Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.81
§ 2307.81. Dissemination of false information about the safety of Ohio's food supply
Status: in_force

May 8, 1996 House Bill 352 - 121st General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that the production of agricultural and aquacultural food products constitutes an important and significant portion of the economy of this state. Further, the general assembly finds that the dissemination in this state of false information about the safety of Ohio's food supply would be extremely detrimental to Ohio's economy, the welfare of the consuming public, and the producers of agricultural and aquacultural food products. Accordingly, it is the intent of the general assembly in enacting section 2307.81 of the Revised Code to benefit all the citizens of this state and protect the vitality of the agricultural and aquacultural economy by providing a cause of action for producers of perishable agricultural and aquacultural food products to recover damages for the disparagement of such food products. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Disparagement" means the dissemination to the public in any manner of any false information that a perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product is not safe for human consumption. (2) "False information" means any information that is not based upon reasonable and reliable scientific inquiry, facts, or data, and that directly indicates that a perishable agricultural or aquacultural product is not safe for human consumption. (3) "Perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product" means any food product or commodity of agriculture or aquaculture that is grown, raised, produced, distributed, or sold within this state in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a reasonable period of time. (4) "Producer" means a person who grows, raises, produces, distributes, or sells a perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product. (C) Any producer of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products that suffers damage as a result of another person's disparagement of any such perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product or any association representing producers of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products that have suffered damage as a result of another person's disparagement of any such perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product may bring an action for damages and for any other relief a court having jurisdiction considers appropriate. If the plaintiff establishes that the disseminator knew or should have known that the information was false, damages may be awarded, including compensatory and punitive damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs of the action. (D) In any action maintained under division (C) of this section by an association representing producers of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products, the court shall direct written individual notice to the members of the association that have suffered damages as a result of another person's disparagement of any such perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product. The notice shall advise each member that: (1) The court will exclude the member from the action if the member so requests by a specified date; (2) The judgment, whether favorable or not, will include all members who have received the notice and who do not request exclusion; (3) Any member who does not request exclusion may enter an appearance through the member's counsel. The judgment in an action maintained under division (C) of this section by an association representing producers of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products, whether favorable to the association, shall include and specify or describe those members to whom the notice provided in division (D) of this section was directed, and who did not request exclusion. If the judgment is favorable to the association, the court shall require the association to submit a plan for the distribution to the association and the members of the association included in the judgment of any award of monetary damages under division (C) or (E) of this section. The court may accept or modify the plan of the association and shall enter a written order for the distribution of any award of monetary damages. (E) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of section 2315.21 of the Revised Code, any person who intentionally disparages a perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product for the purpose of harming the producers of that product, in addition to any award of punitive damages, is liable for damages in an amount up to three times the amount of compensatory damages awarded under division (C) of this section. (F) Notwithstanding any contrary statute of limitations prescribed by section 2305.11 of the Revised Code, an action under division (C) of this section shall be commenced no later than two years after the last disparagement of the perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product occurs. (G) The cause of action established in this section is in addition to all other causes of action available under common law or under any other section of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.40
§ 2311.40. Itemized bill of costs and expenses certified to county auditor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all civil actions in which the venue is changed, the clerk of the county to which such action has been sent, upon its termination in the courts of his county, shall make a full itemized bill of all costs and expenses of such action which have been paid out of the county treasury of the county to which it was changed, and certify such bill of costs and expenses to the county auditor of the county from which such action was sent. The auditor of the county in which it was instituted shall draw his warrant upon the treasury of his county, payable to the treasurer of the county, in which such trial was conducted for the full amount of costs and expenses, certified as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.20
§ 2333.20. Debtor may pay execution against creditor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After the issuance of execution against property, a person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of his debt, or so much as is necessary to satisfy the execution. The sheriff's receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid or directed to be credited by the judgment creditor on the execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.35
§ 2305.35. Donor not liable for injuries to gleaner
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency" has the same meaning as in section 2305.37 of the Revised Code. (2) "Donor" means an owner, lessee, renter, or operator of a farm or other real property who gives permission to a gleaner to enter the property to salvage free-of-charge food items remaining on the property for subsequent donations of the food items to, or subsequent distributions of the food items by, an agency or nonprofit organization. (3) "Gleaner" means any person that, with the permission of the owner, lessee, renter, or operator of a farm or other real property, enters the property to salvage free-of-charge food items remaining on the property for subsequent donations of the food items to, or subsequent distributions of the food items by, an agency or nonprofit organization. (4) "Hazard" means a risk of serious physical harm to persons or property. (5) "Nonprofit organization" means a corporation, association, group, institution, society, or other organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), as amended. (6) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a donor is not liable in damages to any person in a tort action for injury, death, or loss to person or property sustained by a gleaner as a result of any of the following: (a) Any condition of the farm or other real property on which the gleaner is salvaging food items; (b) Any normal agricultural operations occurring on the farm or other real property on which the gleaner is salvaging food items; (c) Any risks of physical harm to persons or property involved in salvaging the food items the gleaner is salvaging. (2) The immunity described in division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to a donor in a tort action for injury, death, or loss to person or property sustained by a gleaner as a result of any condition, operations, or risks described in division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section if the injury, death, or loss to person or property sustained by the gleaner was caused by any of the following actions or omissions: (a) An action or omission of the donor that constitutes negligence, if that negligence involves one or both of the following: (i) The failure of the donor to warn the gleaner of a hazard of which the donor had actual knowledge prior to the gleaner entering the property; (ii) The creation or enhancement of a hazard by the donor prior to the gleaner entering the property. (b) An action or omission of the donor that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct; (c) An action or omission of an employee of the donor, a family member of the donor or another person associated with the donor that is imputable to the donor and that constitutes negligence, if that negligence involves one or both of the following: (i) The failure of the employee, family member, or other associated person to warn the gleaner of a hazard of which the employee, family member, or other associated person had actual knowledge prior to the gleaner entering the property; (ii) The creation or enhancement of a hazard by the employee, family member, or other associated person prior to the gleaner entering the property. (d) An action or omission of an employee of the donor, a family member of the donor, or another person associated with the donor, that is imputable to the donor and that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (C)(1) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against donors. (2) This section does not affect any immunities from or defenses to tort liability established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which donors may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.28
§ 2323.28. Records in dismissed cases
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When an action has been dismissed without prejudice to a future action, the clerk shall make a complete record of the proceedings, upon being paid therefor by the party requesting it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.031
§ 2301.031. Computerizing court of paying cost of computerized legal research
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The domestic relations judges of a domestic relations division created by section 2301.03 of the Revised Code may determine that, for the efficient operation of their division, additional funds are required to computerize the division, to make available computerized legal research services, or both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required for either or both of those purposes, the judges shall do one of the following: (a) Authorize and direct the clerk or a deputy clerk of the division to charge one additional fee not to exceed three dollars on the filing of each cause of action or appeal under division (A), (Q), or (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code; (b) If the clerk of the court of common pleas serves as the clerk of the division, authorize and direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to charge one additional fee not to exceed three dollars on the filing of each cause of action or appeal under division (A), (Q), or (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code. (2) All moneys collected under division (A)(1) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall place the moneys from the fees in a separate fund to be disbursed either upon an order of the domestic relations judges, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, or upon an order of the domestic relations judge, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, in an amount no greater than the actual cost to the division of procuring and maintaining computerization of the court, computerized legal research services, or both. (3) If the court determines that the funds in the fund described in division (A)(2) of this section are more than sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the additional fee described in division (A)(1) of this section was imposed, the court may declare a surplus in the fund and, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, expend those surplus funds, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, expend those surplus funds, for other appropriate technological expenses of the court. (B)(1) If the clerk of the court of common pleas is not serving as the clerk of a juvenile or domestic relations division created by section 2301.03 of the Revised Code, the juvenile or domestic relations judges may determine that, for the efficient operation of their division, additional funds are required to computerize the office of the clerk of their division and, upon that determination, may authorize and direct the clerk or a deputy clerk of their division to charge an additional fee, not to exceed ten dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal, on the filing, docketing, and endorsing of each certificate of judgment, or on the docketing and indexing of each aid in execution or petition to vacate, revive, or modify a judgment under divisions (A), (P), (Q), (T), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code. Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, all moneys collected under this division shall be paid to the county treasurer to be disbursed, upon an order of the juvenile or domestic relations judges and subject to appropriation by the board of county commissioners, in an amount no greater than the actual cost to the juvenile or domestic relations division of procuring and maintaining computer systems for the clerk's office. (2) If juvenile or domestic relations judges make the determination described in division (B)(1) of this section, the board of county commissioners may issue one or more general obligation bonds for the purpose of procuring and maintaining the computer systems for the office of the clerk of the juvenile or domestic relations division. In addition to the purposes stated in division (B)(1) of this section for which the moneys collected under that division may be expended, the moneys additionally may be expended to pay debt charges on and financing costs related to any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to this division as they become due. General obligation bonds issued pursuant to this division are Chapter 133. securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.601
§ 2307.601. No duty to retreat in residence or vehicle
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 175 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Residence" has the same meaning as in section 2901.05 of the Revised Code. (2) "Tort action" has the same meaning as in section 2307.60 of the Revised Code. (B) For purposes of determining the potential liability of a person in a tort action related to the person's use of force alleged to be in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of the person's residence, the person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be. (C) A trier of fact shall not consider the possibility of retreat as a factor in determining whether or not a person who used force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence reasonably believed that the force was necessary to prevent injury, loss, or risk to life or safety.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.13
§ 2337.13. Supplementary general principles of law
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly Unless displaced by particular provisions of sections 2337.01 to 2337.15 of the Revised Code, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes, supplement these sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.14
§ 2335.14. Inclusion of officer's fees in ascertaining the amount of fees taxed
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly In ascertaining the amount of fees taxed by a judge of a county court in order to make the allowance provided by section 2335.13 of the Revised Code, in cases in which such judge was authorized to take security for costs, it must appear that he exercised reasonable care in taking such security. Until satisfied by the certificate of such judge or by other proof, to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners, that the prosecuting witness was indigent and unable to pay the costs or procure security thereof, and that the officer exercised due care in taking such security, the fees of such officer in such cases shall not be included in ascertaining the amount to be so allowed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.63
§ 2329.63. Beneficiary funds exempt
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.02
§ 2335.02. Compensation of appraisers and arbitrators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In any cause, matter, or proceeding arising in any court of record, where appraisers, commissioners, or arbitrators are appointed by such court to make or procure an appraisement or valuation of any property, real or personal, such appraisers, commissioners, or arbitrators shall receive, on application to such court, such compensation as the court deems reasonable and proper in addition to the amount specified by law and such compensation shall be taxed in the costs of such cause, matter, or proceeding in the same manner as other costs are now taxed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.07
§ 2317.07. Examination of party
Status: in_force

June 30, 1971 House Bill 602 - 109th General Assembly At the instance of the adverse party, a party may be examined as if under cross-examination, orally, by way of deposition, like any other witness, by way of written interrogatories filed in the action or proceeding, or by any one or more of such methods. The party calling for such examination shall not thereby be concluded but may rebut it by evidence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.24
§ 2317.24. Release of witness from imprisonment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A witness imprisoned by an officer under section 2317.22 of the Revised Code may apply to a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, court of common pleas, or probate court, who may discharge him if it appears that such imprisonment is illegal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.04
§ 2331.04. Execution issued by county court judge
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly A judge of a county court may issue an execution against the person of a judgment debtor, upon being satisfied of the existence of one or more of the particulars mentioned in section 2331.02 of the Revised Code, by affidavit and evidence as required in section 2331.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.44
§ 2329.44. Excess payable to debtor; notice to debtor
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) On a sale made pursuant to this chapter, if the officer who makes the sale receives from the sale more money than is necessary to satisfy the writ of execution, with interest and costs, the officer who made the sale shall deliver any balance remaining after satisfying the writ of execution, with interest and costs, to the clerk of the court that issued the writ of execution not later than forty-five days after confirmation of the sale. The clerk then shall do one of the following: (1)(a) If the balance is five hundred dollars or more, send to the judgment debtor whose property was the subject of the sale a notice that indicates the amount of the balance, informs the judgment debtor that the judgment debtor is entitled to receive the balance, and sets forth the procedure that the judgment debtor is required to follow to obtain the balance. Subject to divisions (A)(1)(b) and (c) of this section, this notice shall be sent in the following manner: (i) To the judgment debtor at the address of the judgment debtor in the caption on the judgment or at any different address the judgment debtor may have provided, by certified mail, return receipt requested, within ninety days after the sale. (ii) If the certified mail envelope sent under division (A)(1)(a)(i) of this section is returned with an endorsement showing failure or refusal of delivery, the clerk immediately shall send the judgment debtor, at the address of the judgment debtor in the caption on the judgment or any different address the judgment debtor may have provided, a similar notice by ordinary mail. (iii) If the ordinary mail envelope sent under division (A)(1)(a)(ii) of this section is returned for any reason, the clerk immediately shall give a similar notice to the judgment debtor that includes the case number, the name of the judgment debtor, if known, and information on how to contact the clerk by an advertisement in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county, which advertisement shall run at least once, a posting on the clerk's web site, a text message to the judgment debtor, or a posting in a conspicuous place in the court where the action was commenced. (b) If the address of the judgment debtor is not known, the clerk shall not send a notice by mail under division (A)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section, but shall comply with division (A)(1)(a)(iii) of this section. (c) If the name of the judgment debtor is not known, but the address of the judgment debtor is known, the clerk shall send the notice required under division (A)(1)(a) of this section in the manner prescribed by division (A)(1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section. (d) If the balance remains unclaimed for ninety days following the last mailing, publication, posting, or text message required under division (A)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the clerk shall dispose of the balance in the same manner as unclaimed money is disposed of under sections 2335.34 and 2335.35 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) If the balance is less than five hundred dollars, send to the judgment debtor whose property was the subject of the sale a notice that indicates the amount of the balance, informs the judgment debtor that the judgment debtor is entitled to receive the balance, and sets forth the procedure that the judgment debtor is required to follow to obtain the balance. This notice shall be sent to the judgment debtor in the following manner: (i) At the address of the judgment debtor in the caption on the judgment or at any different address the judgment debtor may have provided, by ordinary mail; (ii) If the address of the judgment debtor is not known, the clerk shall notify the judgment debtor in the same manner prescribed by division (A)(1)(a)(iii) of this section. (iii) If the name of the judgment debtor is not known, but the address of the judgment debtor is known, the clerk shall notify the judgment debtor in the manner prescribed by either division (A)(2)(a)(i) or (A)(1)(a)(iii) of this section. (b) If the balance remains unclaimed for ninety days following the date of the last mailing, publication, posting, or text message required by division (A)(2)(a) of this section, the clerk shall dispose of the balance in the same manner as unclaimed money is disposed of under sections 2335.34 and 2335.35 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, the clerk of the court that issued the writ of execution, on demand and whether or not the notice required by division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is provided as prescribed, shall pay the balance to the judgment debtor or the judgment debtor's legal representatives. (2) The clerk of the court that issued the writ of execution is not required to pay the balance to the judgment debtor or the judgment debtor's legal representatives pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section until the judgment debtor or the legal representatives pay to the clerk the actual costs incurred in the provision of the notice required by division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.11
§ 2303.11. Writs to issue on praecipe
Status: in_force

