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Ohio Rev Code § 1702.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.34 | Officers - Authority and Removal.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The officers of a corporation shall consist of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and, if desired, a chairperson of the board, one or more vice-presidents, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, each of whom may be designated by such other titles as may be provided in the articles, the regulations, the bylaws, or resolutions of the directors. Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, none of the officers need be a director. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The officers shall be elected or appointed at such time, in such manner, and for such terms as may be prescribed in the articles or the regulations. In the absence of any such provision, all officers shall be elected annually by the directors.(B) Unless the articles or the regulations otherwise provide, and subject to the exceptions applicable during an emergency for which provision is made in division (G) of section 1702.11 of the Revised Code:(1) All officers, as between themselves and the corporation, shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties as are determined by the persons authorized to elect or appoint them;(2) Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the persons authorized to elect or appoint the officer without prejudice to the contract rights of such officer. The election or appointment of an officer for a given term, or a general provision in the articles, the regulations, or the bylaws with respect to term of office, shall not be deemed to create contract rights;(3) The persons authorized to elect or appoint officers may fill any vacancy in any office occurring from whatever reason.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.35 | Corporate Property.

Effective: October 11, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 70 - 101st General Assembly|All property acquired by a corporation by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise shall be the absolute property of the corporation, unless at the time of acquiring such property it is otherwise in writing specified.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.36 | Corporate Mortgages.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|The directors may authorize any mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust of all or any of the property of the corporation of any description, or any interest therein, for the purpose of securing the payment or performance of any obligation or contract. Unless the articles or the regulations, or the terms of any trust on which the corporation holds any particular property, otherwise provide, no vote or consent of members or authorization from the court under section 1715.39 of the Revised Code is necessary for such action.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.37 | Usury.

Effective: October 11, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 70 - 101st General Assembly|No domestic or foreign corporation, or any one on its behalf, shall interpose the defense or make the claim of usury in any proceeding upon or with reference to any obligation of such corporation; nor shall any corporate note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness, mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust, be set aside, impaired, or adjudged invalid by reason of anything contained in laws prohibiting usury or regulating interest rates.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.40 | Judicial Sale of Property.

Effective: October 11, 1955|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 70 - 101st General Assembly|Property of any description, and any interest therein, of a corporation, domestic or foreign, may be sold under the judgment or decree of a court, as provided in the Revised Code with respect to similar property of natural persons, at public or private sale, in such manner, at such time and place, on such notice by publication or otherwise, and on such terms, as the court adjudging or decreeing such sale deems equitable and proper, but it shall not be necessary to appraise such property or to advertise the sale thereof otherwise than as the court adjudges or decrees.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.42 | Agreement of Merger or Consolidation - Vote by Members.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The directors of each constituent domestic corporation, upon approving an agreement of merger or consolidation, shall direct that the agreement be submitted to the voting members entitled to vote on it at a meeting of voting members of that corporation held for that purpose. Notice of the meeting shall be given to all members of the constituent domestic corporation entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy or summary of the material terms of the agreement. (B)(1) At each meeting described in division (A) of this section, a vote of the members shall be taken on the proposed agreement. In order to be adopted, the agreement, including any amendments or additions to the agreement proposed at each such meeting, shall receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members of each constituent domestic corporation present at that meeting in person, by the use of authorized communications equipment, by mail, or, if permitted, by proxy if a quorum is present, or, if the articles or the regulations of that corporation provide or permit, the affirmative vote of a greater or lesser proportion or number of the voting members, and the affirmative vote of the voting members of any particular class that is required by the articles or the regulations of that corporation. If the agreement would effect or authorize any particular corporate action that, under any applicable provision of law or under the articles, could be effected or authorized only by or pursuant to a specified vote of the members, the agreement, including any amendments or additions to the agreement proposed at each such meeting, shall be adopted by the same affirmative vote as would be required for that action.(2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, participation by a voting member at a meeting through the use of any of the means of communication described in that division constitutes presence in person of that voting member at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum.(C) At any time prior to the filing of the agreement, the merger or consolidation may be abandoned by the directors of one or more of the constituent domestic corporations or the comparable representatives of any other constituent entity, if the power of abandonment is conferred either by the agreement or by the same vote or action as is required to adopt that agreement.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.46 | Effective Date of Merger or Consolidation.

