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...The probate court may, after notice to all parties in interest, allow a real estate commission in an action to sell real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, but an allowance shall be passed upon by the court prior to the sale. The court may allow payment for certificate or abstract of title or policy of title insurance in connection with the sale of any real property by an executor, administr...

...If an action to sell real property is brought by an executor or administrator with the will annexed, if in the will of the deceased there is a disposition of the decedent's estate for the payment of debts, or a provision that may require or induce the probate court to marshal the assets differently from the way the law otherwise would prescribe, those devises, or parts of the will, shall be set forth in the com...

...The money, debts, and other personal property located in Ohio belonging to a nonresident decedent may be delivered to the nonresident executor or administrator without further liability to the estate, provided the person delivering such money, debts, or other personal property has no knowledge of ancillary proceedings being had or having been had in Ohio.

...(A) An authenticated copy of a will executed, proved, and allowed in a country other than the United States and territories of the United States, and the probate of that will shall be produced by the executor, or by a person interested in the will, to the probate court of the county in which there is any estate upon which the will may operate. The court then shall continue the application to admit it to probate for t...

...he same as in the administration of the estates of resident decedents.

...Creditors having claims against the estate of a nonresident decedent shall file them with the ancillary administrator who is appointed in accordance with sections 2109.21 and 2129.08 of the Revised Code, within the time and in the manner provided by sections 2117.06 and 2117.07 of the Revised Code.

...nistration proceedings relating to the estates of resident decedents under sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code.

... manner as in the administration of the estates of resident decedents under section 2113.61 of the Revised Code.

...The bona fide purchaser of real or personal property sold as provided by law by an ancillary administrator shall take the title free from all obligations of the estate.

...When the expense of the ancillary administration of a nonresident decedent's estate, including any attorney's fee that is allowed by the probate court, all public charges and taxes, and all claims of creditors presented as provided in section 2129.12 of the Revised Code, have been paid, any residue of the personal property and the proceeds of any real property sold for the payment of debts shall be distributed ...

...r services in the administration of the estates of resident decedents.

...Present values for probate matters shall be the values determined for Ohio estate tax purposes pursuant to division (B) of section 5731.01 of the Revised Code.

..."Legal disability" as used in Chapters 2101., 2103., 2105., 2107., 2109., 2111., 2113., 2115., 2117., 2119., 2121., 2123., 2125., 2127., 2129., and 2131. of the Revised Code includes the following: (A) Persons under the age of eighteen years; (B) Persons of unsound mind; (C) Persons in captivity; (D) Persons under guardianship of the person and estate, or either.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designate or designation in beneficiary form" means to designate, or the designation of, a motor vehicle, an all-purpose vehicle, an off-highway motorcycle, a watercraft, or an outboard motor in a certificate of title that indicates the present owner of the motor vehicle, all-purpose vehicle, off-highway motorcycle, watercraft, or outboard motor and the intention of the present o...

...(A) This chapter does not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user. (B) This chapter does not give a fiduciary or designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the user for whom, or for whose estate, the fiduciary or designated recipient acts or represents. (C) A fiduciary's access to digital assets...

...(A) Not later than sixty days after receipt of the information required under sections 2137.06 to 2137.13 of the Revised Code, a custodian shall comply with a request under this chapter from a fiduciary or designated recipient to disclose digital assets or terminate an account. If the custodian fails to comply, the fiduciary or designated recipient may apply to the court for an order directing compliance. If the dece...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the clerk's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the st...

...(A)(1) The court of common pleas of any county may determine that for the efficient operation of the court additional funds are required to computerize the court, to make available computerized legal research services, or to do both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required for either or both of those purposes, the court shall authorize and direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to charge...

...An action to recover the title to or possession of real property shall be brought within twenty-one years after the cause of action accrued, but if a person entitled to bring the action is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person, after the expiration of twenty-one years from the time the cause of action accrues, may bring the action within ten years after th...

...If a street or alley, or any part thereof, laid out and shown on the recorded plat of a municipal corporation, has not been opened to the public use and occupancy of the citizens thereof, or other persons, and has been enclosed with a fence by the owners of the inlots, lots, or outlots lying on, adjacent to, or along such street or alley, or part thereof, and has remained in the open, uninterrupted use, adverse posse...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Childhood sexual abuse" means any conduct that constitutes any of the violations identified in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and would constitute a criminal offense under the specified section of the Revised Code, if the victim of the violation is at the time of the violation a child under eighteen years of age or a child with a developmental disability or physical imp...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Corrections officer" means a person employed by a public or private place used for the confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States or alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States. (2) "Emergency medical worker"...

...(A) This section may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." (B) As used in this section: (1) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than Ohio. (2) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. (3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association...

...When a married woman sues or is sued, proceedings shall be had and judgment shall be rendered and enforced as if she were unmarried. Her property and estate is liable for a judgment against her, but she is entitled to the benefits of all applicable exemptions provided by statute.

...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 ...