September 11, 2008 House Bill 138 - 127th General Assembly All writs and orders for provisional remedies, and process of every kind, shall be issued by the clerk of the court of common pleas, or directly by an order or local rule of a court, or by a county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code; but before they are issued a praecipe shall be filed with the clerk demanding the same.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.261
§ 2329.261. Notify land banks of foreclosure sales
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (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 meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (4) "Qualifying residential property" means single-family residential property, including a single unit in a multi-unit property containing not more than ten units but excluding manufactured homes, that has at least one thousand square feet of habitable space per unit. (B) If qualifying residential property sold at public sale pursuant to this chapter is located within the territory of a land reutilization program, the levying officer shall notify the electing subdivision or county land reutilization corporation that operates the program of the sale. (C) The levying officer shall maintain a web site and telephone number to provide information on applicable properties. (D) A levying officer may use any web site maintained to satisfy any other provision of this chapter, including the official public sheriff sale web site established pursuant to section 2329.153 of the Revised Code, to satisfy the requirements of division (C) of this section. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.37
§ 2317.37. Cross-examination by adverse party
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person who has furnished information on which a report or finding mentioned in section 2317.36 of the Revised Code is based may be cross-examined by the adverse party, but the fact that his testimony is not obtainable shall not render the report or finding inadmissible, unless the trial court finds that substantial injustice would be done to the adverse party by its admission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.18
§ 2335.18. Costs of each party
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The costs of the parties in all actions, motions, and proceedings, in any of the courts of this state, shall be taxed and entered of record separately.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.74
§ 2307.74. Product defective in manufacture or construction
Status: in_force

January 5, 1988 House Bill 1 - 117th General Assembly A product is defective in manufacture or construction if, when it left the control of its manufacturer, it deviated in a material way from the design specifications, formula, or performance standards of the manufacturer, or from otherwise identical units manufactured to the same design specifications, formula, or performance standards. A product may be defective in manufacture or construction as described in this section even though its manufacturer exercised all possible care in its manufacture or construction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.16
§ 2307.16. Partnership may sue or be sued by its name
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly A partnership formed for the purpose of carrying on a trade or business in this state, or holding property in this state, may sue or be sued by the usual or ordinary name that it has assumed, or by which it is known.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.12
§ 2303.12. Records to be kept by clerk; online access
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Case file" means the compendium of original documents filed in a civil or criminal action or proceeding in the court of common pleas, including the pleadings, motions, orders, and judgments of the court on a case by case basis. (2) "General docket" means the appearance docket, trial docket, journal, execution docket, and case files in relation to those dockets and journal. (B) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall keep records as indicated by the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio. They shall be called the appearance docket, trial docket and printed duplicates of the trial docket for the use of the court and the officers thereof, journal, and execution docket. The clerk shall also keep a record in book form or the clerk may prepare a record by using any photostatic, photographic, miniature photographic, film, microfilm, or microphotographic process, electrostatic process, perforated tape, magnetic tape, or other electromagnetic means, electronic data processing, machine readable media, graphic or video display, or any combination thereof, which correctly and accurately copies or reproduces every case file and other original document, paper, or instrument in writing. The clerk shall keep an index to the trial docket and to the printed duplicates of the trial docket and of the journal direct, and to the appearance docket, record, and execution docket, direct and reverse. All clerks keeping records and information by the methods described in this section shall keep and make readily available to the public the machine and equipment necessary to reproduce the records and information in a readable form. (C) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall keep confidential information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code, in accordance with that section. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, the clerk of court shall do both of the following: (a) Not later than eighteen months after April 6, 2023, the clerk of court shall make available online on the clerk of court's web site the general docket of the court for remote access and printing by the public of the information in that docket, including all individual documents in each case file, pertaining to civil cases filed on or after April 6, 2023. (b) Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this amendment, the clerk of court shall make available online on the clerk of court's web site the general docket of the court for remote access and printing by the public of the information in that docket, including all individual documents in each case file, pertaining to criminal cases filed on or after the effective date of this amendment. (2) The clerk of court is not required to make available online under division (D)(1) of this section either of the following: (a) The general docket of the division of domestic relations or the juvenile court; (b) If the court does not have a division of domestic relations, the general docket in civil cases pertaining to domestic relations. (E) Nothing in division (D) of this section shall be construed as making available online any of the following: (1) Internal documents such as notes, emails, drafts, recommendations, advice, or research of judicial officers and court staff; (2) Any document or any information in a case file the public access to which the court has ordered restricted under the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio. Last updated July 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.01
§ 2331.01. Execution against person
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An execution against the person of a judgment debtor shall require the officer to arrest such debtor and commit him to the jail of the county until he pays the judgment, or is discharged according to law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.22
§ 2311.22. Dower not abated by death
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the plaintiff in an action for dower dies before final judgment therein, the action may be revived in the name of the personal representative of such plaintiff for the purpose of recovering the value of such dower, from the beginning of the action to the decedent's death.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.25
§ 2333.25. Order reduced to writing and filed with clerk
Status: in_force

March 13, 1986 House Bill 442 - 116th General Assembly The order requiring a judgment debtor to appear and submit to the examination provided for by sections 2333.09 to 2333.27 of the Revised Code, shall be in writing, signed by the judge who makes it, and served as a summons. The judge shall reduce all his orders to writing, which, together with a minute of his proceedings that he has signed, shall be filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the judgment is rendered, or in which the transcript of the judge of the county court is filed, which clerk shall enter on his execution docket the time of filing it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.48
§ 2305.48. Uniformity of application
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 95 - 135th General Assembly Sections 2305.41 to 2305.49 of the Revised Code shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform among the states the law with respect to duties to incapacitated persons. Last updated January 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.23
§ 2303.23. Cancellation of uncollectible debts
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 247 - 129th General Assembly If at any time the court finds that an amount owing to the court is due and uncollectible, in whole or in part, the court may direct the clerk of the court to cancel all or part of the claim. The clerk shall then effect the cancellation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.39
§ 2311.39. Change of venue in corporation suit
Status: in_force

September 16, 1957 House Bill 702 - 102nd General Assembly When a corporation having more than fifty stockholders is a party in an action pending in a county in which the corporation keeps its principal office, or transacts its principal business, if the opposite party makes affidavit that he cannot, as he believes, have a fair and impartial trial in that county, and his application is sustained by the several affidavits of five creditable persons residing in such county, the court shall change the venue to the adjoining county most convenient for both parties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.25
§ 2323.25. Courts may order records completed
Status: in_force

August 4, 1961 House Bill 214 - 104th General Assembly When the judicial acts or other proceedings of a court have not been regularly brought up and recorded by the clerk, such court may have them made up and recorded within such time as it directs. When made up, and found to be correct, the presiding judge shall sign them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.06
§ 2333.06. Payments and delivery to officer holding writ
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The garnishee shall pay over to the officer holding a writ of execution all money in his hands, or under his control, or which may come into his hands or control, belonging to the defendant mentioned in section 2333.02 of the Revised Code, not exceeding the amount of the judgment and costs, and deliver to the officer all property and credits of the defendant in his hands, or which may come into his hands, and take his receipt for such money, property, or credits, which shall be sufficient discharge of liability therefor. Upon refusal by such garnishee to pay over money or deliver property or credits as required by this section, the plaintiff may commence an action therefor, in his own name, against the garnishee, and recover them, with costs. Last updated June 27, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.04
§ 2337.04. Determining money of claim
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment. (B) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money: (1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; (2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or (3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.26
§ 2317.26. Order of commitment
Status: in_force

October 27, 1981 Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly The order of commitment mentioned in section 2317.25 of the Revised Code may be directed to the sheriff or a constable of the county where the witness resides, or is at the time, and shall be executed by committing him to the jail of such county, and delivering a copy of it to the jailer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.04
§ 2313.04. Office and supplies
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall provide a suitable office for the commissioners of jurors on the order of the court of common pleas and shall make provision for supplying all equipment, stationery, postage, advertisement expenses, computer software, and other supplies as are necessary for the proper and convenient conduct of the commissioners in discharging the duties imposed by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.28
§ 2307.28. Release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 120 - 124th General Assembly When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons for the same injury or loss to person or property or the same wrongful death, both of the following apply: (A) The release or covenant does not discharge any of the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury, loss, or wrongful death unless its terms otherwise provide, but it reduces the claim against the other tortfeasors to the extent of the greater of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant or the amount of the consideration paid for it, except that the reduction of the claim against the other tortfeasors shall not apply in any case in which the reduction results in the plaintiff recovering less than the total amount of the plaintiff's compensatory damages awarded by the trier of fact and except that in any case in which the reduction does not apply the plaintiff shall not recover more than the total amount of the plaintiff's compensatory damages awarded by the trier of fact. (B) The release or covenant discharges the person to whom it is given from all liability for contribution to any other tortfeasor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.34
§ 2315.34. Findings of fact by court - general verdict and interrogatories by jury
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly If contributory fault is asserted and established as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, the court in a nonjury action shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury action shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify the following: (A) The total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable on that tort claim but for the tortious conduct of the plaintiff; (B) The portion of the compensatory damages specified under division (A) of this section that represents economic loss; (C) The portion of the compensatory damages specified under division (A) of this section that represents noneconomic loss; (D) The percentage of tortious conduct attributable to all persons as determined pursuant to section 2307.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.01
§ 2301.01. Courts of common pleas
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly (A) There shall be a court of common pleas in each county held by one or more judges, each of whom has been admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state for at least one year preceding the judge's appointment or commencement of the judge's term, resides in the county, is elected by the electors therein, and, for a total of at least six years preceding the judge's appointment or commencement of the judge's term, has either served as a judge of a court of record in any jurisdiction in the United States or done any of the following: (1) Engaged in the practice of law in this state; (2) Practiced in a federal court in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state; (3) Engaged in the authorized practice of law as in-house counsel for a business in this state or as an attorney for a government entity in this state, regardless of whether at the time of that practice the person was admitted to practice as an attorney at law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state. (B) Each judge of a court of common pleas shall be elected for six years at the general election immediately preceding the year in which the term, as provided in sections 2301.02 and 2301.03 of the Revised Code, commences, and the judge's successor shall be elected at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of that term. Last updated March 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.08
§ 2305.08. Partial payment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If payment has been made upon any demand founded on a contract, or a written acknowledgment thereof, or a promise to pay it has been made and signed by the party to be charged, an action may be brought thereon within the time limited by sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the Revised Code, after such payment, acknowledgment, or promise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2325.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2325 / § 2325.03
§ 2325.03. Bona fide purchaser unaffected
Status: in_force

November 15, 1977 Senate Bill 162 - 112th General Assembly The title to property, which title is the subject of a final judgment or order sought to be vacated, modified, or set aside by any type of proceeding or attack and which title has, by, in consequence of, or in reliance upon the final judgment or order, passed to a purchaser in good faith, shall not be affected by the proceeding or attack; nor shall the title to property that is sold before judgment under an attachment be affected by the proceeding or attack. "Purchaser in good faith," as used in this section, includes a purchaser at a duly confirmed judicial sale. This section does not apply if in the proceeding resulting in the judgment or order sought to be vacated, modified, or set aside, the person then holding the title in question was not lawfully served with process or notice, as required by the law or Civil Rules applicable to the proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.28
§ 2333.28. Enforcement by attachment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a judgment is not for the recovery of money or real property, it may be enforced by attachment by the court which rendered it, upon motion made, or by a rule of the court upon the defendant; but in either case notice of the motion, or a service of a copy of the rule, must be made on the defendant a reasonable time before making the order of attachment. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.75
§ 2307.75. Product defective in design or formulation
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section, a product is defective in design or formulation if, at the time it left the control of its manufacturer, the foreseeable risks associated with its design or formulation as determined pursuant to division (B) of this section exceeded the benefits associated with that design or formulation as determined pursuant to division (C) of this section. (B) The foreseeable risks associated with the design or formulation of a product shall be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The nature and magnitude of the risks of harm associated with that design or formulation in light of the intended and reasonably foreseeable uses, modifications, or alterations of the product; (2) The likely awareness of product users, whether based on warnings, general knowledge, or otherwise, of those risks of harm; (3) The likelihood that that design or formulation would cause harm in light of the intended and reasonably foreseeable uses, modifications, or alterations of the product; (4) The extent to which that design or formulation conformed to any applicable public or private product standard that was in effect when the product left the control of its manufacturer; (5) The extent to which that design or formulation is more dangerous than a resonably prudent consumer would expect when used in an intended or reasonably foreseeable manner. (C) The benefits associated with the design or formulation of a product shall be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The intended or actual utility of the product, including any performance or safety advantages associated with that design or formulation; (2) The technical and economic feasibility, when the product left the control of its manufacturer, of using an alternative design or formulation; (3) The nature and magnitude of any foreseeable risks associated with an alternative design or formulation. (D) An ethical drug or ethical medical device is not defective in design or formulation because some aspect of it is unavoidably unsafe, if the manufacturer of the ethical drug or ethical medical device provides adequate warning and instruction under section 2307.76 of the Revised Code concerning that unavoidably unsafe aspect. (E) A product is not defective in design or formulation if the harm for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages was caused by an inherent characteristic of the product which is a generic aspect of the product that cannot be eliminated without substantially compromising the product's usefulness or desirability and which is recognized by the ordinary person with the ordinary knowledge common to the community. (F) A product is not defective in design or formulation if, at the time the product left the control of its manufacturer, a practical and technically feasible alternative design or formulation was not available that would have prevented the harm for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages without substantially impairing the usefulness or intended purpose of the product.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.03
§ 2313.03. Oath of office
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of their office, the commissioners of jurors and any deputy commissioners shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office, and file it with the clerk of the court of common pleas: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of a commissioner of jurors (or deputy commissioner of jurors) without fear or favor; and that I will report to the court the names of any and all persons who, in any manner, seek by request, hint, or suggestion to influence me in the selection of jurors; and this I do as I shall answer to God" (or, "and this I do under the pains and penalties of perjury").
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.583 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.583
§ 2323.583. Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; applicable procedures
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 House Bill 223 - 132nd General Assembly Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights pursuant to sections 2323.58 to 2323.585 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer may rely on the court order approving the transfer in redirecting periodic payments to an assignee or transferee in accordance with the order approving the transfer and shall, as to all parties except the transferee or an assignee designated by the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the redirected payments. That discharge and release shall not be affected by the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with sections 2323.58 to 2323.585 of the Revised Code or with the court order approving the transfer. (B) The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer, as follows: (1) For any taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer, if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement; (2) For any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys' fees, arising from compliance by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer with the court order approving the transfer or from the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with sections 2323.58 to 2323.585 of the Revised Code. (C) Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees. (D) Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only if the transfer complies with all of the requirements of sections 2323.58 to 2323.585 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2325.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2325 / § 2325.15
§ 2325.15. Revivor of dormant judgment or finding
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly When a judgment, including judgments rendered by a judge of a county court or mayor, a transcript of which has been filed in the court of common pleas for execution, is dormant, or when a finding for money in equitable proceedings remains unpaid in whole or in part, under the order of the court therein made, such judgment may be revived, or such finding made subject to execution as judgments at law are, in the manner prescribed for reviving actions before judgment, or by action in the court in which such judgment was rendered or finding made, or in which transcript of judgment was filed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.11
§ 2313.11. Summoning jurors
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) When, by reason of challenge or other cause, enough jurors to make up the panel, either of the grand or petit jury, are not present, or if the array is set aside, upon order of the court the sheriff or commissioners of jurors shall immediately summon as many persons having the qualifications of a juror as, in the opinion of the court, are necessary. The summoned jurors shall appear forthwith or at such times as the court fixes. (B) No person known to be in or about the courthouse shall be summoned without the consent of both parties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.09
§ 2323.09. Judgment against married woman
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 674 - 113th General Assembly When a married woman sues or is sued, proceedings shall be had and judgment shall be rendered and enforced as if she were unmarried. Her property and estate is liable for a judgment against her, but she is entitled to the benefits of all applicable exemptions provided by statute.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.86
§ 2329.86. Finding of judge
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 347 - 131st General Assembly If the judge at the hearing under section 2329.84 of the Revised Code finds that the right to the property or a part of it is in the claimant, and the plaintiff in execution within three days after the hearing tenders to the officer having the property in the officer's custody, a bond in double the amount of its value as assessed by the judge, with good and sufficient sureties, payable to the claimant, to the effect that they will pay all damages sustained by reason of the detention or sale of the property, the officer shall deliver such bond to the claimant, sell the property as if no hearing of the right to the property had taken place, and shall not be liable to the claimant for the property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.20
§ 2303.20. Fees
Status: in_force

