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...As used in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public agency" means any governmental corporation, unit, organization, instrumentality, or officer authorized by law to appropriate property in the courts of this state. (B) "Private agency" means any corporation, firm, partnership, voluntary association, joint-stock association, or company that is not a public agency and that is authorized by law...

...(A) The shares of a corporation are personal property. (B) Unless the articles, the regulations adopted by the shareholders, or the regulations adopted by the directors pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code provide otherwise, a holder of shares is entitled to one or more certificates, signed by the chairperson of the board or the president or a vice-president and by the secretary, ...

...(A) When a merger or consolidation becomes effective, all of the following apply: (1) The separate existence of each constituent entity other than the surviving entity in a merger shall cease, except that whenever a conveyance, assignment, transfer, deed, or other instrument or act is necessary to vest property or rights in the surviving or new entity, the officers, general partners, or other authorized representati...

...(A) Upon a conversion becoming effective, all of the following apply: (1) The converting entity is continued in the converted entity. (2) The converted entity exists, and the converting entity ceases to exist. (3) The converted entity possesses both of the following, and both of the following continue in the converted entity without any further act or deed: (a) Except to the extent limited by the requirements of ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" means every trade, occupation, or profession. (B) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered, promissory note, or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services that a member contributes to a limited liability company in the capacity as a member. (C) "Conveyance" means every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance. (...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Articles of organization" means the articles of organization described in section 1706.16 of the Revised Code, and those articles of organization as amended or restated. (B) "Assignment" means a transfer, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, or transfer by operation of law. (C) "Constituent limited liability company" means a constit...

...As used in this chapter: (A) Whenever the context requires it, "division" or "division of securities" may be read as "director of commerce" or as "commissioner of securities." (B) "Security" means any certificate or instrument, or any oral, written, or electronic agreement, understanding, or opportunity, that represents title to or interest in, or is secured by any lien or charge upon, the capital, assets, profit...

...Subject to the limitations of section 5731.39 of the Revised Code, on the death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of a security registered in beneficiary form shall pass to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, but subject to the limitations of section 5731....

...When a county agricultural society ceases to exist, in a county out of whose treasury payments have been made for real estate, or improvements thereon, for the use of such society, or for the liquidation of indebtedness of such society, all such real estate and improvements shall vest in fee simple in the county by which the payments were made.

...associations, and shall hold such other estates as they deem necessary to complete the new corporation. No such agreement shall be valid until it has been submitted to a separate meeting of the members of each component organization, of which notice has been given according to the form and usage for calling meetings of such component organization, and ratified by a two-thirds vote of all present at such meeting in p...

...When a parish, congregation, or society becomes extinct by reason of the death or dispersion of its members, the court of common pleas of the county in which any real property of such extinct parish, congregation, or society is situated may, upon the petition of the board of trustees of the denomination to which the extinct parish, congregation, or society belonged, make an order for the sale of such real property, w...

...porations, and to succeed to such other estates as they deem necessary to complete the consolidated corporation. An agreement so made is not valid until it has been submitted to and ratified by separate meetings of the members of each of said parishes or societies in accordance with section 1715.08 of the Revised Code, and has also been submitted to and ratified by such representative body at one of its regular meeti...

...estate thereof, and may hold such other estates as they deem necessary to complete the new corporation.

...In furtherance of its purposes, and in addition to the powers conferred by Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code, a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code shall, subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter, have the following powers: (A) To elect, appoint, and employ officers, agents, and employees; to make contracts and incur liabilities for any purposes of the corporation; provided,...

...As used in sections 1728.01 to 1728.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Governing body" means, in the case of a municipal corporation, the city council or legislative authority. (B) "Community urban redevelopment corporation" means a corporation qualified under Chapter 1728. of the Revised Code, to acquire, construct, operate, and maintain a project hereunder, or to acquire, operate, and maintain a project constructed b...

...The community urban redevelopment corporation entering into a financial agreement with a municipal corporation other than an impacted city shall make payment to the county treasurer on or before the final date for payment of real estate taxes in the county for each half year of a semi-annual service charge in lieu of taxes on the real property of the corporation in the project, whether acquired by purchase or lease, ...

...(A) If consent is given and unless otherwise prohibited by law, a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program shall have access to any records, including medical records, of a resident or a recipient that are reasonably necessary for investigation of a complaint. Consent may be given in any of the following ways: (1) In writing by the resident or recipient; (2) Orally by the resident ...

...A title guarantee and trust company may prepare and furnish abstracts and certificates of title to real estate, and bonds, mortgages, and other securities; guarantee such titles, the validity and the due execution of such securities, and the performance of contracts incident thereto; make loans for itself or as agent or trustee for others, and guarantee the collection of interest and principal of such loans; take cha...

...As used in Chapter 1746. of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Business trust" means an unincorporated business association which is created by a trust instrument, pursuant to common law or enabling legislation, under which property is held, managed, administered, controlled, invested, reinvested, and operated, or under which business or professional activities, as permitted by the laws go...

...(A) Liability to third persons for any act, omission, or obligation of a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code or a trustee or trustees of a business trust when acting in such capacity, shall extend to the whole of the trust estate held by such trustee or trustees, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such liability, but no such liability shall attach...

...As used in sections 175.01 to 175.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, debentures, refunding bonds, refunding notes, and other obligations. (B) "Down payment assistance" means monetary assistance for down payment closing costs, and pre-paid expenses directly related to the purchase of a home. (C) "Financial assistance" means grants, loans, loan guarantees, an equity position in a proje...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession. (B) "Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, a comparable order under a successor statute of general application, or a comparable order under any federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency. (C) "Constituent" means in a merger or co...

...(A) When a merger or consolidation becomes effective, all of the following apply: (1) The separate existence of each constituent entity other than the surviving entity in a merger shall cease, except that whenever a conveyance, assignment, transfer, deed, or other instrument or act is necessary to vest property or rights in the surviving or new entity, the partners, officers, or other authorized representativ...

...(A) Upon a conversion becoming effective, all of the following apply: (1) The converting entity is continued in the converted entity. (2) The converted entity exists, and the converting entity ceases to exist. (3) The converted entity possesses both of the following and both of the following continue in the converted entity without any further act or deed: (a) Except to the extent limited by requirements of...

...Unless the context requires a different meaning, as used in this chapter: (A) "Certificate of limited partnership" means the certificate referred to in section 1782.08 of the Revised Code, and the certificate as amended or restated. (B) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered, or promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, that a partner cont...