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...When an officer to whom an execution issues on a judgment levies it in good faith upon property not subject to levy, sells it, applies the proceeds in satisfaction in whole or part of the judgment, and a recovery is had against him for its value, upon payment thereof, on motion before the court having control of the judgment and a showing that due notice of such motion was given to the defendant in the execution, suc...

...When a defendant in a judgment, or his surety or cosurety , by mistake has directed an execution issued on the judgment to be levied on property not liable thereto, thereby causing such judgment to be wholly or in part satisfied, and has been compelled to pay the owner of the property therefor, he has the same rights against a codefendant in such judgment, and against a cosurety or principal in respect of the debts o...

...In all cases in which judgment is rendered in the court of appeals or supreme court and a special mandate is directed to the court of common pleas to carry it into execution, the lien of the judgment creditor shall continue for one year after it is so entered. In computing such period of one year, the time covered by an appeal of the case, or by an injunction against the execution, or by a vacancy in the office of sh...

...When real estate taken on execution and appraised, advertised, and offered for sale is unsold for want of bidders, the court from which the execution issued, on motion of the plaintiff, shall set aside such appraisement and order a new appraisement to be made, or shall set aside the levy and appraisement and award a new execution to issue. When such real estate or a part of it has been two times appraised and thereaf...

... (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, when premises are ordered to be sold, if said premises, or a part thereof, remain unsold for want of bidders after having been once appraised, advertised, and offered for sale, the court from which the order of sale issued may, on motion of the plaintiff or defendant and from time to time until said premises are disposed of, order a new appraisement a...

...The officer to whom a writ of execution is directed shall return such writ to the court to which it is returnable within sixty days from its date.

...When judgment is rendered in a court of record in this state upon an instrument in writing in which two or more persons are jointly or severally bound, and it appears to the court, by parol or other testimony, that one or more of the persons so bound signed it as surety or bail for his codefendant, the clerk of such court, in recording the judgment thereon, must certify which of the defendants is principal debtor an...

...When a freeholder, summoned as an appraiser, fails to appear at the time and place appointed by the officers ordering the freeholder's appearance and discharge the duty as such, on complaint made to a judge of the county court in the district in which such freeholder resides, unless the freeholder has a reasonable excuse, the freeholder shall pay fifty dollars for each neglect, which shall be collected by the judge, ...

...When execution is issued in a county and directed to the sheriff or coroner of another county, the sheriff or coroner having the execution, after discharging all the duties required of him, may transmit it by mail to the clerk of the court who issued the writ. On proof by such sheriff or coroner that it was mailed soon enough to reach the office where it was issued within the time prescribed by law, he shall not be l...

...No sheriff or coroner shall forward by mail any money made on an execution, unless he is specially instructed to do so by the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney of record.

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter upon the execution docket the names in full of parties to the cause in which an execution is issued, the number of the cause on the appearance docket, number of the execution, date of its issue, amount of the judgment, the costs due each person or officer, the time when the judgment was rendered, and the date of the return. The return shall be recorded upon the execu...

...The clerk of the court of common pleas shall keep an index to the execution docket, showing, in separate columns, the names of all parties against whom and in whose favor an execution has been issued, the number of the execution, and the number of the cause upon the execution docket.

...If an order of sale is issued in a case not on the trial docket, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall enter it on the execution docket and enter the subsequent proceedings in pursuance thereof in the manner that executions and proceedings thereon are entered. When a sale of real estate is made under such order, it shall be confirmed as are sales on executions. After the sale, the officer shall be governed by ...

...A beneficiary fund, not exceeding five thousand dollars, set apart, appropriated, or paid by a benevolent association or society, according to its rules, regulations, or bylaws, to the family of a deceased member, or to a member of such family, is not liable to be taken by process or proceedings, legal or equitable, to pay any debt of such deceased member.

...The regalia, insignia of office, journals of proceedings, account books, and the private work belonging to a benevolent society in this state is exempt from seizure or sale to satisfy any judgment or decree rendered against such society.

...Property used, or kept to be used, by a municipal corporation or fire company for the purpose of extinguishing fire is exempt from execution or sale to satisfy any judgment or order arising upon contract or otherwise, but the owner thereof may create valid liens thereon by bill of sale or mortgage.

...(A) Every person who is domiciled in this state may hold property exempt from execution, garnishment, attachment, or sale to satisfy a judgment or order, as follows: (1)(a) In the case of a judgment or order regarding money owed for health care services rendered or health care supplies provided to the person or a dependent of the person, one parcel or item of real or personal property that the person or a dependent ...

...(A) Division (A)(1) of section 2329.66 of the Revised Code does not: (1) Extend to a judgment rendered on a mortgage executed, or security interest given on real or personal property by a debtor or to a claim for less than four hundred dollars for manual work or labor; (2) Impair the lien, by mortgage or otherwise, of the vendor for the purchase money of real or personal property that the debtor or a depende...

...Pursuant to the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 2549, 11 U.S.C.A. 522 (b)(1), this state specifically does not authorize debtors who are domiciled in this state to exempt the property specified in the "Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 2549, 11 U.S.C.A. 522 (d).

...The exempt personal earnings provided for in division (A)(13) of section 2329.66 of the Revised Code are not subject to the payment of the cost of any proceedings brought to recover a judgment for a debt or to satisfy a judgment for a debt.

...When it is necessary to ascertain the amount or value of personal property exempt under sections 2329.63 to 2329.71 of the Revised Code, it shall be estimated and appraised by two disinterested householders of the county, who shall be selected by the officer holding the execution and sworn by the officer to impartially make the appraisement.

...Sections 2329.63 to 2329.71 of the Revised Code, with respect to exemptions, apply to all courts in this state, and a person is entitled to all applicable exemptions in any case or proceeding before any court or officer.

...Any person upon whom a demand has been made in accordance with section 2716.02 of the Revised Code may apply to any judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court within this state in whose jurisdiction the person resides or, if the person is not a resident of this state, in whose jurisdiction the person's place of employment is located for the appointment of a trustee to receive that portion of the personal e...

...Any creditor who holds a chattel mortgage or any other lien or encumbrance on the property of any applicant for trusteeship under section 2329.70 of the Revised Code may participate in a trusteeship. The holder of a chattel mortgage or other encumbrance may elect to participate in a trusteeship, subject to the terms of a written agreement with the debtor, filed with and approved by the court in which the application...

...Sections 2327.01 and 2327.02 and Chapters 2329. and 2331. of the Revised Code do not impair the right of contingent or vested dower, the right to remain in the mansion house set forth in section 2106.15 of the Revised Code, or the mode provided by law for enforcing those rights.