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Ohio Rev Code § 2108.87 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof|Section 2108.87 | Right to Make Independent Investigation.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 126th General Assembly|(A) A funeral home, funeral director, crematory operator, cemetery operator, cemetery organization, or other person asked to assist with a deceased person's funeral, burial, cremation, or other manner of final disposition may independently investigate the existence of, or locate or contact, the following persons:(1) A representative or successor representative named in a written declaration;(2) A person listed in section 2108.81 of the Revised Code.(B) In no circumstances shall a funeral home, funeral director, crematory operator, cemetery operator, cemetery organization, or other person asked to assist with a deceased person's funeral, burial, cremation, or other manner of final disposition have a duty to independently investigate the existence of, or locate or contact, the persons described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 2108.88 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof|Section 2108.88 | Refusal or Resignation by Assignee of Right.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 126th General Assembly|(A) A person to whom a declarant's or deceased person's right of disposition has been assigned or reassigned pursuant to section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code may decline to exercise the right or resign after beginning to exercise the right.(B) A person described in division (A) of this section who resigns after beginning to exercise the right shall be subject to section 2108.89 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2108.89 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof|Section 2108.89 | Liability for Costs of Disposition.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 126th General Assembly|The following persons shall be liable for the reasonable costs of any goods or services purchased in connection with the exercise of the right of disposition for a declarant or deceased person:(A) A representative or successor who assumes liability for the cost of such goods and services by signing a written declaration that states that such an assumption is made;(B) A person to whom the right of disposition is assigned pursuant to section 2108.81 of the Revised Code and who has purchased goods or services associated with an exercise of the right.
Ohio Rev Code § 2108.90 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof|Section 2108.90 | Exclusive Jurisdiction of Probate Court Over Disputes.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 126th General Assembly|Pursuant to division (A) of section 2101.24 of the Revised Code, the probate court for the county in which the declarant or deceased person resided at the time of death or the county in which a living person whose post-death arrangements are the subject of dispute resides shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any action that results from sections 2108.70 to 2108.89 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2108.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2108 | Human Bodies or Parts Thereof|Section 2108.99 | Penalty.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly|Whoever violates division (A) of section 2108.18 or section 2108.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.01 | Fiduciary Defined.

Effective: October 12, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly|"Fiduciary," as used in Chapters 2101. to 2131. of the Revised Code, means any person, other than an assignee or trustee for an insolvent debtor or a guardian under sections 5905.01 to 5905.19 of the Revised Code, appointed by and accountable to the probate court and acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, or charged with duties in relation to any property, interest, trust, or estate for the benefit of another; and includes an agency under contract with the department of developmental disabilities for the provision of protective service under sections 5123.55 to 5123.59 of the Revised Code, appointed by and accountable to the probate court as guardian or trustee with respect to persons with developmental disabilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.02 | Appointment and Duties.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|Every fiduciary, before entering upon the execution of a trust, shall receive letters of appointment from a probate court having jurisdiction of the subject matter of the trust. The duties of a fiduciary shall be those required by law, and such additional duties as the court orders. Letters of appointment shall not issue until a fiduciary has executed a written acceptance of the fiduciary's duties, acknowledging that the fiduciary is subject to removal for failure to perform the fiduciary's duties, and that the fiduciary is subject to possible penalties for conversion of property the fiduciary held as a fiduciary. The written acceptance may be filed with the application for appointment.No act or transaction by a fiduciary is valid prior to the issuance of letters of appointment to the fiduciary. This section does not prevent an executor named in a will, an executor nominated pursuant to a power as described in section 2107.65 of the Revised Code, or a person with the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code from paying funeral expenses, or prevent necessary acts for the preservation of the trust estate prior to the issuance of those letters.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.021 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.021 | Fiduciary Filings by Mail or in Person.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|After letters of appointment are issued to a fiduciary, the court shall accept filings by mail in matters of estates, guardianships, or trusts, unless the court in writing notifies the fiduciary or attorney of record that a personal appearance is necessary, or a personal appearance is otherwise required by law. The court shall reject an improper or incomplete filing and shall return it to the sender.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.03 | Fiduciary's Attorney.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|At the time of the appointment of a fiduciary, the fiduciary shall file in the probate court the name of the attorney, if any, who will represent the fiduciary in matters relating to the trust. After the name of an attorney has been filed, notices sent to that fiduciary in the fiduciary's official capacity shall also be sent by the court to that attorney who may sign waiver of service of any or all of the notices upon the attorney. If the fiduciary is absent from the state, the attorney shall be the agent of the fiduciary upon whom summonses, citations, and notices may be served. Any summons, citation, or notice may be served upon the fiduciary by delivering duplicate copies of the summons, citation, or notice to the attorney designated by the fiduciary. No probate judge shall permit any person to practice law in the probate court for compensation, unless the person has been admitted to the practice of law within the state. This section does not prevent any person from representing the person's own interest in any estate, matter, action, or proceeding.