Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.711 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.711
§ 2307.711. Assumption of risk as affirmative defense to product liability claim
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code apply to a product liability claim that is asserted pursuant to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Express or implied assumption of the risk may be asserted as an affirmative defense to a product liability claim under sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code, except that express or implied assumption of the risk may not be asserted as an affirmative defense to an intentional tort claim. (2) Subject to division (B)(3) of this section, if express or implied assumption of the risk is asserted as an affirmative defense to a product liability claim under sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code and if it is determined that the claimant expressly or impliedly assumed a risk and that the express or implied assumption of the risk was a direct and proximate cause of harm for which the claimant seeks to recover damages, the express or implied assumption of the risk is a complete bar to the recovery of those damages. (3) If implied assumption of the risk is asserted as an affirmative defense to a product liability claim against a supplier under division (A)(1) of section 2307.78 of the Revised Code, sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code are applicable to that affirmative defense and shall be used to determine whether the claimant is entitled to recover compensatory damages based on that claim and the amount of any recoverable compensatory damages.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.20
§ 2335.20. Indorsement on execution of costs of party condemned
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The clerk of the court or the judge of a county court, issuing execution for a judgment as provided by section 2335.19 of the Revised Code, shall indorse thereon the amount of the costs of the party condemned, which costs shall be collected by the officer to whom such writ is directed, in the same manner and at the same time as the judgment mentioned in the execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.17
§ 2329.17. Lands to be appraised
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 480 - 132nd General Assembly (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 the sheriff an estimate of the value of the property in money within twenty-one calendar days of the issuance of the order of appraisal by the clerk of the court. If the court has ordered or the clerk of the court has issued an order for a private selling officer to advertise and sell the appraised property, the freeholders selected by the sheriff shall also deliver a copy of their appraisal to the private selling officer contemporaneously with their delivery of their appraisal to the sheriff. (C) If the freeholders selected by the sheriff under division (B) of this section do not deliver their appraisal within twenty-one calendar days of the issuance of the order of appraisal by the clerk of the court as required by division (B) of this section, then all of the following shall occur: (1) The cost of the appraisal by the freeholders shall not be payable to the freeholders or taxed as costs in the case. (2) The appraised value of the property shall be the most recent appraised value of the property as shown on the records of the county auditor, unless, for good cause shown, the court authorizes a separate appraisal of the property. (3) The advertisement and sale of the property shall proceed immediately in accordance with the order of advertisement and sale issued by the clerk of the court. If a separate appraisal of the property is obtained, the cost of the appraisal shall be included as an expense of the sale pursuant to division (D) of section 2329.152 of the Revised Code. (D) If the property to be appraised is commercial property, the freeholders selected by the sheriff shall return to the sheriff an estimate of the value of the property in money in accordance with the timing or other requirements, if any, that may be established for the sale. (E) The municipal corporation or township in which the real property is situated may inspect prior to the judicial sale any structures located on lands subject to a writ of execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2327.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2327 / § 2327.02
§ 2327.02. Kinds of execution
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 463 - 131st General Assembly (A) Executions are of three kinds: (1) Against the property of the judgment debtor, including orders of sale or orders to transfer property pursuant to sections 323.28 , 323.65 to 323.78 , and 5721.19 of the Revised Code; (2) Against the person of the judgment debtor; (3) For the delivery of the possession of real property, including real property sold under orders of sale or transferred under orders to transfer property pursuant to sections 323.28 , 323.65 to 323.78 , and 5721.19 of the Revised Code. (B) The writ shall contain a specific description of the property, and a command to the sheriff or private selling officer to deliver it to the person entitled to the property. It also may require the sheriff to make the damages recovered for withholding the possession and costs, or costs alone, out of the property of the person who so withholds it. (C) In the case of foreclosures of real property, including foreclosures for taxes, mortgages, judgment liens, and other valid liens, the description of the property, the order of sale, order to transfer, and any deed or deed forms may be prepared, adopted, and otherwise approved in advance by the court having jurisdiction or the county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code, directly