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Title 17, Title 17. Corporations-Partnerships

41 chapters · 1,271 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 171,271 Ch 1701, Chapter 1701 | General Corporation Law118 Ch 1706, Chapter 1706 | Ohio Revised Limited …92 Ch 1751, Chapter 1751 | Health Insuring Corpo…83 Ch 1707, Chapter 1707 | Securities77 Ch 1733, Chapter 1733 | Credit Unions77 Ch 1782, Chapter 1782 | Limited Partnerships76 Ch 1776, Chapter 1776 | Ohio Uniform Partners…73 Ch 1702, Chapter 1702 | Nonprofit Corporation Law67 Ch 1745, Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporate…54 Ch 1729, Chapter 1729 | Ohio Cooperative Law53 Ch 1715, Chapter 1715 | Religious And Benevol…52 Ch 1713, Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations50 Ch 1711, Chapter 1711 | Agricultural Societie…40 Ch 1703, Chapter 1703 | Foreign Corporations30

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.01 Change in language of church service
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Any religious society incorporated in this state, if the act of incorporation prescribes that its public religious services shall be conducted in any language other than English, may decide, by a vote of a majority of its adult members in good and regular standing who speak such …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.02 Sale of cemetery grounds no longer usable
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When a religious or educational corporation or society holds lands within the limits of a municipal corporation which have been used as a cemetery, and interments in such lands have been prohibited by the ordinances of such municipal corporation, the trustees, wardens, vestry, or…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.03 Transfer of cemetery land to cemetery association
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When a religious or benevolent society or association owning real estate used or occupied as a burial place, the title to which real estate is vested in such society or association, or the trustees thereof, desires to transfer such real estate to a cemetery association incorporat…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.04 Conveyance of burying ground to township
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When a public burying ground is located on or near a township line and is used by the people of two or more townships for burial purposes, and the title thereto is vested in a religious or benevolent society, such society or the trustees thereof, may convey such burying ground to…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.05 Disposition of unused real estate

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When the title to real estate is vested in trustees for the use of churches or congregations of churches, and owing to its peculiar situation or to the nature of the trust or conditions upon which it is held, such real estate for twenty years has not been claimed by or appropriat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.06 Trustees of church site may convey it to church

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When real estate has been purchased by or conveyed to trustees for the use of churches or congregations, as sites for meetinghouses, and such churches or congregations have erected houses of worship thereon, but no power is possessed by such trustees to convey such real estate to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.07 Ecclesiastical society may transfer property to church

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An ecclesiastical society incorporated under the laws of this state connected with a church of Christ located in this state may, by a three-fourths vote of its adult members present and voting at a meeting announced and held for that purpose, assign and transfer to the church wit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.08 Consolidation of churches having same form of faith

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When two or more religious societies, churches, or associations recognizing the same ecclesiastical jurisdiction, form of faith, government, order, and discipline, and incorporated in this state, desire to be consolidated or united as a single corporation, the elders, trustees, d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.09 Transfer of property of consolidating organizations

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When two or more religious societies, denominations, or ecclesiastical corporations in this state unanimously form a union in this state, the trustees, deacons, directors, or other proper officers of the new society, denomination, or corporation, at the request of a majority of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.10 Consolidation of self-governing churches in same locality

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Any two or more churches, congregations, or religious societies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which are self-governing organizations and situated in the same township or municipal corporation, may unite their memberships and properties and continue their identity and c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.11 Association for holding donations and bequests

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An association incorporated for the purpose of receiving and holding donations, bequests, and funds derived from other sources, and disbursing the interest and income arising therefrom as provided in this section, shall hold all such principal sums as a permanent fund. The intere…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.12 Endowment fund corporations

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When a presbytery, synod, conference, diocesan convention, or other representative body of a religious denomination in this state, or an assembly, synod, conference, convention, or other general ecclesiastical body of a religious denomination in the United States, desires to crea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.13 Real estate of church liable for certain judgments

