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... to confess judgment contained in any promissory note, bond, security agreement, lease, contract, or other evidence of indebtedness executed on or after January 1, 1974, is invalid and the courts are without authority to render a judgment based upon such a warrant unless there appears on the instrument evidencing the indebtedness, directly above or below the space or spaces provided for the signatures of the makers, ...

...A warrant of attorney to confess judgment, executed by a person in custody, in favor of the person at whose suit he is in custody, shall be of no force unless executed in the presence of an attorney expressly named by the person in custody, and signed by him as a witness.

...t is not necessary to reserve in a judgment or order the right of a minor to show cause against it after attaining the age of majority; but in any case in which, but for this section, such reservation would have been proper, within one year after his majority, the minor may show cause against such order or judgment.

...e as soon as it is finally determined when ordered on the journal to do so, unless such record, or some part thereof, is waived. The clerk shall make up such record in each cause when so ordered.

... the process, returns, pleadings subsequent thereto, reports, verdicts, orders, judgments, and all material acts and proceedings of the court. If items of an account, or copies of papers attached to pleadings are voluminous, the court may order the record to be made by abbreviating them or inserting a pertinent description of them, or by omitting them entirely. Evidence shall not be recorded.

...e them made up and recorded within such time as it directs. When made up, and found to be correct, the presiding judge shall sign them.

...omplete record need not be made: (A) When an action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action; (B) In actions in which, in open court, at the term at which the final order or judgment is made, both parties declare their agreement that no record shall be made.

...he office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the real property or any part of the real property is situated. Upon payment of the fees prescribed by division (W) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code, the copy shall be admitted to record and shall be numbered, docketed, indexed, and filed in the same manner and shall have the same effect as a similar record of a local action or proceedin...

...When deemed necessary, the court, by order on the journal, may direct its clerk to transcribe any book in his office into a new volume, and the transcript so made shall be as valid as the original.

... future action, the clerk shall make a complete record of the proceedings, upon being paid therefor by the party requesting it.

... number of the suit, the number and the time of issue of the execution, and satisfaction thereof, when it appears to have been made.

...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 shall be complete by indorsing the summons or signing the surety's name on the petition as ...

...urt 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 party makes an application to be qualified as an indigent litigant as set forth in section 2323.311 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall receive and file the civil action or proceeding or the responsive action by the defendant. If the...

... clerk, the judge or magistrate, at any time while the action or proceeding is pending and on the motion of an applicant, on the motion of the opposing party, or on the court's own motion, may conduct a hearing to inquire into the applicant's status as an indigent litigant. The judge or magistrate shall affirm the applicant's status as an indigent litigant if the applicant's gross income does not exceed one hundred e...

...give security for costs in any suit commenced or prosecuted by them in the county in which they have been appointed or qualified, and in which they have given bond as such.

...e Revised Code, at any time before the commencement of the trial, on motion of the defendant, and notice to the plaintiff, the court shall dismiss the action, unless in a reasonable time, which it may allow, security is given. (B) This section does not apply if a party makes an application under section 2323.30 or 2323.31 of the Revised Code to qualify as an indigent litigant as set forth in section 2323.311 of the...

...If the plaintiff becomes a nonresident of the county in which the suit is brought, during its pendency, he may be compelled, in the manner stated in sections 2323.30 to 2323.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to give security.

...sts has been given, at any time before commencement of the trial, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, the defendant may move the court for additional security. On such motion if the court is satisfied that the surety has removed from this state, or is not sufficient, the action may be dismissed, unless, in a reasonable time, to be fixed by the court, sufficient security is given.

...After final judgment in an action in which security for costs has been given, on motion of the defendant or a person having a right to such costs, or a part thereof, after ten days' notice of such motion, the court may render judgment in the name of the defendant, or his legal representatives, against the surety, his executors, or administrators, for the amount of costs adjudged against the plaintiff, or so much ther...

...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 right of su...

...e court shall grant an extension of the time for the plaintiff to respond as necessary to obtain evidence demonstrating the existence of a reasonable good faith basis for the claim. (B) At the request of any party to the good faith motion described in division (A) of this section, the court shall order the motion to be heard at an oral hearing and shall consider all evidence and arguments submitted by the parties. I...

...A person licensed in another state to practice medicine, who testifies as an expert witness on behalf of any party in this state in any action against a physician for injury or death, whether in contract or tort, arising out of the provision of or failure to provide health care services, shall be deemed to have a temporary license to practice medicine in this state solely for the purpose of providing such testimony a...

...ars or an amount that is equal to three times the plaintiff's economic loss, as determined by the trier of fact, to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars for each plaintiff or a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars for each occurrence. (3) The amount recoverable for noneconomic loss in a civil action under this section may exceed the amount described in division (A)(2) of this section but shall not ...

...licensed health care providers, or any combination of hospitals, physician groups, or other licensed health care providers that are affiliated through common ownership or control and share financial risk for the purpose of delivering health care services. (2) "Injured party" means any person who claims any injury, death, or loss to person in a tort action or an estate that makes a survivorship claim due to injury, ...

...tions defense that was not valid at the time the original affidavit was filed. (D) In any action in which the defendant is found by the court to have knowingly filed a false or inaccurate affidavit of noninvolvement, the court shall impose upon the person who signed the affidavit or represented the defendant, or both, an appropriate sanction, including, but not limited to, an order to pay to other parties to the cla...

...nd, performance bond, payment bond, or combination of those bonds, executed by a surety not licensed, or a surplus lines company not approved, by the superintendent of insurance to execute such a bond in the state. (B) All of those bonds shall affirmatively state on their face that the surety is authorized to execute bonds in the state and that the liability incurred is within the limits of section 3929.02 of the Re...