commanding the sheriff or the private selling officer to sell, convey, or deliver possession of the property as commanded in that order. In those cases, the clerk shall journalize the order and deliver that writ or order to the sheriff or private selling officer for execution. If the property is sold under an order of sale or transferred under an order to transfer, the officer who conducted the sale or made the transfer of the property shall collect the deposit pursuant to section 2329.211 of the Revised Code and, following confirmation of the sale or transfer and the payment of the balance due on the purchase price of the property, shall execute and record the deed conveying title to the property to the purchaser or transferee. For purposes of recording that deed, by placement of a bid or making a statement of interest by any party ultimately awarded the property, the purchaser or transferee thereby appoints the officer who makes the sale or is charged with executing and delivering the deed as agent for that purchaser or transferee for the sole purpose of accepting delivery of the deed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2319.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2319 / § 2319.01
§ 2319.01. Methods of taking testimony
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The testimony of witnesses may be taken: (A) By affidavit; (B) By deposition; (C) By oral examination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.03
§ 2305.03. Lapse of time a bar
Status: in_force

June 16, 2021 Senate Bill 13 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and unless a different limitation is prescribed by statute, a civil action may be commenced only within the period prescribed in sections 2305.04 to 2305.22 of the Revised Code. If interposed by proper plea by a party to an action mentioned in any of those sections, lapse of time shall be a bar to the action. (B) No tort action, as defined in section 2305.236 of the Revised Code, that is based upon a cause of action that accrued in any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired. (C) No action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing, other than an action described in division (C) of section 2305.07 of the Revised Code, that seeks post-default interest at a rate governed by or provided in the substantive laws of any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, and in excess of the rate of interest provided by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired. (D) No action described in division (C) of section 2305.07 of the Revised Code that seeks post charge-off interest at a rate governed by or provided in the substantive laws of any other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction, and in excess of the rate of interest provided by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, may be commenced and maintained in this state if the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of that other state, territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction has expired or the period of limitation that applies to that action under the laws of this state has expired. Last updated April 13, 2021 at 3:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.32
§ 2315.32. Asserting contributory fault
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) Sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code do not apply to actions described in section 4113.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The contributory fault of the plaintiff may be asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, except that the contributory fault of the plaintiff may not be asserted as an affirmative defense to an intentional tort claim.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.06
§ 2315.06. Cause may be resubmitted
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly When the jury is discharged during a trial or after a cause is submitted, such cause may at once be tried again, or on a future day, as the court directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.091
§ 2305.091. Asbestos actions by school districts
Status: in_force

October 8, 1992 House Bill 334 - 119th General Assembly (A) An action to obtain a judgment for any of the following shall be brought by a board of education of any school district within four years after the cause of action accrues in accordance with division (B) of this section: (1) The removal of asbestos or materials that contain asbestos from a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education; (2) Measures to be taken to locate, correct, or ameliorate any problem associated with asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education; (3) The reimbursement of the costs and expenses associated with the removal of asbestos or materials that contain asbestos from a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education; (4) The reimbursement of the costs and expenses associated with the location, correction, or amelioration of any problem associated with asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education. (B) A cause of action for any removal, measures, or reimbursement described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section accrues upon the date that the board of education is informed by an official of a state, county, or local health department or of the United States environmental protection agency, the Ohio environmental protection agency, or the industrial commission who has conducted an inspection for asbestos or who has received test data concerning asbestos located in a building or other structure that is owned by the board of education, that asbestos or materials that contain asbestos in any building or other structure that is owned by the board of education should be removed from the building or other structure or be encapsulated or otherwise maintained because the asbestos poses a health hazard or risk to persons who use the building or other structure. (C) This section applies to asbestos, and material that contains asbestos, that is or was installed in a building or other structure prior to, on, or after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.901 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.901