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Real estate held by or in trust for a religious society or congregation, as a place of worship or otherwise, is liable for and by civil action may be subjected to the payment of a judgment recovered against the trustees or a committee of such society or congregation, in their ind…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.14 Sale of real property of extinct corporation

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When a parish, congregation, or society becomes extinct by reason of the death or dispersion of its members, the court of common pleas of the county in which any real property of such extinct parish, congregation, or society is situated may, upon the petition of the board of trus…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.15 Incorporation of religious printing and publishing houses

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When a conference, presbytery, assembly, association, or other general ecclesiastical body held in the United States, in conformity with the regulations prescribed by it, elects any number of persons, not fewer than three, as trustees or directors of a printing and publishing hou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.16 Lands to descend in trust

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Lands and tenements, not exceeding twenty acres, that are conveyed by devise, purchase, or otherwise to trustees in trust for the use of a religious society for a meetinghouse, for a burying ground, or for a residence for their preacher, shall descend, with the improvements and a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.17 Legal title to lands

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Property conveyed in trust for the use of a religious society, church, or association, whether incorporated or not, shall be held by the trustees and their successors, appointed as provided in the instrument creating the trust, or in case no provision for successor trustees is ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.18 Incorporation of cathedrals or other religious societies

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When a diocesan convention or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state desires the incorporation of a cathedral or other central or general religious society or church of its denomination, having, in addition to local religious, educational, or charit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.19 Constitution

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Any representative body creating a corporation under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code may provide a constitution, not inconsistent with the statement provided for in such section, or with the law of this state, for the government of such corporation, and may amend such constit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.20 Power of trustees

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Members of the chapter or trustees of corporations organized under sections 1715.18 and 1715.19 of the Revised Code, if chosen to take charge of any endowment fund, may invest, manage, and dispose of such fund in accordance with the purpose for which it was created, subject to su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.21 Consolidation with corporation created by representative body

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When one or more parishes or other religious societies, represented by the same diocesan convention or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state, and incorporated in this state, desire at the same or different times to surrender their corporate existen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.22 Consolidation in anticipation of incorporation

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If, before the creation of a corporation under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code for the purposes provided in such section, any parish or religious society described in section 1715.21 of the Revised Code has been acting, by authority of its diocesan convention or other represe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.23 Incorporation of young men's Christian association

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A society of men conducting religious services, performing Christian work, and co-operating for the mutual benefit of the membership shall be known as a young men's Christian association not for profit. When such a society has received the approval of the state young men's Christ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.24 Management and control

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An incorporated young men's Christian association may adopt a code of regulations for its government.The management and control of the association shall be vested in a board of five or more trustees. They may be elected for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, bu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.25 Powers of young men's Christian association

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An incorporated young men's Christian association may conduct such work and organize such department as its board of trustees deems necessary to attain the purposes of the association, and may organize through such board under such rules as such board adopts, branches which may b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.26 Dissolution of association

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Subject to the contract rights of its members, an incorporated young men's Christian association may dissolve by a majority vote of the membership and by filing with the secretary of state a copy of the certificate of its action.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.27 State organization

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The young men's Christian association in this state may unite and constitute the state young men's Christian association for the supervision and conduct of its work in the state. The associations affiliated with the state association, through their representatives, may make such …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.29 Fiscal trustees of benevolent associations

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A benevolent or charitable association incorporated in this state, may vest the custody, control, and management of all its endowment, capital, funds, and property in three trustees, to be styled fiscal trustees. One of such fiscal trustees shall be appointed by the court of comm…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.30 Fiscal trustees - powers

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Fiscal trustees appointed for a benevolent association under section 1715.29 of the Revised Code shall have the exclusive authority, in the name and behalf of such association, to demand, take, and possess all the endowment, capital, funds, or property which the association has o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.31 Provisions in articles for fiscal trustees

