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...If, in any arbitral, judicial, or other official proceeding within or without this state, it becomes necessary to classify any provision of this chapter as substantive or procedural within the meanings of those terms in the conflict of laws, all provisions of this chapter relating to the obligation of the parties to arbitrate, to the conduct of arbitral proceedings, and to the validity of arbitral awards shall be cla...

...In a civil action, a defendant can be arrested before judgment only in the manner prescribed by sections 2713.01 to 2713.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code. This section does not apply to proceedings for contempt, nor to actions prosecuted or judgments obtained in the name of the state to recover fines or penalties.

...ndant shall be made by the clerk of the court in which the action is brought, when there is filed in his office an affidavit of the plaintiff, his authorized agent or attorney, made before a judge or clerk of any court of the state, stating the nature of the plaintiff's claim, that it is just, the amount of it as nearly as may be, and establishing one or more of the following particulars: (A) That the defendant has...

...shall not be issued by the clerk of the court until there is executed, by sufficient sureties of the plaintiff, a bond to the effect that the plaintiff will pay to the defendant all damages, not exceeding double the amount of the plaintiff's claim stated in the affidavit, which he may sustain by reason of the arrest if the order proves to have been wrongfully obtained.

...The order of arrest provided for by section 2713.02 of the Revised Code may be made to accompany the summons or at any time afterward before judgment.

...t specify the names of the parties, the court in which the action is brought, the amount of the plaintiff's claim stated in the affidavit, and require the sheriff to arrest the defendant, hold him in bail in double that sum, and to make return thereof on a day to be named therein, with the bond of the bail, if any is given.

...The return day of the order of arrest provided for by section 2713.02 of the Revised Code, when it is issued at the commencement of a suit, shall be the same as that of the summons. When issued afterward, it shall be fifteen days after its date.

...The sheriff shall execute the order of arrest mentioned in section 2713.02 of the Revised Code by arresting the defendant, and delivering to him a copy thereof and of the affidavit. If the defendant cannot be found before the return day, the plaintiff may have further orders without other affidavits or bond until the defendant is arrested. An order of arrest shall not be issued to any other than the county in which t...

...The defendant, when arrested pursuant to section 2713.07 of the Revised Code, must be committed to the jail of the county and kept in custody until discharged by law.

...ant may deposit with the sheriff, or in court, the amount specified in the order of arrest issued pursuant to section 2713.02 of the Revised Code; whereupon the defendant must be discharged, or his bail be released.

...The sheriff shall pay into court the money received by him in lieu of bail under section 2713.09 of the Revised Code. If it is received in vacation, he shall pay it on the first day of the next term; if received during the term, immediately.

...The court shall make proper orders for the safekeeping of money deposited in lieu of bail under section 2713.09 of the Revised Code, and may direct the sheriff to keep it, and after final judgment in the action shall order it to be paid to the party entitled to it according to the result.

...of the Revised code, or directed by the court to be kept by him, shall be held upon his official responsibility; and he and his sureties shall be liable, and may be proceeded against, for any default in relation thereto as in other cases of delinquency.

... will be amenable to the process of the court thereon. The bond, when accepted, shall be returned to the clerk's office, and the defendant shall be discharged.

...The plaintiff, or his attorney, may object to the bail provided under section 2713.13 of the Revised Code, for insufficiency, within ten days after the bond is given, by serving upon the sheriff a written notice that he does not accept the bail. Failure to serve such notice shall be deemed an acceptance of the bail, and the sheriff is exonerated from liability. When the bond is given after the return of the order of...

...her bail before a judge or clerk of the court in which the action is brought, a probate judge, or judge of a county court, at a time, not less than five nor more than ten days thereafter, and a place to be specified therein. If other bail is given, a new bond must be executed.

... bond and file it with the clerk of the court; and the sheriff thereupon shall be discharged from liability.

...After the arrest of the defendant pursuant to section 2713.07 of the Revised Code, if he escapes or is rescued, or bail is not taken or is adjudged insufficient, or a deposit is not made, the sheriff shall be liable as bail; but he may discharge himself from liability by putting in sufficient bail before judgment.

...The return of "not found" upon an execution against the body of the defendant is necessary to fix the liability of the sheriff as bail, which liability shall be the amount of the judgment, interest, and costs. This liability can be enforced only in a separate action against the sheriff, or against him and his sureties on his official bond, as in other cases of delinquency.

...The bail adjudged insufficient by an officer mentioned in section 2713.15 of the Revised Code shall be liable to the sheriff for the damages he sustains by reason of such insufficiency.

...The liability of the bail shall be fixed in the manner provided by law for fixing the liability of the sheriff as bail. The bail can be proceeded against in an action only.

...on an order of arrest. The clerk of the court, on the production to him of the sheriff's acknowledgment of the surrender, shall enter on the bond an exoneration of the bail.

...For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the bail may arrest him at any time or place before he is finally charged, or, by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bond, may empower any person of suitable age and discretion to do so.

... himself amenable to the process of the court, or by his surrender to the sheriff of the county in which he was arrested in the execution of such process, within the time fixed in section 2713.21 of the Revised Code, or within such further time as the court in which the action is pending allows.

...any time before judgment. Thereupon the court in which the action is brought, on being satisfied that bail has been given and adjudged sufficient, shall direct that the money deposited be refunded to the defendant, and it must be refunded accordingly.