§ 2307.901. Silicosis or mixed dust disease claim - multiple defendants - substantial factor test
Status: in_force

September 1, 2004 House Bill 342 - 125th General Assembly (A) If a plaintiff in a tort action alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust as a result of the tortious act of one or more defendants, in order to maintain a cause of action against any of those defendants based on that injury or loss, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of that particular defendant was a substantial factor in causing the injury or loss on which the cause of action is based. (B) A plaintiff in a tort action who alleges any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust has the burden of proving that the plaintiff was exposed to silica or mixed dust that was manufactured, supplied, installed, or used by the defendant in the action and that the plaintiff's exposure to the defendant's silica or mixed dust was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's injury or loss. In determining whether exposure to a particular defendant's silica or mixed dust was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff's injury or loss, the trier of fact in the action shall consider, without limitation, all of the following: (1) The manner in which the plaintiff was exposed to the defendant's silica or mixed dust; (2) The proximity of the defendant's silica or mixed dust to the plaintiff when the exposure to the defendant's silica or mixed dust occurred; (3) The frequency and length of the plaintiff's exposure to the defendant's silica or mixed dust; (4) Any factors that mitigated or enhanced the plaintiff's exposure to silica or mixed dust. (C) This section applies only to tort actions that allege any injury or loss to person resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust and that are brought on or after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.31
§ 2301.31. Arrest of parolees without warrant
Status: in_force

January 1, 2002 Senate Bill 179 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If a person on parole is in the custody of a county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, any probation officer of that department may arrest the person without a warrant for any violation of any condition of parole, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code, or of any rule governing persons on parole. If a person on parole is in the custody of a county department of probation provided for in division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code, any probation officer or peace officer shall arrest the person without a warrant for any violation of any condition of parole or any rule governing persons on parole upon the written order of the chief probation officer of that department. Any peace officer may arrest the person without a warrant, in accordance with section 2941.46 of the Revised Code, if the peace officer has reasonable ground to believe that the person has violated or is violating any of the following that is a condition of the person's parole: (1) A condition that prohibits ownership, possession, or use of a firearm, deadly weapon, ammunition, or dangerous ordnance; (2) A condition that prohibits the person from being within a specified structure or geographic area; (3) A condition that confines the person to a residence, facility, or other structure; (4) A condition that prohibits the person from contacting or communicating with any specified individual; (5) A condition that prohibits the person from associating with a specified individual. (B) A person who is arrested as provided in this section may be confined in the jail or juvenile detention facility, as the case may be, of the county in which the person is arrested, until released or removed to the proper institution. Upon making an arrest under this section, the arresting probation officer or peace officer or the arresting officer's department or agency promptly shall notify the chief probation officer of the county department of probation with custody of the person or the chief probation officer's designee that the person has been arrested. Upon the written order of the chief probation officer of the county department with custody of the person, the person may be released on parole or reimprisoned or recommitted to the proper institution. An appeal from an order of reimprisonment or recommitment may be taken to the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code, and the decision of the authority on the appeal shall be final. The manner of taking an appeal of that nature and the disposition of the appellant pending the making and determination of the appeal shall be governed by the rules and orders of the adult parole authority. (C) Nothing in this section limits the powers of arrest granted to certain law enforcement officers and citizens under sections 2935.03 and 2935.04 of the Revised Code. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Firearm," "deadly weapon," and "dangerous ordnance" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2308.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2308 / § 2308.04
