opportunities involving wild animals. Moneys i...

...is section shall be subject to existing easements, rights-of-way, and legal highways. Net sale proceeds shall be credited to the general revenue fund except when the rights disposed of were entrusted to the state for school or religious purposes.

...ity together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the facility. (B) "Coal" includes coal, coke, and fuels derived from coal, including, but not limited to, synthetic fuels and coal-oil or coal-oil-water mixtures. (C) "Person" includes an individual, receiver, assignee, trustee in bankruptcy, estate, firm, partnership, association, joint-stock company, joint v...

...urchase or donation of equipment, land, easements, labor, or materials necessary to complete the project. (7) An identification of any participation by state agencies that may have expertise regarding the particular project and that may provide assistance with respect to the project; (8) Information concerning the coordination of the project among local political subdivisions, state agencies, federal agencies, ...