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Ohio Rev Code § 1311.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.19 | Service.

Effective: March 14, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 514 - 124th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 1311.11 of the Revised Code and division (C) of this section, any notice, affidavit, or other document required to be served under this chapter shall be served by one of the following means:(1) The sheriff of the county in which the person to be served resides or maintains the person's principal place of business, in one or more of the methods provided in the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The sheriff may charge reasonable fees for such service.(2) Certified or registered mail, overnight delivery service, hand delivery, or any other method which includes a written evidence of receipt;(3) The means provided in division (H) of section 1701.07 of the Revised Code, if the person is a corporation.(B) For purposes of this chapter, service is complete upon receipt by the party being served except as provided in division (H) of section 1701.07 of the Revised Code and except, for the purposes of sections 1311.05 and 1311.261 of the Revised Code, if service of a notice of furnishing is made by certified mail, service is complete on the date of the mailing. If the service is attempted upon an owner, part owner, or lessee, or designee, at the address contained in the notice of commencement required by section 1311.04 of the Revised Code, and if the notice, affidavit, or other document is returned unclaimed or refused, service is complete when first attempted.(C) A notice, affidavit, or other document required to be served under this chapter is considered served, whether or not the notice, affidavit, or other document was served by the means described in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section, and service is complete on the date the notice, affidavit, or other document is received, if either of the following is true regarding the notice, affidavit, or other document:(1) The person served acknowledges receipt of the notice, affidavit, or other document.(2) It can be proved by a preponderance of evidence that the person being served actually received the notice, affidavit, or other document.A notice, affidavit, or other document to which this division applies is presumed to have been received three days after the date of the mailing of the notice, affidavit, or other document, unless a written acknowledgement, receipt, or other evidence provides proof to the contrary.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.20 | Damages for Neglect or Refusal to Release Lien.

Effective: April 10, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 238 - 118th General Assembly|If, after the amount of his lien has been satisfied or adjudged against him in an action thereon, a lienholder fails within thirty days thereafter to cause the lien to be released, such lienholder is liable to the owner, part owner, or lessee for all damages arising therefrom, not exceeding the amount of the lien and costs.In a county in which the county recorder has determined to use the microfilm process as provided by section 9.01 of the Revised Code, the recorder may require that release of the lien be by separate instrument with acknowledgment as required for the original affidavit. The original instrument bearing the proper endorsement thereon may be used as the separate instrument. The separate instrument release shall be recorded in the book required by section 1311.06 of the Revised Code. The fee for recording shall be that provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code for satisfaction of a mortgage.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.21 | Liens Are Assignable - Lien Not Defeated by Taking Note or Security - Notice of Claim Not Yet Due - Lis Pendens.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 338 - 119th General Assembly|(A) All liens or claims for liens which may arise or accrue under sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code are assignable. No such lien shall be defeated or waived by the taking by the lien claimant from any person of any promissory note or of any security for such debt other than upon the real estate itself, in the absence of a written agreement that the taking of such note or such security is a waiver of the lien.(B) Parties entitled to liens under sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code, whose claims are not due and payable, may give notice of their intention to claim a lien and may become parties to any suit to enforce a lien, or to institute such suit or proceedings themselves. Their claims shall be allowed, subject to a reduction of interest, if such claims are not due at the time of the rendition of the judgment, but no process shall issue or proceedings be had to enforce a judgment for such claim until the same matures.(C) The rule of lis pendens does not apply to a mechanics' lien claimant whose lien rights arose or accrued before an action involving the real property which is the subject of that lien became pending pursuant to section 2703.26 of the Revised Code and whose lien is filed within the statutory period but subsequent to the date the action becomes pending pursuant to section 2703.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.22 | Liberal Construction.

Effective: April 10, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 238 - 118th General Assembly|Sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code are to be construed liberally to secure the beneficial results, intents, and purposes thereof; and a substantial compliance with those sections is sufficient for the validity of the liens under those sections, provided for and to give jurisdiction to the court to enforce the same.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.23 | Lien Upon Mines for Labor.