Effective: May 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly|Upon the filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation in compliance with the laws of each state under the laws of which any constituent entity exists, or at any later date that the certificate specifies, the merger or consolidation shall become effective.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.48 | Public Notice of Voluntary Dissolution.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|Following the filing of the certificate of dissolution, the directors shall forthwith cause a notice of voluntary dissolution to be published once a week on the same day of each week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of the corporation was to be or is located, and shall forthwith cause written notice of dissolution to be given either personally or by mail to all known creditors of, and to all known claimants against, the dissolved corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.51 | Receiver for Winding Up Affairs of Corporation.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Whenever, after a corporation is dissolved voluntarily or the articles of a corporation have been canceled or the period of existence of a corporation has expired, a receiver is appointed to wind up the affairs of the corporation, all the claims, demands, rights, interests, or liens of creditors, claimants, and members shall be determined as of the day on which the receiver was appointed. Unless it is otherwise ordered, such appointment vests in the receiver and the receiver's successors the right to the immediate possession of all the property of the corporation, which shall, if so ordered, execute and deliver conveyances of such property to the receiver or the receiver's nominee.(B) Any officer, director, member, or other person, whether a resident of the state or a nonresident and however interested, may be appointed as receiver.(C) The receiver shall have all the authority vested in the directors and officers of the corporation, shall exercise such authority subject to such orders as are made by the court, and may be required to qualify by giving bond to the state in such amount as the court fixes, with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the receiver's duties and for a due accounting for all money or property received by the receiver.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.521 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.521 | Provisional Director - Appointment, Duties, Qualifications.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Upon the complaint of not less than one-fourth of the directors of the corporation, the court of common pleas of the county in which the corporation maintains its principal office may order the appointment of a provisional director for that corporation if the articles or regulations of the corporation expressly provide for such an appointment. No appointment shall be made until a hearing is held by the court. Notice of the hearing shall be given to each director and the secretary of the corporation in any manner that the court directs. The complainants shall establish at the hearing that, because of irreconcilable differences among the existing directors, the continued operation of the corporation has been substantially impeded or made impossible.(B) A provisional director shall have the same rights and duties as other directors and shall serve until removed by the appointing court or by the members of the corporation entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors or until the provisional director's earlier resignation or death. If the provisional director dies or resigns, the court, pursuant to division (A) of this section, may appoint a replacement provisional director, upon its own motion and without the filing of a complaint for the appointment of a provisional director. If the appointing court finds that the irreconcilable differences no longer exist, it shall order the removal of the provisional director.(C) No person shall be appointed as a provisional director unless the person is generally conversant with corporate affairs, has no legal or equitable interest in the obligations of the corporation of which the person is to be appointed a director, and is not indebted to such corporation. The compensation of a provisional director shall be determined by agreement with the corporation for which the provisional director is serving, subject to the approval of the appointing court, except that the appointing court may fix the provisional director's compensation in the absence of agreement or in the event of disagreement between the provisional director and the corporation.(D) A proceeding concerning the appointment of a provisional director of a corporation is a special proceeding, and final orders issued in the proceeding may be vacated, modified, or reversed on appeal pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.53 | Certified Copies as Evidence.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) A copy of the articles or amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, certified by the secretary of state, shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that the corporation has been incorporated under the laws of this state; and a copy duly certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate filed in the secretary of state's office shall be prima-facie evidence of such amendment or of the facts stated in any such certificate, and of the observance and performance of all antecedent conditions necessary to the action which such certificate purports to evidence.(B) A copy of amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, certified by the secretary of state, shall be accepted in this state and other jurisdictions in lieu of the original articles, amendments thereto, and prior amended articles.(C) The original or a copy of the record of minutes of the proceedings of the incorporators of a corporation, or of the proceedings or meetings of the members or any class of members, or of the directors, or of any committee thereof, including any written consent, waiver, release, or agreement entered in such record or minutes, or the original or a copy of a statement that no specified proceeding was had or that no specified consent, waiver, release, or agreement exists, shall, when certified to be true by the secretary or an assistant secretary of a corporation, be received in the courts as prima-facie evidence of the facts stated therein. Every meeting referred to in such certified original or copy shall be deemed duly called and held, and all motions and resolutions adopted and proceedings had at such meeting shall be deemed duly adopted and had, and all elections of directors and all elections or appointments of officers chosen at such meeting shall be deemed valid, until the contrary is proved; and whenever a person who is not a member of a corporation has acted in good faith in reliance upon any such certified original or copy, it is conclusive in the person's favor.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.54 | False Statement or Entry.