September 20, 2019 Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly Under the circumstances described in sections 2969.21 to 2969.27 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall charge the fees and perform the other duties specified in those sections. In all other cases, the clerk shall charge the following fees and no more: (A) Twenty-five dollars for each cause of action which shall include the following: (1) Docketing in all dockets; (2) Filing necessary documents, noting the filing of the documents, except subpoena, on the dockets; (3) Issuing certificate of deposit in foreign writs; (4) Indexing pending suits and living judgments; (5) Noting on appearance docket all papers mailed; (6) Certificate for attorney's fee; (7) Certificate for stenographer's fee; (8) Preparing cost bill; (9) Entering on indictment any plea; (10) Entering costs on docket and cash book. (B) Two dollars for taking each undertaking, bond, or recognizance; (C) Two dollars for issuing each writ, order, or notice, except subpoena; (D) Two dollars for each name for issuing subpoena, swearing witness, entering attendance, and certifying fees; (E) Twenty-five dollars for calling a jury in each cause; (F) Two dollars for each page, for entering on journal, indexing, and posting on any docket; (G) Three dollars for each execution or transcript of judgment, including indexing; (H) One dollar for each page, for making complete record, including indexing; (I) Five dollars for certifying a plat recorded in the county recorder's office; (J) Five dollars for issuing certificate to receiver or order of reference with oath; (K) Five dollars for entering satisfaction or partial satisfaction of each lien on record in the county recorder's office, and the clerk of courts' office; (L) One dollar for each certificate of fact under seal of the court, to be paid by the party demanding it; (M) One dollar for taking each affidavit, including certificate and seal; (N) Two dollars for acknowledging all instruments in writing; (O) Five dollars for making certificate of judgment; (P) Ten dollars for filing, docketing, and endorsing a certificate of judgment, including the indexing and noting the return of the certificate; (Q) Twenty-five dollars for each cause of action for each judgment by confession, including all docketing, indexing, and entries on the journal; (R) Five dollars for recording commission of mayor; (S) One dollar for issuing any license except the licenses issued pursuant to sections 1533.101 , 1533.11 , 1533.13 , and 1533.32 of the Revised Code; (T) Fifteen dollars for docketing and indexing each aid in execution or petition to vacate, revive, or modify judgment, including the filing and noting of all necessary documents; (U) Twenty-five dollars for docketing and indexing each appeal, including the filing and noting of all necessary documents; (V) A commission of two per cent on the first ten thousand dollars and one per cent on all exceeding ten thousand dollars for receiving and disbursing money, other than costs and fees, paid to or deposited with the clerk of courts in pursuance of an order of court or on judgments, including moneys invested by order of the court and interest earned on them; (W) Five dollars for numbering, docketing, indexing, and filing each authenticated or certified copy of the record, or any portion of an authenticated or certified copy of the record, of an extra county action or proceeding; (X) Two dollars for each certificate of divorce, annulment, or dissolution of marriage to the bureau of vital statistics; (Y) Two dollars for each electronic transmission of a document, plus one dollar for each page of that document. These fees are to be paid by the party requesting the electronic transmission. (Z) One dollar for each page, for copies of pleadings, process, record, or files, including certificate and seal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.011
§ 2307.011. Civil action definitions
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly As used in Chapters 2307. and 2315. of the Revised Code: (A) "Conduct" means actions or omissions. (B) "Contributory fault" means contributory negligence, other contributory tortious conduct, or, except as provided with respect to product liability claims in section 2307.711 of the Revised Code, express or implied assumption of the risk. (C) "Economic loss" means any of the following types of pecuniary harm: (1) All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action, including wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as of the date of a judgment and future expected lost earnings; (2) All expenditures for medical care or treatment, rehabilitation services, or other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations incurred as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person that is a subject of a tort action, including expenditures for those purposes that were incurred as of the date of a judgment and expenditures for those purposes that, in the determination of the trier of fact, will be incurred in the future because of the injury, whether paid by the injured person or by another person on behalf of the injured person; (3) All expenditures of a person whose property was injured or destroyed or of another person on behalf of the person whose property was injured or destroyed in order to repair or replace the property; (4) Any other expenditures incurred as a result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action, except expenditures of the injured person, the person whose property was injured or destroyed, or another person on behalf of the injured person or the person whose property was injured or destroyed in relation to the actual preparation or presentation of the claim involved. (D) "Intentional tort claim" means a claim alleging that a tortfeasor intentionally caused or intentionally contributed to the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death or that a tortfeasor knew or believed that the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death was substantially certain to result from the tortfeasor's conduct. As used in sections 2307.22 , 2307.711 , and 2315.32 of the Revised Code, "intentional tort claim" does not include an intentional tort claim alleged by an employee or the employee's legal representative against the employee's employer and that arises from the tortfeasor's conduct that occurs on premises owned, leased, or supervised by the employer. (E) "Noneconomic loss" means nonpecuniary harm that results from an injury, death, or loss to person that is a subject of a tort action, including, but not limited to, pain and suffering; loss of society, consortium, companionship, care, assistance, attention, protection, advice, guidance, counsel, instruction, training, or education; mental anguish; and any other intangible loss. (F) "Person" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code and additionally includes a political subdivision and the state. (G) "Persons from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action" includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Persons who have entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiff; (2) Persons whom the plaintiff has dismissed from the tort action without prejudice; (3) Persons whom the plaintiff has dismissed from the tort action with prejudice; (4) Persons who are not a party to the tort action whether or not that person was or could have been a party to the tort action if the name of the person has been disclosed prior to trial. (H) "Plaintiff" includes the person for whom the plaintiff is legal representative. (I) "Political subdivision" and "state" have the same meanings as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim, as defined in section 2307.71 of the Revised Code, and an asbestos claim, as defined in section 2307.91 of the Revised Code, but does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (K) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.011
§ 2305.011. Standing of nature or ecosystem
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nature" means the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, other features and products of the earth, the natural environment or wilderness, and generally areas that are not human or human creations, have not been substantially altered by humans, or that persist despite human intervention. (2) "Ecosystem" means a complex community of living organisms in conjunction with their physical environments, all interacting and linked together as a system through nutrient cycles and energy flows in a particular unit of space. (B) Nature or any ecosystem does not have standing to participate in or bring an action in any court of common pleas. (C)(1) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall bring an action in any court of common pleas. (2) No person shall bring an action in any court of common pleas against a person who is acting on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem. (3) No person, on behalf of or representing nature or an ecosystem, shall intervene in any manner, such as by filing a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party complaint, in any action brought in any court of common pleas. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the state or any of its agencies from enforcing the laws pertaining to environmental pollution, conservation, wild animals, or other natural communities or ecosystems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.28
§ 2305.28. Peer or professional standards review committee or counseling and assistance committee of a professional organization not liable for actions taken
Status: in_force

July 1, 1992 Senate Bill 84 - 119th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "counseling and assistance committee" means a committee of a professional organization whose purpose is to render counseling and assistance to members of the profession whose personal or professional lives are or reasonably appear to be impaired by reason of substance abuse, chemical dependency, or mental illness. (B) No member or employee of a peer review committee, professional standards review committee, or counseling and assistance committee of a state or local professional organization composed of doctors of chiropractic, doctors of veterinary medicine, attorneys at law, real estate brokers, architects, professional engineers, certified public accountants, public accountants, or registered nurses is liable to any person for any action taken or recommendation made within the scope of the functions of the committee, if the committee member or employee acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to him after reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter as to which the action is taken or recommendation is made. (C) Division (B) of this section also shall apply to any member or employee of a nonprofit corporation that is engaged in performing the functions of a peer review committee, professional standards review committee, or counseling and assistance committee of a state or local professional organization composed of doctors of chiropractic, doctors of veterinary medicine, attorneys at law, real estate brokers, architects, professional engineers, certified public accountants, public accountants, or registered nurses. (D) No person who provides information to a peer review committee, professional standards review committee, or counseling and assistance committee of a state or local professional organization as described in division (B) of this section, to a nonprofit corporation as described in division (C) of this section, or to a member or employee of such a peer review committee, professional standards review committee, counseling and assistance committee, or nonprofit corporation, without malice and in the reasonable belief that the information is warranted by the facts known to him is liable in damages in a civil action as a result of providing that information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.17
§ 2313.17. Causes for challenge of persons called as jurors
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) Any person called as a juror for the trial of any cause shall be examined under oath or upon affirmation as to the person's qualifications. A person is qualified to serve as a juror if the person is eighteen years of age or older, is a resident of the county, and is an elector or would be an elector if the person were registered to vote, regardless of whether the person actually is registered to vote. (B) The following are good causes for challenge to any person called as a juror: (1) That the person has been convicted of a crime that by law renders the person disqualified to serve on a jury; (2) That the person has an interest in the cause; (3) That the person has an action pending between the person and either party; (4) That the person formerly was a juror in the same cause; (5) That the person is the employer, the employee, or the spouse, parent, son, or daughter of the employer or employee, counselor, agent, steward, or attorney of either party; (6) That the person is subpoenaed in good faith as a witness in the cause; (7) That the person is akin by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree to either party or to the attorney of either party; (8) That the person or the person's spouse, parent, son, or daughter is a party to another action then pending in any court in which an attorney in the cause then on trial is an attorney, either for or against any such party to another such action; (9) That the person discloses by the person's answers that the person cannot be a fair and impartial juror or will not follow the law as given to the person by the court. (C) Each challenge listed in division (B) of this section shall be considered as a principal challenge, and its validity tried by the court. (D) In addition to the causes listed in division (B) of this section, any petit juror may be challenged on suspicion of prejudice against or partiality for either party, or for want of a competent knowledge of the English language, or other cause that may render the juror at the time an unsuitable juror. The validity of the challenge shall be determined by the court and be sustained if the court has any doubt as to the juror's being entirely unbiased.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.23
§ 2307.23. Determining percentage of tortious conduct attributable to party in tort action
Status: in_force

April 7, 2005 Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly (A) In determining the percentage of tortious conduct attributable to a party in a tort action under section 2307.22 or sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code, the court in a nonjury action shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury action shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify all of the following: (1) The percentage of tortious conduct that proximately caused the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death that is attributable to the plaintiff and to each party to the tort action from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery in this action; (2) The percentage of tortious conduct that proximately caused the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death that is attributable to each person from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action. (B) The sum of the percentages of tortious conduct as determined pursuant to division (A) of this section shall equal one hundred per cent. (C) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, it is an affirmative defense for each party to the tort action from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery in this action that a specific percentage of the tortious conduct that proximately caused the injury or loss to person or property or the wrongful death is attributable to one or more persons from whom the plaintiff does not seek recovery in this action. Any party to the tort action from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery in this action may raise an affirmative defense under this division at any time before the trial of the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.18
§ 2329.18. Copy of appraisement to be left with clerk
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (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 2329.01 to 2329.61 of the Revised Code. (B) 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 real estate for which the appraised value has been determined pursuant to section 2329.17 of the Revised Code, the private selling officer shall immediately advertise and sell the real estate in conformity with sections 2329.01 to 2329.61 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.76
§ 2307.76. Product defective due to inadequate warning or instruction
Status: in_force