...ow bidder or bidders upon a filing of a timely written protest. The protest must be received within five days of the notification required in division (A) of this section. No final award shall be made until the state agency or political subdivision either affirms or reverses its earlier determination. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code, the procedure described in this division is not subject to ...

...A contract for the rendering of services or the supplying of materials entered into on or after the effective date of this section shall be deemed to include a provision that authorizes the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, to reduce any bond filed by the person contracting to render the services or supply the materials by twenty-five per cent of the total amount of the bond upon demonstration satisfacto...

... shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. The political subdivision shall give notice of the request for proposals in accordance with the rules it adopts. (D) As provided in the request for proposals and in the rules a political subdivision adopts, and to ensure full understanding of and responsiveness to solicitation requirements, the political subdivision may conduct discussi...

...r any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of the state or of a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. (2) "Self-insured public authority" means a public authority that has been granted the privilege to self-insure a construction project against workers' compensation liability by the administrator of workers'...

...ction 9.315 of the Revised Code may commence a civil action for injunctive relief against the public authority, and the court of common pleas involved in that action may grant injunctive relief based on the principles of equity and on the terms that the court considers reasonable. Proof of monetary damage or loss of profits is not required in a civil action commenced under this division. (B) The court may award reas...

....314 of the Revised Code, and "state agency" has the meaning defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. A state agency shall not purchase supplies or services by reverse auction if the contract concerns the design, construction, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or demolition of a building, highway, road, street, alley, drainage system, water system, waterworks, ditch, sewer, sewage disposal plant, or any...

...Whenever the state, or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof awards a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement, the contracting authority shall simultaneously notify the surety on the contractor's bond of the award and the agent of the surety who executed the bond on behalf of the surety. The notice shall be given in w...

...ing the following qualifications: (1) Competence to perform the required management services as indicated by the technical training, education, and experience of the construction manager's or construction manager at risk's personnel, especially the technical training, education, and experience of the construction manager's or construction manager at risk's employees who would be assigned to perform the services...

...(A) Before entering into a contract to employ a construction manager or construction manager at risk, a public authority may advertise in news media available in the county where the contract is to be performed, and shall advertise by electronic means, notice of its intent to employ a construction manager or construction manager at risk. The notice shall invite interested parties to submit proposals for consideration...

...erform the services within the required time. (C) Upon failure to negotiate a contract with the construction manager ranked most qualified, the public authority shall inform the construction manager in writing of the termination of negotiations and enter into negotiations with the construction manager ranked next most qualified. If negotiations again fail, the same procedure may be followed with each next most ...

...or of the Ohio facilities construction commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...truction management services within the time required by the construction management contract; (3) Agreeing upon a procedure and schedule for determining a guaranteed maximum price using an open book pricing method that shall represent the total maximum amount to be paid by the public authority to the construction manager at risk for the project and that shall include the costs of all the work, the cost of its gene...

...The requirements set forth in sections 9.33 to 9.334 of the Revised Code for the bidding, selection, and award of a construction management contract by a public authority prevail in the event of any conflict with a provision of Chapter 153. of the Revised Code.

...ti, and of every officer, department, commission, board, or institution thereof, shall begin at the opening of the first day of January of each calendar year and end at the close of the succeeding thirty-first day of December. Except as otherwise provided for school districts and as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, all laws relating to the levying of taxes, the collection, appropriation, or ...

...t of any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law who is permitted or required in the performance of official duties to issue checks, keep books and records, prepare and preserve payroll and other employee records, and make reports or perform other similar duties. (B) Any public official may contract for and engage the services of a financial institution, or other pe...

...t for the services of fiscal and management consultants to aid it in the execution of its powers and duties. Contracts for the services of fiscal and management consultants shall be exempt from any competitive bidding requirements in the Revised Code.

...ze, by resolution, a payroll deduction benefit program to implement the qualified transportation fringe benefit provided for in section 132(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 132(f), as amended, for county employees, but only insofar as it applies to parking and transit passes. If the program includes a parking benefit for parking at a facility that is not owned by the county, the county shall require...

...on, any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law. "State institution of higher education" means any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college. (B) Except as provided in divisions (F) and (G) of this section, any public offi...

... adopts a policy permitting a different time period, not to exceed three business days next following the day of receipt, for making such deposits, and the person is able to safeguard the moneys until such time as the moneys are deposited. The policy shall include provisions and procedures to safeguard the public moneys until they are deposited. If the public office of which the person is a public official is governe...

...e years, the money shall revert to the general fund of the public office, except for the unclaimed money in the reparations fund created under section 2743.191 of the Revised Code.

...r political subdivision department by whom he is employed. As used in this section, "public employee" means any person holding an office, not elective, under the state, any county, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, township, or public library, or employed and paid in whole or in part by the state or any of such named authorities in any capacity.

...hall be subject to special audit at any time. Any sum paid contrary to this section may be recovered from any officer making such payment in contravention of law and of the rules made in pursuance of law, or from any officer signing, countersigning, or authorizing the signing or countersigning of any warrant for the payment of the same, or from the sureties on the officer's official bond, in an action in the courts...

...ons or instrumentalities shall deduct from the wages or salaries of public employees, as defined in section 9.40 of the Revised Code, and employees of school districts, the amount of municipal income tax levied upon the income of the employee. The director of administrative services shall establish by rule procedures for the deduction of municipal income taxes from the wages or salaries of employees of the state or i...

...sions or instrumentalities may deduct from the wages or salaries of public employees, as the words are defined in section 9.40 of the Revised Code, such amounts as are prescribed by the employee for savings in share accounts in chartered credit unions.