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...(A) Any party who is adversely affected by a final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to division (G) of section 4167.10 or section 4167.15 of the Revised Code, and who has exhausted all administrative appeals from such order may appeal the order, within thirty days after the issuance of a final order, to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or to the court of common pleas of ...

...(A) If a public employer, public employee, or public employee representative willfully fails to comply with any final order of the administrator of workers' compensation issued pursuant to this chapter, the administrator may apply to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred, for an injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate re...

...As used in sections 4901.01 to 4901.24 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code.

...(A) There is hereby created the public utilities commission of Ohio, by which name the commission may sue and be sued. The commission shall consist of five public utilities commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall designate one of such commissioners to be the chairperson of the commission. The chairperson of the commission shall serve as chairperson a...

...The public utilities commission shall have a seal bearing the following inscription: "The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio." The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to such other instruments as the commission directs. All courts shall take judicial notice of said seal.

...No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, corporation, or utility, which person, corporation, or utility is subject, in whole or in part, to regulation by the public utilities commission, and no person holding stocks or bonds of, or in any manner pecuniarily interested in, any such corporation or utility shall be appointed to the office of public utilities commissioner or be appointed...

...Each public utilities commissioner shall be a bona fide resident of this state and shall not, during the commissioner's term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit. No commissioner shall engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with the commissioner's duties as commissioner, but shall devote entire time to the duties of that office. As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit...

...Before entering upon the duties of his office each public utilities commissioner shall take and subscribe to an oath of office, in writing, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall give a bond of five thousand dollars, with a sufficient surety approved by the treasurer of state; after such approval the bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. If such bond is executed by a surety...

...uch commissioner a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be publicly heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If such commissioner is removed, the governor shall file a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner, his findings on such charges, and a complete record of the proceedings with the secretary of state. The governor's decisi...

...A majority of the public utilities commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the public utilities commission. No vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all powers of the commission. The act of a majority of the commission, when in session as a board, is the act of the...

...All expenses incurred by the public utilities commission pursuant to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the commission, its officers and employees, incurred while on the business of the commission, shall be paid from funds appropriated for the use of the commission after being ap...

...The office of the public utilities commission shall be at the seat of government in Columbus, in suitable quarters provided by the state, and shall be open throughout the year, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excepted. The commission shall hold its sessions at least once in each calendar month in Columbus, but also may meet at such other times and places as are necessary for the proper performance of its dutie...

...The public utilities commission may procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus, and appliances, including telephone service, and may purchase from the interstate commerce commission blank forms for the use of railroads and other utilities in making their annual reports, necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the public utilities commission,...

...Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code and as consistent with the purposes of Title XLIX of the Revised Code, all proceedings of the public utilities commission and all documents and records in its possession are public records.

...The public utilities commission may adopt and publish rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all valuations, tests, audits, inspections, investigations, and hearings relating to parties before it. All hearings shall be open to the public.

...Any person who is a citizen of the United States who is a regular salaried employee of the person, firm, or corporation directly concerned, or a chamber of commerce in matters of a general character in which the majority of its members are directly concerned, and who manifests to the satisfaction of the public utilities commission that he possesses the necessary qualifications to enable him to render valuable service...

...The public utilities commission shall, whenever called upon by any officer, board, or commission of this state or any political subdivision of this state, furnish any data or information to such officer, board, or commission and shall aid or assist any such officer, board, or commission in performing official duties. All officers, boards, or commissions of this state or any political subdivision of this state s...

...Except in his report to the public utilities commission or when called on to testify in any court or proceeding of the public utilities commission, no employee or agent referred to in section 4905.13 of the Revised Code shall divulge any information acquired by him in respect to the transaction, property, or business of any public utility, while acting or claiming to act as such employee or agent. Whoever violates th...

...The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the public utilities commission, but he shall designate, subject to the approval of the governor, one or more of his assistants to perform the services and discharge the duties of attorney to the commission. Such specially designated counsel shall receive a salary which shall be paid in the same manner as that of the members of the commission.