January 5, 1988 House Bill 1 - 117th General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a product is defective due to inadequate warning or instruction if either of the following applies: (1) It is defective due to inadequate warning or instruction at the time of marketing if, when it left the control of its manufacturer, both of the following applied: (a) The manufacturer knew or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known about a risk that is associated with the product and that allegedly caused harm for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages; (b) The manufacturer failed to provide the warning or instruction that a manufacturer exercising reasonable care would have provided concerning that risk, in light of the likelihood that the product would cause harm of the type for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages and in light of the likely seriousness of that harm. (2) It is defective due to inadequate post-marketing warning or instruction if, at a relevant time after it left the control of its manufacturer, both of the following applied: (a) The manufacturer knew or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known about a risk that is associated with the product and that allegedly caused harm for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages; (b) The manufacturer failed to provide the post-marketing warning or instruction that a manufacturer exercising reasonable care would have provided concerning that risk, in light of the likelihood that the product would cause harm of the type for which the claimant seeks to recover compensatory damages and in light of the likely seriousness of that harm. (B) A product is not defective due to lack of warning or instruction or inadequate warning or instruction as a result of the failure of its manufacturer to warn or instruct about an open and obvious risk or a risk that is a matter of common knowledge. (C) An ethical drug is not defective due to inadequate warning or instruction if its manufacturer provides otherwise adequate warning and instruction to the physician or other legally authorized person who prescribes or dispenses that ethical drug for a claimant in question and if the federal food and drug administration has not provided that warning or instruction relative to that ethical drug is to be given directly to the ultimate user of it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.68
§ 2329.68. Appraisal of exempted property
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 674 - 113th General Assembly 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.953 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.953
§ 2307.953. Motion to stay proceedings in asbestos tort action
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 380 - 129th General Assembly (A) Not less than seventy-five days prior to the commencement of trial, any defendant in an asbestos tort action may file a motion with the court, with notice to the claimant and to all of the parties in the action, for an order to stay the proceedings. A defendant's motion to stay the proceedings shall set forth credible evidence that demonstrates all of the following: (1) The identities of all asbestos trusts not previously disclosed by the claimant pursuant to section 2307.952 of the Revised Code against which the claimant has not made any asbestos trust claims but against which the defendant in good faith believes the claimant may make a successful asbestos trust claim; (2) The information that the defendant believes supports the additional asbestos trust claims described in division (A)(1) of this section; (3) A description of the information sufficient to meet the asbestos trust claim requirements of the asbestos trusts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, if the claimant produces additional asbestos exposure information that supports the filing of an additional asbestos trust claim, the defendant may file a motion to stay the proceedings under division (A) of this section within seven days of receiving the additional asbestos exposure information. (C)(1) Within fourteen days after the filing of the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings under division (A) of this section, the claimant may do any of the following: (a) File the asbestos trust claims with or submit them to the asbestos trusts identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings. The submission to the court and to all of the parties in the asbestos tort action of proof demonstrating that the asbestos trust claims identified in the defendant's motion to stay the proceedings have been filed with or submitted to the appropriate asbestos trusts is dispositive of the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings. Alternatively, the defendant may withdraw the motion brought under division (A) of this section. (b) File with the court a response to the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings requesting a determination by the court that the information supporting the asbestos trust claims against the asbestos trusts identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings should be modified prior to the filing of an asbestos trust claim with, or the submission of an asbestos trust claim to, an asbestos trust or that there is insufficient information to file or submit the asbestos trust claim identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings. (c) File with the court a response to the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings requesting a determination by the court that the claimant's or attorney's fees and expenses to prepare the asbestos claim form and file or submit the asbestos trust claim identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings exceed the claimant's reasonably anticipated recovery from the asbestos trust claim. (2) A submission by the claimant under division (C)(1)(b) or (c) of this section does not constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work product privilege. (D)(1) If the defendant has met its burden under division (A) of this section and if the claimant files a response pursuant to division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the court shall determine by a preponderance of the evidence if a successful asbestos trust claim could be submitted in good faith to each asbestos trust identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings brought under division (A) of this section. The claimant has the burden of proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, to demonstrate that the information set forth by the defendant pursuant to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section should be modified prior to the filing of an asbestos trust claim with, or the submission of an asbestos trust claim to, each asbestos trust identified in the defendant's motion or that the asbestos trust claim should not be filed with or submitted to the asbestos trust because a successful asbestos trust claim cannot be made in good faith. (2) If the defendant files a motion to stay the proceedings and if the claimant files a response pursuant to division (C)(1)(c) of this section, the court shall determine if the claimant's or attorney's fees and expenses to prepare the asbestos claim form and file or submit the asbestos trust claim identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings exceed the claimant's reasonably anticipated recovery from the asbestos trust claim. If the court determines that the claimant's or attorney's fees and expenses exceed the claimant's reasonably anticipated recovery from the asbestos trust claim, the court shall require the claimant to file with the court a verified statement of the claimant's exposure history to the asbestos products covered by that asbestos trust. (E) If the court determines that there is a good faith basis for filing an asbestos trust claim with, or submitting an asbestos trust claim to, an asbestos trust identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings brought under division (A) of this section, the court shall stay the proceedings until the claimant files the asbestos trust claims with or submits them to the asbestos trusts identified in the defendant's motion for an order to stay the proceedings and has otherwise met the obligations set forth in this section and section 2307.952 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.15
§ 2329.15. Public and private sale of goods on execution
Status: in_force

May 7, 1974 Senate Bill 366 - 110th General Assembly 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 process, during which such sale will continue. Before such sale, public or private, is made, the court shall order the property to be appraised by three disinterested persons; and it shall not be sold for less than two thirds of its appraised value. In the case of a sale to satisfy a judgment in favor of the state, or one of its political subdivisions for delinquent taxes, if the sum bid by the purchaser for goods sold pursuant to this section is insufficient to pay the costs which the court has determined prior to such sale shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof, then the purchaser, in addition to the amount of his bid, must pay a sum which, with the amount so bid will be sufficient to pay the costs. The court may fix the amount remaining unpaid on such claims or obligations for the purpose of the sale, and to that end require the parties to the suit to furnish satisfactory evidence of such unpaid amount.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.91
§ 2307.91. Asbestos claims - definitions
Status: in_force

September 2, 2004 House Bill 292 - 125th General Assembly As used in sections 2307.91 to 2307.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment" means the American medical association's guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment (fifth edition 2000) as may be modified by the American medical association. (B) "Asbestos" means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered. (C) "Asbestos claim" means any claim for damages, losses, indemnification, contribution, or other relief arising out of, based on, or in any way related to asbestos. "Asbestos claim" includes a claim made by or on behalf of any person who has been exposed to asbestos, or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person, for injury, including mental or emotional injury, death, or loss to person, risk of disease or other injury, costs of medical monitoring or surveillance, or any other effects on the person's health that are caused by the person's exposure to asbestos. (D) "Asbestosis" means bilateral diffuse interstitial fibrosis of the lungs caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers. (E) "Board-certified internist" means a medical doctor who is currently certified by the American board of internal medicine. (F) "Board-certified occupational medicine specialist" means a medical doctor who is currently certified by the American board of preventive medicine in the specialty of occupational medicine. (G) "Board-certified oncologist" means a medical doctor who is currently certified by the American board of internal medicine in the subspecialty of medical oncology. (H) "Board-certified pathologist" means a medical doctor who is currently certified by the American board of pathology. (I) "Board-certified pulmonary specialist" means a medical doctor who is currently certified by the American board of internal medicine in the subspecialty of pulmonary medicine. (J) "Certified B-reader" means an individual qualified as a "final" or "B-reader" as defined in 42 C.F.R. section 37.51 (b), as amended. (K) "Certified industrial hygienist" means an industrial hygienist who has attained the status of diplomate of the American academy of industrial hygiene subject to compliance with requirements established by the American board of industrial hygiene. (L) "Certified safety professional" means a safety professional who has met and continues to meet all requirements established by the board of certified safety professionals and is authorized by that board to use the certified safety professional title or the CSP designation. (M) "Civil action" means all suits or claims of a civil nature in a state or federal court, whether cognizable as cases at law or in equity or admiralty. "Civil action" does not include any of the following: (1) A civil action relating to any workers' compensation law; (2) A civil action alleging any claim or demand made against a trust established pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 524(g); (3) A civil action alleging any claim or demand made against a trust established pursuant to a plan of reorganization confirmed under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Chapter 11. (N) "Exposed person" means any person whose exposure to asbestos or to asbestos-containing products is the basis for an asbestos claim under section 2307.92 of the Revised Code. (O) "FEV1" means forced expiratory volume in the first second, which is the maximal volume of air expelled in one second during performance of simple spirometric tests. (P) "FVC" means forced vital capacity that is maximal volume of air expired with maximum effort from a position of full inspiration. (Q) "ILO scale" means the system for the classification of chest x-rays set forth in the international labour office's guidelines for the use of ILO international classification of radiographs of pneumoconioses (2000), as amended. (R) "Lung cancer" means a malignant tumor in which the primary site of origin of the cancer is inside the lungs, but that term does not include mesothelioma. (S) "Mesothelioma" means a malignant tumor with a primary site of origin in the pleura or the peritoneum, which has been diagnosed by a board-certified pathologist, using standardized and accepted criteria of microscopic morphology and appropriate staining techniques. (T) "Nonmalignant condition" means a condition that is caused or may be caused by asbestos other than a diagnosed cancer. (U) "Pathological evidence of asbestosis" means a statement by a board-certified pathologist that more than one representative section of lung tissue uninvolved with any other disease process demonstrates a pattern of peribronchiolar or parenchymal scarring in the presence of characteristic asbestos bodies and that there is no other more likely explanation for the presence of the fibrosis. (V) "Physical impairment" means a nonmalignant condition that meets the minimum requirements specified in division (B) of section 2307.92 of the Revised Code, lung cancer of an exposed person who is a smoker that meets the minimum requirements specified in division (C) of section 2307.92 of the Revised Code, or a condition of a deceased exposed person that meets the minimum requirements specified in division (D) of section 2307.92 of the Revised Code. (W) "Plethysmography" means a test for determining lung volume, also known as "body plethysmography," in which the subject of the test is enclosed in a chamber that is equipped to measure pressure, flow, or volume changes. (X) "Predicted lower limit of normal" means the fifth percentile of healthy populations based on age, height, and gender, as referenced in the AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment. (Y) "Premises owner" means a person who owns, in whole or in part, leases, rents, maintains, or controls privately owned lands, ways, or waters, or any buildings and structures on those lands, ways, or waters, and all privately owned and state-owned lands, ways, or waters leased to a private person, firm, or organization, including any buildings and structures on those lands, ways, or waters. (Z) "Competent medical authority" means a medical doctor who is providing a diagnosis for purposes of constituting prima-facie evidence of an exposed person's physical impairment that meets the requirements specified in section 2307.92 of the Revised Code and who meets the following requirements: (1) The medical doctor is a board-certified internist, pulmonary specialist, oncologist, pathologist, or occupational medicine specialist. (2) The medical doctor is actually treating or has treated the exposed person and has or had a doctor-patient relationship with the person. (3) As the basis for the diagnosis, the medical doctor has not relied, in whole or in part, on any of the following: (a) The reports or opinions of any doctor, clinic, laboratory, or testing company that performed an examination, test, or screening of the claimant's medical condition in violation of any law, regulation, licensing requirement, or medical code of practice of the state in which that examination, test, or screening was conducted; (b) The reports or opinions of any doctor, clinic, laboratory, or testing company that performed an examination, test, or screening of the claimant's medical condition that was conducted without clearly establishing a doctor-patient relationship with the claimant or medical personnel involved in the examination, test, or screening process; (c) The reports or opinions of any doctor, clinic, laboratory, or testing company that performed an examination, test, or screening of the claimant's medical condition that required the claimant to agree to retain the legal services of the law firm sponsoring the examination, test, or screening. (4) The medical doctor spends not more than twenty-five per cent of the medical doctor's professional practice time in providing consulting or expert services in connection with actual or potential tort actions, and the medical doctor's medical group, professional corporation, clinic, or other affiliated group earns not more than twenty per cent of its revenues from providing those services. (AA) "Radiological evidence of asbestosis" means a chest x-ray showing small, irregular opacities (s, t) graded by a certified B-reader as at least 1/1 on the ILO scale. (BB) "Radiological evidence of diffuse pleural thickening" means a chest x-ray showing bilateral pleural thickening graded by a certified B-reader as at least B2 on the ILO scale and blunting of at least one costophrenic angle. (CC) "Regular basis" means on a frequent or recurring basis. (DD) "Smoker" means a person who has smoked the equivalent of one-pack year, as specified in the written report of a competent medical authority pursuant to sections 2307.92 and 2307.93 of the Revised Code, during the last fifteen years. (EE) "Spirometry" means the measurement of volume of air inhaled or exhaled by the lung. (FF) "Substantial contributing factor" means both of the following: (1) Exposure to asbestos is the predominate cause of the physical impairment alleged in the asbestos claim. (2) A competent medical authority has determined with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that without the asbestos exposures the physical impairment of the exposed person would not have occurred. (GG) "Substantial occupational exposure to asbestos" means employment for a cumulative period of at least five years in an industry and an occupation in which, for a substantial portion of a normal work year for that occupation, the exposed person did any of the following: (1) Handled raw asbestos fibers; (2) Fabricated asbestos-containing products so that the person was exposed to raw asbestos fibers in the fabrication process; (3) Altered, repaired, or otherwise worked with an asbestos-containing product in a manner that exposed the person on a regular basis to asbestos fibers; (4) Worked in close proximity to other workers engaged in any of the activities described in division (GG)(1), (2), or (3) of this section in a manner that exposed the person on a regular basis to asbestos fibers. (HH) "Timed gas dilution" means a method for measuring total lung capacity in which the subject breathes into a spirometer containing a known concentration of an inert and insoluble gas for a specific time, and the concentration of the inert and insoluble gas in the lung is then compared to the concentration of that type of gas in the spirometer. (II) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person. "Tort action" includes a product liability claim that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code. "Tort action" does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (JJ) "Total lung capacity" means the volume of air contained in the lungs at the end of a maximal inspiration. (KK) "Veterans' benefit program" means any program for benefits in connection with military service administered by the veterans' administration under title 38 of the United States Code. (LL) "Workers' compensation law" means Chapters 4121., 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.11
§ 2333.11. Order of arrest may issue
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Instead of the order mentioned in section 2333.10 of the Revised Code requiring the attendance of the judgment debtor, upon proof in writing to his satisfaction, by affidavit of the judgment creditor, or otherwise, that there is danger of the debtor's leaving the state, or concealing himself, to avoid such examination, the judge may issue a warrant requiring the sheriff to arrest and bring such debtor before him. Such warrant can be issued only by a judge of the court of common pleas, or the probate judge, of a county in which the debtor is found, and the sheriff can execute it only within that county. In executing the warrant, the sheriff shall deliver to the debtor a copy thereof and of the testimony on which it issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.16
§ 2329.16. Another levy allowed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly 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 tenements, goods and chattels, or either, of the judgment debtor, as the law permits, sufficient to satisfy the debt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2331.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2331 / § 2331.13
§ 2331.13. Application
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 2331.11 to 2331.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not extend to cases of treason, felony, or breach of the peace, nor do they privilege any person specified in such sections from being served with a summons or notice to appear. Arrests not contrary to such sections made in any place or on any river or watercourse within or bounding upon this state are lawful.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2325.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2325 / § 2325.18
§ 2325.18. Limitation
Status: in_force

