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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.54 | Failure to Register of Foreign Limited Partnership.

Effective:
July 1, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 74 - 120th General Assembly
(A) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state until it has registered in this state.
(B) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state.
(C) A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of the foreign limited partnership having transacted business in this state without registration.
(D) A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business in this state without registration, hereby appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.55 | Action to Restrain Transaction of Business.

Effective:
April 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 115th General Assembly
The secretary of state may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of sections 1782.48 to 1758.54 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.56 | Derivative Action by Limited Partner.

Effective:
June 11, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 140 - 119th General Assembly
A limited partner or, when authorized by section 1782.57 of the Revised Code, a former limited partner may bring an action on behalf of a limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely to succeed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.57 | Plaintiff in Derivative Action.

Effective:
June 11, 1992
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 140 - 119th General Assembly
In a derivative action brought pursuant to section 1782.56 of the Revised Code, the plaintiff shall be a person who is a partner of the limited partnership at the time of the filing of the complaint in the action or a person who was a partner of the limited partnership within one year prior to the date of the filing of the complaint in the action. The plaintiff also shall have been a partner at the time of the transaction of which he complains, unless his status as a partner devolved upon him by operation of law or pursuant to the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.58 | Complaint.

Effective:
April 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 115th General Assembly
In a derivative action brought pursuant to section 1782.56 of the Revised Code, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.59 | Court Orders in Successful Derivative Action.

Effective:
April 1, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 607 - 115th General Assembly
If a derivative action brought pursuant to section 1782.56 of the Revised Code is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of an action or claim, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, and shall direct him to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those proceeds received by him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.60 | Application and Construction of Chapter.

Effective:
August 6, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 332 - 127th General Assembly
(A) This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting the Uniform Limited Partnership Act (1985), national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, except to the extent that the provisions of this chapter differ from those of that uniform act.
(B) In any case not provided for in this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 1775. or 1776. of the Revised Code govern.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.62 | Pre-Existing Foreign Limited Partnerships.

Effective:
July 1, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 74 - 120th General Assembly
A foreign limited partnership that filed a copy of its certificate of limited partnership in the office of a county recorder and was transacting business in this state immediately prior to April 4, 1985, is deemed to be registered as a foreign limited partnership in this state within the meaning of sections 1782.49 to 1782.53 of the Revised Code. It may continue to transact business in this state in accordance with all of the following:
(A) A pre-existing foreign limited partnership is not subject to the provisions of section 1782.51 of the Revised Code with respect to its name as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership on or after April 4, 1985. It becomes subject to such provisions if, and at the time, any change in its name is made on or after April 4, 1985.
(B) A pre-existing foreign limited partnership is not subject to the provisions of division (C) of section 1782.49 of the Revised Code until the execution and filing of a restated certificate of limited partnership. At such time, the general partners of a pre-existing foreign limited partnership shall appoint and thereafter continuously maintain an agent for service of process as provided in division (C) of section 1782.49 of the Revised Code.
(C) A pre-existing foreign limited partnership that does not file an application and register in accordance with sections 1782.49 to 1782.53 of the Revised Code but relies on this section is deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as its agent for service of process as provided in division (D) of section 1782.49 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.64 | Conversion to Limited Liability Limited Partnership.

Effective:
August 6, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 332 - 127th General Assembly
(A) A limited partnership may become a limited liability limited partnership by doing all of the following:
(1) Obtaining approval of the terms and conditions of the limited partnership becoming a limited liability limited partnership by the vote necessary to amend the limited partnership agreement. When a limited partnership agreement expressly considers contribution obligations, the required vote is the vote necessary to amend those provisions.
(2) Filing a statement of qualification under division (C) of section 1776.81 of the Revised Code;
(3) Complying with the name requirements of section 1776.82 of the Revised Code.
(B) A limited liability limited partnership continues to be the same entity that existed before the filing of a statement of qualification under division (C) of section 1776.81 of the Revised Code.
(C) Division (C) of section 1776.36 and division (B) of section 1776.37 of the Revised Code apply to both general and limited partners of a limited liability limited partnership.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships › Section 1782.65 | Persons Performing Services to Partnership or Partners.

Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 301 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Absent an express agreement to the contrary, a person providing goods to or performing services for a domestic or foreign limited partnership owes no duty to, incurs no liability or obligation to, and is not in privity with the general partners, limited partners, or creditors of the limited partnership by reason of providing goods to or performing services for the limited partnership.
(B) Absent an express agreement to the contrary, a person providing goods to or performing services for a general or limited partner or a group of general or limited partners of a limited domestic or foreign limited partnership owes no duty to, incurs no liability or obligation to, and is not in privity with the limited partnership, any other general or limited partners of the limited partnership, or the creditors of the limited partnership by reason of providing goods to or performing services for the general or limited partner or group of general or limited partners.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.01 | Limited Partnership Associations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When any number of persons, not less than three nor more than twenty-five, desire to form a limited partnership association for the purpose of conducting any business or occupation within the United States or elsewhere, except for dealing in real estate or for banking, whose principal office or place of business will be established and maintained in this state, by subscribing and contributing capital to such association, which capital shall alone be liable for its debts, such persons may sign and acknowledge a statement, in writing, before some officer competent to take the acknowledgment of deeds, in which must be set forth the full names of such persons; the amount of capital subscribed for by each; the total amount of capital, one third of which shall be paid within thirty days of the filing of their statement with the county recorder as provided in this section and two thirds of which shall be paid within twelve months thereafter; the character of the business to be conducted, and its location; the name of the association, with "limited" as part of it; the contemplated duration of the association, which in no case shall exceed twenty years; and the names of the officers of the association, selected in conformity with sections 1783.01 to 1783.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Any amendment of such statement shall be made only in like manner. Such statement and amendments must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the proper county.
Such association shall not loan its credit, its name, or its capital to any person or corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.02 | Name of Firm.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
"Limited" shall be the last word of the name of every limited partnership association formed under sections 1783.01 to 1783.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Every such association must paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried on, in a conspicuous position and in letters easily legible, and must have its full name mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisements, and other of its official publications, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, checks, orders for money, bills of lading, invoices, receipts, letters, and other writings used in the transaction of its business.
The omission of "limited," in the use of the name of the association, shall render every person participating in such omission, or knowingly acquiescing therein, liable for any indebtedness or liabilities arising therefrom.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.03 | Control and Management.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
There shall be at least one meeting of the members of a limited partnership association in each year at which not less than three nor more than five managers must be elected, one of whom shall be the chairman, one the treasurer, and one the secretary, except that one may be both treasurer and secretary. Such managers shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors are duly installed.
No debt shall be contracted, or liability incurred, for the association, except by one or more of such managers, and no liability for an amount exceeding five hundred dollars, except against the person incurring it, shall bind the association unless reduced to writing and signed by at least two such managers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.04 | Members May Contribute Capital in Property Rather Than in Cash.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Persons forming a limited partnership association may make contribution to the capital thereof in real or personal estate, mines, or other property, at a valuation to be approved by all the members subscribing to its capital, but in any case one half of the capital must be paid in cash. In the statement required by section 1783.01 of the Revised Code to be recorded, it must be certified whether subscriptions to the capital indicated in such statement are in cash or in property; and when property has been contributed as a part of the capital, a schedule containing the names of parties so contributing, with a description and valuation of the property contributed, shall be inserted in such statement.
All such contributions to the capital of such association in property, at a valuation agreed upon by all the members subscribing to such capital, shall be as complete and effectual as if made in cash, if a certificate thereof is recorded as required by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.05 | Transferability of Interest.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Interest in a limited partnership association is personal estate, and may be transferred under rules prescribed by the association. Such transfer shall take effect when the instrument transferring the interest is delivered for record, including the names of the parties thereto and the amount of the interest so transferred, in the office of the county recorder, who shall enter it. For such entry he shall receive the same fees as in other cases.
No transferee of an interest, or the representatives of a decedent, or an insolvent, shall be entitled thereafter to any participation in the subsequent business of the association, unless he is elected thereto by a vote of a majority of the members in number and value of their interests. Any change of ownership, whether by sale, death, bankruptcy, or otherwise, which is not followed by election of the new owner to the association shall entitle the owner only to his interest therein, at a price and upon terms to be mutually agreed upon. In default of such agreement, the price and terms shall be fixed by an appraiser appointed by the court of common pleas of the proper county, subject to the approval of such court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.06 | Title to Realty, Conveyancing, and Judicial Proceedings to Be in Firm Name.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All real estate owned or purchased by a limited partnership association shall be held and owned, and conveyance thereof made, in the association name. When such an association executes a deed of conveyance, bonds with or without coupons, or mortgages to secure purchase or borrowed moneys, it may acknowledge such instruments by its chairman and its secretary. The association shall sue and be sued in the association name. When suit is brought against it, service shall be made upon its chairman, secretary, or treasurer, and such service shall be deemed as complete and effective as if made upon each member of the association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.07 | Record of Debts and Liabilities.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A limited partnership association shall keep a register of debts and liabilities, in which must be entered the nature and amount of all debts and liabilities contracted by it, with the date thereof, together with any payments or credits thereon. Such entry shall be made not more than ten days after such debt or liability was contracted. Such register shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested in any manner in the business or financial standing of the association, during all its business hours.