...The public utilities commission shall appoint one or more examiners for the purpose of making any investigation or holding any inquiry or hearing which the commission is required or permitted to make or hold. Such examiners may administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony, examine witnesses, re...

...The public utilities commission may appoint a secretary, attorney examiners, experts, engineers, accountants, and such other officers as it considers necessary, who shall be in the classified civil service except for persons in attorney examiner or supervisory policy-making positions, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission's discretion as to whether or not a position is an attorney examiner...

...In the employment of engineers, experts, or other assistants the public utilities commission may make use of engineers and experts employed in the Ohio state university in such manner as is provided by mutual arrangement between the commission and the trustees and faculty of such university. Any information, data, and equipment of such university shall be placed at the disposal of the commission.

...Each of the public utilities commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, may administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, waybills, books, accounts, documents, and testimony.

...The public utilities commissioners and the attorney, secretary, other officers, and employees of the public utilities commission may, when in the performance of their official duties, pass free of charge on all railroads, cars, vessels, and other vehicles of every common carrier, subject to control or regulation by the commission, between points within this state, and such persons shall not be denied the right to tra...

...No public utilities commissioner, attorney to the public utilities commission, secretary to the commission, or person employed or appointed to office by the commission or by its attorney shall accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any public utility or railroad or any officer, agent, or employee of a public utility or railroad or solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, to a...

...The officer to whom a writ of execution is directed shall return such writ to the court to which it is returnable within sixty days from its date.

...When judgment is rendered in a court of record in this state upon an instrument in writing in which two or more persons are jointly or severally bound, and it appears to the court, by parol or other testimony, that one or more of the persons so bound signed it as surety or bail for his codefendant, the clerk of such court, in recording the judgment thereon, must certify which of the defendants is principal debtor an...

...When a freeholder, summoned as an appraiser, fails to appear at the time and place appointed by the officers ordering the freeholder's appearance and discharge the duty as such, on complaint made to a judge of the county court in the district in which such freeholder resides, unless the freeholder has a reasonable excuse, the freeholder shall pay fifty dollars for each neglect, which shall be collected by the judge, ...

...When execution is issued in a county and directed to the sheriff or coroner of another county, the sheriff or coroner having the execution, after discharging all the duties required of him, may transmit it by mail to the clerk of the court who issued the writ. On proof by such sheriff or coroner that it was mailed soon enough to reach the office where it was issued within the time prescribed by law, he shall not be l...

...No sheriff or coroner shall forward by mail any money made on an execution, unless he is specially instructed to do so by the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney of record.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter upon the execution docket the names in full of parties to the cause in which an execution is issued, the number of the cause on the appearance docket, number of the execution, date of its issue, amount of the judgment, the costs due each person or officer, the time when the judgment was rendered, and the date of the return. The return shall be recorded upon the execu...

...rate columns, the names of all parties against whom and in whose favor an execution has been issued, the number of the execution, and the number of the cause upon the execution docket.

...If an order of sale is issued in a case not on the trial docket, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter it on the execution docket and enter the subsequent proceedings in pursuance thereof in the manner that executions and proceedings thereon are entered. When a sale of real estate is made under such order, it shall be confirmed as are sales on executions. After the sale, the officer shall be governed by ...

...A beneficiary fund, not exceeding five thousand dollars, set apart, appropriated, or paid by a benevolent association or society, according to its rules, regulations, or bylaws, to the family of a deceased member, or to a member of such family, is not liable to be taken by process or proceedings, legal or equitable, to pay any debt of such deceased member.

...atisfy any judgment or decree rendered against such society.

...Property used, or kept to be used, by a municipal corporation or fire company for the purpose of extinguishing fire is exempt from execution or sale to satisfy any judgment or order arising upon contract or otherwise, but the owner thereof may create valid liens thereon by bill of sale or mortgage.