June 2, 2004 House Bill 212 - 125th General Assembly (A) An action to revive a judgment can only be brought within ten years from the time it became dormant, unless the party entitled to bring that action, at the time the judgment became dormant, was within the age of minority, of unsound mind, or imprisoned, in which cases the action may be brought within ten years after the disability is removed. (B) For the purpose of calculating interest due on a revived judgment, interest shall not accrue and shall not be computed from the date the judgment became dormant to the date the judgment is revived.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.04
§ 2317.04. Impartial report of proceedings privileged
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards, or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any bill, ordinance, report, resolution, bulletin, notice, petition, or other document presented, filed, or issued in any proceeding before such legislative or executive body, board, or officer, shall be privileged, unless it is proved that such publication was made maliciously.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.20
§ 2313.20. Mandatory attendance
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly No person whose name is drawn and who is notified to attend a jury year, part of a jury year, or specified date within a part of a jury year as a juror or who has had the person's jury service postponed shall fail to attend at the time specified in the notice or from day to day.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.07
§ 2329.07. Judgment may become dormant
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Aid of execution" means an aid of execution under Chapter 2333. of the Revised Code, including the issuance of an order to a judgment debtor to appear for examination under section 2333.10 of the Revised Code. "Certificate of judgment" means a certificate issued by a clerk of courts in which the judgment was rendered, under the seal of the court, under section 2329.02 or 2329.04 of the Revised Code. "Execution" has the meaning defined in section 2327.01 of the Revised Code. "Garnishment" means a proceeding commenced when an order of garnishment of personal earnings or an order of garnishment of property other than personal earnings is issued by a court. For purposes of this section, an order of garnishment of personal earnings is continuing when regular garnishment payments are being made in accordance with a judgment debtor's regular pay schedule. An order of garnishment other than personal earnings is continuing until the garnishee files an answer. "Renewal of the judgment" means the occurrence of any of the actions set forth under division (B) or (C) of this section. (B)(1) A judgment that is not in favor of the state is dormant and shall not operate as a lien against the estate of the judgment debtor unless one of the following occurs within five years from the date of the judgment or any renewal of the judgment, whichever is later: (a) An execution on a judgment is issued. (b) A certificate of judgment for obtaining a lien upon lands and tenements is issued and filed, as provided in sections 2329.02 and 2329.04 of the Revised Code. (c) An order of garnishment is issued or is continuing, or until the last garnishment payment is received by the clerk of courts or the final report is filed by the garnishee, whichever is later. (d) A proceeding in aid of execution is commenced or is continuing. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, a judgment in favor of the state, is dormant and shall not operate as a lien against the estate of the judgment debtor unless one of the following occurs within ten years from the date of the judgment, or any renewal of the judgment, or within fifteen years from the date of the issuance of the last execution thereon, whichever is later: (a) An execution on the judgment is issued. (b) A certificate of judgment is issued and filed, as provided in sections 2329.02 and 2329.04 of the Revised Code. (c) An order of garnishment is issued or is continuing, or until the last garnishment payment is received by the clerk of courts or the final report and answer is filed by the garnishee, whichever is later. (d) A proceeding in aid of execution is commenced or is continuing. The fifteen-year limitation period applies to executions issued and certificates of judgments issued and filed before, on, or after March 29, 2007. (C) If, in any county other than that in which a judgment was rendered, the judgment has become a lien by reason of the filing, in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of that county, of a certificate of the judgment as provided in sections 2329.02 and 2329.04 of the Revised Code, or there has been a renewal of the judgment, except as otherwise provided under division (D) of this section, the judgment shall cease to operate as a lien upon lands and tenements of the judgment debtor within that county, unless one of the following occurs within five years or, if the judgment is in favor of the state, within fifteen years: (1) An execution on a judgment is issued. (2) A certificate of the judgment is filed in that county. (3) An order of garnishment is issued or is continuing, or until the last garnishment payment is received by the clerk of courts or the final report and answer is filed by the garnishee, whichever is later. (4) A proceeding in aid of execution is commenced or is continuing. The fifteen-year limitation period applies to executions issued and certificates of judgments issued and filed before, on, or after March 29, 2007. (D)(1) As used in division (D) of this section, "interim period" means the period beginning September 26, 2003, and ending September 27, 2006. (2) Division (D) of this section applies only to judgments in favor of the state that are subject to this section and to which both of the following apply: (a) The first issuance of execution on the judgment, or a garnishment or an aid in execution proceeding was commenced or continuing, or the certificate of judgment was filed within the ten-year period provided in this section before the beginning of the interim period; (b) Subsequent issuance of execution on the judgment, or an order of garnishment or an aid in execution proceeding was commenced or continuing, or subsequent issuance and filing of the certificate of judgment would have been required during the interim period in order to keep the lien from becoming dormant under this section as this section existed on September 25, 2003, and as if this section as it existed on that date had been in effect during the interim period. (3) Such a judgment shall become dormant and shall cease to operate as a lien against the estate of the judgment debtor unless one of the following occurs within fifteen years after the expiration of the ten-year period following issuance of the last execution on the judgment or following the issuance and filing of the last such certificate, whichever is later: (a) An execution on the judgment is issued. (b) A certificate of judgment is filed. (c) A garnishment proceeding has been commenced or is continuing or until the last garnishment payment is received by the clerk of courts or the final report and answer is filed by the garnishee, whichever is later. (d) A proceeding in aid of execution is commenced or is continuing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.28
§ 2335.28. Jury fees in civil actions to be taxed as costs
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, in any civil action in a court of common pleas in which a jury is sworn and a verdict is returned, the fees of the jurors sworn shall be taxed as costs unless the court determines that the payment of the fees by a party against whom they are proposed to be taxed would not be in the interest of justice. (B)(1) If a civil action in a court of common pleas in which a jury has been summoned but not sworn is settled or does not otherwise go forward, the fees of the jurors summoned may be taxed as costs at the discretion of the trial court. (2) If a civil action in a court of common pleas is settled after jurors are sworn, the fees of the jurors sworn shall be paid in accordance with the settlement agreement. If the agreement does not provide for the payment of the fees, the fees of the jurors sworn may be taxed as costs at the discretion of the trial court. (C) Upon receipt of fees taxed as costs under division (A) or (B) of this section or paid in accordance with a settlement agreement, the clerk of the court shall pay the fees to the county treasurer to be deposited in the county treasury. (D) If any juror serves on more than one jury on the same day, the court shall tax the juror's jury fees for that day as costs equally among the parties who are required to pay the fees under this section either as determined by the court or pursuant to a settlement agreement. (E) Jury fees shall be taxed as costs pursuant to this section for each day or part of a day that a sworn juror serves.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.34
§ 2335.34. Lists of unclaimed costs
Status: in_force

January 13, 2012 Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly On the first Monday of January, each year, the clerk of each court of common pleas and court of appeals, each probate judge, and each sheriff shall make two certified lists of causes in which money has been paid and has remained in the hands of that person or in the hands of a former clerk, probate judge, or sheriff, for one year next preceding that first Monday of January. The lists shall designate the amount of money and in whose hands it remains. One list shall be set up in a conspicuous place by the officer, in the officer's office, for the period of thirty days, and the other list shall be posted at a public area of the courthouse or published on the web site of the court or officer, on the second Monday of January, for the same period of time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.2310 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.2310
§ 2305.2310. Civil immunity for architects, contractors, engineers, surveyors, and tradespersons providing volunteer services
Status: in_force

May 17, 2016 House Bill 17 - 131st General Assembly (A) A volunteer who is an architect, contractor, engineer, surveyor, or tradesperson shall not be liable in damages in a civil action for any injury, loss to person or property, or wrongful death related to the volunteer's acts, errors, or omissions in the performance of any professional services or construction services for any structure, building, piping, or other engineered system, either publicly or privately owned. (B)(1) The immunity provided in this section shall only apply to professional services or contruction services provided during a declared emergency and to professional services or construction services provided not more than ninety days after the end of the period of the declared emergency. (2) If the governor, under the governor's emergency executive powers, extends the period of declared emergency, the immunity provided under this section shall apply to services provided not more than ninety days after the end of the extended period of emergency. (C) Nothing in this section shall provide immunity for wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Architect" means an individual who is certified as an architect under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code. (2) "Building inspection official" means any appointed or elected federal, state, or local official with overall executive responsibility for coordinating building inspections in the jurisdiction in which a declared emergency has occurred. (3) "Construction services" includes any construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance performed by a contractor or tradesperson. "Construction services" does not include services provided by an individual who is not qualified to provide such services. (4) "Contractor" has the same meaning as in section 4740.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Engineer" means an individual registered as a professional engineer under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code. (6) "Law enforcement official" means an appointed or elected federal, state, or local official responsible for coordinating law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which a declared emergency has occurred. (7) "Professional services" means architectural, engineering, or surveying services provided by an architect, engineer, or surveyor, respectively. "Professional services" does not include services provided by an individual who is not qualified to provide such services. (8) "Public official" means any elected federal, state, or local official with overall executive responsibility in the jurisdiction in which a declared emergency has occurred. (9) "Public safety official" means any appointed or elected official with overall executive responsibility to coordinate public safety in the jurisdiction in which a declared emergency has occurred. (10) "Surveyor" means an individual who is registered as a professional surveyor under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code. (11) "Tradesperson" has the same meaning as in section 4740.01 of the Revised Code. (12) "Volunteer" means an individual to whom all of the following applies: (a) The individual is acting at the request of, or with the approval of, a national, state, or local public official, law enforcement official, public safety official, or building inspection official acting in an official capacity; (b) The individual provides professional services or construction services in relation to a declared national, state, or local emergency caused by a major earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, explosion, collapse, or other catastrophic event; (c) The individual provides those services voluntarily, without compensation, and without a written contract in relation to the emergency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.65
§ 2329.65. Property kept to put out fires exempt
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.02
§ 2303.02. Bond of clerk
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of official duties, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the clerk's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state in a sum not less than ten thousand nor more than forty thousand dollars, to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, and the surety company to be approved by the board. The bond shall be conditioned that such clerk will enter and record all the orders, decrees, judgments, and proceedings of the courts of which such clerk is the clerk, pay over all moneys received by the clerk in an official capacity, and faithfully and impartially discharge the official duties of the clerk's office. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bond, with the oath of office and the approval of the board indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.12
§ 2333.12. Examination of debtor and bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When brought before the judge as provided in section 2333.11 of the Revised Code, the judgment debtor shall be examined on oath, and other witnesses may be examined on either side. In the examination, if it appears that there is danger of such debtor's leaving the state, or that he has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the judgment, he may be ordered to enter into a bond, with surety, in such sum as the judge prescribes that he will attend before the judge or referee for examination, from time to time, as directed. In default of entering into such bond, he may be committed to the jail of a county, by warrant of the judge, as for contempt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.43
§ 2329.43. Deeds for lands sold may be made by a sheriff's successor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the term of service of the officer who makes a sale of lands and tenements expires, or if he dies, is absent, or otherwise unable to make a deed of conveyance of the property sold, on receiving a certificate from the court from which execution issued for such sale, signed by the clerk of such court, by order of the court, setting forth that sufficient proof has been made that the sale was fair and legal, on tender of the purchase money, or if it or a part thereof has been paid, then, on proof of such payment and tender of the balance, any of the successors of such officer may execute to the purchaser, or his legal representatives, a deed of conveyance of the lands and tenements sold. Such deed shall be as valid in law as if the officer who made the sale had executed it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.23
§ 2333.23. Liability of sheriff on official bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the sheriff is appointed receiver under section 2333.22 of the Revised Code, he and his sureties shall be liable on his official bond as such receiver. If another person is appointed, he must take an oath and give a bond.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.382
§ 2307.382. Personal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

December 16, 2020 House Bill 272, Senate Bill 10 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person who acts directly or by an agent, as to a cause of action arising from the person's: (1) Transacting any business in this state; (2) Contracting to supply services or goods in this state; (3) Causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this state; (4) Causing tortious injury in this state by an act or omission outside this state if the person regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered in this state; (5) Causing injury in this state to any person by breach of warranty expressly or impliedly made in the sale of goods outside this state when the person might reasonably have expected such person to use, consume, or be affected by the goods in this state, provided that the person also regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered in this state; (6) Causing tortious injury in this state to any person by an act outside this state committed with the purpose of injuring persons, when the person might reasonably have expected that some person would be injured thereby in this state; (7) Causing tortious injury to any person by a criminal act, any element of which takes place in this state, which the person commits or in the commission of which the person is guilty of complicity. (8) Having an interest in, using, or possessing real property in this state; (9) Contracting to insure any person, property, or risk located within this state at the time of contracting. (B) For purposes of this section, a person who enters into an agreement, as a principal, with a sales representative for the solicitation of orders in this state is transacting business in this state. As used in this division, "principal" and "sales representative" have the same meanings as in section 1335.11 of the Revised Code. (C) In addition to a court's exercise of personal jurisdiction under division (A) of this section, a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on any basis consistent with the Ohio Constitution and the United States Constitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.44
§ 2317.44. Admissibility of guidelines, regulations, or standards
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 7 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Health care provider" means any person or entity against whom a medical claim may be asserted in a civil action. (2) "Medical claim" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (B) Any guideline, regulation, or other standard under any provision of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 42 U.S.C. 18001 et seq., as amended, Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., as amended, and Title XIX of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., as amended, shall not be construed to establish the standard of care or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in a medical claim and is not admissible as evidence for or against any party in any civil action based upon the medical claim or in any civil or administrative action involving the licensing or licensure status of the health care provider.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.023
§ 2329.023. Notice of filing
Status: in_force

July 29, 1983 Senate Bill 23 - 115th General Assembly (A) When a foreign judgment is filed pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code, the judgment creditor or his attorney shall make and file with the clerk of the court in which the foreign judgment is filed an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and of the judgment creditor. (B) Upon the filing of a foreign judgment pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code and the affidavit pursuant to division (A) of this section, the judgment creditor or his attorney shall file with the clerk of the court a praecipe instructing the clerk to issue a notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given in the affidavit. The clerk shall enter a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and address of the judgment creditor, and of the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. The failure of the clerk to mail to the judgment debtor notice of the filing of the foreign judgment does not affect the enforcement proceedings with respect to the foreign judgment, if the judgment creditor has filed proof that he mailed a notice of the filing to the judgment debtor. (C) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment that is filed pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code shall issue until thirty days after the date the foreign judgment is filed pursuant to that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.661 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.661
§ 2329.661. Certain claims not exempted
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 479 - 129th General Assembly (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 dependent of the debtor uses as a residence or the lien of a mechanic or other person, under a statute of this state, for materials furnished or labor performed in the erection of a dwelling house on real property; (3) Affect or invalidate any mortgage on any real property or any lien created by such a mortgage; (4) Impair a lien for the payment of taxes, debts, or other obligations owed to this state or any agency or political subdivision of this state; (5) Extend to a judgment rendered against a debtor for tortious operation of a motor vehicle by the debtor that results in injury, death, or loss to person or property if that injury, death, or loss was caused at a time when the debtor failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility as defined in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No promise, agreement, or contract shall be made or entered into that would waive the exemption laws of this state, and every promise, agreement, or contract insofar as it seeks to waive the exemption laws of this state is void. (C) Section 2329.66 of the Revised Code does not affect or invalidate any sale, contract of sale, conditional sale, security interest, or pledge of any personal property, or any lien created thereby.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.39
§ 2307.39. Agreements to be bound by Ohio law
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 9 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any person may bring a civil action in a court of this state against an individual, corporation, or other person who is a resident of, incorporated under the laws of, or otherwise engaged in the conduct of business in a foreign nation or a province, territory, or other political subdivision of a foreign nation, against a foreign nation, or against a province, territory, or other political subdivision of a foreign nation upon a cause of action that arises out of or relates to a contingent or other contract, agreement, or undertaking, whether or not it bears a reasonable relation to this state, if the contract, agreement, or undertaking contains both of the following provisions: (1) An agreement by the parties to be governed in their rights and duties under the contract, agreement, or undertaking, in whole or in part, by the law of this state; (2) An agreement by the parties to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state. (B) The court shall not stay or dismiss a civil action brought in accordance with division (A) of this section on the ground of inconvenient forum. In the civil action, the court shall apply the law of this state as agreed upon by the parties. (C) This section applies to a transaction covered by section 1301.301 of the Revised Code unless the transaction is subject to a limitation on choice of law specified in division (B) of that section. This section does not apply to a contract, agreement, or undertaking for labor or personal services or for a consumer transaction, as defined by section 1345.01 of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not limit or deny, and shall not be construed as limiting or denying the enforcement of a provision respecting choice of law or choice of forum in a contract, agreement, or undertaking to which this section does not apply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2315 / § 2315.09
§ 2315.09. Case stated - controversy
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly Parties to a question that might be the subject of a civil action, on filing an affidavit that the controversy is real and the proceeding in good faith to determine their rights, may agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends and present a submission of it to any court of competent jurisdiction. The court shall hear and determine the case and render judgment as if an action were pending. The case, the submission, and the judgment constitutes the record of a question submitted under this section. Such judgment shall be with costs, may be enforced, and shall be subject to reversal, in like manner, as if it were rendered in an action, unless otherwise provided in the submission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.16
§ 2313.16. Array may be set aside
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly A challenge to the array may be made by any party. The whole array may be set aside by the court when the jury, grand or petit, was not selected, drawn, or summoned as required by Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code or if any group protected by section 2313.13 of the Revised Code is systematically excluded from the jury selection process. No indictment shall be quashed or verdict set aside for any irregularity in the selection of jurors if the jurors possessed the requisite qualifications to act as jurors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.232 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.232
§ 2305.232. Immunity of person assisting in clean-up of hazardous material
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) No person who gives aid or advice in an emergency situation relating to the prevention of an imminent release of hazardous material, to the clean-up or disposal of hazardous material that has been released, or to the related mitigation of the effects of a release of hazardous material, nor the public or private employer of such a person, is liable in civil damages as a result of the aid or advice if all of the following apply: (1) The aid or advice was given at the request of: (a) A sheriff, the chief of police or other chief officer of the law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation, the chief of police of a township police district or joint police district, the chief of a fire department, the state fire marshal, the director of environmental protection, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the superintendent of the state highway patrol, the executive director of the emergency management agency, the chief executive of a municipal corporation, the authorized representative of any such official, or the legislative authority of a township or county; or (b) The owner or manufacturer of the hazardous material, an association of manufacturers of the hazardous material, or a hazardous material mutual aid group. (2) The person giving the aid or advice acted without anticipating remuneration for self or the person's employer from the governmental official, authority, or agency that requested the aid or advice; (3) The person giving the aid or advice was specially qualified by training or experience to give the aid or advice; (4) Neither the person giving the aid or advice nor the public or private employer of the person giving the aid or advice was responsible for causing the release or threat of release nor would otherwise be liable for damages caused by the release; (5) The person giving the aid or advice did not engage in willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct or grossly negligent conduct in giving the aid or advice; (6) The person giving the aid or advice notified the emergency response section of the environmental protection agency prior to giving the aid or advice. (B) The immunity conferred by this section does not limit the liability of any person whose action caused or contributed to the release of hazardous material. That person is liable for any enhancement of damages caused by the person giving aid or advice under this section unless the enhancement of damages was caused by the willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct or grossly negligent conduct of the person giving aid or advice. (C) This section does not apply to any person rendering care, assistance, or advice in response to a discharge of oil when that person's immunity from liability is subject to determination under section 2305.39 of the Revised Code. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Hazardous material" means any material designated as such under the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act," 88 Stat. 2156 (1975), 49 U.S.C.A. 1803, as amended. (2) "Mutual aid group" means any group formed at the federal, state, regional, or local level whose members agree to respond to incidents involving hazardous material whether or not they shipped, transported, manufactured, or were at all connected with the hazardous material involved in a particular incident. (3) "Discharge" and "oil" have the same meanings as in section 2305.39 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.261
§ 2323.261. Records of extracounty actions
Status: in_force