Effective: April 10, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 238 - 118th General Assembly|A person who performs labor or work in mining coal or removing it from the mines, or other labor or work connected therewith, for a coal or mining company or corporation owning, operating, or leasing coal mines within this state, by virtue of a contract with the company or corporation or its authorized agent, has a lien to secure payment therefor upon the mine thereof, on all its rights as the owner or lessee of the mines, and on all its personal property used in conducting the business of mining coal, whether located at or near the mines or elsewhere.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.25 | Public Improvement Definitions.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 126th General Assembly|As used in sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code:(A) "Public improvement" means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, demolition, or repair of a building, highway, drainage system, water system, road, street, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, and any other structure or work of any nature by a public authority.(B) "Public authority" includes the state, and a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of or in the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, and any officer or agent thereof.(C) "Material supplier" includes any person by whom any materials are furnished in furtherance of a public improvement.(D) "Laborer" includes any mechanic, worker, artisan, or other individual who performs labor or work in furtherance of any public improvement.(E) "Subcontractor" includes any person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, or drill any part of any public improvement under a contract with any person other than the public authority.(F) "Principal contractor" includes any person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, or drill any part of any public improvement under a contract with a public authority.(G) "Materials" means all products and substances including, without limitation, any gasoline, lubricating oil, petroleum products, powder, dynamite, blasting supplies and other explosives, tools, equipment, or machinery furnished in furtherance of a public improvement.(H) "Wages" has the same meaning as "prevailing wage" in division (E) of section 4115.03 of the Revised Code.(I) "Notice of commencement" means the notice specified in section 1311.252 of the Revised Code.(J) "Notice of furnishing" means the notice specified in section 1311.261 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.251 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.251 | Claim for Furnishing Materials.

Effective: April 10, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 238 - 118th General Assembly|(A) A claim for furnishing materials arises under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code only if the materials are:(1) Furnished with the intent, as evidenced by the contract of sale, the delivery order, delivery to the site by the claimant or at the claimant's direction, or by other evidence, that the materials be used in the course of the public improvement with which the claim arises;(2) Incorporated in the public improvement or consumed as normal wastage in the public improvement operations;(3) Specifically fabricated for incorporation in the public improvement and not readily resalable in the ordinary course of the fabricator's business even if not actually incorporated in the public improvement;(4) Used for the public improvement or for the operation of machinery or equipment used in the course of the public improvement and not remaining in the public improvement, subject to diminution by the salvage of those materials; or(5) Tools or machinery used on the particular public improvement, subject to division (C) of this section.(B) The delivery of materials to the site of the public improvement, whether or not by the claimant, creates a conclusive presumption that the materials were used in the course of the public improvement or were incorporated into the public improvement.(C) A claim for furnishing tools or machinery which arises under division (A)(5) of this section is limited to either of the following:(1) If the tools or machinery are rented, the claim is for the reasonable rental value for the period of actual use and any reasonable period of nonuse taken into account in the rental contract.(2) If the tools or machinery are purchased, the claim is for the price, but the claim only arises if the tools or machinery were purchased for use in the course of the particular public improvement and have no substantial value to the purchaser after the completion of the public improvement on which they were used.(D) All of the deliveries or the sales, or both, by a claimant of materials, including tools and machinery to or for an improvement, give rise to one claim for the unpaid portion of the sales.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.252 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.252 | Notice of Commencement - Affidavit.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 338 - 119th General Assembly|(A) Prior to the performance of any labor or work or the furnishing of any materials in furtherance of a public improvement, the public authority shall prepare a notice of commencement in substantially the form specified in division (B) of this section which shall be made readily available to the public upon request.(B) The notice of commencement required under division (A) of this section shall contain in affidavit form all of the following information:(1) The name, location, and a number, if any, used by the public authority to identify the public improvement sufficient to permit the public improvement to be identified;(2) The name and address of the public authority;(3) The name, address, and trade of all principal contractors;(4) The date the public authority first executed a contract with a principal contractor for the public improvement;(5) The name and address of the sureties for all principal contractors;(6) The name and address of the representative of the public authority upon whom service shall be made for the purposes of serving an affidavit pursuant to section 1311.26 of the Revised Code.(C) If the notice of commencement is not made available to the public prior to the commencement of work on the public improvement or if the notice of commencement furnished by the public authority contains incorrect information which the claimant relies upon to his detriment, the unavailability of the notice or the incorrect notice shall not adversely affect the rights of any claimant under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.26 | Subcontractor, Materialman or Laborer May Serve Affidavit on Public Authority.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 126th General Assembly|Any subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer who is performing or has performed labor or work or is furnishing or has furnished material for any public improvement provided for in a contract between the public authority and a principal contractor, and under a contract between the subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer and a principal contractor or subcontractor, at any time, not to exceed one hundred twenty days from the performance of the last labor or work or furnishing of the last material, may serve the public authority an affidavit stating the amount due and unpaid for the labor and work performed and material furnished, when the last of the labor or work was performed and when the last of the material was furnished with all credits and setoffs thereon, and the post-office address of the claimant. If a claimant serves an affidavit under this section, the claimant shall serve the affidavit to the representative of the public authority named in the notice of commencement.One or more laborers may authorize an agent to prepare, execute, file, and serve the affidavit required by this section. The affidavit may set forth the claims of one or more laborers, provided that the affidavit separately itemizes the claim of each laborer and may set forth claims for wages that are contractually due but are unpaid.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.28 | Public Authority to Detain Funds Upon Receipt of Affidavit - Escrow Account.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 126th General Assembly|Upon receiving the affidavit required by section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, the public authority shall detain from the principal contractor or from the balance of the funds remaining in the contract with the principal contractor, an amount, up to the balance remaining in the contract, that does not in the aggregate exceed the claim or claims.The public authority shall not detain any amount requested by a claimant who is required by section 1311.261 of the Revised Code to serve a notice of furnishing, unless the claimant has provided to the public authority a copy of the notice of furnishing and a sworn statement as to the date the notice of furnishing was served to the principal contractor, or by a claimant who is a laborer, unless the laborer serves an affidavit upon the public authority pursuant to section 1311.26 of the Revised Code.The public authority shall place any detained funds in an escrow account as provided for under section 153.63 of the Revised Code, to be released at the times, in the amounts, and to the persons ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or by agreement of the principal contractor and the subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer who filed the affidavit provided for in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code or upon a failure to commence suit as provided in section 1311.311 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.29 | Copy of Affidavit to Be Filed With County Recorder to Notify Other Subcontractors, Materialmen, and Laborers - Priority of Claims.

