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Section 2329.661 | Certain claims not exempted.

...(A) Division (A)(1) of section 2329.66 of the Revised Code does not: (1) Extend to a judgment rendered on a mortgage executed, or security interest given on real or personal property by a debtor or to a claim for less than four hundred dollars for manual work or labor; (2) Impair the lien, by mortgage or otherwise, of the vendor for the purchase money of real or personal property that the debtor or a depende...

Section 2329.91 | Enforcement of foreign country judgment.

...(A) Except as provided in sections 2329.92 and 2329.93 of the Revised Code, any foreign country judgment that is final, conclusive, and enforceable where rendered shall be recognized and enforced by the courts of this state, even though an appeal from the judgment is pending or the judgment is subject to an appeal. Such a foreign country judgment is enforceable in this state in the same manner as a judgment of anothe...

Section 2337.05 | Determining amount of money of certain contract claims.

...(A) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date. (B) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the rate of exchange prevailing on a date before default, that rate of exchange applies only to payments made within a reasonable time after defa...

Section 2337.09 | Pre-judgment and judgment interest.

...(A) With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or preaward interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in division (B) of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state. (B) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of prejudgment or...

Section 2337.11 | Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.

...(A) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment. (B) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishme...

Section 2505.02 | Final orders.

...judgment as to all proceedings, issues, claims, and parties in the action. (5) An order that determines that an action may or may not be maintained as a class action; (6) An order determining the constitutionality of any changes to the Revised Code made by Am. Sub. S.B. 281 of the 124th general assembly, including the amendment of sections 1751.67, 2117.06, 2305.11, 2305.15, 2305.234, 2317.02, 2317.54, 2323.56, 2...

Section 2705.031 | Initiating contempt action for failure to pay support or comply with visitation order.

...(A) As used in this section, "Title IV-D case" has the same meaning as in section 3125.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Any party who has a legal claim to any support ordered for a child, spouse, or former spouse may initiate a contempt action for failure to pay the support. In Title IV-D cases, the contempt action for failure to pay support also may be initiated by an attorney retained by the party who has the...

Section 2712.45 | Amending or supplementing statement of claim or defense.

...Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, either party may amend or supplement his statement of claim or defense during the course of the arbitral proceedings, unless the arbitral tribunal considers it inappropriate to allow the amendment or supplement having regard to the delay in making it.

Section 2712.63 | Request of additional award as to claims presented but not adjudicated.

... an additional arbitral award as to the claims presented in the arbitral proceedings but omitted from the arbitral award. If the tribunal considers any request made under this section to be justified, it shall make the additional arbitral award within sixty days after receipt of the request. (B) Sections 2712.59 to 2712.61 of the Revised Code apply to an additional arbitral award made pursuant to this section.

Section 2713.02 | Order of arrest.

...An order for the arrest of the defendant 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 parti...

Section 2715.01 | Grounds of attachment.

...(A) An attachment against the property, other than personal earnings, of a defendant may be had in a civil action for the recovery of money, at or after its commencement, upon any one of the following grounds: (1) Excepting foreign corporations which by compliance with the law therefore are exempted from attachment as such, that the defendant or one of several defendants is a foreign corporation; (2) That the defen...

Section 2715.03 | Motion and affidavit for order of attachment - contents.

...A plaintiff in an action for the recovery of money, upon or at any time after the commencement of the action, may apply to the court by written motion for the attachment of property, other than personal earnings, of the defendant. The motion shall have attached to it the affidavit of the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, which shall set forth all of the following: (A) The nature and amount of the plaintiff's claim...

Section 2715.044 | Effective date of order of attachment.

...An order of attachment issued by a court shall not be effective until the plaintiff that filed the motion for attachment files with the court a bond to the defendant against whom the motion was filed, executed by the plaintiff's surety, in an amount twice the approximate value of the property to be attached under the order, to the effect that, should judgment be issued against the plaintiff, the plaintiff will return...

Section 2715.12 | Effect of service of process upon public officer.