..., dividends, interest, appreciation, or gains on any of the following: (i) Contributions of the person that were less than or equal to the applicable limits on deductible contributions to an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity in the year that the contributions were made, whether or not the person was eligible to deduct the contributions on the person's federal tax return for the year in ...

...the debtor failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility as defined in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No promise, agreement, or contract shall be made or entered into that would waive the exemption laws of this state, and every promise, agreement, or contract insofar as it seeks to waive the exemption laws of this state is void. (C) Section 2329.66 of the Revised Code does not affect or inval...

...Pursuant to the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 2549, 11 U.S.C.A. 522 (b)(1), this state specifically does not authorize debtors who are domiciled in this state to exempt the property specified in the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 2549, 11 U.S.C.A. 522 (d).

...The exempt personal earnings provided for in division (A)(13) of section 2329.66 of the Revised Code are not subject to the payment of the cost of any proceedings brought to recover a judgment for a debt or to satisfy a judgment for a debt.

...When it is necessary to ascertain the amount or value of personal property exempt under sections 2329.63 to 2329.71 of the Revised Code, it shall be estimated and appraised by two disinterested householders of the county, who shall be selected by the officer holding the execution and sworn by the officer to impartially make the appraisement.

...Sections 2329.63 to 2329.71 of the Revised Code, with respect to exemptions, apply to all courts in this state, and a person is entitled to all applicable exemptions in any case or proceeding before any court or officer.

...bit creditors from recovering judgment against the debtor or prohibit levy, under a writ of attachment or execution, upon any other property that is not exempt from execution. The maintaining of proceedings in garnishment, attachment, aid of execution, or otherwise in violation of this section is prohibited and may be prevented by a writ of prohibition in addition to all other remedies provided by law. The judge of ...

...Any creditor who holds a chattel mortgage or any other lien or encumbrance on the property of any applicant for trusteeship under section 2329.70 of the Revised Code may participate in a trusteeship. The holder of a chattel mortgage or other encumbrance may elect to participate in a trusteeship, subject to the terms of a written agreement with the debtor, filed with and approved by the court in which the application...

...Sections 2327.01 and 2327.02 and Chapters 2329. and 2331. of the Revised Code do not impair the right of contingent or vested dower, the right to remain in the mansion house set forth in section 2106.15 of the Revised Code, or the mode provided by law for enforcing those rights.

...If, by virtue of a writ of execution issued from a court of record in this state, an officer levies it on goods and chattels claimed by a person other than the defendant, such officer shall give written notice to a judge of the court of common pleas, municipal court, or county court, whichever court has jurisdiction. The notice shall contain the names of the plaintiff, defendant, and claimant, and at the same time fu...

... claimant recover the claimant's costs against the plaintiff in execution or other party for whose benefit the writ of execution is issued, and also have restitution of the goods and chattels, or any part of them, according to the finding of the judge. If the judge finds that no right to any part of the goods and chattels is in the claimant, the judge shall render judgment on such finding in favor of the plaintiff in...

...If the judge at the hearing under section 2329.84 of the Revised Code finds that the right to the property or a part of it is in the claimant, and the plaintiff in execution within three days after the hearing tenders to the officer having the property in the officer's custody, a bond in double the amount of its value as assessed by the judge, with good and sufficient sureties, payable to the claimant, to the effect ...

...As used in sections 2329.90 to 2329.94 of the Revised Code: (A) "Foreign country" means a governmental unit other than the United States and other than a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States. (B) "Foreign country judgment" means any judgment of a foreign country that grants or denies the recovery of a sum of money, other than the following types of judgments: (1) A j...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 2329.92 and 2329.93 of the Revised Code, any foreign country judgment that is final, conclusive, and enforceable where rendered shall be recognized and enforced by the courts of this state, even though an appeal from the judgment is pending or the judgment is subject to an appeal. Such a foreign country judgment is enforceable in this state in the same manner as a judgment of anothe...