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...The executor or administrator of an estate shall collect the assets and complete the administration of that estate within six months after the date of appointment unless an extension of the time to file a final and distributive account is authorized under division (B) of section 2109.301 of the Revised Code. For good cause shown, the court may grant an extension of the time to file the inventory and accounts.

...The court, upon application of any interested party, may authorize the examination of the executor or administrator under oath in open court on any matter relating to the administration of the estate.

...(A) Except as otherwise directed by the decedent in the decedent's will, an executor or administrator, without personal liability for losses incurred, may continue the decedent's business during four months next following the date of the appointment of that executor or administrator, unless the probate court directs otherwise, and for any further time that the court may authorize upon a hearing and after notice...

...Every executor or administrator is chargeable with all assets of the deceased that come into the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator and are to be administered, although not included in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor or administrator is also chargeable with all the proceeds of personal property and real property sold for the payment of de...

...(A) If, within a reasonable time after the appointment of the executor or administrator, no one in authority has taken over the management and rental of any real property of which the decedent died seized, the executor or administrator, or an heir or devisee may, unless the will otherwise provides, make application to the probate court for an order authorizing the executor or administrator to assume those dutie...

...No profits shall be made by executors or administrators by the increase of any part of an estate, nor shall they sustain any loss by the decrease or destruction of such estate without their fault.

...An executor or administrator is not accountable for debts inventoried as due to the decedent, if it appears to the probate court that, without the executor's or administrator's fault, they remain uncollected.

...If an executor or administrator neglects to sell personal property that is required to be sold, and retains, consumes, or disposes of it for the executor's or administrator's own benefit, the executor or administrator shall be charged with the personal property at double the value affixed to the property by the appraisers.

...(A) Executors and administrators shall be allowed fees upon the amount of all the personal property, including the income from the personal property, that is received and accounted for by them and upon the proceeds of real property that is sold, as follows: (1) For the first one hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of four per cent; (2) All above one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding four hundred thousand...

...Allowances, in addition to those provided by section 2113.35 of the Revised Code for an executor or administrator, that the probate court considers just and reasonable shall be made for actual and necessary expenses and for extraordinary services not required of an executor or administrator in the common course of the executor's or administrator's duties. Upon the application of an executor or administrator f...

...The probate court, in settlement of an account, may allow as a credit to the following persons a just amount expended by the person for a tombstone or monument for the deceased and a just amount paid by the person to a cemetery association or corporation as a perpetual fund for caring for and preserving the lot on which the deceased is buried: (A) An executor; (B) An administrator; (C) A person with the right of ...

...If a qualified executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee is authorized by will or devise to sell any class of personal property or real property, no order shall be required from the probate court for the executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee to proceed with the sale. A power to sell authorizes a sale for any purpose considered by the executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee to be for t...

...(A) At any time after the appointment of an executor or administrator, the probate court, if satisfied that it would be for the best interests of the estate, may authorize the executor or administrator to sell at public or private sale, at a fixed price or for the best price obtainable, and for cash or on the terms that the court may determine, any part or all of the personal property belonging to the estate, e...

...(A) Public sales of personal property as provided in section 2113.40 of the Revised Code shall be at public auction and, unless otherwise directed by the probate court, after notice of the sale has been given by any of the following methods: (1) By advertisement appearing at least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county during a period of fifteen days next preceding the sale; (2) By ad...

...Within thirty days after any public or private sale of the personal property of an estate, the executor or administrator shall make a report of the sale to the probate court. The report shall include proof of proper notice of the sale if it was at a public auction, and, if a clerk was employed for the sale, the report shall be accompanied by a sale bill signed by the clerk.

...In all sales of the personal property of an estate the probate court may authorize the executor or administrator to sell on credit, the unpaid purchase price to be secured by notes or bonds with two or more sureties and approved by the executor or administrator. An executor or administrator shall not be responsible for loss due to the insolvency of the purchaser of any of such property if it appears that such executo...

...An executor or administrator, without court order, may sell and transfer, without recourse, any promissory notes secured by mortgage and the mortgage securing such notes at not less than the face value thereof with accrued interest.

...When a mortgagee of real property, or an assignee of the mortgagee, dies without foreclosing the mortgage, the mortgaged premises and the debts secured by the mortgage shall be considered personal assets in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator of the estate of the mortgagee or assignee, and shall be administered and accounted for as such. If the mortgagee or assignee did not ob...

...In case of the redemption of a mortgage belonging to the estate of a decedent, the money paid on the redemption shall be received by the executor or administrator, and the executor or administrator shall release and discharge the mortgage. Until that redemption, if the executor, administrator, or decedent has taken possession of the mortgaged premises, the executor or administrator shall be seized of the mortga...

...A mortgage belonging to an estate may be foreclosed by the executor or administrator.

...When a person who has entered into a written contract for the sale and conveyance of an interest in real property dies before its completion, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, if not required to otherwise dispose of the contract, may, with the consent of the purchaser, obtain authority to complete the contract by filing an application for that authority in the probate court of the county i...

...When a person who has entered into a written contract for the sale and conveyance of an interest in real property dies before its completion, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, if not required to otherwise dispose of the contract, may file a complaint for the alteration or cancellation of the contract in the probate court of the county in which the executor or administrator was appointed, o...

...When a person who has entered into a written contract for the purchase of an interest in real property dies before the conveyance of the interest to the person, the executor or administrator of the decedent's estate, the surviving spouse, any heir, or any devisee or legatee having an interest in the contract may file an application for authority to complete the contract in the probate court of the county in whi...