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A benevolent or charitable association incorporated under general or special law and coming within the purview of section 1715.29 of the Revised Code, may accept the provisions of sections 1715.29 and 1715.30 of the Revised Code by a vote of the majority of the members present at…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.32 Consolidation of charitable or benevolent institutions

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When two or more charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations formed or incorporated in this state desire to be consolidated as a single corporation, or when two or more charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations one or more of which is or may be incorporated in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.33 Ratification of consolidation agreement

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No agreement for the consolidation of charitable, benevolent, or educational organizations under section 1715.32 of the Revised Code shall be valid until it has been submitted to a separate meeting of the members of each of the component organizations, of which meeting notice has…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.34 Approval of agreement by first meeting of united corporation

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At the first meeting of a united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, each member of each of the component organizations is entitled to vote. If at such meeting the proceedings and acts of the several component organizations are su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.35 Constitution and bylaws

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A united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may adopt a constitution, bylaws, and rules, and may amend them under such provisions for amendment as it adopts.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.36 Succession to rights and obligations of component organizations

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The various organizations entering into a union under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38 of the Revised Code, shall be merged in the united body and the new corporation, with its officers and chosen directors, trustees, or other representatives, shall succeed to and be vested with all t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.37 Petition for conveyance

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A united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, at the request of a majority of its members, or by act of its board of trustees, directors or other governing body, may in its corporate name petition the court of common pleas of the p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.38 Subsequent consolidations with united corporation

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After the creation of a united corporation under sections 1715.32 to 1715.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any one or more organizations of like character may unite with and become a part of such corporation in accordance with such sections.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.39 Sale or encumbrance of real estate by a religious or charitable organization

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When a charitable or religious society or association desires to sell, lease, exchange, or encumber by mortgage or otherwise any real estate owned by it, held in trust by it for a specified religious or charitable purpose, or held for its use or benefit by trustees chosen by it o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.40 Conveyance of property to allied organizations

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The board of trustees of a church organization or of a religious or charitable society or association, or such organization or religious or charitable society or association itself if incorporated, and all persons holding title to property in trust for it, may, upon a two-thirds …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.41 Confirmation by court

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The trustees or other officers of a charitable or religious society or association who are authorized to make a sale, lease, exchange, or encumbrance in accordance with sections 1715.39 to 1715.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall make return thereof to the court of common p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.411 Validity and effect of deeds and mortgages

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When the trustees or other officers mentioned in sections 1715.37 to 1715.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code, have sold and conveyed by deed in fee simple or mortgaged any real estate therein mentioned, without proceeding as required by those sections, and the deed of conveyance …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.42 Secret benevolent societies

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A secret benevolent association or society incorporated in this state may accept and receive any donation or voluntary contribution; collect its assessments, which shall not exceed one fifth of one per cent of the amount payable at the death of a member; and pay endowments in the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.43 Real estate held by lodge

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Any unincorporated lodge or other subordinate body of any society or order, which is chartered by its grand lodge or body, may take and hold real estate for its own use and benefit, by lease, purchase, grant, devise, gift, or otherwise; may loan its funds and secure such loans, o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.51 Uniform management of institutional funds definitions

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As used in sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Charitable purpose" means any purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community, including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, and the promotion of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.52 Intent of donor - costs - investment pooling - standard of care

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(A) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument, an institution, in managing and investing an institutional fund, shall consider the charitable purposes of the institution and the purposes of the institutional fund. (B) In addition to complying with any other …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.53 Appropriations from net appreciation

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(A) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument and to division (D) of this section, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes, and dura…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.54 Delegation of authority

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(A)(1) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in any other provision of law, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.55 Releasing restriction on use or investment of institutional fund

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(A) If a donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification shall not, however, permit a fund to be used …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.56 Determination of compliance with RC 1715.51 et seq

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Compliance with sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken, and not by hindsight.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1715.57 Construction of RC 1715.51 et seq

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(A) Sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code shall be construed as modifying, limiting, and superseding the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 114 Stat. 464, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., with the exception of section 101 of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(a).…