§ 2308.04. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in violation of division (A)(1) of section 2909.07 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply: (1) The person knowingly and with purpose to diminish the value or enjoyment of the residential real property moves, defaces, damages, destroys, or otherwise improperly tampers with the person's own residential real property. (2) The residential real property is subject to a mortgage. (3) The person has been served with a summons and complaint in a pending residential mortgage loan foreclosure action relating to that residential real property. (B) As used in this section, "pending" includes the time between the filing of the foreclosure action and confirmation of sale. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.31
§ 2305.31. Promisee indemnified against damage liability
Status: in_force

November 19, 1975 House Bill 489 - 111th General Assembly A covenant, promise, agreement, or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the design, planning, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, highway, road, appurtenance, and appliance, including moving, demolition, and excavating connected therewith, pursuant to which contract or agreement the promisee, or its independent contractors, agents or employees has hired the promisor to perform work, purporting to indemnify the promisee, its independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damage to property initiated or proximately caused by or resulting from the negligence of the promisee, its independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees is against public policy and is void. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from purchasing insurance from an insurance company authorized to do business in the state of Ohio for his own protection or from purchasing a construction bond.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.71
§ 2307.71. Product liability definitions
Status: in_force

October 31, 2007 Senate Bill 117 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code: (1) "Claimant" means either of the following: (a) A person who asserts a product liability claim or on whose behalf such a claim is asserted; (b) If a product liability claim is asserted on behalf of the surviving spouse, children, parents, or other next of kin of a decedent or on behalf of the estate of a decedent, whether as a claim in a wrongful death action under Chapter 2125. of the Revised Code or as a survivorship claim, whichever of the following is appropriate: (i) The decedent, if the reference is to the person who allegedly sustained harm or economic loss for which, or in connection with which, compensatory damages or punitive or exemplary damages are sought to be recovered; (ii) The personal representative of the decedent or the estate of the decedent, if the reference is to the person who is asserting or has asserted the product liability claim. (2) "Economic loss" means direct, incidental, or consequential pecuniary loss, including, but not limited to, damage to the product in question, and nonphysical damage to property other than that product. Harm is not "economic loss." (3) "Environment" means only navigable waters, surface water, ground water, drinking water supplies, land surface, subsurface strata, and air. (4) "Ethical drug" means a prescription drug that is prescribed or dispensed by a physician or any other person who is legally authorized to prescribe or dispense a prescription drug. (5) "Ethical medical device" means a medical device that is prescribed, dispensed, or implanted by a physician or any other person who is legally authorized to prescribe, dispense, or implant a medical device and that is regulated under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040, 21 U.S.C. 301-392, as amended. (6) "Foreseeable risk" means a risk of harm that satisfies both of the following: (a) It is associated with an intended or reasonably foreseeable use, modification, or alteration of a product in question. (b) It is a risk that the manufacturer in question should recognize while exercising both of the following: (i) The attention, perception, memory, knowledge, and intelligence that a reasonable manufacturer should possess; (ii) Any superior attention, perception, memory, knowledge, or intelligence that the manufacturer in question possesses. (7) "Harm" means death, physical injury to person, serious emotional distress, or physical damage to property other than the product in question. Economic loss is not "harm." (8) "Hazardous or toxic substances" include, but are not limited to, hazardous waste as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, hazardous waste as specified in the rules of the director of environmental protection pursuant to division (A) of section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, hazardous substances as defined in section 3716.01 of the Revised Code, and hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants as defined in or by regulations adopted pursuant to the "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 2767, 42 U.S.C. 9601, as amended. (9) "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in a business to design, formulate, produce, create, make, construct, assemble, or rebuild a product or a component of a product. (10) "Person" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes governmental entities. (11) "Physician" means a person who is licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery by the state medical board. (12)(a) "Product" means, subject to division (A)(12)(b) of this section, any object, substance, mixture, or raw material that constitutes tangible personal property and that satisfies all of the following: (i) It is capable of delivery itself, or as an assembled whole in a mixed or combined state, or as a component or ingredient. (ii) It is produced, manufactured, or supplied for introduction into trade or commerce. (iii) It is intended for sale or lease to persons for commercial or personal use. (b) "Product" does not include human tissue, blood, or organs. (13) "Product liability claim" means a claim