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...As soon as an executor or administrator ascertains that the personal property in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator is insufficient to pay all the debts of the decedent, together with the allowance for support to the surviving spouse, minor children, or surviving spouse and minor children of the decedent as provided in section 2106.13 of the Revised Code, and the costs of admin...

...When by operation of law or the provisions of a will, a legacy is effectual to charge real property, and the personal property is insufficient to pay the legacy, together with all the debts, the allowance to the surviving spouse, minor children, or surviving spouse and minor children as provided in section 2106.13 of the Revised Code, and the costs of administering the estate, the executor, administrator, or administ...

...(A) With the consent of all persons entitled to share in an estate upon distribution, the executor, administrator, or administrator with the will annexed may, and upon the request of these persons shall, commence an action in the probate court for authority to sell any part or all of the decedent's real property, even though the real property is not required to be sold to pay debts or legacies. A guardian may m...

...Whenever necessary for the education, support, or the payment of the just debts of the ward, or for the discharge of liens on the real property of the ward, whenever the real property of the ward is suffering unavoidable waste, or a better investment of its value can be made, or whenever it appears that a sale of the real property will be for the benefit of the ward or the ward's children, the guardian of the person ...

...If the fiduciary who brings an action under section 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code dies, resigns, or is removed, or the fiduciary's powers cease at any time before the real property sold is conveyed, a successor fiduciary may be substituted as a party to the action and may convey real property, whether sold before or after the successor fiduciary's appointment. The successor fiduciary may also be requir...

...Any interest in real property, whether legal or equitable, that the deceased had a right to sell or dispose of at the time of the deceased's death, or of which the ward was seized at the time the action was brought, including coal, iron ore, limestone, fireclay, or other mineral upon or under the real property, or the right to mine them, may be sold by an executor, administrator, or guardian under sections 2127...

...When the interest of a decedent or ward in real property is fractional and undivided, the action for authority to sell the real property shall include only the undivided fractional interest, except that the executor, administrator, or guardian, the owner of any other fractional interest, or any lien holder may, by pleading filed in the cause setting forth all interests in the property and liens on the property...

...An action by an executor, administrator, or guardian to obtain authority to sell real property shall be brought in the county in which the executor, administrator, or guardian was appointed or in which the real property subject to sale or any part of the property is situated. If the action is brought in a county other than that in which the real property or a part of the property is situated, a certified transc...

...An action to obtain authority to sell real property shall be commenced by the executor, administrator, or guardian by filing a complaint with the probate court. The complaint shall contain a description of the real property proposed to be sold and its value, as near as can be ascertained, a statement of the nature of the interest of the decedent or ward in the real property, a recital of all mortgages and lie...

...In an action by an executor or administrator to obtain authority to sell real property, the following persons shall be made parties defendant: (A) The surviving spouse; (B) The heirs, devisees, or persons entitled to the next estate of inheritance from the decedent in the real property and having an interest in it, but their spouses need not be made parties defendant; (C) All mortgagees and other lienholders...

...In an action by a guardian to obtain authority to sell the real property of the guardian's ward the following persons shall be made parties defendant: (A) The ward; (B) The spouse of the ward; (C) All persons entitled to the next estate of inheritance from the ward in the real property who are known to reside in Ohio, but their spouses need not be made parties defendant; (D) All lienholders whose claims affe...

...Service of summons, actual or constructive, in an action to sell the real property of a decedent or a ward shall be had as in other civil actions, but if any competent person in interest enters appearance or consents in writing to the sale, service on that person shall not be necessary. If all parties consent in writing to the sale, an order for the sale may issue forthwith.

...All pleadings and proceedings in an action to obtain authority to sell the real property of a decedent or a ward in the probate court shall be the same as in other civil actions, except as otherwise provided in sections 2127.01 to 2127.43 of the Revised Code.

...In a sale of real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, the real property shall be sold free of all right and expectancy of dower in the property, but out of the proceeds of the sale, in lieu of dower, the court shall allow to the person having any dower interest in the property a sum in money that is the just and reasonable value of the dower, unless the answer of the person waives that allowanc...

...In an action to obtain authority to sell real property, if a party in the party's answer objects to an order for the sale of real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, and on hearing it appears to the court that either the complaint or the objection is unreasonable, it may award costs to the party prevailing on that issue.

...Upon the hearing of an action to obtain authority to sell real property by an executor, administrator, or guardian, if satisfied that all necessary parties defendant are properly before the court, and that the demand for relief ought to be granted, the court may determine the equities among the parties and the priorities of lien of the several lien holders on the real property, and order a distribution of the m...

...When an action to obtain authority to sell real property is determined by the probate court, the probate judge shall make the necessary order for an entry of release and satisfaction of all mortgages and other liens upon the real property except the mortgage that is assumed by the purchaser. The executor, administrator, or guardian shall enter the release and satisfaction, together with a memorandum of the titl...

...If an appraisement of the real property is contained in the inventory required of an executor or administrator by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, and of a guardian by section 2111.14 of the Revised Code, the probate court may order a sale in accordance with the appraisement, or order a new appraisement. If a new appraisement is not ordered, the value set forth in the inventory shall be the appraised value ...

...The appraisers appointed under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code shall agree to truly and impartially appraise the real property at its fair cash value upon actual view and to perform the duties required of them by the order of the court. The appraisement shall be signed by the appraisers, and the officer to whom it is issued shall make return of it to the court for confirmation.

...If a person appointed by the court under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code as an appraiser fails to discharge the person's duties, the probate judge on the judge's own motion or on the motion of the executor, administrator, or guardian may appoint another appraiser.

...Appraisers appointed under section 2127.22 of the Revised Code shall each be paid such compensation as the court thinks proper for services performed by them.

...Upon the return and approval of the appraisement provided for by section 2127.22 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the executor, administrator, or guardian to execute a bond with two or more personal sureties, or one or more corporate sureties, whose qualifications shall be those provided by section 2109.17 of the Revised Code. The bond shall be payable to the state in an amount that the court consid...

...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...

...When the bond required by section 2127.27 of the Revised Code is filed and approved by the court, it shall order the sale of the real property included in the complaint set forth in section 2127.10 of the Revised Code, or the part of the real property it considers necessary for the interest of all parties concerned. If the complaint alleges that it is necessary to sell part of the real property, and that by the...

...If the order of sale set forth in section 2127.29 of the Revised Code includes real property in which the ward or the estate has an equitable interest only, the court may make an order for the appraisement and sale of that equitable estate free from dower, for the indemnity of the estate against any claim for purchase money, and for payment of the value of the dower in money, as the court considers equitable, h...