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...The architects board, subject to the approval of the controlling board and except for fees required to be established by the board at amounts "adequate" to cover designated expenses, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the Revised Code, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts specified by these sections by more than fifty per cent.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the architects board and the Ohio landscape architects board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...The architects board and the Ohio landscape architects board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

... As used in sections 4703.54 to 4703.546 of the Revised Code: (A) "Commercial real estate" and "improvement" have the same meanings as in section 4703.20 of the Revised Code. (B) "Landscape architect" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association providing landscape architect services pursuant to this chapter. "Landscape architect" does not include an architect licensed under this chapter. (C)...

... (A)(1) A landscape architect who enters into a written contract for services to be provided with regard to any interest in commercial real estate has a lien on that interest. (2) The lien shall be effective only if the contract for services is in writing and is signed by the landscape architect and the owner of the interest in commercial real estate. (B)(1) Only the landscape architect named in the contract shal...

... (A) To perfect a lien on commercial real estate referred to in section 4703.541 of the Revised Code, a landscape architect shall file with the county recorder of the county in which the commercial real estate is located an affidavit as described in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) The affidavit required under division (A) of this section shall include all of the following: (a) The name of the landscape arch...

... (A)(1) A landscape architect holding a lien that has been perfected pursuant to section 4703.542 of the Revised Code may commence proceedings to enforce a lien by filing a complaint in the common pleas court of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (2) The complaint need not initiate foreclosure proceedings on the lien prior to a court determining the validity of the underlying claim. (B) T...

... (A) When a claim underlying a lien perfected pursuant to section 4703.542 of the Revised Code is satisfied, the landscape architect holding the lien shall record a written release of the landscape architect's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded. (B) The landscape architect shall file the lien release for recording within thirty days after the underlying claim is satis...

... (A) When a claim underlying a lien established pursuant to section 4703.541 of the Revised Code is satisfied, regardless of whether or not the landscape architect holding the lien records a written release pursuant to section 4703.544 of the Revised Code, or when such a lien is extinguished pursuant to section 4703.543 of the Revised Code, any person with an interest in the commercial real estate that was the subjec...

... (A) Any person with an interest in commercial real estate on which a lien has been perfected pursuant to section 4703.542 of the Revised Code, or named in the affidavit required under that section, may apply to the common pleas court of the county in which the commercial real estate is located to substitute financial security for the lien. (B) The substitute security shall be in the amount equal to the landscape ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4703.18 or section 4703.411 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4703.32 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for the first offense; for each subsequent offense such p...

...No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, or to commence, conduct, or defend any action or proceeding in which the person is not a party concerned, either by using or subscribing the person's own name, or the name of another person, unless the person has been admitted to the bar by order of the supreme court in compliance with its prescribed and published rules. Except as provided ...

...The supreme court, court of appeals, or court of common pleas may suspend or remove an attorney at law from office or may give private or public reprimand to him as the nature of the offense may warrant, for misconduct or unprofessional conduct in office involving moral turpitude, or for conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. Such suspension or removal shall operate as a suspension or removal in all the cou...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Disciplinary counsel" means the disciplinary counsel appointed by the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court under the Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio. (2) "Certified grievance committee" means a duly constituted and organized committee of the Ohio state bar association or of one or more local bar associations of the state that co...

...Before an attorney at law is suspended or removed, or publicly or privately reprimanded, written charges must be filed against him, stating distinctly the grounds of complaint, and a copy thereof, certified by the clerk, under the seal of the court, served upon him. After such service, such attorney shall be allowed a reasonable time to collect and present testimony in his own defense, and he shall be heard by himse...

...In case of suspension or removal of an attorney at law by the court of common pleas, an appeal on questions of law may be had to the court of appeals, and the sentence of either the court of common pleas or the court of appeals, may be reviewed on appeal on questions of law in the supreme court. If such suspended or removed attorney shall desire a modification of the decree of suspension or removal, he shall file a ...

...The court in which charges or written motion is filed in accordance with sections 4705.03 and 4705.04 of the Revised Code, shall allow to the persons appointed to file and prosecute the charges, or to resist the modification of any decrees, for their services in either case, a reasonable sum, not exceeding one hundred dollars, to each person, together with the costs and expenses incurred by him in such proceedings. ...

...If a suit is dismissed for the nonattendance of an attorney at law practicing in any court of record, it shall be at his costs, if he has not a just and reasonable excuse. He shall be liable for all damages his client sustains by such dismissal, or any other neglect of his duty, to be recovered in any court of record. Such attorney receiving money for his client, and refusing or neglecting to pay it when demanded, sh...

...(A) No person who is not licensed to practice law in this state shall do any of the following: (1) Hold that person out in any manner as an attorney at law; (2) Represent that person orally or in writing, directly or indirectly, as being authorized to practice law; (3) Commit any act that is prohibited by the supreme court as being the unauthorized practice of law. (B)(1) The use of "lawyer," "attorney at law," "...

...(A)(1) Any person admitted to the practice of law in this state by order of the supreme court in accordance with its prescribed and published rules, or any law firm or legal professional association, may establish and maintain an interest-bearing trust account, for purposes of depositing client funds held by the attorney, firm, or association that are nominal in amount or are to be held by the attorney, firm, or asso...

...(A) All of the following apply to an interest-bearing trust account established under authority of section 4705.09 of the Revised Code: (1) All funds in the account shall be subject to withdrawal upon request and without delay, or as soon as is permitted by federal law; (2) The rate of interest payable on the account shall not be less than the rate paid by the depository institution to regular, nonattorney deposi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contingent fee agreement" means an agreement for the provision of legal services by an attorney under which the compensation of the attorney is contingent, in whole or in part, upon a judgment being rendered in favor of or a settlement being obtained for the client and is either a fixed amount or an amount to be determined by a specified formula, including, but not limited to, a per...

...Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of section 4705.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

... As used in this chapter: "Auction" means a method of sale of real or personal property, goods, or chattels, at a predetermined date and time, by means of a verbal exchange, regular mail, telecommunications, the internet, an electronic transmission, or a physical gesture between an auctioneer and members of the audience or prospective purchasers, the exchanges and gestures consisting of a series of invitations for ...

...The department of agriculture shall administer this chapter.