or cause of action that is asserted in a civil action pursuant to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code and that seeks to recover compensatory damages from a manufacturer or supplier for death, physical injury to person, emotional distress, or physical damage to property other than the product in question, that allegedly arose from any of the following: (a) The design, formulation, production, construction, creation, assembly, rebuilding, testing, or marketing of that product; (b) Any warning or instruction, or lack of warning or instruction, associated with that product; (c) Any failure of that product to conform to any relevant representation or warranty. "Product liability claim" also includes any public nuisance claim or cause of action at common law in which it is alleged that the design, manufacture, supply, marketing, distribution, promotion, advertising, labeling, or sale of a product unreasonably interferes with a right common to the general public. (14) "Representation" means an express representation of a material fact concerning the character, quality, or safety of a product. (15)(a) "Supplier" means, subject to division (A)(15)(b) of this section, either of the following: (i) A person that, in the course of a business conducted for the purpose, sells, distributes, leases, prepares, blends, packages, labels, or otherwise participates in the placing of a product in the stream of commerce; (ii) A person that, in the course of a business conducted for the purpose, installs, repairs, or maintains any aspect of a product that allegedly causes harm. (b) "Supplier" does not include any of the following: (i) A manufacturer; (ii) A seller of real property; (iii) A provider of professional services who, incidental to a professional transaction the essence of which is the furnishing of judgment, skill, or services, sells or uses a product; (iv) Any person who acts only in a financial capacity with respect to the sale of a product, or who leases a product under a lease arrangement in which the selection, possession, maintenance, and operation of the product are controlled by a person other than the lessor. (16) "Unavoidably unsafe" means that, in the state of technical, scientific, and medical knowledge at the time a product in question left the control of its manufacturer, an aspect of that product was incapable of being made safe. (B) Sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code are intended to abrogate all common law product liability claims or causes of action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.19
§ 2313.19. Employer may not penalize employee for being called to jury duty
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, or take any disciplinary action that could lead to the discharge of any permanent employee who is summoned to serve as a juror pursuant to Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code if the employee gives reasonable notice to the employer of the summons prior to the commencement of the employee's service as a juror and if the employee is absent from employment because of the actual jury service. (B) No employer shall require or request an employee to use annual, vacation, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating in the jury selection process, or for time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this division requires an employer to provide annual, vacation, or sick leave to employees under the provisions of this section who otherwise are not entitled to those benefits under the employer's policies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.312
§ 2329.312. Reports by levying officers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) All levying officers appointed or authorized by a court under this chapter to conduct the judicial or execution sale of residential property consisting of one to four single-family units shall submit quarterly reports to the attorney general. The reports shall include data on each such sale conducted by the officer, including data showing whether or not the deadlines required under division (E) of section 2308.02 , division (B) of section 2329.17 , and sections 2329.30 and 2329.31 of the Revised Code are met. (B) The attorney general shall make the information included in the reports described in division (A) of this section publicly available. Last updated December 2, 2021 at 5:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.07
§ 2333.07. Officer to sell property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly As upon execution, the officer holding a writ shall sell any property of the defendant delivered to him pursuant to section 2333.06 of the Revised Code which would be liable to seizure and sale on execution, and hold all the other property to abide the order of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.021
§ 2317.021. Extension of attorney-client privilege in case of dissolved corporation
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code: "Client" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other association that, directly or through any representative, consults an attorney for the purpose of retaining the attorney or securing legal service or advice from the attorney in the attorney's professional capacity, or consults an attorney employee for legal service or advice, and who communicates, either directly or through an agent, employee, or other representative, with such attorney; and includes an incompetent person whose guardian so consults the attorney in behalf of the incompetent person. Where a corporation or association is a client having the privilege and it has been dissolved, the privilege shall extend to the last board of directors, their successors or assigns, or to the trustees, their successors or assigns. This section shall be construed as in addition to, and not in limitation of, other laws affording protection to communications under the attorney-client privilege. (B) As used in this section and in sections 2317.02 and 2317.03 of the Revised Code, "incompetent" or "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.24
