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...A mortgage belonging to an estate may be foreclosed by the executor or administrator.

...tion for that authority in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed. Notice of the time of hearing on the application shall be given to the surviving spouse and heirs, if the decedent died intestate, and to the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if the decedent died testate. If the court is satisfied that it would be for the...

...ellation of the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed, or in which the real property or any part of it is situated. If the decedent died intestate, the surviving spouse and heirs, and if the decedent died testate, the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if not the plaintiffs, shall, together with the purchaser, ...

...o complete the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed. Notice of the time of the hearing on the application shall be given to the surviving spouse and heirs, if the decedent died intestate, and to the surviving spouse and devisees or legatees having an interest in the contract, if the decedent died testate, to the executor or administrator, if not the a...

...The property of an estate that is specifically bequeathed may be delivered over to the legatee entitled to the property. The legatee shall secure its redelivery on demand to the executor or administrator. Otherwise, the property shall remain in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator to be distributed or sold, as required by law and the condition of the estate.

...(A) A devisee taking real property under a devise in a will, unless the will otherwise provides, or an heir taking real property under the statutes of descent and distribution shall take the real property subject to all taxes, penalties, interest, and assessments that are a lien against that real property. (B) If real property devised in a will is subject to a mortgage lien that exists on the date of the test...

...ims in a manner approved by the probate court. Each claimant for whom assets are to be set aside shall be given notice, in the manner as the court shall order, of the hearing upon the application to set aside assets and shall have the right to be fully heard as to the nature and amount of the assets to be set aside for payment of the claim and as to all other conditions in connection with the claim. In any case in w...

...General legacies shall bear no interest unless specifically provided in the will.

...or distributee may apply to the probate court for an order requiring the executor or administrator to distribute the assets of the estate, either in whole or in part, in cash or in kind. Upon notice to the executor or administrator, the court shall inquire into the condition of the estate, and if all claims have been paid, or adequate provision has been or can be made for their payment, the court shall make tha...

...hall obtain the approval of the probate court or the consent of all of the legatees or distributees whose interests may be affected by such distribution. A distribution in kind may be made to any beneficiary, including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, and the surviving spouse.

...An executor or administrator is not liable for any distribution made in compliance with sections 2113.53, 2113.54, and 2113.55 of the Revised Code, except that an order of distribution made pursuant to any of such sections may be vacated as provided in section 2109.35 of the Revised Code relating to accounts.

... interest in the property, the probate court, unless the will otherwise provides, may authorize delivery of the personal property to the person having the limited estate, with or without bond, as the court may determine; or the court may order that the property be held by the executor or some other trustee, with or without bond, for the benefit of the person having the limited estate. If bond is required of the...

...When a beneficiary of an estate is indebted to such estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the present worth of the indebtedness if not due, may be set off by the executor or administrator against any testate or intestate share of the estate to which such beneficiary is entitled.

...ator or executor shall file in probate court, at any time after the filing of an inventory that includes the real property but prior to the filing of the administrator's or executor's final account, an application requesting the court to issue a certificate of transfer as to the real property. Real property sold by an executor or administrator or land registered under Chapters 5309. and 5310. of the Revised Co...

...Upon receipt of the certificate provided for in section 2113.61 of the Revised Code, the county recorder shall record it in the official records and index the certificate in the name of the decedent as grantor and the person to whom the real property passes as grantee in the indexes provided for in section 317.18 of the Revised Code.

...r to the filing of a final account, the court may order it turned into the county treasury as provided in section 2113.65 of the Revised Code, or may order the executor or administrator to invest it as the court directs for a period not to exceed two years, to accumulate for the benefit of the persons entitled to the sum of money. Such investment shall be made in the name of the probate judge of the court for the t...

... Revised Code shall file in the probate court a memorandum thereof, with the original certificates or evidences of title representing such investment, which shall be allowed as a sufficient voucher for such payment under the order or decree. If the amount is unclaimed at the end of the period of such investment, it shall be turned into the county treasury and credited to the general fund, without liability for intere...

...The statute of limitations shall not be set up as a defense or bar to an action against an executor or administrator who fails or neglects to comply with the requirements of sections 2113.64 and 2113.65 of the Revised Code.

...the Revised Code satisfies the probate court of the person's right to receive it, the court shall order it to be paid over and transferred to the person. In case it has been turned into the treasury, the county auditor shall give to the person a warrant for the money upon the certificate of the probate judge.

...The probate judge with whom the certificates or evidences of title required by section 2113.65 of the Revised Code are deposited and each succeeding judge to whom they come, and the judges' sureties, shall be responsible for their safekeeping and application, as provided in sections 2113.64 to 2113.67 of the Revised Code.

...dministrator shall file in the probate court an itemized report of those assets, with an estimate of their value, but shall not be required to make an inventory or appraisement of the assets unless ordered to do so by the court, either upon its own motion or upon the application of any interested party.

...s, may be prosecuted in any appropriate court in this state in the capacity of executor or administrator.

...The several probate courts, courts of common pleas, and superior courts have the same authority over foreign executors and administrators as if they were appointed in this state.

...Any court of common pleas may compel a foreign administrator or executor residing in this state, or having assets or property in this state, to account at the suit of an heir, distributee, or legatee, who is resident in this state, and make distribution of the amount found in the possession or under the control of the foreign administrator or executor to the respective heirs, distributees, or legatees according...

...istributees, heirs, or legatees, in any court of common pleas or probate court may compel the foreign administrator or executor to secure the amounts respectively due to them and any of the foreign administrator's or executor's sureties may require indemnity on account of their liability as bail.