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...e that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered professional engineer, or of a registered professional surveyor, while the registration remains unrevoked or unexpired. Each registrant may, upon completing registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend, "registered professional engineer," or "registered prof...

...nd becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. For renewals after that date, registration expires biennially on the last day of December following initial registration or renewal of registration and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed. Renewal may be effected by the applicant's payment to the treasurer of state of a fee of forty dollars for a renewal of registration as either a professional engineer or...

... engineering or surveying professions. Credit for university or college level coursework shall be based on the credit established by the university or college. One semester hour as established by the university or college shall be the equivalent of forty-five hours of continuing professional development, and one quarter hour as established by the university or college shall be the equivalent of thirty hours of conti...

...ication or derivation of those words, unless the firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation obtains a certificate of authorization from the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors and files all information required to be filed under this section with the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors and otherwise complies with all requ...

...and performed by an engineer registered under this chapter or by a firm holding a certificate of authorization granted pursuant to this chapter through either direct employment or independent contract with the person contracting with the owner and offering the services. (2) The engineering services are offered by the person who intends to perform the actual construction of an improvement to real property as part of ...

...he contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed five thousand dollars. Any contract for engineering or surveying services executed in violation of this section shall be void and any moneys advanced or paid under such contract by this state or any of its political subdivisions or any municipal corporation shall be refunded forthwith. Sections 4733.01 to 4733.23 of the Revised Code, do not exclud...

...or a subordinate of a person registered under this chapter or an employee of a person holding temporary registration under division (A) of this section, provided the employee's or subordinate's duties do not include responsible charge of engineering or surveying work; (b) Officers and employees of the government of the United States while engaged within this state in the practice of engineering or surveying, for th...

... state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or who has a government certification or private certification as an engineer or surveyor in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia that does not issue that registration or license, the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall register the person as a...

...engineering or professional surveying illegally in the state; (4) Conviction of or plea of guilty to any felony or crime involving moral turpitude; (5) Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted by the board; (6) Violation of any condition of limitation placed by the board upon the registration of any professional engineer or professional surveyor; (7) Failure to abide by or comply with examination instruc...

...ct or prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession, or exclude persons licensed as stationary engineers or boiler operators from the operation or the supervision of the operation of steam, power, or refrigeration plants.

...or offer to practice, the profession of engineering or the profession of surveying without being registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or present or attempt to use as the person's own the registration, the certificate of authorization, or the seal of another, or give any false or forged evidence of any kind to the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors or to any memb...

...ral's designated assistant shall act as legal adviser of the board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary.

...ed to be established by the board at amounts "adequate" to cover designated expenses, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided by sections 4733.01 to 4733.99 of the Revised Code, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by these sections by more than fifty per cent.

...corporation or partnership of the word "engineer" or "engineering" in a corporate or business name of any corporation or partnership providing services in an area related to the practice of engineering, provided that the corporation or partnership was incorporated or established on or before July 1, 1973, and the word "engineer" or "engineering" has been continuously used in the corporation's or partnership's busines...

...d Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to registration and certificates of authorization issued pursuant to this chapter.

...board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

... (B) "Owner" means a person who has a legal or equitable interest in commercial real estate, including a contingent interest, pursuant to an agreement or contract, and who enters into a written contract with a professional engineer or professional surveyor for services to be provided with regard to any such interest in the commercial real estate. (C) "Professional engineer" means an individual, partnership, corpo...

... or professional surveyor. (C) The amount of the lien shall be limited to the amount due to the professional engineer or professional surveyor pursuant to the contract. (D) The lien shall be effective only against the interest in commercial real estate that is the subject of the contract. (E) All valid and recorded mechanic's liens arising pursuant to Chapter 1311. of the Revised Code, regardless of recordation...

...essional surveyor shall file with the county recorder of the county in which the commercial real estate is located an affidavit as described in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) The affidavit required under division (A) of this section shall include all of the following: (a) The name of the professional engineer or professional surveyor; (b) The name of the owner of the interest in the commercial real esta...

...aint in the common pleas court of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (2) The complaint need not initiate foreclosure proceedings on the lien prior to a court determining the validity of the underlying claim. (B) The professional engineer or professional surveyor shall name as defendants in the complaint all parties who have an interest of record in the commercial real estate that is the s...

...lding the lien shall record a written release of the professional engineer or professional surveyor's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded. (B) The professional engineer or professional surveyor shall file the lien release for recording within thirty days after the underlying claim is satisfied. (C) The county recorder shall record the release and charge and collect ...

...of the Revised Code is satisfied, regardless of whether or not the professional engineer or professional surveyor holding the lien recorded a written release pursuant to section 4733.304 of the Revised Code, or when such a lien is extinguished pursuant to section 4733.303 of the Revised Code, any person with an interest in the commercial real estate that was the subject of the lien, or named in the affidavit recorded...

... that section, may apply to the common pleas court of the county in which the commercial real estate is located to substitute financial security for the lien. (B) The substitute security shall be in the amount equal to the professional engineer or professional surveyor's claim, and in a form such as an escrow account or surety bond held by the clerk of courts or other party as determined adequate by the court. ...

... Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.

...B) A person other than a scrap metal dealer, as defined in section 4737.04 of the Revised Code, purchasing, selling, exchanging, or receiving secondhand articles of any kind other than special purchase articles as defined in section 4737.04 of the Revised Code, scrap iron, and scrap metal, shall post in a conspicuous place in or upon the person's shop, store, wagon, boat, or other place of business, a sign h...