Effective: March 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 126th General Assembly|A subcontractor, material supplier, laborer, or person who serves the affidavit pursuant to section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, in order to notify other subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers, within thirty days thereafter, shall file for record a copy of the affidavit with the county recorder of the county where the public improvement is situated or with the county recorder of each of the counties where the public improvement is situated if the public improvement is situated in more than one county. The filing for record of the affidavit with the county recorders gives such subcontractor, material supplier, laborer, or person filing the affidavit as provided in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, a preference, as to payments subsequently due from the public authority, over such of the other subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers who have failed, prior to the date any such payment is due, to file the affidavit provided for in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, and to file for record the copy thereof with the county recorders as provided in this section. On detained funds, such claimants have no priority among themselves, but payment thereon shall be made to them in amounts prorated according to the amount of the then-existing valid claim of each. The failure of any claimant to file for record a copy of the affidavit with the county recorders does not affect the validity of the claimant's amount claimed with respect to persons other than such of the claimant's other subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers who have filed for record copies of their affidavits with the county recorders, and, against detained funds, such claimants who have failed to make such filing for record with the county recorders have no priority among themselves, but, after all claims having preference over theirs have been paid, payment shall be made to them in amounts prorated according to the amount of the then-existing valid claim of each.The recorder shall endorse upon every affidavit the date and hour of its filing, and record every affidavit filed for record. For recording or making a copy of the affidavit or certificate of the date of such filing for record, the recorder is entitled to the same fees as are provided for in section 317.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1311.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 13 | Commercial Transactions|Chapter 1311 | Liens|Section 1311.31 | Action by Claimant to Enforce Payment.

Effective: April 16, 1993|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 338 - 119th General Assembly|The public authority, upon the receipt of the affidavit referred to in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code shall, or the claimant or his agent, in the name of the public authority, may serve the principal contractor with a copy thereof, within five days after the public authority receives it, together with a notice that the principal contractor must give notice of his intention to dispute the claim within twenty days. If the claimant is not in privity of contract with the principal contractor, the notice of intention to dispute may state that the claimant failed to serve a notice of furnishing as required by division (A)(1) of section 1311.261 of the Revised Code. If the claimant performed the labor or work or furnished the material to a subcontractor of the principal contractor, the claimant shall, within twenty days after serving the affidavit to the public authority, furnish a copy of it to the subcontractor. If the claimant fails to furnish the copy to the subcontractor, the claimant forfeits his rights to a claim under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code. If the principal contractor fails within twenty days after receipt of the affidavit to serve to the public authority written notice of his intention to dispute the claim, he has assented to its correctness, provided that within twenty days after receipt by any subcontractor of a copy of the affidavit, the subcontractor may serve the notice of intention to dispute on behalf of the principal contractor. Thereupon, provided all affidavits filed on the same public improvement have been assented to, the amount detained from the principal contractor shall be applied by and payment made by the public authority, in the order of preference provided in section 1311.29 of the Revised Code, pro rata, upon the claims on which affidavits have been filed. Where more than one affidavit has been filed with respect to the same public improvement, and one or more of the affidavits has not been assented to, then the amount detained shall be applied pro rata among all the claimants in the order of preference prescribed in section 1311.29 of the Revised Code, payment being made in the amount of their pro rata shares to all claimants whose affidavits have been assented to, and the pro rata shares of claimants whose affidavits have not been assented to shall be detained by the public authority until the dispute with respect to any affidavit has been resolved in any manner provided by law, whereupon payment in whole or in part shall be made to claimants in whose favor the dispute is resolved and any remaining part of the pro rata shares shall be applied pro rata among and payment made to all claimants as provided in this section. Each subsequent payment falling due shall be applied among and payment made to the claimants as provided in this section.