January 1, 1993 House Bill 405 - 119th General Assembly A copy of the record or part of the record of any extracounty action or proceeding that affects the title to or possession of real property, when authenticated as provided in Civil Rule 44, may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the real property or any part of the real property is situated. Upon payment of the fees prescribed by division (W) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code, the copy shall be admitted to record and shall be numbered, docketed, indexed, and filed in the same manner and shall have the same effect as a similar record of a local action or proceeding affecting the title to or possession of real property in the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2335.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2335 / § 2335.24
§ 2335.24. Collection of costs - contracts for collection
Status: in_force

August 28, 2002 House Bill 464 - 124th General Assembly (A) In all causes in any court, except as otherwise provided in section 2969.23 of the Revised Code, costs taxed and entered as provided by sections 2335.18 to 2335.23 of the Revised Code may be collected by the process provided by those sections. (B)(1) The clerk of a court may enter into contracts with one or more public agencies or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under judgments for costs. The contracts shall comply with division (B)(2) of this section. The amounts may include any interest that also is due on a judgment for costs. Before entering into or renewing a contract of that nature, the clerk of a court shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with the provisions of sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code that pertain to required competitive bidding. For purposes of complying with those sections, the clerk of the court shall be considered the contracting authority. (b) Obtain the approval of the terms of the contract by the legislative authority associated with the court. (2) A contract entered into or renewed by the clerk of a court pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section shall include all of the following terms: (a) A requirement that the contracting public agency or private vendor must disburse the full amount collected by the agency or vendor that is due under the judgment for costs, including any interest that is also due on that judgment, to the contracting clerk of a court for disbursement to the appropriate entity as designated by the Revised Code; (b) A provision that prohibits the contracting public agency or private vendor from deducting any fees or expenses that the agency or vendor incurs in the collection of the judgment from the amount collected that is due under the judgment including interest. (3) As used in division (B) of this section, "legislative authority" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 1901.03 of the Revised Code, if the clerk of the court involved is the clerk of a municipal court, and means a board of county commissioners, if the clerk of the court involved is the clerk of a county court or a court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2308.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2308 / § 2308.02
§ 2308.02. Expedited proceedings for vacant and abandoned properties
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 463 - 131st General Assembly (A) A mortgagee who files a foreclosure action on a residential property may file a motion with the court to proceed in an expedited manner under this section on the basis that the property is vacant and abandoned. In order to proceed in an expedited manner, upon the filing of such motion, the mortgagee must be a person entitled to enforce the instrument secured by the mortgage under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 1303.31 of the Revised Code or a person with the right to enforce the obligation secured by the mortgage pursuant to law outside of Chapter 1303. of the Revised Code. (B) If a motion to proceed in an expedited manner is filed before the last answer period has expired, the court shall decide the motion not later than twenty-one days, or within the time consistent with the local rules, after the last answer period has expired. If a motion to proceed in an expedited manner is filed after the last answer period has expired, the court shall decide the motion not later than twenty-one days, or within the time consistent with local rules, after the motion is filed. (C) In deciding the motion to proceed in an expedited manner, the court shall hold an oral hearing and deem the property to be vacant and abandoned if all of the following apply: (1) The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the residential mortgage loan is in monetary default. (2) The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the mortgagee is a person entitled to enforce the instrument secured by the mortgage under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 1303.31 of the Revised Code or a person with the right to enforce the obligation secured by the mortgage pursuant to law outside of Chapter 1303. of the Revised Code. (3) The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that at least three of the following factors are true: (a) Gas, electric, sewer, or water utility services to the property have been disconnected. (b) Windows or entrances to the property are boarded up or closed off, or multiple window panes are broken and unrepaired. (c) Doors on the property are smashed through, broken off, unhinged, or continuously unlocked. (d) Junk, litter, trash, debris, or hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials have accumulated on the property. (e) Furnishings, window treatments, or personal items are absent from the structure on the land. (f) The property is the object of vandalism, loitering, or criminal conduct, or there has been physical destruction or deterioration of the property. (g) A mortgagor has made a written statement expressing the intention of all mortgagors to abandon the property. (h) Neither an owner nor a tenant appears to be residing in the property at the time of an inspection of the property by the appropriate official of a county, municipal corporation, or township in which the property is located or by the mortgagee. (i) The appropriate official of a county, municipal corporation, or township in which the property is located provides a written statement or statements indicating that the structure on the land is vacant and abandoned. (j) The property is sealed because, immediately prior to being sealed, it was considered by the appropriate official of a county, municipal corporation, or township in which the property is located to be open, vacant, or vandalized. (k) Other reasonable indicia of abandonment exist. (4) No mortgagor or other defendant has filed an answer or objection setting forth a defense or objection that, if proven, would preclude the entry of a final judgment and decree of foreclosure. (5) No mortgagor or other defendant has filed a written statement with the court indicating that the property is not vacant and abandoned. (6)(a) If a government official has not verified the real property is vacant and abandoned pursuant to division (C)(3)(h), (i), or (j) of this section, but the court makes a preliminary finding that the residential real property is vacant and abandoned pursuant to division (C) of this section, then within seven days of the preliminary finding, the court shall order the appropriate official of a county, municipal corporation, or township in which the property is located to verify the property is vacant and abandoned. (b) Any court costs assessed in connection with the inspection conducted pursuant to division (C)(6)(a) of this section shall not be more than fifty dollars. (D) If the court decides after an oral hearing that the property is vacant and abandoned and that the mortgagee who filed the motion to proceed in an expedited manner is entitled to judgment, the court shall enter a final judgment and decree of foreclosure and order the property to be sold in accordance with division (E) of this section. If the court does not decide that the property is vacant and abandoned, the seventy-five-day deadline established in division (E) of this section shall not apply to the sale of the property. (E) If the court decides that the property is vacant and abandoned and enters a final judgment and decree of foreclosure under division (D) of this section, the property shall be offered for sale not later than seventy-five days after the issuance of the order of sale. The sale of the property shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements in Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code, including possible postponement of the sale pursuant to division (C) of section 2329.152 of the Revised Code. (F) Nothing in this section shall supersede or limit other procedures adopted by the court to resolve the residential mortgage loan foreclosure action, including foreclosure mediation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.06
§ 2323.06. Mortgagor and mortgagee mediation
Status: in_force

September 11, 2008 House Bill 138 - 127th General Assembly In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage, the court may at any stage in the action require the mortgagor and the mortgagee to participate in mediation as the court considers appropriate and may include a stipulation that requires the mortgagor and the mortgagee to appear at the mediation in person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2313.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2313 / § 2313.13
§ 2313.13. Race or color shall not disqualify a juror
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly No officer or other person charged with a duty in compiling the jury source list or the annual jury list or summoning jurors shall exclude or fail to summon a citizen as a grand or petit juror on account of race or color, provided such citizen possesses all other qualifications required by law for jurors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.45
§ 2307.45. Reciprocity in enforcing tax statutes
Status: in_force

September 21, 1982 House Bill 379 - 114th General Assembly The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce statutes concerning taxation constitutionally imposed by other states that extend like comity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2337.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2337 / § 2337.06
§ 2337.06. Asserting and defending foreign money claim
Status: in_force

July 20, 1994 House Bill 292 - 120th General Assembly (A) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars. (B) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant. (C) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims. (D) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.25
§ 2301.25. Costs of transcripts
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly When ordered by the prosecuting attorney or the defendant in a criminal case or when ordered by a judge of the court of common pleas in either civil or criminal cases, the costs of transcripts shall be taxed as costs in the case, collected as other costs, whether the transcripts have been prepaid or not, as provided by section 2301.24 of the Revised Code, paid by the clerk of the court of common pleas quarterly into the county treasury, and credited to the general fund. If, upon final judgment, the costs or any part of the costs are adjudged against a defendant in a criminal case, the defendant shall be allowed credit on the cost bill of the amount paid for the transcript the defendant ordered and, if the costs are finally adjudged against the state, the defendant shall have the defendant's deposit refunded. All transcripts shall be taken and received as prima-facie evidence of their correctness. If the testimony of witnesses is taken before the grand jury by reporters, they shall receive for the transcripts the same compensation and be paid in the same manner as provided in this section and section 2301.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.08
§ 2311.08. Assignment in series
Status: in_force

August 22, 2008 Senate Bill 289 - 127th General Assembly The court may assign for trial the cases triable to a jury, in a series, in the order in which they stand upon the docket, giving preference always to actions for wages, actions pursuant to section 5903.02 of the Revised Code, and cases not triable to a jury, in a series in like manner. All other cases shall be heard in the order in which they stand upon the trial docket, unless the court otherwise directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2301 / § 2301.30
§ 2301.30. County department of probation - duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2011 House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly The court of common pleas of a county in which a county department of probation is established under division (A) of section 2301.27 of the Revised Code shall require the department, in the rules through which the supervision of the department is exercised or otherwise, to do all of the following: (A) Furnish to each person under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction or on parole under its supervision or in its custody, a written statement of the conditions of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, or parole and instruct the person regarding the conditions; (B) Keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each person in its custody or under its supervision by visiting, the requiring of reports, and otherwise; (C) Use all suitable methods, not inconsistent with the conditions of the community control sanction, post-release control sanction, or parole, to aid and encourage the persons under its supervision or in its custody and to bring about improvement in their conduct and condition; (D) Establish policies regarding the supervision of probationers that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) The minimum number of supervision contacts required for probationers, based on each probationer's risk to reoffend as determined by the single validated risk assessment tool selected by the department of rehabilitation and correction under section 5120.114 of the Revised Code, under which higher risk probationers receive the greatest amount of supervision; (2) A graduated response policy to govern which types of violations a probation officer may respond to administratively and which type require a violation hearing by the court. (E) Keep detailed records of the work of the department, keep accurate and complete accounts of all moneys collected from persons under its supervision or in its custody, and keep or give receipts for those moneys; (F) Make reports to the adult parole authority created by section 5149.02 of the Revised Code that it requires.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.16
§ 2305.16. Tolling due to minority or unsound mind
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly Unless otherwise provided in sections 1302.98 , 1304.35 , and 2305.04 to 2305.14 of the Revised Code, if a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in those sections, unless for penalty or forfeiture, is, at the time the cause of action accrues, within the age of minority or of unsound mind, the person may bring it within the respective times limited by those sections, after the disability is removed. When the interests of two or more parties are joint and inseparable, the disability of one shall inure to the benefit of all. After the cause of action accrues, if the person entitled to bring the action becomes of unsound mind and is adjudicated as such by a court of competent jurisdiction or is confined in an institution or hospital under a diagnosed condition or disease which renders the person of unsound mind, the time during which the person is of unsound mind and so adjudicated or so confined shall not be computed as any part of the period within which the action must be brought.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.01
§ 2333.01. Equitable and certain other assets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a judgment debtor does not have sufficient personal or real property subject to levy on execution to satisfy the judgment, any equitable interest which he has in real estate as mortgagor, mortgagee, or otherwise, or any interest he has in a banking, turnpike, bridge, or other joint-stock company, or in a money contract, claim, or chose in action, due or to become due to him, or in a judgment or order, or money, goods, or effects which he has in the possession of any person or body politic or corporate, shall be subject to the payment of the judgment by action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.03
§ 2303.03. Clerk of court of appeals
Status: in_force

October 17, 1996 House Bill 455 - 121st General Assembly (A) The clerk of the court of common pleas in each county also shall be clerk of the court of appeals of the county and, subject to division (B) of this section and while acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county and assuming the duties of that office, shall collect the same fees that the clerk otherwise collects and perform the same general duties that the clerk otherwise performs. In addition to the annual compensation that the clerk receives pursuant to sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code for the performance of the duties of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, for acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county and assuming the duties of that office, shall receive an additional amount equal to one-eighth of the annual compensation that the clerk receives pursuant to sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code, as determined by the population of the county and the rates set forth in those sections. The additional amount shall be payable from the state treasury upon the certificate of the presiding or administrative judge of the district in which the clerk serves in the same manner that the compensation of other employees of the court of appeals is paid pursuant to section 2501.17 of the Revised Code. (B) Under the circumstances described in sections 2969.21 to 2969.27 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court of common pleas, while acting as the clerk of the court of appeals, shall charge the fees and perform the other duties specified in those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.321
§ 2305.321. Certain equine activities no liability
Status: in_force