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.05 | Bond - Trust Created by Will.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|When considered necessary by the probate court and not otherwise directed in the will, a bond, as provided by sections 2109.01 to 2109.58 of the Revised Code, shall be required in all trusts created by will and not fully discharged, on the petition of an interested person and after notice to the trustee. If the trustee fails to give bond within the time ordered by the court, the court shall remove the trustee from the trust, or the trustee shall be considered to have declined it.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.06 | New or Additional Bond.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|The probate court that appoints a fiduciary may, on its own motion or on the application of any interested party, and after notice to the fiduciary, require a new bond or sureties or an additional bond or sureties whenever, in the opinion of the court, the interests of the trust demand it. Immediately upon the filing of the inventory by a fiduciary, the court shall determine whether the amount of the bond of the fiduciary is sufficient and shall require new or additional bond if in the opinion of the court the interests of the trust demand it.When a new bond is required as provided in this section, the sureties in the prior bond shall nevertheless be liable for all breaches of the conditions set forth in the bond that are committed before the new bond is approved by the court.The court shall remove a fiduciary who fails within the time fixed by the court to furnish new or additional bond or sureties, and the court shall appoint a successor fiduciary.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.07 | Bond Conditions - Administrator - When Not Required.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The bond required of an administrator by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code shall not be required in either of the following cases: (1) It shall not be required of a surviving spouse to administer the deceased spouse's estate if the surviving spouse is entitled to the entire net proceeds of the estate.(2) It shall not be required of an administrator to administer an estate if there is no will, if the administrator is the next of kin, and if the administrator is entitled to the entire net proceeds of the estate.(B) The bond otherwise required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of an administrator shall be conditioned as follows:(1) To file with the probate court within the time required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code an inventory of all tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased that is to be administered and that comes to the administrator's possession or knowledge and an inventory of the deceased's interest in real property located in this state;(2) To administer and distribute according to law all tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased, the proceeds of any action for wrongful death or of any settlement, with or without suit, of a wrongful death claim, and the proceeds of all real property in which the deceased had an interest, that is located in this state, and that is sold, when the property or proceeds have come to the possession of the administrator or to the possession of a person for the administrator;(3) To render a just and true account of the administrator's administration at the times required by section 2109.301 of the Revised Code;(4) To deliver the letters of administration into court if a will of the deceased is proved and allowed.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.08 | Bond Conditions - Special Administrator.

Effective: October 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 391 - 121st General Assembly|The bond required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a special administrator shall be conditioned as follows:(A) To file with the probate court within three months an inventory of the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased that has or may come to the special administrator's possession or knowledge;(B) To account for the tangible and intangible personal property of the deceased and for the debts of the deceased that the special administrator receives as special administrator, whenever required by the court, and deliver them to the person authorized to receive them.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.09 | Bond Conditions - Executor.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Unless the testator has specified otherwise in the will, the bond required of an executor by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code shall not be required of the executor to administer an estate in accordance with the will of the testator if the executor is the next of kin and if the executor is entitled to the entire net proceeds of the estate. (B) The bond otherwise required of an executor by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code shall be conditioned as follows:(1) To file with the probate court within the time required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code an inventory of all the tangible and intangible personal property of the testator that is to be administered and that comes to the executor's possession or knowledge and an inventory of the testator's interest in real property located in this state;(2) To administer and distribute according to law and the will of the testator all the testator's tangible and intangible personal property, the proceeds of any action for wrongful death or of any settlement, with or without suit, of a wrongful death claim, and the proceeds of all real property in which the testator had an interest, that is located in this state, and that is sold, when the property or proceeds have come to the possession of the executor or to the possession of another person for the executor;(3) To render a just and true account of the executor's administration at the times required by section 2109.301 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.10 | Bond When Executor or Administrator Is Sole Residuary Legatee or Distributee.