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...Any party of whom a bond, undertaking, or other obligation is required, may agree with his surety for the deposit and safekeeping of any assets for which he and his surety are or may be held responsible. If such deposit is otherwise proper, it shall be made with or in the vaults of a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company, authorized by law to do business as such, or with a depository approved by the court...

...(A) The parties to a bond, bill, promissory note, or other instrument of writing for the forbearance or payment of money at any future time, may stipulate therein for the payment of interest upon the amount thereof at any rate not exceeding eight per cent per annum payable annually, except as authorized in division (B) of this section. (B) Any party may agree to pay a rate of interest in excess of the maximum rate p...

...Payments of money or property made by way of usurious interest, whether made in advance or not, as to the excess of interest above the rate allowed by law at the time of making the contract, shall be taken to be payments made on account of principal; and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due, after deducting the excess of interest so paid.

...If the facility that is the subject of the contract is under construction, and is not available for service at the time the buyer signs the contract, the seller shall maintain a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state the principal sum of which shall be a minimum of ten thousand dollars. The seller is relieved from the obligation to maintain the bond twenty-four months after com...

...Every contract for invention development services shall set forth in boldface type of not less than ten-point size, or in capital letters of a size not less than that used in a standard office typewriter, both of the following: (A) The terms and conditions of payment and contract revocation rights required by section 1345.62 of the Revised Code. (B) The name and principal place of business in Ohio of the invention ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency of a political subdivision" means each organized body, office, or agency established by a political subdivision for the exercise of any function of the political subdivision, except that "agency of a political subdivision" does not include an agency that is a covered entity as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, as amended. (2)(a) "Breach of the security of the system" means unaut...

...(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Breach of the security of the system" means unauthorized access to and acquisition of computerized data that compromises the security or confidentiality of personal information owned or licensed by a person and that causes, reasonably is believed to have caused, or reasonably is believed will cause a material risk of identity theft or other fraud to the person or property of a re...

...(A) As used in this section and section 1349.192 of the Revised Code: (1) "Agency of a political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 1347.12 of the Revised Code. (2) "Business" has the same meaning as in section 1349.19 of the Revised Code. (3) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general may conduct an investigation if the attorney general, base...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 1349.521 of the Revised Code: (1) "Adult protected consumer" means a protected consumer who is not a minor protected consumer. (2) "Consumer credit reporting agency" means any person that, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of maintaining consumers' credit information for the purpose of furnis...

...(A) In addition to the authority provided in section 135.14 or 135.143 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state or the treasurer or governing board of a political subdivision may invest interim moneys in certificates of deposit in accordance with all of the following: (1) The interim moneys initially are deposited with an eligible public depository described in section 135.03 of the Revised Code and selected, pur...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public depository" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also means an institution which receives or holds any public deposits as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public deposits," "public moneys," and "treasurer" mean those terms as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also have the same meanings as are set forth in ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public depository" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also means an institution that receives or holds any public deposits as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public depositor" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes a county and any municipal corporation that has adopted a charter...

...(A) In addition to the investments specified in section 135.35 of the Revised Code, the investing authority of a county may do all of the following: (1) Invest inactive or public moneys in linked deposits as authorized by resolution adopted pursuant to section 135.80 or 135.801 of the Revised Code; (2) Invest inactive or public moneys in linked deposits as authorized by resolution adopted pursuant to section 135.80...

...Whenever any deposit or investment acquired under section 135.35 of the Revised Code matures and becomes due and payable, the investing authority shall present it for payment according to its terms and shall collect the moneys payable thereon, provided that the principal may be reinvested without withdrawal. The money so collected shall be public moneys. Whenever the board of county commissioners, county treasurer, ...

...In case of any default on the part of a bank in its capacity as depository of the money of any county, municipal corporation, township, or school district, the board of county commissioners, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, the board of township trustees, and the board of education of such school district, in lieu of immediately selling the securities received and held as security for the depo...

...All principal and interest collected by the proper officer or agent of the county, municipal corporation, township, or school district, on account of the securities mentioned in section 135.51 of the Revised Code, the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any of such securities, and any dividends received from the liquidation of the defaulting bank, shall be paid into the bond retirement fund from which the bo...

...(A) The state and the treasurer of state are not liable to any eligible lending institution or any eligible borrower in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on a loan to an eligible borrower. Any delay in payments, default on the part of an eligible borrower, or misuse or misconduct on the part of an eligible lending institution or eligible borrower does not in any manner affect the deposit agreement r...

...(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance; the board of directors of a port authority or a lake facilities authority, by resolution; or the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may establish a linked deposit program authorizing the treasurer or governing board of the municipal corporation, the board of directors of the port authority or lake facilities authority, or the inv...

...(A) The general assembly finds that many low to moderateincome senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled citizens face financial hardship and find it difficult to timely pay property taxes on their homesteads, which can lead to delinquencies, penalties, declines in tax receipts, foreclosures, a loss of stable and affordable housing, a loss of neighborhoods and communities, and a decline in property values....

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any nonprofit hospital agency. (B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new community authority organized under Chapter 3...

...(A) The members of the public employees retirement board shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 145.23 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their benef...

...(A) The secretary of state may appoint and commission as notaries public as many persons who meet the qualifications of division (B) of this section as the secretary of state considers necessary. (B) In order for a person to qualify to be appointed and commissioned as a notary public, except as provided in division (F) of this section, the person shall demonstrate to the secretary of state that the person satisfie...

...Each notary public, except an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court, shall hold office for the term of five years unless the commission is revoked. An attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court shall hold office as a notary public as long as the attorney is a resident of this state or has the attorney's principal place of business or pri...

...(A) A notary public is entitled to the following fees: (1) Up to five dollars for any notarial act that is not an online notarization; (2) For an online notarization, up to thirty dollars. (B) A notary charging the fee authorized under division (A)(2) of this section shall not also charge the fee authorized under division (A)(1) of this section. (C) The fees charged under division (A) of this section shall no...

...The Ohio history connection, chartered by this state as a corporation not for profit to promote a knowledge of history and archaeology, especially of Ohio, and operated continuously in the public interest since 1885, may perform public functions as prescribed by law. The general assembly may appropriate money to the Ohio history connection each biennium to carry out the public functions of the Ohio history connecti...