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...Any association organized for the purpose of preserving and protecting bodies of deceased persons before burial may take, by purchase, devise, or gift, and may hold and convey, real estate not exceeding one acre of land, and may erect thereon suitable buildings and construct and maintain vaults and such other appliances as are necessary to carry out its objects. Such property shall be exempt from execution, from tax...

...A corporation designated as a home for aged and indigent persons, in addition to other property which it is allowed by law to hold, may take by purchase, gift, or devise, and may hold, use, dispose of, and convey, any property convenient for the use of the corporation or for the investment of its funds. No part of such property or of the income thereof shall be used for any purpose other than providing a suitable asy...

...Any corporation organized for the purpose of providing a home for deaf persons may enter into a contract with the board of county commissioners of any county, or with the proper officers of any municipal infirmary, for the care and maintenance in such home of any deaf person who is an inmate of the county home or of such municipal infirmary, or who is entitled to admission thereto. In every such case the county home ...

...Any incorporated association having for its purpose the preservation of public parks and memorial sites may acquire and hold in perpetuity, for memorial purposes for the free use and benefit of the public, any real estate in this state which is the site or scene of any battle or other engagement in behalf of or in defense of the government of the United States or of this state or which has been used or set apart for ...

...rehistoric sites or monuments, the exploration, examination, improvement, or preservation of such sites or monuments for educational, scientific, or memorial purposes, or the collecting of relics or artifacts therefrom and the placing of such relics or artifacts in a public museum, may acquire and hold any real estate in this state which is the site of an historic event, building, structure, canal, cemetery, monument...

...A company or association organized as an elevator company may purchase and hold real and personal estate; may erect, purchase, and own the necessary buildings, offices, and machinery for carrying on the business of receiving, storing, delivering, and forwarding grain of all kinds; and may add to and connect with this the business of a general storage warehouse or forwarders of all kinds of produce and merchandi...

...When a company organized for the purpose of propagating fish and establishing fisheries in this state acquires the right to use any stream, canal, or reservoir from the owner of the land adjoining thereto, for the establishment of a fishery to be owned, maintained, and used for the purpose of propagating fish, no person shall fish from such stream, canal, or reservoir without first obtaining authority from such compa...

...When a corporation organized for constructing and conducting a museum for the exhibition and preservation of works of nature and art and for instruction in connection therewith a public hall of any kind, or a park, pond, or rink for skating or other lawful sports, or organized for holding fairs, festivals, public meetings, concerts, or lawful entertainments of any kind, provides in its articles of incorporation that ...

...Any corporation may be organized and chartered for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone within this state under the act of June 18, 1934, 48 Stat. 998, 19 U.S.C.A. 81A, as amended or reenacted, and may apply to the board created under that act for a grant of the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining such a zone. If the application is granted, the corporation may...

...any other state; (b) A nonprofit corporation existing under the laws of this state or any other state; (c) A for profit corporation existing under the laws of this state or any other state; (d) Any of the following organizations existing under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state: (i) An unincorporated business or for profit organization, including a general or limited partnership; ...

...(A) Principles of law and equity supplement this chapter unless displaced by a particular provision of this chapter. (B) A statute in this state governing a particular type of unincorporated nonprofit association prevails over an inconsistent provision in this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency. (C) This chapter supplements all regulatory laws that are applicable to nonprofit organizations operating ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the law of this state governs all unincorporated nonprofit associations formed or operating in this state. (B) Unless the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association specify a different jurisdiction, the law of the jurisdiction in which the association has its main place of activities governs the internal affairs of the ass...

... and managers. (B) It has perpetual duration unless its governing principles specify otherwise. (C) It has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities. (D) It may engage in profit-making activities, but any profits from those activities shall be used or set aside for the association's nonprofit purposes.

...An unincorporated nonprofit association may acquire, hold, encumber, or transfer in its name an estate or interest in real or personal property. An unincorporated nonprofit association may be a legatee, a devisee, or a beneficiary of a trust or contract. All property acquired by an unincorporated nonprofit association by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise shall be the absolute property of the associa...

...A debt, obligation, or other liability of an unincorporated nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the association and does not become the debt, obligation, or other liability of a member or manager solely because the member acts as a member or the manager acts as a manager. A person's status as a member or a manager of an u...

...An unincorporated nonprofit association has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name. A member or a manager of an unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim that the member or manager has against the association. An unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim that it has against a member or a manager of the association.

...All assets, property, funds, and rights or interests, at law or in equity, of any unincorporated nonprofit association shall be subject to judgment, execution, and other process. A money judgment against an unincorporated nonprofit association shall be enforced only against the association as an entity and shall not be enforceable against the property of any manager or member of the association.

... state; (2) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership association, professional association, business trust, or unincorporated nonprofit association that has a business address in this state. If the agent is an entity other than a domestic corporation, the agent shall meet the require...

...In an action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association, a summons and complaint or other process may be served on an agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process or a manager of the association or in any other manner authorized by the law of this state.

...An action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or managers.

... in this state against a nonprofit corporation.

...A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association is not an agent of the association solely by reason of being a member.

...Except as otherwise provided in its governing principles, an unincorporated nonprofit association shall have the approval of its members to do any of the following: (A) Admit, suspend, dismiss, or expel a member; (B) Select or dismiss a manager; (C) Adopt, amend, or repeal its governing principles; (D) Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the association's property, with ...

...(A) Unless another form of notice is required by the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association or by applicable law, any notice required by this chapter shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by telegram, by the use of authorized communications equipment, or by United States mail, express mail, or courier service, with postage or fees prepaid. (B) In computing the ...

...(A) An unincorporated nonprofit association shall maintain a record of its members containing the name and address of each member and, if members are classified, the class to which the member belongs. (B) A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled as provided in division (A) of section 1745.29 of the Revised Code or may resign as provided in division (A) of se...