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...Except surety companies which are admitted to guarantee the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, who may be required to or do in their trust capacity receive, hold, control, and disburse public or private moneys or property, and which are admitted to guarantee the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, and to execute and guarantee bonds required or permitted in all actions o...

...No company organized under the laws of this state to transact the business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, who are required to, or in their trust capacity do, receive, hold, control, or disburse public or private property, and to transact the business of guaranteeing the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, or of executing or guaranteeing bonds or ...

...(A) The unearned premium reserve of every title company shall consist of: (1) The amount of the unearned premium reserve held as of December 12, 1967, pursuant to or under permission granted by any prior statutes of this state or the voluntary unearned premium reserves held by any domestic title guarantee and trust company or domestic title guarantee company as of December 31, 1966; (2) The amount of all additions ...

...(A) Every title insurance company authorized to transact business within this state shall certify annually to the superintendent of insurance the names of all title insurance agents representing it in this state in accordance with section 3905.20 of the Revised Code. (B) No bank, trust company, bank and trust company, or other lending institution, mortgage service, brokerage, mortgage guaranty company, escrow compa...

...(A) Every title insurance agent or agency that handles escrow, settlement, closing, or security deposit accounts shall have an independent review made of its escrow, settlement, closing, and security deposit accounts each year on or before the thirty-first day of December for the twelve-month period ending the preceding thirty-first day of August. The title insurance agent or agency shall provide proof of t...

...As used in sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public authority" means any officer, board, or commission of the state, or any political subdivision of the state, authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement or to construct the same by the direct employment of labor, or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds and said sections apply to expend...

...(A) There is hereby created the industrial commission. The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as a representative of employers; one shall be an individual who, on account of the individual's previous voca...

...There is hereby created an unemployment compensation review commission consisting of three full-time members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be staggered and shall be for six years, commencing on the twenty-eighth day of February and ending on the twenty-seventh day of February. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end o...

...(A) Contributions shall accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year or other period as prescribed by this chapter. Such contributions become due and shall be paid by each employer to the director of job and family services for the unemployment compensation fund in accordance with such regulations as the director prescribes, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the remuneration of...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Certification mark" means a mark used in connection with the goods or services of a person other than the certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of the goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or o...

...Each member of the liquor control commission shall devote the member's entire time to the duties of office and shall hold no other office of trust or profit. No member of the commission, nor the superintendent of liquor control, nor any of the employees of the commission or of the division of liquor control, shall have any direct financial interest in, or any interest otherwise prohibited by Chapter 102. or sec...

...(A)(1) Division (A) of this section applies to any of the following persons: (a) An individual who is permanently and totally disabled; (b) An individual who is sixty-five years of age or older; (c) An individual who is the surviving spouse of a deceased person who was permanently and totally disabled or sixty-five years of age or older and who applied and qualified for a reduction in assessable value under ...

...The bus taxation proration and reciprocity agreement is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: BUS TAXATION PRORATION AND RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT "Article I--Purposes and Principles "Sec. 1. Purposes of agreement: It is the purpose of this agreement to set up a system whereby any contracting State may permit owners of fleets of bu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code. (2) "Electronic medium" means a web site, electronic mail communication, compact disc media, or other electronic format through which information is sent or conveyed. (B) The classroom instruction required by division (C) of section 4508.02 of the Revised Code shall include the dissemination of inform...

...As used in sections 4549.41 to 4549.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or cooperative or any other legal entity, whether acting individually or by their agents, officers, employees, or representatives. (B) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical powe...

...Moneys in the funds of the port authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its port authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code or invested in linked deposit programs established by resolution of the board of directors in accordance with section ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecti...

...(A) Each brokerage shall designate at least one affiliated broker to act as the principal broker of the brokerage. Any affiliated broker not so designated shall be an associate broker or management level licensee for that brokerage. (B) A brokerage shall report any change in designation as a principal broker to the superintendent not later than fifteen days after the change occurs. (C) Every principal broker of a...

...(A)(1) The Ohio real estate commission may adopt reasonable rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, necessary for implementing the provisions of this chapter relating, but not limited to, the following: (a) The form and manner of filing applications for licensure; (b) Times and form of examination for license; (c) Placing an existing broker's license on deposit or a salesperson's license on a...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when earnest money connected to a real estate purchase agreement is deposited in a real estate broker's trust or special account, the broker shall maintain that money in the account in accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement until one of the following occurs: (1) The transaction closes and the broker disburses the earnest money to the closing or escrow a...

...Each public utilities commissioner shall be a bona fide resident of this state and shall not, during the commissioner's term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit. No commissioner shall engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with the commissioner's duties as commissioner, but shall devote entire time to the duties of that office. As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit...

...As used in Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, association, estate, trust, or partnership or any officer, board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the state or a political subdivision of the state, or any other entity. (B)(1) "Major utility facility" means: (a) Electric generating plant and associated facilities designed for, or capable ...

...In an action against a railroad company, domestic or foreign, operating a railroad in this state, when such action is to recover judgment for labor done, supplies furnished, damages or losses, or injuries suffered or sustained by the misconduct of its agents, or in an action founded on the company's contract or liability as a common carrier, if, when reduced to judgment by virtue of statute or principles of equity, i...

...(A) Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 4981.17 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Immediate family" means a spouse, who resides in the same household, and children. (2) "Nonproductive land" means nonproductive land as defined in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code that has been acquired by a township pursuant to Chapter 5722. of the Revised Code. (3) "Building nuisance" means a building satisfying all of the following: (a) The building is situated on a lot or ...