In case such association fails to enter on such register any debt or liability within ten days after it has been contracted, or makes or suffers to be made any false entry thereon, the members thereof shall be individually responsible, for the debts and liabilities contracted during such failure, to those thereby damaged.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.08 | Liability of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The members of a limited partnership association shall not be liable under any judgment, decree, or order obtained against the association, or for any debt or engagement of the association, further or otherwise than is provided in sections 1783.01 to 1783.06, inclusive, and 1783.09 to 1783.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.09 | Levy on Individual Property of Members.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
If an execution or other process in the nature of execution has been issued against the property of a limited partnership association, and if there cannot be found sufficient property on which to levy or enforce such process, then such execution or process may be issued against any of the members, to the extent of the portions of their respective subscriptions in the capital of the association that are not then paid up; but no such execution shall issue against any member except upon an order of the court, or of a judge of the court, in which the action, suit, or other proceeding was brought. Such court or judge may compel the production of the books of the association, showing the names of the members thereof and the amount of capital remaining to be paid upon their respective subscriptions, and from such books, or from other sources of information, may ascertain the truth in regard thereto and order execution to issue accordingly. The association shall keep a subscription-list book for this purpose, and such book shall be open to inspection by the creditors and members of the association at all reasonable times.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.10 | Dividends.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A limited partnership association from time to time may divide the profits of its business as a majority of its managers determine. Such division of profits shall not, at the time it is made diminish or impair the capital of the association. Anyone consenting to a dividend which diminishes or impairs the capital shall be liable to any person injured thereby, to the amount of such diminution or impairment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.11 | Dissolution.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A limited partnership association may be dissolved upon either of the following events:
(A) When the period fixed for its duration expires;
(B) When by a vote of a majority of its members, in value of interest and in number, a dissolution is determined upon.
Notice of such dissolution shall be given by publication in two newspapers, published in the proper city or county, at least six consecutive times. Immediately upon the commencement of such advertising, the association shall cease to carry on its business, except so far as may be required for its beneficial winding up.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1783 | Limited Partnership Associations › Section 1783.12 | Distribution of Property on Dissolution.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a limited partnership association is dissolved by the voluntary action of its members, its property shall be applied as follows:
(A) First, to the payment of all its debts for work and labor; and to secure such debts, in case its property is insufficient, the separate estate of each partner shall be liable without limitation or exemption, except as provided by law;
(B) Second, to the satisfaction of its other liabilities and indebtedness;
(C) Third, to distributions among the members, in proportion to their respective interests, by three liquidating trustees who shall be elected by the members of the association and who may wind up the concern and distribute the net assets thereof among the members under the direction of the court of common pleas of the proper county.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.01 | Professional Association Definitions.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Professional service" means any type of professional service that may be performed only pursuant to a license, certificate, or other legal authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 4701., 4703., 4705., 4715., 4723., 4725., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4732., 4733., 4734., 4741., 4755., or 4757. of the Revised Code to certified public accountants, licensed public accountants, architects, attorneys, dentists, nurses, optometrists, pharmacists, physician assistants, doctors of medicine and surgery, doctors of osteopathic medicine and surgery, doctors of podiatric medicine and surgery, practitioners of the limited branches of medicine specified in section 4731.15 of the Revised Code, mechanotherapists, psychologists, professional engineers, chiropractors, chiropractors practicing acupuncture through the state chiropractic board, veterinarians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, independent social workers, social workers, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, art therapists, and music therapists.
(B) "Professional association" means an association organized under this chapter for the sole purpose of rendering one of the professional services authorized under Chapter 4701., 4703., 4705., 4715., 4723., 4725., 4729., 4730., 4731., 4732., 4733., 4734., 4741., 4755., or 4757. of the Revised Code, a combination of the professional services authorized under Chapters 4703. and 4733. of the Revised Code, or a combination of the professional services of optometrists authorized under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code, chiropractors authorized under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code to practice chiropractic or acupuncture, psychologists authorized under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code, registered or licensed practical nurses authorized under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, pharmacists authorized under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code, physical therapists authorized under sections 4755.40 to 4755.56 of the Revised Code, occupational therapists authorized under sections 4755.04 to 4755.13 of the Revised Code, mechanotherapists authorized under section 4731.151 of the Revised Code, doctors of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, and licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, independent social workers, social workers, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, art therapists, or music therapists authorized under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 2:57 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.02 | Incorporation of Professional Individuals or Groups.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
An individual or group of individuals each of whom is licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the same kind of professional service, a group of individuals each of whom is licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the professional service authorized under Chapter 4703. or 4733. of the Revised Code, or a group of individuals each of whom is licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the professional service of optometrists authorized under Chapter 4725. of the Revised Code, chiropractors authorized under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code to practice chiropractic or acupuncture, psychologists authorized under Chapter 4732. of the Revised Code, registered or licensed practical nurses authorized under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, pharmacists authorized under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code, physical therapists authorized under sections 4755.40 to 4755.56 of the Revised Code, occupational therapists authorized under sections 4755.04 to 4755.13 of the Revised Code, mechanotherapists authorized under section 4731.151 of the Revised Code, doctors of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code, or licensed professional clinical counselors, licensed professional counselors, independent social workers, social workers, independent marriage and family therapists, marriage and family therapists, art therapists, or music therapists authorized under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a professional association. Any group of individuals described in this section who may be rendering one of the professional services as an organization created otherwise than pursuant to this chapter may incorporate under and pursuant to this chapter by amending the agreement establishing the organization in a manner that the agreement as amended constitutes articles of incorporation prepared and filed in the manner prescribed in section 1785.08 of the Revised Code and by otherwise complying with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:02 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.04 | Effect of Chapter.