March 3, 1997 House Bill 564 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, hinny, zebra, zebra hybrid, or alpaca. (2)(a) "Equine activity" means any of the following: (i) An equine show, fair, competition, performance, or parade that involves an equine and an equine discipline, including, but not limited to, dressage, a hunter and jumper show, grand prix jumping, a three-day event, combined training, a rodeo, driving, pulling, cutting, reining, team penning, barrel racing, polo, steeplechasing, English or western performance riding, endurance or nonendurance trail riding, western games, hunting, packing, and recreational riding; (ii) An equine or rider training, teaching, instructing, testing, or evaluating activity, including, but not limited to, a clinic, seminar, or symposium; (iii) The boarding or an equine, including, but not limited to, normal daily care of an equine; (iv) The trailering, loading, unloading, or transporting of an equine; (v) The riding, inspecting, or evaluating of an equine owned by another person, regardless of whether the owner has received anything of value for the use of the equine or is permitting a prospective purchaser of the equine to ride, inspect, or evaluate it; (vi) A ride, trip, hunt, branding, roundup, cattle drive, or other activity that involves an equine and that is sponsored by an equine activity sponsor, regardless of whether the activity is formal, informal, planned, or impromptu; (vii) The placing or replacing of horseshoes on an equine, the removing of horseshoes from an equine, or the trimming of the hooves of an equine; (viii) The provision of or assistance in the provision of veterinary treatment or maintenance care for an equine; (ix) The conducting of procedures or assistance in the conducting of procedures necessary to breed an equine by means of artificial insemination or otherwise. (b) "Equine activity" does not include horse or mule racing. (3) "Equine activity participant" means a person who engages in any of the following activities, regardless of whether the person is an amateur or a professional or whether a fee is paid to participate in the particular activity: (a) Riding, training, driving, or controlling in any manner an equine, whether the equine is mounted or unmounted; (b) Being a passenger upon an equine; (c) Providing medical treatment to an equine; (d) Conducting procedures of assisting in conducting procedures necessary to breed an equine by means of artificial insemination or otherwise; (e) Assisting a person who is engaged in an activity described in division (A)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section; (f) Sponsoring an equine activity; (g) Being a spectator at an equine activity. (4) "Equine activity sponsor" means either of the following persons: (a) A person who, for profit or not for profit, sponsors, organizes, or provides a facility for an equine activity, including, but not limited to, a pony club, 4-H club, hunt club, riding club, or therapeutic riding program, or a class, program, or activity that is sponsored by a school, college, or university; (b) An operator or promoter of, or an instructor at, an equine facility, such as a stable, clubhouse, pony ride, fair training facility, show ground, or arena at which an equine activity is held. (5) "Equine professional" means a person who engages for compensation in any of the following activities: (a) Training, teaching, instructing, testing, or evaluating an equine or an equine activity participant; (b) Renting to an equine activity participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon an equine; (c) Renting equipment or tack to an equine activity participant for use in an equine activity; (d) Providing daily care to an equine boarded at an equine activity; (e) Providing or assisting in providing veterinary treatment or maintenance care to an equine; (f) Conducting procedures or assisting in conducting procedures necessary to breed an equine by means of artificial insemination or otherwise. (6) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (7) "Inherent risk of an equine activity" means a danger or condition that is an integral part of an equine activity, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (a) The propensity of an equine to behave in ways that may result in injury, death, or loss to persons on or around the equine; (b) The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to sounds, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals; (c) Hazards, including, but not limited to, surface or subsurface conditions; (d) A collision with another equine, another animal, a person, or an object; (e) The potential of an equine activity participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury, death, or loss to the person of the participant or to other persons, including, but not limited to, failing to maintain control over an equine or failing to act within the ability of the participant. (8) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code and additionally includes governmental entities. (9) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property. "Tort action" does not include a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (10) "Veterinarian" means a person who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state pursuant to chapter 4741. of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and subject to division (C) of this section, an equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person is not liable in damages in a tort or other civil action for harm that an equine activity participant allegedly sustains during an equine activity and that results from an inherent risk of an equine activity. Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section and subject to division (C) of this section, an equine activity participant or the personal representative of an equine activity participant does not have a claim or cause of action upon which a recovery of damages may be based against, and may not recover damages in a tort or other civil action against, an equine activity sponsor, another equine activity participant, an equine professional, a veterinarian, a farrier, or another person for harm that the equine activity participant allegedly sustained during an equine activity and that resulted from an inherent risk of an equine activity. (2) The immunity from tort or other civil liability conferred by division (B)(1) of this section is forfeited if any of the following circumstances applies: (a) An equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person provides to an equine activity participant faulty or defective equipment or tack and knows or should know that the equipment or tack is faulty or defective, and the fault or defect in the equipment or tack proximately causes the harm involved. (b) An equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person provides an equine to an equine activity participant and fails to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the equine activity participant's ability to safely engage in the equine activity or to safely manage the equine based on the equine activity participant's representations of the participant's ability, the equine activity participant fails to safely engage in the equine activity or to safely manage the equine, and that failure proximately causes the harm involved. (c) The harm involved is proximately caused by a dangerous latent condition of the land on which or the premises at which the harm occurs, and equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person owns, leases, rents, or otherwise lawfully possesses and controls the land or premises and knows or should know of the dangerous latent condition, but does not post conspicuously prior to the time of the harm involved one or more signs that warn of the dangerous latent condition. (d) An act or omission of an equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person constitutes a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of an equine activity participant and proximately causes the harm involved. (e) An equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person intentionally causes the harm involved. (C)(1) Notwithstanding the immunity conferred by division (B)(1) of this section and the grounds for its forfeiture specified in division (B)(2) of this section, subject to divisions (C)(2)(b) and (3) of this section, an equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person is not liable in damages in a tort or other civil action for harm that an equine activity participant allegedly sustains during an equine activity and that results from an inherent risk of an equine activity if that equine activity participant or a parent, guardian, custodian, or other legal representative of that equine activity participant voluntarily executes, prior to the occurrence of the harm involved, a written waiver as described in division (C)(2) of this section. Subject to divisions (C)(2)(b) and (C)(3) of this section, the equine activity participant who is the subject of that waiver or the parent, guardian, custodian, or other legal representative of the equine activity participant who is the subject of that waiver does not have a claim or cause of action upon which a recovery of damages may be based against, and may not recover damages in a tort or other civil action against, and equine activity sponsor, another equine activity participant, an equine professional, a veterinarian, a farrier, or another person in whose favor the waiver was executed. (2)(a) A valid waiver for purposes of division (C)(1) of this section shall be in writing and subscribed by the equine activity participant or the parent, guardian, custodian, or other legal representative of the equine activity participant, and shall specify at least each inherent risk of an equine activity that is listed in divisions (A)(7)(a) to (e) of this section and that will be a subject of the waiver of tort or other civil liability. (b) A waiver in the form described in division (C)(2)(a) of this section shall remain valid until it is revoked in the manner described in division (C)(3) of this section. Unless so revoked, such a waiver that pertains to equine activities sponsored by a school, college, or university shall apply to all equine activities in which the equine activity participant who is the subject of the waiver is involved during the twelve-month period following the execution of the waiver. (3) A valid waiver in the form described in division (C)(2)(a) of this section may be revoked in writing by the equine activity participant or the parent, guardian, custodian, or other legal representative of the equine activity participant who executed the waiver. The revocation of the waiver does not affect the availability of the immunity conferred by division (B)(1) of this section. (D)(1) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against an equine activity sponsor, equine activity participant, equine professional, veterinarian, farrier, or other person. (2) This section does not affect the availability in appropriate circumstances of a civil action based on a product liability claim under sections 2307.71 to 2307.801 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 30, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.201
§ 2303.201. Computerizing court or paying cost of computerized legal research
Status: in_force

March 30, 2026 House Bill 434 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) The court of common pleas of any county may determine that for the efficient operation of the court additional funds are required to computerize the court, to make available computerized legal research services, or to do both. Upon making a determination that additional funds are required for either or both of those purposes, the court shall do one of the following: (a) If the court of common pleas of a county has complied with the requirements in division (D)(1) of section 2303.12 of the Revised Code, authorize and direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to charge one additional fee, not to exceed six dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal under divisions (A), (Q), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code; (b) If the court of common pleas of a county has not complied with the requirements in division (D)(1) of section 2303.12 of the Revised Code, authorize and direct the clerk of the court of common pleas to charge one additional fee, not to exceed three dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal under divisions (A), (Q), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code. (2) All fees collected under division (A)(1) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall place the funds from the fees in a separate fund to be disbursed either upon an order of the court, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, in an amount not greater than the actual cost to the court of procuring and maintaining computerization of the court, computerized legal research services, or both. (3) If the court determines that the funds in the fund described in division (A)(2) of this section are more than sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the additional fee described in division (A)(1) of this section was imposed, the court may declare a surplus in the fund and, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, expend those surplus funds, or upon an order of the court, subject to the court making an annual report available to the public listing the use of all such funds, expend those surplus funds, for other appropriate technological expenses of the court. (B)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, the clerk of the court of common pleas of any county may determine that, for the efficient operation of the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, additional funds are required to make technological advances in or to computerize the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. Upon making that determination, the court shall do one of the following: (i) If the court of common pleas of a county has complied with the requirements in division (D)(1) of section 2303.12 of the Revised Code, authorize and direct that an additional fee, not to exceed twenty dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal, on the filing, docketing, and endorsing of each certificate of judgment, or on the docketing and indexing of each aid in execution or petition to vacate, revive, or modify a judgment under divisions (A), (P), (Q), (T), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code and not to exceed one dollar each for the services described in divisions (B), (C), (D), (F), (H), and (L) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code, be charged; (ii) If the court of common pleas of a county has not complied with the requirements in division (D)(1) of section 2303.12 of the Revised Code, authorize and direct that an additional fee, not to exceed ten dollars, on the filing of each cause of action or appeal, on the filing, docketing, and endorsing of each certificate of judgment, or on the docketing and indexing of each aid in execution or petition to vacate, revive, or modify a judgment under divisions (A), (P), (Q), (T), and (U) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code and not to exceed fifty cents each for the services described in divisions (B), (C), (D), (F), (H), and (L) of section 2303.20 of the Revised Code, be charged. (b) In a county in which the clerk of the court of common pleas is appointed, the court may make the determination described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section and, upon that determination, may include such a computerization fee in the schedule of fees and costs. (2) Subject to division (B)(3) of this section, all moneys collected under division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer to be disbursed, subject to an appropriation made by the board of county commissioners, in an amount no greater than the actual cost to the court of procuring and maintaining technology and computer systems for the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. (3) If the court or the clerk of the court of common pleas of a county makes the determination described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, the board of county commissioners of that county may issue one or more general obligation bonds for the purpose of procuring and maintaining the technology and computer systems for the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. In addition to the purposes stated in division (B)(1)(a) of this section for which the moneys collected under that division may be expended, the moneys additionally may be expended to pay debt charges on and financing costs related to any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section as they become due. General obligation bonds issued pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section are Chapter 133. securities. (C) The court of common pleas shall collect the sum of twenty-six dollars as additional filing fees in each new civil action or proceeding for the charitable public purpose of providing financial assistance to legal aid societies that operate within the state and to support the office of the state public defender. This division does not apply to a juvenile division of a court of common pleas, except that an additional filing fee of fifteen dollars shall apply to custody, visitation, and parentage actions; to a probate division of a court of common pleas, except that the additional filing fees shall apply to name change, guardianship, adoption, and decedents' estate proceedings; or to an execution on a judgment, proceeding in aid of execution, or other post-judgment proceeding arising out of a civil action. The filing fees required to be collected under this division shall be in addition to any other filing fees imposed in the action or proceeding and shall be collected at the time of the filing of the action or proceeding. The court shall not waive the payment of the additional filing fees in a new civil action or proceeding unless the court waives the advanced payment of all filing fees in the action or proceeding. All such moneys collected during a month except for an amount equal to up to one per cent of those moneys retained to cover administrative costs shall be transmitted on or before the twentieth day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state in a manner prescribed by the treasurer of state or by the Ohio access to justice foundation. The treasurer of state shall deposit four per cent of the funds collected under this division to the credit of the civil case filing fee fund established under section 120.07 of the Revised Code and ninety-six per cent of the funds collected under this division to the credit of the legal aid fund established under section 120.52 of the Revised Code. The court may retain up to one per cent of the moneys it collects under this division to cover administrative costs, including the hiring of any additional personnel necessary to implement this division. If the court fails to transmit to the treasurer of state the moneys the court collects under this division in a manner prescribed by the treasurer of state or by the Ohio access to justice foundation, the court shall forfeit the moneys the court retains under this division to cover administrative costs, including the hiring of any additional personnel necessary to implement this division, and shall transmit to the treasurer of state all moneys collected under this division, including the forfeited amount retained for administrative costs, for deposit in the legal aid fund. (D) On and after the thirtieth day after December 9, 1994, the court of common pleas shall collect the sum of thirty-two dollars as additional filing fees in each new action or proceeding for annulment, divorce, or dissolution of marriage for the purpose of funding shelters for victims of domestic violence pursuant to sections 3113.35 to 3113.39 of the Revised Code. The filing fees required to be collected under this division shall be in addition to any other filing fees imposed in the action or proceeding and shall be collected at the time of the filing of the action or proceeding. The court shall not waive the payment of the additional filing fees in a new action or proceeding for annulment, divorce, or dissolution of marriage unless the court waives the advanced payment of all filing fees in the action or proceeding. On or before the twentieth day of each month, all moneys collected during the immediately preceding month pursuant to this division shall be deposited by the clerk of the court into the county treasury in the special fund used for deposit of additional marriage license fees as described in section 3113.34 of the Revised Code. Upon their deposit into the fund, the moneys shall be retained in the fund and expended only as described in section 3113.34 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) The court of common pleas may determine that, for the efficient operation of the court, additional funds are necessary to acquire and pay for special projects of the court, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of additional facilities or the rehabilitation of existing facilities, the acquisition of equipment, the hiring and training of staff, community service programs, mediation or dispute resolution services, the employment of magistrates, the training and education of judges, acting judges, and magistrates, and other related services. Upon that determination, the court by rule may charge a fee, in addition to all other court costs, on the filing of each criminal cause, civil action or proceeding, or judgment by confession. Fees collected by a court for special projects of the court under this division shall not be used for training or education that takes place outside of the continental United States. If the court of common pleas offers or requires a special program or additional services in cases of a specific type, the court by rule may assess an additional charge in a case of that type, over and above court costs, to cover the special program or service. The court shall adjust the special assessment periodically, but not retroactively, so that the amount assessed in those cases does not exceed the actual cost of providing the service or program. All moneys collected under division (E) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer for deposit into either a general special projects fund or a fund established for a specific special project. Moneys from a fund of that nature shall be disbursed upon an order of the court, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, in an amount no greater than the actual cost to the court of a project. If a specific fund is terminated because of the discontinuance of a program or service established under division (E) of this section, the court may order, subject to an appropriation by the board of county commissioners, that moneys remaining in the fund be transferred to an account established under this division for a similar purpose. (2) As used in division (E) of this section: (a) "Criminal cause" means a charge alleging the violation of a statute or ordinance, or subsection of a statute or ordinance, that requires a separate finding of fact or a separate plea before disposition and of which the defendant may be found guilty, whether filed as part of a multiple charge on a single summons, citation, or complaint or as a separate charge on a single summons, citation, or complaint. "Criminal cause" does not include separate violations of the same statute or ordinance, or subsection of the same statute or ordinance, unless each charge is filed on a separate summons, citation, or complaint. (b) "Civil action or proceeding" means any civil litigation that must be determined by judgment entry. Last updated March 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2333.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2333 / § 2333.26
§ 2333.26. Fees of probate court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The fees of the probate court for its services required by sections 2333.09 to 2333.27 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be five dollars in each case, and such fees as are allowed by law to clerks of the court of common pleas for similar services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2319.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2319 / § 2319.04
§ 2319.04. Before whom affidavit may be made
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An affidavit may be made in or out of this state before any person authorized to take depositions, and unless it is a verification of a pleading it must be authenticated in the same way as a deposition. Such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths whether an attorney in the case or not.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.385 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.385
§ 2307.385. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

