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Section 2323.57 | General verdict for future damages.

...In any tort action to which section 2323.55 or 2323.56 of the Revised Code does not apply, if a plaintiff makes a good faith claim against a defendant for future damages, the trier of fact shall return a general verdict and, if that verdict is in favor of the plaintiff, answers to interrogatories or findings of fact that specify both of the following: (A) The past damages recoverable by that plaintiff; (B) The futu...

Section 2323.58 | Transfer of structural settlement payment rights definitions.

...As used in this section and sections 2323.581 to 2323.587 of the Revised Code: (A) "Annuity issuer" means an insurer that has issued a contract that is used to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement. (B) "Assignee" means a party acquiring or proposing to acquire structured settlement payment rights from a transferee of those rights. (C) "Dependent" includes a spouse of a payee, a minor child of a pay...

Section 2323.585 | Immunity - waiver - illegal transfers.

...(A) No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on a failure of the transfer to comply with any of the requirements of sections 2323.581 to 2323.584 of the Revised Code. (B) No provision of this section or section 2323.581, 2323....

Section 2329.02 | Judgment lien - certificate of judgment - filing - transfer.

...Any judgment or decree rendered by any court of general jurisdiction, including district courts of the United States, within this state shall be a lien upon lands and tenements of each judgment debtor within any county of this state from the time there is filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of such county a certificate of such judgment, setting forth all of the following: (A) The court in ...

Section 2329.091 | Levying officer to execute writ of execution.

...(A) When a judgment creditor files a praecipe for a writ of execution with a clerk of a common pleas court pursuant to section 2303.11 of the Revised Code, or with a clerk of a municipal court pursuant to section 1901.23 of the Revised Code, or with a clerk of the county court pursuant to section 1907.47 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall issue a writ of execution to the levying officer and cause a notice and a hea...

Section 2329.15 | Public and private sale of goods on execution.

...fix the amount remaining unpaid on such claims or obligations for the purpose of the sale, and to that end require the parties to the suit to furnish satisfactory evidence of such unpaid amount.

Section 2329.21 | Purchaser to add enough to pay costs in certain cases.

...fix the amount remaining unpaid on such claims or obligations for the purpose of the sale, and to that end require the parties to the suit to furnish to it satisfactory evidence of such unpaid amount. The advertisement for the sale of real estate sold under section 2329.20 of the Revised Code shall state that the purchaser shall be responsible for those costs, allowances, and taxes that the proceeds of the sale are i...

Section 2329.33 | Redemption by judgment debtor.

...Except as provided in division (C) of section 2308.03 or any other section of the Revised Code, in sales of real estate on execution or order of sale, at any time before the confirmation thereof, the debtor may redeem it from sale by depositing in the hands of the clerk of the court of common pleas to which such execution or order is returnable, the amount of the judgment or decree upon which such lands were sold, wi...

Section 2329.36 | Deed of sheriff, master.

...(A) The attorney who files the writ of execution shall, not later than seven days after the filing of the order of confirmation of sale pursuant to section 2329.31 of the Revised Code, make to the purchaser a deed, containing the names of the parties to the judgment, the names of the owners of the property sold, a reference to the volume and page of the recording of the next preceding recorded instrume...

Section 2329.92 | When judgment not enforceable - reciprocity.

...(A) A foreign country judgment shall not be recognized and enforced pursuant to section 2329.91 of the Revised Code if the judge determines that any of the following are true: (1) The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend; (2) The foreign country judgment was obtained by fraud; (3) The claim for relief on which the for...

Section 2333.01 | Equitable and certain other assets.

...When a judgment debtor does not have sufficient personal or real property subject to levy on execution to satisfy the judgment, any equitable interest which he has in real estate as mortgagor, mortgagee, or otherwise, or any interest he has in a banking, turnpike, bridge, or other joint-stock company, or in a money contract, claim, or chose in action, due or to become due to him, or in a judgment or order, or money, ...

Section 2333.24 | Proceedings when indebtedness denied or another claims the property.

...If it appears that the judgment debtor has an interest in real estate, in the county in which proceedings under sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are had, as mortgagor, mortgagee, or otherwise, and his interest can be ascertained as between himself and the person holding the legal estate, or the person having a lien on or interest in the property, without controversy as to the interest of t...

Section 2335.39 | Compensation for fees incurred by prevailing party in connection with action or appeal.

...le party with the clerk of the court of claims, the order shall be treated as if it were a judgment under Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code and be payable in accordance with the procedures specified in section 2743.19 of the Revised Code, except that interest shall not be paid in relation to the award. (D) If compensation for fees is awarded under this section to a prevailing eligible party that is appealing an agen...

Section 2337.02 | When provisions apply.

...(A) Sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. (B) Sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code apply to foreign-money issues even if other law under the conflict of laws rules of this state applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.

Section 2337.03 | Variation by agreement.

...(A) The effect of sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distribution proceeding or the entry of judgment. (B) Parties to a transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may agree to use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the ...

Section 2337.08 | Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.

...The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.

Section 2337.10 | Enforcement of foreign judgments.

...(A) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in section 2337.07 of the Revised Code, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars. (B) A foreign judgment may be filed in accordance wit...

Section 2337.12 | Effect of currency revalorization.

...(A) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money. (B) If substitution under...

Section 2337.15 | Title and citation.

... be cited as the "Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act."

Section 2501.161 | Cancellation of uncollectible debts.

...If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.

Section 2503.18 | Cancellation of uncollectible debts.

...If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.

Section 2505.09 | Stay of execution - supersedeas bond.

...plicable, the cumulative total for all claims covered by the final order, judgment, or decree and interest involved, except that the bond shall not exceed fifty million dollars excluding interest and costs, as directed by the court that rendered the final order, judgment, or decree that is sought to be superseded or by the court to which the appeal is taken. That bond shall be conditioned as provided in section 25...

Section 2701.10 | Referrals for adjudication of civil actions or proceedings to retired judges.

...action or proceeding pending in a small claims division of a municipal court or county court.

Section 2701.20 | Clerk's refusal of documents materially false or fraudulent.

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, if a person presents a document to the clerk of a court of record for filing or for docketing and indexing, the clerk may refuse to accept the document for filing or refuse to docket and index the document if the document is not required or authorized to be filed or to be docketed and indexed with the clerk or the clerk has reasonable cause to believe the d...

Section 2703.14 | Service by publication.

...n this state, when the defendant has or claims a lien on the property or an actual or contingent interest in the property or the relief demanded consists wholly or partly in excluding him from any interest in the property, and the defendant is not a resident of this state or is a foreign corporation or his place of residence cannot be ascertained; (J) In an action against an executor, administrator, or guardian who ...