Effective:
July 1, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 74 - 120th General Assembly
This chapter does not modify any law applicable to the relationship between a person furnishing a professional service and a person receiving that service, including liability arising out of the furnishing of that service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.05 | Issuing Capital Stock.

Effective:
April 10, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 31 - 122nd General Assembly
A professional association may issue its capital stock only to persons who are duly licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the same professional service as that for which the association was organized or, in the case of a combination of professional services described in division (B) of section 1785.01 of the Revised Code, to render within this state any of the applicable types of professional services for which the association was organized.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.06 | Biennial Statement to Secretary of State.

Effective:
June 30, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A professional association, within thirty days after the thirtieth day of June in each even-numbered year, shall furnish a statement to the secretary of state showing the names and post-office addresses of all of the shareholders in the association and certifying that all of the shareholders are duly licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the same professional service for which the association was organized or, in the case of a combination of professional services described in division (B) of section 1785.01 of the Revised Code, to render within this state any of the applicable types of professional services for which the association was organized. This statement shall be made on a form that the secretary of state shall prescribe, shall be signed by an officer of the association, and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
If any professional association fails to file the biennial statement within the time required by this section, the secretary of state shall give notice of the failure by ordinary or electronic mail to the last known physical or electronic address of the association or its agent. If the biennial statement is not filed within thirty days after the mailing of the notice, the secretary of state, upon the expiration of that period, shall cancel the association's articles of incorporation, give notice of the cancellation to the association by ordinary or electronic mail sent to the last known physical or electronic address of the association or its agent, and make a notation of the cancellation on the records of the secretary of state.
A professional association whose articles have been canceled pursuant to this section may be reinstated by filing an application for reinstatement and the required biennial statement or statements and by paying the reinstatement fee specified in division (Q) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code. The rights, privileges, and franchises of a professional association whose articles have been reinstated are subject to section 1701.922 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state shall inform the tax commissioner of all cancellations and reinstatements under this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.07 | Selling or Transferring Shares.