...The service of process of garnishment under this chapter upon the sheriff, coroner, clerk, constable, master commissioner, marshal of a municipal corporation, or other officer having in his possession any money, claim, or other property of the defendant, other than personal earnings, or in which the defendant has an interest, shall bind it from the time of service and be a legal excuse to such officers, to the exten...

Section 2715.27 | Claim for causing death or injury.

...When the plaintiff's claim is for causing death or personal injury by a negligent or wrongful act, the bond required by section 2715.26 of the Revised Code shall be in such amount as is fixed by the court where the action is pending, or a judge thereof if application is made in vacation.

Section 2716.02 | Form for notice of court proceeding to collect debt.

...st your creditors, the amounts of their claims, and the amounts due on their claims, and the amount you then will pay to your trustee each payday will be divided among them until the debts are paid off. This can be to your advantage because in the meantime none of those creditors can garnish your wages. You also may contact a budget and debt counseling service described in division (D) of section 2716.03 of the Rev...

Section 2729.07 | Restoration of will or title to real estate.

...When the record of a deed or other instrument conveying title to real estate, authorized or required to be recorded, or a will and the probate thereof, is lost or destroyed by fire, riot, or civil commotion, and the original of such deed or other instrument, or will and the probate thereof, or a certified copy thereof, cannot be found, any person claiming title to such real estate or any interest under such will may ...

Section 2733.08 | Petition against person for usurpation of office.

...When an action in quo warranto is brought against a person for usurping an office, the petition shall set forth the name of the person claiming to be entitled to the office, with an averment of his right thereto. Judgment may be rendered upon the right of the defendant, and also on the right of the person averred to be so entitled, or only upon the right of the defendant, as justice requires. All persons who claim ...

Section 2733.24 | Duties of trustees as to notice of court order.

...notice shall require all persons having claims against the corporation to file them with such trustees within ninety days from the date of their appointment. All claims not filed within ninety days from the date of the appointment shall be barred as against such trustees and the property of the corporation, unless the court, for good cause shown, orders otherwise.

Section 2733.30 | Costs.

...If, in an action in quo warranto, judgment is rendered against a corporation, or against a person claiming to be a corporation, the court may render judgment for costs against the directors or other officers of the corporation, or against the person claiming to be a corporation.

Section 2737.14 | Final judgment to award permanent possession.

...In an action to recover possession of personal property in which an order of possession has been issued, the final judgment shall award permanent possession of the property and any damages to the party obtaining the award to the extent the damages proximately resulted from the taking, withholding, or detention of the property by the other, and the costs of the action. If delivery of the property cannot be made, the a...

Section 2743.04 | Judges.

...(A) Judges of the court of claims who are not residents of Franklin county, or when the court sits outside Franklin county the judges who are residents of Franklin county, shall be compensated for their actual and necessary expenses of traveling to and from the place of holding the court. (B) A retired judge shall, in addition to the judge's retirement allowance, receive per diem compensation for service as a...

Section 2743.08 | Supplies, equipment - compensation of personnel.

... (A) Furnish the clerk of the court of claims with the necessary printing, books, blanks, stationery, and equipment; (B) Fix the compensation to be paid the clerk and deputy clerks, court reporters, secretaries, and clerical personnel employed by the court of of claims.

Section 2743.121 | Court of claims commissioners to render award of reparation decisions in writing.

...The court of claims shall render its decisions as to appeals from decisions of the attorney general pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code in writing and shall include a separate finding for each issue contested upon appeal. Orders as to appeals shall be entered on the journal, and the clerk shall certify on the order the date of journalization and shall send copies of the order and decisio...

Section 2743.13 | Filing complaint or other pleading - summons.

...other pleading asserted in the court of claims against the state shall name as defendant each state department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality whose actions are alleged as the basis of complaint. (B) Upon the filing of the complaint or other pleading requiring service of summons, the clerk of the court of claims shall issue summons to each defendant and the attorney general....