September 28, 1965 House Bill 406 - 106th General Assembly A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any other basis authorized in the Revised Code notwithstanding sections 2307.381 to 2307.385 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2311.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2311 / § 2311.02
§ 2311.02. Issues defined
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Issues arise on the pleadings where a fact or conclusion of law is maintained by one party and controverted by the other. They are of two kinds: (A) Issues of law; (B) Issues of fact.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2305 / § 2305.111
§ 2305.111. Assault or battery actions - childhood sexual abuse
Status: in_force

March 21, 2025 Senate Bill 109 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Childhood sexual abuse" means any conduct that constitutes any of the violations identified in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and would constitute a criminal offense under the specified section of the Revised Code, if the victim of the violation is at the time of the violation a child under eighteen years of age or a child with a developmental disability or physical impairment under twenty-one years of age. The court need not find that any person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense under the specified section of the Revised Code in order for the conduct that is the violation constituting the offense to be childhood sexual abuse for purposes of this division. This division applies to any of the following violations committed in the following specified circumstances: (a) A violation of section 2907.02 or section 2907.03 of the Revised Code; (b) A violation of section 2907.05 or 2907.06 of the Revised Code if, at the time of the violation, any of the following apply: (i) The actor is the victim's natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent or the guardian, custodian, or person in loco parentis of the victim. (ii) The victim is in custody of law or a patient in a hospital or other institution, and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim. (iii) The actor is a teacher, administrator, coach, or other person in authority employed by or serving in a school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, the victim is enrolled in or attends that school, and the actor is not enrolled in and does not attend that school. (iv) The actor is a teacher, administrator, coach, or other person in authority employed by or serving in an institution of higher education, and the victim is enrolled in or attends that institution. (v) The actor is the victim's athletic or other type of coach, is the victim's instructor, is the leader of a scouting troop of which the victim is a member, or is a person with temporary or occasional disciplinary control over the victim. (vi) The actor is a mental health professional, the victim is a mental health client or patient of the actor, and the actor induces the victim to submit by falsely representing to the victim that the sexual contact involved in the violation is necessary for mental health treatment purposes. (vii) The actor is a licensed medical professional, the victim is a patient of the actor, and the sexual contact occurs in the course of medical treatment. (viii) The victim is confined in a detention facility, and the actor is an employee of that detention facility. (ix) The actor is a cleric, and the victim is a member of, or attends, the church or congregation served by the cleric. (2) "Cleric" has the same meaning as in section 2317.02 of the Revised Code. (3) "Licensed medical professional" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Mental health client or patient" has the same meaning as in section 2305.51 of the Revised Code. (5) "Mental health professional" has the same meaning as in section 2305.115 of the Revised Code. (6) "Sexual contact" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Victim" means, except as provided in division (B) of this section, a victim of childhood sexual abuse. (B) Except as provided in section 2305.115 of the Revised Code and subject to division (C) of this section, an action for assault or battery shall be brought within one year after the cause of the action accrues. For purposes of this section, a cause of action for assault or battery accrues upon the later of the following: (1) The date on which the alleged assault or battery occurred; (2) If the plaintiff did not know the identity of the person who allegedly committed the assault or battery on the date on which it allegedly occurred, the earlier of the following dates: (a) The date on which the plaintiff learns the identity of that person; (b) The date on which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, the plaintiff should have learned the identity of that person. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, an action for assault or battery brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse based on childhood sexual abuse, or an action brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse asserting any claim resulting from childhood sexual abuse, shall be brought within twelve years after the cause of action accrues. If the defendant in an action brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse asserting a claim resulting from childhood sexual abuse that occurs on or after August 3, 2006, has fraudulently concealed from the plaintiff facts that form the basis of the claim, the running of the limitations period with regard to that claim is tolled until the time when the plaintiff discovers or in the exercise of due diligence should have discovered those facts. (2) Only for purposes of making claims against a bankruptcy estate of an organization chartered under part B of subtitle II of Title 36 of the United States Code, an action for assault or battery brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse based on childhood sexual abuse, or an action brought by a victim of childhood sexual abuse asserting any claim resulting from childhood sexual abuse, may be brought at any time after the cause of action accrues. (3) For purposes of this section, a cause of action for assault or battery based on childhood sexual abuse, or a cause of action for a claim resulting from childhood sexual abuse, accrues upon the date on which the victim reaches the age of majority. Last updated January 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2307 / § 2307.64
§ 2307.64. Regulating electronic mail advertisements
Status: in_force

December 20, 2012 House Bill 360 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertisement" has the same meaning as in section 4931.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Computer," "computer network," "computer program," "computer services," and "telecommunications device" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Electronic mail" means an electronic message that is transmitted between two or more telecommunications devices or electronic devices capable of receiving electronic messages, whether or not the message is converted to hard copy format after receipt, and whether or not the message is viewed upon the transmission or stored for later retrieval. "Electronic mail" includes electronic messages that are transmitted through a local, regional, or global computer network. (4) "Electronic mail advertisement" means electronic mail containing an advertisement. (5) "Electronic mail service provider" means any person that is an intermediary in sending and receiving electronic mail and that provides to users of electronic mail services the ability to send or receive electronic mail. "Electronic mail service provider" includes an internet service provider. (6) "Originating address" means the string of characters used to specify the source of any electronic mail message. (7) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, but when a person is not an individual, the person responsible for transmitting or causing to be transmitted an electronic mail advertisement is the particular division of the partnership, corporation, or other business entity actually responsible for the transmission of the electronic mail advertisement. (8) "Pre-existing business relationship" means that there was a business transaction between the initiator and the recipient of a commercial electronic mail message during the five-year period preceding the receipt of that message. A pre-existing business relationship includes a transaction involving the free provision of information, goods, or services requested by the recipient. A pre-existing business relationship does not exist after a recipient requests to be removed from the distribution lists of an initiator pursuant to division (B) of this section and a reasonable amount of time has expired since that request. (9) "Receiving address" means the string of characters used to specify a recipient with each receiving address creating a unique and separate recipient. (10) "Recipient" means a person who receives an electronic mail advertisement at any one of the following receiving addresses: (a) A receiving address furnished by an electronic mail service provider that bills for furnishing and maintaining that receiving address to a mailing address within this state; (b) A receiving address ordinarily accessed from a computer located within this state; (c) A receiving address ordinarily accessed by a person domiciled within this state; (d) Any other receiving address with respect to which the obligations imposed by this section can be imposed consistent with the United States Constitution. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3) of this section, a person that transmits or causes to be transmitted to a recipient an electronic mail advertisement shall clearly and conspicuously provide to the recipient, within the body of the electronic mail advertisement, both of the following: (a) The person's name and complete residence or business address and the electronic mail address of the person transmitting the electronic mail advertisement; (b) A notice that the recipient may decline to receive from the person transmitting or causing to be transmitted the electronic mail advertisement any additional electronic mail advertisements and a detailed procedure for declining to receive any additional electronic mail advertisements at no cost. The notice shall be of the same size of type as the majority of the text of the message and shall not require that the recipient provide any information other than the receiving address. (2) If the recipient of an electronic mail advertisement uses the procedure contained in the notice described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section to decline to receive any additional electronic mail advertisements, the person that transmitted or caused to be transmitted the original electronic mail advertisement, within a reasonable period of time, shall cease transmitting or causing to be transmitted to the receiving address any additional electronic mail advertisements. (3) A person does not violate division (B) of this section if the person transmits or causes to be transmitted to the recipient an electronic mail advertisement when any of the following apply: (a) The person has a pre-existing business or personal relationship with the recipient. (b) The recipient has consented or has agreed as a condition of service to receive the electronic mail advertisement. (c) The recipient receives the electronic mail advertisement because another recipient forwarded the advertisement to that recipient via an internet web site or another recipient made a direct referral of that recipient to receive the advertisement. (C) No person shall use a computer, a computer network, or the computer services of an electronic mail service provider to transmit an electronic mail advertisement in contravention of the authority granted by, or in violation of the policies related to electronic mail advertisements set by, the electronic mail service provider if the electronic mail service provider has provided the person notice of those policies. For the purposes of this division, notice of those policies shall be deemed sufficient if an electronic mail service provider maintains an easily accessible web page containing its policies regarding electronic mail advertisements and can demonstrate that notice was supplied via electronic means between the sending and receiving computers. (D) No electronic mail service provider shall be liable for transmitting another person's electronic mail advertisement through its service in violation of this section, or shall be liable for any action it voluntarily takes in good faith to block the receipt or transmission through its service of any electronic mail advertisement that it believes is, or will be sent, in violation of this section. (E) A recipient of an electronic mail advertisement transmitted in violation of division (B) of this section may bring a civil action against a person who transmitted that advertisement or caused it to be transmitted. In that action, the recipient may recover the following: (1) One hundred dollars for each violation, not to exceed a total of fifty thousand dollars; (2) Reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other costs of bringing the action. (F) An electronic mail service provider whose authority or policy has been contravened in violation of division (C) of this section may bring a civil action against a person who transmitted that advertisement or caused it to be transmitted. In that action, the electronic mail service provider may recover the following: (1)(a) Fifty dollars for each violation of division (C) of this section, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars; (b) If a violation of division (C) of this section is a willful or knowing violation, the court may increase the amount recoverable to an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars. (c) If a violation of division (C) of this section is accompanied by a violation of division (H) of this section, there shall be no limit on the amount that may be recovered pursuant to this section. (2) Reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other costs of bringing the action. (G) In addition to any recovery that is allowed under division (E) or (F) of this section, the recipient of an electronic mail advertisement transmitted in violation of division (B) of this section or the electronic mail service provider of an advertisement transmitted in violation of division (C) of this section may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the recipient resides or the service provider is located for an order enjoining the person who transmitted or caused to be transmitted that electronic mail advertisement from transmitting or causing to be transmitted to the recipient any additional electronic mail advertisement. (H) No person shall use a computer, a computer network, a computer program, or the computer services of an electronic mail service provider with the intent to forge an originating address or other routing information, in any manner, in connection with the transmission of an electronic mail advertisement through or into the network of an electronic mail service provider or its subscribers. Each use of a computer, a computer network, a computer program, or the computer services of an electronic mail service provider in violation of this division constitutes a separate offense. A person who violates this division is guilty of forgery under section 2913.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2303.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2303 / § 2303.27
§ 2303.27. Services without compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The clerk of the court of common pleas shall make no charge for certificates made for pensioners of the United States government, or any oath administered in pension and bounty cases, or on pension vouchers, applications, or affidavits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.024
§ 2329.024. Stay
Status: in_force

July 29, 1983 Senate Bill 23 - 115th General Assembly (A) If the judgment debtor shows the court of common pleas that an appeal is pending or will be taken from a foreign judgment that is filed pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code, or that a stay of execution of the foreign judgment has been granted and if proof is given to the court that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the foreign judgment that is required by the jurisdiction in which the foreign judgment was rendered, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated. (B) If the judgment debtor shows the court of common pleas any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of a court of common pleas would by stayed, the court shall, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment that is required in this state, stay enforcement of a foreign judgment that is filed pursuant to section 2329.022 of the Revised Code for an appropriate period.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2329.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2329 / § 2329.48
§ 2329.48. Relief of officer who levies upon and sells wrong property in good faith
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly 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, such officer may have the satisfaction of such judgment vacated, and execution shall issue therefor for his use as if such levy and sale had not been made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2323.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2323 / § 2323.42
§ 2323.42. Motion and hearing to determine good faith of claim
Status: in_force

April 11, 2003 Senate Bill 281 - 124th General Assembly (A) Upon the motion of any defendant in a civil action based upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim, the court shall conduct a hearing regarding the existence or nonexistence of a reasonable good faith basis upon which the particular claim is asserted against the moving defendant. The defendant shall file the motion not earlier than the close of discovery in the action and not later than thirty days after the court or jury renders any verdict or award in the action. After the motion is filed, the plaintiff shall have not less than fourteen days to respond to the motion. Upon good cause shown by the plaintiff, the court shall grant an extension of the time for the plaintiff to respond as necessary to obtain evidence demonstrating the existence of a reasonable good faith basis for the claim. (B) At the request of any party to the good faith motion described in division (A) of this section, the court shall order the motion to be heard at an oral hearing and shall consider all evidence and arguments submitted by the parties. In determining whether a plaintiff has a reasonable good faith basis upon which to assert the claim in question against the moving defendant, the court shall take into consideration, in addition to the facts of the underlying claim, whether the plaintiff did any of the following: (1) Obtained a reasonably timely review of the merits of the particular claim by a qualified medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic expert, as appropriate; (2) Reasonably relied upon the results of that review in supporting the assertion of the particular claim; (3) Had an opportunity to conduct a pre-suit investigation or was afforded by the defendant full and timely discovery during litigation; (4) Reasonably relied upon evidence discovered during the course of litigation in support of the assertion of the claim in question; (5) Took appropriate and reasonable steps to timely dismiss any defendant on behalf of whom it was alleged or determined that no reasonable good faith basis existed for continued assertion of the claim in question. (C) If the court determines that there was no reasonable good faith basis upon which the plaintiff asserted the claim in question against the moving defendant or that, at some point during the litigation, the plaintiff lacked a good faith basis for continuing to assert that claim, the court shall award all of the following in favor of the moving defendant: (1) All court costs incurred by the moving defendant; (2) Reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the moving defendant in defense of the claim after the time that the court determines that no reasonable good faith basis existed upon which to assert or continue to assert the claim; (3) Reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in support of the good faith motion. (D) Prior to filing a good faith motion as described in division (A) of this section, any defendant that intends to file that type of motion shall serve a "notice of demand for dismissal and intention to file a good faith motion." If, within fourteen days of service of that notice, the plaintiff dismisses the defendant from the action, the defendant after the dismissal shall be precluded from filing a good faith motion as to any attorneys' fees and other costs subsequent to the dismissal. (E) 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.