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|If an executor or administrator is sole residuary legatee or distributee and if division (A) of section 2109.07 or division (A) of section 2109.09 of the Revised Code does not apply, instead of giving the bond prescribed by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code, the executor or administrator may give a bond to the satisfaction of the probate court conditioned as follows: (A) To pay the costs of administration and all the debts and legacies of the decedent to the extent of the assets of the estate;(B) If there is a will, to pay over the testator's estate to the person entitled to the testator's estate if the will is set aside;(C) If there is no will offered at the opening of the estate, to pay over the testator's estate to the person entitled to the testator's estate if a will is probated after the administrator's initial appointment.The giving of that bond shall not discharge the lien on the decedent's real property for the payment of the decedent's debts, except that part that has been lawfully sold by the executor or administrator.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.11 | Bond Conditions - Testamentary Trustees.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|The bond required by section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a testamentary trustee shall be conditioned as follows: (A) To make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2109.58 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the trust that come to the trustee's possession or knowledge;(B) To administer and distribute according to law and the will of the testator all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property and real property belonging to the trust that come to the possession of the trustee or to the possession of any other person for the trustee;(C) To render a just and true account of the trustee's administration at the times required by section 2109.303 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.12 | Bond Conditions - Guardians.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|Any bond required by or pursuant to section 2109.04 of the Revised Code of a guardian shall be conditioned as follows: (A) If applicable, to make and return to the probate court within the time required by section 2111.14 of the Revised Code a true inventory of all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the ward that come to the guardian's possession or knowledge;(B) To administer and distribute according to law all moneys, rights, credits, other personal property, and real property belonging to the ward that come to the possession of the guardian or to the possession of any other person for the guardian;(C) To render a just and true account of the guardian's administration at any times required by or pursuant to section 2109.302 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.14 | Deposit of Works of Art in Museum Authorized - Reduction of Bond.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|If the estate held by a fiduciary consists in whole or in part of works of nature or of art that are suitable for preservation and exhibition in a museum or other similar institution, the probate court may authorize and direct that any or all of those works be deposited with a corporation conducting the museum or other similar institution; provided that no such deposit shall be authorized or directed except with a corporation having a net worth of at least ten times the value of the works to be deposited. The deposit shall be made in the name of the fiduciary, and the property deposited shall not be withdrawn from the custody of the depository or otherwise deposited except upon the special order of the court. The probate judge may impose any conditions relative to insurance and the care and protection of the property deposited that the court thinks best for the interests of the estate and the beneficiaries of the estate. After the deposit has been made, a receipt for that property executed by that corporation shall be filed with the court, and the receipt shall acknowledge that the property is held by that corporation subject to the order of the court. When the receipt is filed, the court may fix or reduce the amount of the bond so that the amount of the penalty of the bond is determined with respect to the value of the remainder only of the estate or fund, without including the value of the property deposited. Neither the fiduciary nor the fiduciary's sureties shall be liable for any loss to the trust estate resulting from a deposit authorized and directed by the court pursuant to this section, provided the fiduciary has acted in good faith.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.15 | Informality of Bond.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No bond executed by a fiduciary shall be void or held invalid because of any informality in such bond or because of informality or illegality in the appointment of such fiduciary. Such bond shall have the same effect as if the appointment had been legally made and the bond executed in proper form.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.16 | One Bond for Two or More Wards.

Effective: October 4, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 115th General Assembly|When a person is appointed guardian of several minors who are children of the same parentage and inherit from the same estate, separate bonds shall not be required. In such cases, only one application for letters of guardianship is necessary, and the letters issued to such guardian shall be in one copy and not one copy for each minor. The probate court approving and recording the bond of the guardian, if any, and issuing such letters shall charge the fees allowed by section 2101.16 of the Revised Code for such services. Such fees shall be charged but once for all the wards and not once for each ward.
Ohio Rev Code § 2109.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 21 | Courts-Probate-Juvenile|Chapter 2109 | Fiduciaries|Section 2109.17 | Sureties.

Effective: January 13, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly|If the bond of a fiduciary is executed by personal sureties, one or more of the sureties shall be a resident of the county in which the fiduciary applies for appointment. The sureties shall own real property worth double the sum to be secured, over and above all encumbrances, and shall have property in this state liable to execution equal to the sum to be secured. If two or more sureties are offered on the same bond, they must have in the aggregate the qualifications prescribed in this section. The sureties shall qualify under oath and may be required to exhibit to the probate court satisfactory evidence of the ownership of the real property. No corporate surety shall be acceptable on a fiduciary's bond in the probate court unless the surety is acceptable to the United States government on surety bonds in the same amount, as shown by the regulations issued by the secretary of the treasury of the United States, or in any other manner, to the satisfaction of the court. The surety shall also be qualified to do business in this state.A surety on the bond of a fiduciary shall not be held liable for any debt of the fiduciary to the estate represented by the fiduciary existing at the time the fiduciary was appointed; but the surety shall be liable to the extent that the debt has been made uncollectible by wrongful act of the fiduciary after appointment.