...The property of an estate that is specifically bequeathed may be delivered over to the legatee entitled to the property. The legatee shall secure its redelivery on demand to the executor or administrator. Otherwise, the property shall remain in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator to be distributed or sold, as required by law and the condition of the estate.

...(A) A devisee taking real property under a devise in a will, unless the will otherwise provides, or an heir taking real property under the statutes of descent and distribution shall take the real property subject to all taxes, penalties, interest, and assessments that are a lien against that real property. (B) If real property devised in a will is subject to a mortgage lien that exists on the date of the test...

... operator to access the device shall be voluntary and unequivocal before the officer may access the device without a warrant. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic wireless communications device" includes any of the following: (a) A wireless telephone; (b) A text-messaging device; (c) A personal digital assistant; (d) A computer, including a laptop computer and a computer tablet; (e) Any d...

...respective of whether the cessation was voluntary or involuntary, shall be considered to be the establishment of an additional new motor vehicle dealership. (2) If a new motor vehicle dealership has ceased to operate as a new motor vehicle dealership due to fire, flood, or other natural disaster, the reopening in a relevant market area of the new motor vehicle dealership by the same owner within one year of the date...

...eclude the parties from entering into a voluntary agreement to arbitrate or mediate a controversy after it arises unless otherwise precluded by law. Such an agreement shall require that the dispute be heard in this state and that the arbitrator or mediator apply the law of this state in resolving the controversy. Either party may appeal a decision of an arbitrator in the court of common pleas of Franklin county on th...

...is state for aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary, or who has pleaded guilty to, has been convicted of, or has had a judicial finding of eligibility for treatment or intervention in lieu of conviction entered against the holder in another jurisdiction for any substan...

...is state for aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary, or who has pleaded guilty to, has been found by a judge or jury to be guilty of, or has had a judicial finding of eligibility for treatment in lieu of conviction entered against the individual in another jurisdiction...

...the church or denomination adopts, on a voluntary basis, rules and other measures to safeguard and secure all funds received under any preneed funeral contract. Any money, insurance policies, annuities, or other items delivered in payment of a preneed funeral contract, and any funds held in trust pursuant to section 4717.36 of the Revised Code, are exempt from levy, attachment, or sale to sat...

...reed judgment or order, an assurance of voluntary compliance, or any similar instrument, in any civil or administrative action involving engaging in a pattern of corrupt practices, fraud, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property; the use of any untrue, deceptive, or misleading representation; or the use of any unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable trade act or practice. (...

...e of an assurance from the supplier of voluntary compliance with this chapter, with respect to the alleged violation. The assurance shall be filed with the court and entered as a consent judgment. A consent judgment is not evidence of prior violation of such chapter. Disregard of the terms of a consent judgment entered upon an assurance shall be treated as a violation of an injunction issued under this section....

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall notify the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 ...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after suspension shall be considered practicing without a license or certificate. The board shall notify the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with secti...

...r gratuitous chiropractic services as a voluntary public service; (4) To any other person for any other reason specified as good cause by the board in rules adopted under this section. (B) An applicant for a special limited license shall submit to the board a complete application on a form prescribed by the board, pay an application fee of seventy-five dollars, and furnish proof satisfactory to the board of being...

...convicted of aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary, or who in another jurisdiction pleads guilty to or is convicted of any substantially equivalent criminal offense, is automatically suspended from practice in this state and the license issued under this chapter to pr...

...e following: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. The suspension shall remain in effect from the date of the conviction, plea, or finding until an adjudication is held under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If the board has knowledge that an automatic suspension ha...

... of the Revised Code; (6) Provide for voluntary registration of all of the following: (a) Master's level counselor trainees enrolled in practice and internships; (b) Master's level social worker trainees enrolled in fieldwork, practice, and internships; (c) Master's level marriage and family therapist trainees enrolled in practice and internships. (7) In the case of an individual who is voluntarily register...

... license holder or registration, or the voluntary surrender of a license or certificate of registration in another state or jurisdiction for an offense that would be a violation of this chapter; (12) Commission of a second or subsequent violation of division (B)(1) of section 959.07 or any violation of division (C) of section 959.09 of the Revised Code. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of divisions (A) to (C) ...

...license, certificate, or endorsement or voluntary surrender of a license, certificate, or endorsement in another state or jurisdiction for an offense that would be a violation of this chapter. (B) The board shall not refuse to issue a license, certificate, or endorsement to an applicant because of a criminal conviction unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (C) An individual w...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after suspension shall be considered practicing without a license or permit. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 11...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 a...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after suspension shall be considered practicing without a license or permit. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 11...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 a...

...e following: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, or a substantially equivalent offense committed in this or another jurisdiction. Continued practice after the suspension is practicing without a certificate. (B) If the state board of emergency medical, fire, and tra...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall notify the individual subject to the suspension by certified mail or in person in ac...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 a...

...urisdiction: aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, or aggravated burglary. Continued practice after the suspension shall be considered practicing without a license. The board shall serve the individual subject to the suspension in accordance with sections 119.05 a...

...this chapter: "Certification" means a voluntary program in which a private organization or the state grants nontransferable recognition to an individual who meets personal qualifications established by the private organization or state law. "Individual" means a natural person. "Lawful occupation" means a course of conduct, pursuit, or profession that includes the sale of goods or services that are not themselve...