Effective: April 10, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 597 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) No officer, director, employee, or agent of a corporation shall, either alone or with another or others, with intent to deceive:(1) Make, issue, deliver, transmit by mail, or publish any prospectus, report, circular, certificate, statement, balance sheet, exhibit, or document, respecting membership rights in, or the activities, assets, liabilities, earnings, or accounts of, a corporation, that is false in any material respect, knowing the same to be false;(2) Having charge of any books, minutes, records, or accounts of a corporation, make therein any entry that is false in any material respect, knowing such entry to be false, or remove, erase, alter, or cancel any entry therein, knowing that the entries resulting therefrom will be false.(B) Whoever violates this section shall be personally liable, jointly and severally, with all other persons participating with the person in any such act, to any person for any damage actually suffered and proximately resulting from such act.(C) No action to enforce a liability under this section shall be brought after four years from the time of the act complained of.(D) Remedies under this section are not exclusive of other remedies at common law or under other statutes.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.57 | Exercise of Expired Powers.

Effective: July 1, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 74 - 120th General Assembly|No person shall exercise or attempt to exercise any rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, or authority under the articles of a domestic corporation after such articles have been canceled or after such corporation has been dissolved or after the period of existence of the corporation specified in its articles has expired, except such acts as are incident to the winding up of the affairs of such corporation, or are required to obtain reinstatement of the articles in accordance with section 1702.06, 1702.59, or 1724.06 of the Revised Code, or are permitted upon reinstatement by division (C) of section 1702.60 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1702.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law|Section 1702.99 | Penalty.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 1702.57 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.01 | Foreign Corporation Definitions.

Effective: May 21, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 40 - 122nd General Assembly|As used in sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code:(A) "Domestic corporation" means a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state or a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association chartered under the laws of the United States, the main office of which is located in this state.(B) "Foreign corporation" means a corporation incorporated under the laws of another state or a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association chartered under the laws of the United States, the main office of which is located in another state.(C) "State" means the United States; any state, territory, insular possession, or other political subdivision of the United States, including the District of Columbia; any foreign country whose political sovereignty is recognized by the United States; and any political subdivision of such foreign country.(D) "Articles" means the articles, certificates, or memorandum of incorporation or association, filed pursuant to the laws of any state for the purpose and with the effect of creating a corporation, and any amendments to such articles, certificates, or memorandum of incorporation or association; and includes any special statute creating a corporation.(E) "Process" means judicial process and all notices and demands required or permitted by statute to be served upon a corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.02 | Corporations Excepted.

Effective: May 21, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 40 - 122nd General Assembly|Sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code do not apply to corporations engaged in this state solely in interstate commerce, including the installation, demonstration, or repair of machinery or equipment sold by them in interstate commerce, by engineers, or by employees especially experienced as to such machinery or equipment, as part thereof; to credit unions, title guarantee and trust companies, bond investment companies, and insurance companies; or to public utility companies engaged in this state in interstate commerce.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.03 | License Required.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|No foreign corporation not excepted from sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, shall transact business in this state unless it holds an unexpired and uncanceled license to do so issued by the secretary of state. To procure such a license, a foreign corporation shall file an application, pay a filing fee, and comply with all other requirements of law respecting the maintenance of the license as provided in those sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.05 | License Certificate.

Effective: September 29, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|When the application of a foreign corporation for a license to transact business in this state has been accepted for filing and the filing fee has been paid, the secretary of state shall issue to the corporation a license certificate authorizing it to transact business in this state, subject to expiration or cancellation of the license as provided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.06 | Exclusive Use of Name.

Effective: May 16, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 278 - 124th General Assembly|Any person intending to organize a corporation under the laws of another state, or any foreign corporation intending to transact business in this state or intending to change its name, may file in the office of the secretary of state, in writing and on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, an application for the exclusive use of a name to be used by that proposed or existing foreign corporation. If the secretary of state finds that such a name is proper under section 1703.04 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state shall indorse the secretary of state's approval upon the application, and from the date of that indorsement the applicant shall have the exclusive use of that name for a period of one hundred eighty days. The rights so secured may be transferred by the holder of the rights by filing in the office of the secretary of state a written transfer setting forth the name and address of the transferee. Every application under this section shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars, which shall be returned in the event that the application is not approved.
Ohio Rev Code § 1703.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships|Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations|Section 1703.07 | Certificate of Merger or Consolidation.

Effective: June 30, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|If a foreign corporation has merged or consolidated with one or more foreign corporations, it shall file with the secretary of state a certificate setting forth the fact of merger or consolidation, certified by the secretary of state, or other proper official, of the state under the laws of which the foreign corporation was incorporated. The secretary of state, before filing a certificate evidencing a foreign corporation's merger or consolidation, shall charge and collect from the foreign corporation a filing fee as required by section 111.16 of the Revised Code.