§ 2329.24. Name of township in certain cases
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.21
§ 2305.21. Survival of actions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In addition to the causes of action which survive at common law, causes of action for mesne profits, or injuries to the person or property, or for deceit or fraud, also shall survive; and such actions may be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.239 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.239
§ 2305.239. No new cause of action or substantive legal rights created - effect on other laws
Status: in_force

August 14, 2002 Senate Bill 131 - 124th General Assembly (A) Sections 2305.237 and 2305.238 of the Revised Code do not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a shelter for victims of domestic violence or a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter. (B) Sections 2305.237 and 2305.238 of the Revised Code do not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established under section 2305.234 , 2744.02 , or 2744.03 or another section of the Revised Code or available at common law to which a shelter for victims of domestic violence, a director, owner, trustee, officer, employee, victim advocate, or volunteer of the shelter, or a political subdivision associated with the shelter may be entitled in connection with alleged tort liability of third parties or in connection with circumstances not covered by section 2305.237 or 2305.238 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.66
§ 2307.66. Civil action for dissemination of images
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A victim of a violation of section 2917.211 of the Revised Code has and may commence a civil cause of action against the offender for any of the following, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and the costs of bringing the civil action: (1) An injunction or a temporary restraining order prohibiting further dissemination of the image that is the subject of the violation; (2) Compensatory and punitive damages for harm resulting from the violation. (B) The victim shall be presumed to have suffered harm as a result of the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images or the nonconsensual dissemination of fabricated sexual images. (C) A civil action brought under division (A) of this section shall be brought within four years after the victim discovers the private sexual image or fabricated sexual image. (D) The cause of action created by this section is in addition to any other cause of action available under statutory or common law. (E) As used in this section, "victim" has the same meaning as in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Fabricated sexual image" means a created, adapted, or modified image that depicts another person, the other person is recognizable in the image by the other person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, and the other person depicted in the image is in a state of nudity or is engaged in a sexual act. Last updated July 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.41
§ 2323.41. Collateral benefits introduced into evidence
Status: in_force

April 11, 2003 Senate Bill 281 - 124th General Assembly (A) In any civil action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, the defendant may introduce evidence of any amount payable as a benefit to the plaintiff as a result of the damages that result from an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the claim, except if the source of collateral benefits has a mandatory self-effectuating federal right of subrogation, a contractual right of subrogation, or a statutory right of subrogation. (B) If the defendant elects to introduce evidence described in division (A) of this section, the plaintiff may introduce evidence of any amount that the plaintiff has paid or contributed to secure the plaintiff's right to receive the benefits of which the defendant has introduced evidence. (C) A source of collateral benefits of which evidence is introduced pursuant to division (A) of this section shall not recover any amount against the plaintiff nor shall it be subrogated to the rights of the plaintiff against a defendant. (D) As used in this section, "medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.11
§ 2331.11. Privilege from arrest
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The following persons are privileged from arrest: (1) Members, the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives, the clerk of the house of representatives, clerks, sergeants at arms, and staff of the senate and house of representatives, during the sessions of the general assembly, and while traveling to and from such sessions; (2) Electors, while going to, returning from, or in attendance at elections; (3) Judges of the courts, while attending court, and also during the time necessarily employed in going to, holding, and returning from the court that it is their duty to attend; (4) Attorneys, bailiffs, clerks of courts, sheriffs, coroners, constables, plaintiffs, defendants, jurors, and witnesses, and other officers or employees of the court, while going to, attending, or returning from court; (5) Persons who, on their traditional day of worship, are within, going to, or returning from their place of worship, are worshipping at a service, or are going to or returning from a service. (B) Whoever arrests a person in violation of division (A) of this section shall pay one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action, in the name and for the use of the person injured.