Effective:
April 10, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 31 - 122nd General Assembly
A shareholder of a professional association may sell or transfer that shareholder's shares in the association only to another individual who is duly licensed, certificated, or otherwise legally authorized to render within this state the same professional service as that for which the association was organized or, in the case of a combination of professional services described in division (B) of section 1785.01 of the Revised Code, to render in this state any of the applicable types of professional services for which the association was organized.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.08 | Applicability of General Corporation Laws.

Effective:
August 22, 2007
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 33 - 127th General Assembly
Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code applies to professional associations, including their organization and the manner of filing articles of incorporation, except that the requirements of division (A) of section 1701.06 of the Revised Code do not apply to professional associations. If any provision of this chapter conflicts with any provision of Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code, the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence. A professional association for the practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery or for the combined practice of optometry, chiropractic, acupuncture through the state chiropractic board, psychology, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, mechanotherapy, medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery may provide in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that its directors may have terms of office not exceeding six years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1785 | Professional Associations › Section 1785.09 | Other Forms of Organization.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly
This chapter does not preclude the rendering of a professional service within this state by a corporation formed under division (B) of section 1701.03 of the Revised Code, a limited liability company formed under Chapter 1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code, or a foreign limited liability company registered with the secretary of state and transacting business in this state in accordance with sections 1705.53 to 1705.58 or 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.011 | Housing Divisions - Environmental Division.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
There is hereby created a housing division in the Cleveland municipal court and in the Toledo municipal court, and an environmental division in the Franklin county municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.022 | Jurisdiction to Appoint Trustees to Receive and Distribute Earnings in Executions Against Property.

Effective:
November 6, 1959
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 103rd General Assembly
In addition to the territorial jurisdiction conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, all municipal courts shall also have jurisdiction within the limits of the county or counties in which their territory is situated, except within the territorial jurisdiction of another municipal court, to appoint trustees to receive and distribute earnings in accordance with section 2329.70 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.023 | Extension of Jurisdiction for Municipal Courts on South Shore of Lake Erie.

Effective:
February 4, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 21 - 120th General Assembly
In addition to the territorial jurisdiction conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, the municipal courts of Ashtabula, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Conneaut, Euclid, Huron, Lakewood, Lorain, Mentor, Oregon, Ottawa county, Painesville, Rocky River, Sandusky, Toledo, Vermilion, and Willoughby have jurisdiction within their respective counties northerly beyond the south shore of Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, between the easterly and westerly boundary lines of the adjacent municipal or county courts. The municipal courts that are given jurisdiction in Lake Erie by this section have concurrent jurisdiction in Lake Erie with any adjacent county or municipal courts that borders on Lake Erie.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.025 | Jurisdiction of Housing and Environmental Divisions.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
The housing or environmental division of a municipal court created pursuant to section 1901.011 of the Revised Code has the same territorial jurisdiction as the municipal court of which it is a part, but shall be styled and known as the "housing division of the _________," or the "environmental division of the ______________," inserting the name of the municipal court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.027 | Ohio River Jurisdiction.

Effective:
September 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 518 - 134th General Assembly
In addition to the territorial jurisdiction conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, the municipal courts established in Athens, Batavia, Gallipolis, Georgetown, Cincinnati, Ironton, Chesapeake, Marietta, Portsmouth, and Steubenville and the municipal court established within Columbiana county that is described in division (C) of section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction beyond the north or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts. Each of the municipal courts that is given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by this section has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts that border on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law.
Last updated July 8, 2022 at 10:28 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.03 | Municipal Court Definitions.

Effective:
September 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 518 - 134th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01 and 1901.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the county in which a county-operated municipal court is located.
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located.
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located.
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne county municipal court and, effective January 1, 2018, also includes the Perry county municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2020, also includes the Paulding county municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2024, also includes the Fulton county municipal court.
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is located" includes each municipal corporation named in section 1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a judge sits pursuant to any provision of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code except division (M) of that section.
Last updated July 8, 2022 at 10:29 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.031 | Terms Include Housing or Environmental Division of Municipal Court.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "municipal court" includes the housing or environmental division of the municipal court, and "judge" includes the judge of the housing or environmental division of the municipal court, as created by section 1901.011 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.041 | Assignment and Referral of Cases to Special Divisions of Court.

