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...Orders of attachment may be issued to levying officers of different counties. Several of them, at the option of the plaintiff, may be issued at the same time or in succession. Only those which have been executed shall be taxed in the costs, unless otherwise directed by the court.

...The return day of the order of attachment shall be no later than twenty days after the order is issued.

...If there are several orders of attachment against the same defendant, they shall be executed in the order in which they were received by the levying officer.

...ably expensive, the officer may take possession by conspicuously placing a notice of possession on the property. The delivery of the order under this division is required in addition to the service of the order required by section 2715.045 or 2715.05 of the Revised Code. (B) Unless the order of attachment directed to the levying officer specifies otherwise, the officer, in the execution of the order, may use any law...

... other than personal earnings in his possession, and the levying officer attempts to get possession of such property but cannot do so, he shall leave with the person a copy of the order of attachment, with a written notice that he appear in court and answer, as provided in section 2715.29 of the Revised Code. The person is the garnishee and the proceeding in relation to the garnishee is a garnishment proceeding. Any ...

... Revised Code to the person in whose possession it was found, upon the person's executing a bond to the plaintiff, with sufficient surety, to the effect that the parties to it are bound in the same amount as the bond filed by the plaintiff under section 2715.044 of the Revised Code, or if the plaintiff has not filed such a bond, in double the appraised value of the property, and to the effect that the property or its...

...tion, 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 extent of the demand of the plaintiff, for not paying such money or delivering such claim or property to the defendant, as by law or the terms of the process ...

...rved, or where the action is pending. A special examination of the garnishee shall be had, and actions against him for failing to appear, or to answer satisfactorily, or to comply with the order of the court in the premises, shall be brought in the county in which he resides.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas before whom the answer mentioned in section 2715.13 of the Revised Code is made shall transmit it to the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending, in the manner depositions are required to be directed and transmitted. For his services he shall receive such fees as are allowed by law for taking depositions and to clerks for furnishing certificates with their seals of offic...

...If in his answer under section 2715.13 of the Revised Code the garnishee admits an indebtedness to the defendant, and the court orders the payment of it in whole or part to the plaintiff, and the garnishee fails to pay according to such order, execution may issue thereon as upon judgments for the payment of money.

...Different attachments of the same property may be made by the same officer; but one inventory and appraisement are sufficient, and it is not necessary to return them with more than one order of attachment.

...When property is under attachment, attachments thereon under subsequent orders of attachment must be as follows: (A) If it is real property, it shall be attached in the manner prescribed for executing attachment. (B) If it is personal property, it shall be attached as in the hands of the officer, and be subject to any previous attachment. (C) If a person is made a garnishee more than once with respect to the same ...

...The levying officer shall return upon every order of attachment what he has done under it. The return shall show the property attached and the time it was attached. When garnishees are served under this chapter, their names, and the time each was served, shall be stated. The officer shall return with the order all bonds given under it.

...curity interest is then perfected by possession, his lien or security interest relative to the property shall not be affected by the attachment.

...On application of the plaintiff, and for good cause shown, the court, may appoint a receiver, who shall take an oath and give a bond as is provided in other cases.

...15.20 of the Revised Code shall take possession of all notes, due bills, books of account, accounts, and other evidences of debt, that have been taken by the levying officer as the property of the defendant in attachment, and proceed to settle and collect them. For that purpose, the receiver may commence and maintain actions in the receiver's own name, as receiver, but no right of defense in the action shall be impai...

...The receiver appointed under section 2715.20 of the Revised Code forthwith shall give written or printed notice of his appointment to the persons indebted to the defendant in attachment, which notice must be served on the debtor by a copy personally, or by a copy left at his residence. From the date of such service, the debtors shall be liable to the plaintiff in attachment for the amount of money and credits of the ...

...When required, the receiver appointed under section 2715.20 of the Revised Code shall report his proceedings to the court, and hold all money collected by him, and property which may come into his hands, subject to the order of the court.

...When a receiver is not appointed as provided in section 2715.20 of the Revised Code, the levying officer who attaches the property shall have the powers and perform the duties of a receiver appointed by the court, and, if necessary, as such officer may commence and maintain actions in his own name. He also may be required to give security other than his official bond.

...The court may make proper orders for the preservation of property attached during the pendency of a suit and direct a sale of it when, because of its perishable nature or the costs of its keeping, that will be for the benefit of the parties. The sale shall be public, after such advertisement as is prescribed for the sale of like property on execution, and shall be made in such manner and on such terms of credit, with...

...If the defendant, or other person on his behalf, before judgment, executes a bond to the plaintiff, with sufficient surety resident in the county and approved by the court, in the same amount as the bond filed by the plaintiff under section 2715.044 of the Revised Code, or if the plaintiff has not filed such a bond, in double the amount of the plaintiff's claim as stated in his affidavit under section 2715.03 of the ...

...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.

...The bond mentioned in sections 2715.26 and 2715.27 of the Revised Code, in vacation, may be executed in the presence of the officer having the order of attachment in his hands, or, after its return before the clerk, with the same effect as if executed in court. The sureties shall be approved by the officer before whom such bond is executed.

...and credits of the defendant in his possession or under his control. The garnishee shall truly disclose the amount owing by him to the defendant, other than for personal earnings, whether due or not, and in the case of a corporation, any stock held therein by or for the benefit of the defendant, at or after the service of notice.

...A garnishee under this chapter shall deliver the property in his hands or pay the money other than personal earnings owing by him to the defendant, or so much thereof as the court orders, into court in accordance with section 2715.32 of the Revised Code. He shall be discharged from liability to the defendant for property so delivered or money so paid and shall not be subjected to costs beyond those caused by his res...