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...When two or more writs of execution against the same debtor are delivered to the officer to whom they are directed on the same day, no preference shall be given to either of such writs. If a sufficient sum of money is not made to satisfy all such executions, the amount made shall be distributed to the several creditors in proportion to the amounts of their respective demands. In all other cases the writ of execution ...

...The officer to whom a writ of execution is delivered shall proceed immediately to levy it upon the goods and chattels of the debtor. If no goods and chattels can be found, the officer shall indorse on the execution the words "no goods," and forthwith levy it upon the lands and tenements of the debtor which are liable to satisfy the judgment.

...When a sheriff, coroner, or other officer, by virtue of an execution, levies upon goods and chattels which afterward remain upon his hands unsold for want of bidders, for the want of time to advertise and sell, or for other reasonable cause, for his own security, he may take of the defendant a bond with security in such sum as he deems sufficient, to the effect that the property shall be delivered to the officer hold...

...(A) Goods and chattels levied upon by virtue of an execution of a court of record shall not be sold until both of the following occur: (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, the judgment creditor who seeks the sale of the goods and chattels or the judgment creditor's attorney does both of the following: (i) Causes a written notice of the date, time, and place of the sale to be se...

...When goods and chattels levied upon by execution cannot be sold for want of bidders or for want of time, the officer who makes the return shall annex to the execution a true inventory of the goods and chattels remaining unsold. The plaintiff in that execution may have another execution issued directing the sale of the goods and chattels levied upon. The goods and chattels shall not be so sold unless the written notic...

...All sales of goods and chattels shall be at public auction unless the court from which an execution or order of sale issues, or a judge thereof in vacation, for good cause shown, on application of either party and due notice to the adverse party, makes an order directing the sheriff, or other officer holding the process, to sell them at private sale for cash, specifying the time, not beyond the return day of the proc...

...Except as provided in sections 2329.152 to 2329.154 of the Revised Code, all public auctions of goods, chattels, or lands levied upon by execution shall be conducted personally by one of the following: (A) An officer of the court; (B) For the public auction of goods and chattels, a resident of this state licensed as an auctioneer under Chapter 4707. of the Revised Code; (C) For the public auction of lands, a priva...

... (A) In every action demanding the judicial or execution sale of real estate, the county sheriff shall sell the real estate at a public auction, unless the judgment creditor files a motion with the court for an order authorizing a specified private selling officer to sell the real estate at a public auction. If the court authorizes a private selling officer to sell the real estate, the judgment creditor may seek to h...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the department of administrative services shall solicit competitive sealed proposals for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the official public sheriff sale web site and an integrated auction management system. The official public sheriff sale web site and integrated auction management system shall be a single statewide system for use ...

...(A) If property is sold online, the sheriff or private selling officer shall require persons seeking to bid to register online with the web site as a condition of being authorized to bid. The registration form shall include information relevant to the objective of enabling the sheriff or private selling officer to identify the bidder, contact the bidder, and complete the sale of the property. (B) If an attorney or a...

...When a writ is issued directing the sale of property previously taken in execution, the officer who issues the writ, if requested by the person entitled to the benefit thereof, his agent or attorney, shall add thereto a command to the officer to whom it is directed, that if, in his opinion, the property remaining in his hands not sold is insufficient to satisfy the judgment, he shall levy the writ upon lands and ten...

...(A) When execution is levied upon lands and tenements, the sheriff shall call an inquest of three disinterested freeholders, who are residents of, and real property owners in, the county where the lands taken in execution are situated, who shall appraise the property so levied upon, upon actual view. (B) If the property to be appraised is residential property, the freeholders selected by the sheriff shall return to ...

...(A) If a court has ordered or the clerk of a court has issued an order for the sheriff to advertise and sell the real estate for which the appraised value has been determined pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code, the sheriff shall deposit a copy of the appraisal with the clerk of the court from which the writ was issued, and immediately advertise and sell such real estate in conformity with sections 2329.0...

...Upon the determination of the appraised value pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code, if it appears that two-thirds of the appraised value of the lands and tenements levied upon is sufficient to satisfy the execution, with costs, the judgment on which the execution issued shall not operate as a lien on the residue of the debtor's estate to the prejudice of any other judgment creditor.

...(A) As used in this section, "title insurance company" has the same meaning as in section 3953.01 of the Revised Code. (B) In every action demanding the judicial sale of residential real estate consisting of one to four single-family units, the party seeking that judicial sale shall file with the clerk of the court of common pleas within fourteen days after filing the pleadings requesting relief a preliminary...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "State lien" means a lien upon real estate, including lands and tenements, of persons indebted to the state for debt, taxes, or in any other manner recorded by a state agency in any office of the clerk of a county court or the county recorder. (2) "State lienholder" means the department, agency, or other division of the state in whose name a state lien has been filed or record...

...Except as otherwise provided in this section or sections 2329.51 and 2329.52 of the Revised Code, no tract of land shall be sold for less than two-thirds the amount of the appraised value as determined pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code. In all cases in which a junior mortgage or other junior lien is sought to be enforced against real estate by an order, judgment, or decree of court, subject to a prior l...

...If the sum bid by the purchaser for the real estate sold under section 2329.20 of the Revised Code relating to the enforcement of junior liens is insufficient to pay the costs, allowances, and taxes, which the court has determined prior to such sale should be paid out of the proceeds thereof, pursuant to the terms of the mortgage or lien sought to be enforced, then the purchaser, in addition to the amount of the purc...

... (A)(1) In every action demanding the judicial or execution sale of residential property, if the judgment creditor is the purchaser at the sale, the purchaser shall not be required to make a sale deposit. All other purchasers shall make a sale deposit as follows: (a) If the appraised value of the residential property is less than or equal to ten thousand dollars, the deposit shall be two thousand dollars. (b) If th...

...Sections 2329.19 to 2329.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not affect the sale of lands by the state. All lands, the property of individuals, indebted to the state for debt, taxes, or in any other manner shall be sold without valuation for the discharge of such debt or taxes.

...All notices and advertisements for the sale of lands and tenements located in a municipal corporation, made by virtue of the proceedings in a court of record, in addition to a description of the lands and tenements, shall contain the street number of the buildings erected on the lands, or the street number of the lots offered for sale. If no such number exists, then the notice or advertisement shall contain ...

...All notices and advertisements for the sale of lands and tenements located in a township and not within the limits of a municipal corporation, which are made by virtue of proceedings in a court of record therein, must contain the name of the township in which the lands and tenements are located.

...If the property of a clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, coroner, county court judge, or constable, or of a collector of state, county, municipal corporation, or township taxes, is levied on, for or on account of money by him collected or received in his official capacity, the property so levied on shall be sold without valuation.

...(A) Lands and tenements taken in execution shall not be sold until all of the following occur: (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, the judgment creditor who seeks the sale of the lands and tenements or the judgment creditor's attorney does both of the following: (i) Causes a written notice to be served in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) of Civil Rule 5 upon the judgment ...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Levying officer" means the officer who makes the public sale of the residential property subject to this section. "Levying officer" includes a private selling officer. (2) "Electing subdivision," "county land reutilization corporation," and "land reutilization program" have the same meanings as in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Manufactured home" has the same mea...