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...(A) The dissolution of a corporation shall not affect the limited liability of a shareholder with respect to transactions occurring or acts or omissions done or omitted in the name of or by the corporation. (B) A shareholder who receives a distribution of assets from a dissolved corporation shall not be liable for any claim against the corporation in an amount in excess of the amount of shareholder's pro rata...

...(A) Without limiting the generality of its authority, the court of common pleas of the county in this state in which the principal office of a voluntarily dissolved corporation is located, in which the principal office was to be located, or in which the principal office of a corporation whose articles have been canceled or whose period of existence has expired is located, upon the complaint of the corporation, ...

...(A) Whenever, after a corporation is dissolved voluntarily or the articles of a corporation have been cancelled or the period of existence of a corporation has expired, a receiver is appointed to wind up the affairs of the corporation, all the claims, demands, rights, interests, or liens of creditors, claimants, and shareholders shall be determined as of the day on which the receiver was appointed unless those ...

...(A) Upon the complaint of not less than one-fourth of the directors of a corporation or upon the complaint of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise not less than one-fifth of the voting power of a corporation in the election of directors, the court of common pleas of the county in which the corporation maintains its principal office may order the appointment of a provisional director for that corpora...

...oration has been incorporated under the laws of this state. A copy duly certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate filed in the secretary of state's office shall be prima-facie evidence of the amendment or of the facts stated in any such certificate and of the observance and performance of all antecedent conditions necessary to the action which such certificate purports t...

...(A) Absent an express agreement to the contrary, a person providing goods to or performing services for a domestic or foreign corporation owes no duty to, incurs no liability or obligation to, and is not in privity with the shareholders or creditors of the corporation by reason of providing goods to or performing services for the corporation. (B) Absent an express agreement to the contrary, a person providing goods ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, upon reinstatement of a corporation's or professional association's articles of incorporation in accordance with section 1701.07, 1785.06, 5703.93, or 5733.22 of the Revised Code, the rights, privileges, and franchises, including all real or personal property rights and credits and all contract and other rights, of the corporation or association existing at the...

...t exclusive of other remedies at common law or under other statutes.

...(A) Every corporation that fails to: (1) Keep the books of account, minutes of proceedings, or records of shareholders as required by section 1701.37 of the Revised Code; (2) Comply with division (C) of section 1701.11 of the Revised Code with respect to mailing a copy of an amendment to, or copy of new, regulations; (3) Perform the obligation imposed on it by division (C) of section 1701.25 of the Revised Code...

...ion to any other liabilities imposed by law upon directors of a corporation and except as provided in division (B) of this section, directors shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation as provided in division (A)(2) of this section if they vote for or assent to any of the following: (a) The payment of a dividend or distribution, the making of a distribution of assets to shareholders, or the purchase or...

... benefit corporation to comply with all laws otherwise applicable to a domestic corporation or contracts by which the benefit corporation is bound, and divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall not limit or restrict the imposition of any remedy available under such otherwise applicable laws or contracts.

...No person shall exercise or attempt to exercise any rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, or authority under the articles of a domestic corporation after such articles have been canceled or after such corporation has been dissolved or after the period of existence of the corporation specified in its articles has expired, except such acts as are incident to the winding up of the affairs of such corporati...

...d under said sections or under previous laws of this state. (B) Special provisions in the Revised Code for the organization, conduct, or government of designated classes of corporations shall govern to the exclusion of sections 1701.01 to 1701.98, inclusive, of the Revised Code, on the same subject, except where it clearly appears that a special provision is cumulative, in which case it and the provisions of said se...

...Whoever violates section 1701.97 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

...nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of this state, or a business corporation formed under the laws of this state that, by amendment to its articles as provided by law, becomes a nonprofit corporation. (B) "Foreign corporation" means a nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of another state. (C) "Nonprofit corporation" means a domestic or foreign corporation that is formed otherwise than for the p...

...by the articles, the regulations, the bylaws, 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 period of time for the giving of a notice required or permitted under this cha...

...e or purposes for which natural persons lawfully may associate themselves, except that when there is a special provision in the Revised Code for the formation thereunder of a designated class of corporations, a corporation of such class shall be formed thereunder.

...hapter. (C) A written appointment of a statutory agent for the purposes set forth in section 1702.06 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the articles, unless the corporation belongs to one of the classes mentioned in division (N) of that section. (D) The legal existence of the corporation begins upon the filing of the articles or on a later date specified in the articles that is not more than ninety days after...

...(A) Except as provided in this section and in sections 1702.41 and 1702.411 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall not accept for filing in the secretary of state's office any articles if the corporate name set forth in the articles is not distinguishable upon the secretary of state's records from any of the following: (1) The name of any other corporation, whether a nonprofit corporation or a business c...

...(A) When articles of incorporation and other certificates relating to the corporation are submitted to the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall, after finding that they comply with the provisions of this chapter, accept the articles and other certificates for filing and make a copy of the articles and other certificates by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the f...

...(A) When an unincorporated society or association, organized for any of the purposes for which a corporation could be formed under this chapter, authorizes the incorporation of that society or association, by the same procedure and affirmative vote of its voting members that the regulations, constitution, or other fundamental agreement of the society or association requires for an amendment to that fundamental agr...

...The fact that a religious society, ecclesiastical society, or church has been continuously in existence since January 1, 1925, claiming to have been legally incorporated as such, and exercising authority and performing duties as such during such time, shall be prima-facie evidence of the due incorporation as claimed by such organization.

...gement of its property, consistent with law and the articles; may elect directors in addition to any directors named in the articles; and may also elect members in addition to any named or provided for in the articles. If the incorporators fail to adopt regulations as authorized by this section within ninety days after the date of incorporation, regulations may be adopted at a meeting of voting members by the affirm...

...(A) Without limiting the generality of such authority, the regulations, whether designated a constitution or rules, or by some other term, may include provisions with respect to the following: (1) The place, if any, and time for holding, the manner of and authority for calling, giving notice of, and conducting, and the requirements of a quorum for, meetings of members, or their elected representatives or delegates; ...

...D) Subject to limitations prescribed by law or in its articles, a corporation may make donations for the public welfare, for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or in furtherance of any of its purposes. (E)(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed civil, c...