Effective:
September 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Except as authorized by or provided in division (B) of section 1901.181 of the Revised Code, all cases filed after the institution of a housing or environmental division of a municipal court and over which the division has jurisdiction shall be assigned by the administrative judge of the municipal court to the judge of the division. Any cases pending in the municipal court at the time the division is instituted and over which the division has jurisdiction shall be reassigned to the judge of the division, if the administrative judge determines that reassignment will not delay the trial of the case and that reassignment is in the best interests of the parties.
(B) The Hamilton county municipal court may refer a case to the drug court judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county if the case is of a type that is eligible for admission into the drug court under the local rule adopted by the court of common pleas under division (B)(3) of section 2301.03 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 7, 2023 at 2:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.051 | Housing and Environmental Division Judges Election.

Effective:
July 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 119th General Assembly
(A) The housing division of the Cleveland municipal court shall consist of one full-time judge. The judge of the housing division shall be elected specifically as the housing division judge and shall be the judge of the Cleveland municipal court whose term began January 2, 1978, and his successors.
(B) The housing division of the Toledo municipal court shall consist of one full-time judge. The judge of the housing division shall be elected specifically as the housing division judge and shall be the judge of the Toledo municipal court whose term begins January 1, 1988, and his successors.
(C) The environmental division of the Franklin county municipal court shall consist of one full-time judge. The judge of the environmental division shall be elected specifically as the environmental division judge and shall be the judge of the Franklin county municipal court whose term begins January 8, 1992, and his successors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.06 | Qualifications and Election of Judge.

Effective:
April 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly
(A) A municipal judge during the judge's term of office shall be a qualified elector and a resident of the territory of the court to which the judge is elected or appointed. A municipal judge shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least one year preceding appointment or the commencement of the judge's term and, for a total of at least six years preceding appointment or the commencement of the judge's term, shall have 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 the practice of 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 the practice of law in this state or practiced in the courts of this state.
(B) Except as provided in section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, the first election of any newly created office of a municipal judge shall be held at the next regular municipal election occurring not less than one hundred days after the creation of the office. Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of section 1901.01 of the Revised Code, the institution of a new municipal court shall take place on the first day of January next after the first election for the court.
Last updated March 3, 2023 at 2:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.09 | Presiding and Administrative Judge.

Effective:
August 3, 1999
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 89 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) In a municipal court having only one judge, that judge shall be designated as both the presiding judge and the administrative judge.
(B) In a municipal court having two or more judges, the presiding and administrative judge shall be elected or designated as provided in the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 19 | Courts-Municipal-Mayor's-County › Chapter 1901 | Municipal Court › Section 1901.10 | Oath of Office Required - Vacancy.

Effective:
July 10, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 261 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The judges of a municipal court and officers of the court shall take an oath of office as provided in section 3.23 of the Revised Code.
(B) The office of judge of a municipal court is subject to forfeiture, and the judge may be removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code. A vacancy in the office of judge exists upon the death, resignation, forfeiture, removal from office, or absence from official duties for a period of six consecutive months, as determined under this section, of the judge and also by reason of the expiration of the term of an incumbent when no successor has been elected or qualified. A vacancy resulting from the absence of a judge from official duties for a period of six consecutive months shall be determined and declared by the legislative authority.
(C)(1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of judge or clerk of the municipal court after the one-hundredth day before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May and prior to the fortieth day before the day of the general election, all candidates for election to the unexpired term of the judge or clerk shall file nominating petitions with the board of elections not later than four p.m. on the tenth day following the day on which the vacancy occurs, except that, when the vacancy occurs fewer than six days before the fortieth day before the general election, the deadline for filing shall be four p.m. on the thirty-sixth day before the day of the general election.
(2) Each nominating petition referred to in division (C)(1) of this section shall be in the form prescribed in section 3513.261 of the Revised Code and shall be signed by at least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the municipal court. No nominating petition shall be accepted for filing or filed if it appears on its face to contain signatures aggregating in number more than twice the minimum aggregate number of signatures required by this section.