Court and money
Debt, eviction, work, family and records. The side of the system with no officer in it.
107 sections
Renting
- When the Landlord Will Not Fix ItORC 5321.07 — rent escrow, and the condition that decides it
- Renting the Lot, Owning the HomeORC 4781.40 — thirty days notice, and the right to organize
- Getting the Deposit BackORC 5321.16 — thirty days, and the address that preserves the remedy
- Being EvictedORC 5321.15 — a landlord cannot do it alone
- When the Power Goes OffOAC 4901:1-18 — disconnection, and the order that reverses it
- When the Storage Unit Is SoldORC 5322.02 — the lien, and the notices before the auction
- Renting to Own ItORC 1351.05 — the grace period, and the right to get it back after it goes
- When the Landlord RetaliatesORC 5321.02 — three protected acts, three prohibited responsesalso here
- Discrimination in HousingORC 4112.02 — the classes, and the sentence about availabilityalso here
- Ending a Month to MonthORC 5321.17 — thirty days before the rental date, not thirty days from todayalso here
- What a Lease Cannot SayORC 5321.13 — three terms a residential rental agreement does not get to containalso here
Work and pay
- When the Check Does Not ComeORC 4113.15 — the schedule wages are owed on, and what late costs
- Discrimination at WorkORC 4112.02 — two years, and a step that has to come before court
- Hurt at WorkORC 4123.84 — one year for an injury, and it used to be two
- When the Benefits StopOAC 5101:6-4-01 — two deadlines, doing two different jobs
- Appealing UnemploymentORC 4141.281 — twenty one days from the day it was sent
- Working with a RecordORC 2953.25 — the order that turns an automatic bar into a decision
- The Background CheckORC 109.57 — and the sealed record a check can still reach
- What You Have to Be PaidOhio Const. art. II, § 34a — a rate that rises on its own, and three times what was not paid
- Working Under EighteenORC 4109.07 — the hours a school night closes off, and the break nobody is told about
- The Clause About Working ElsewhereRaimonde v. Van Vlerah — three questions, and a court that may rewrite rather than only strike
- The Pay StubORC 4113.14 — a statement every payday, ten days after a written request, and a notice on the wall
- Telling Somebody at WorkORC 4113.52 — oral notice then a written report, twenty four hours back, and one hundred eighty days to sue
Family, children and school
- When School Calls It TruancyORC 3321.16 — when the attendance officer files, and the progress that stops it
- Who Gets the ChildrenORC 3109.04 — the best interest of the child, and no head start for either parent
- What the Child Gets to SayORC 3109.04(B) — the interview in chambers, and the statement nobody may take
- What You File in a Custody CaseORC 3127.23 and 3109.04(G) — the sworn history of the child, and the plan a shared parenting request brings with it
- The Parent Who Is Not the Residential OneORC 3109.051 — records, school activities, the child care center, and notice of a move
- Support and Parenting TimeORC 3109.051 — two orders, and neither one buys the other
- Grandparents and VisitationORC 3109.11 — two doors in, and no general one
- What Parents Answer ForORC 3109.09, 3109.10 and 2919.24 — a child's damage, a child's assault, and contributing
- Changing Your NameORC 2717.03 — probate court, sixty days in the county, and the notice that can be waived
- Turning EighteenORC 3109.01 — one sentence, and the things it does not move
- Leaving Home Before EighteenORC 3109.01 — and the emancipation section Ohio does not have
- Living Together Is Not MarriageORC 3105.12 — common law marriage stopped forming in Ohio on 10 October 1991
- Suspended or ExpelledORC 3313.66 — ten school days, eighty school days, and the notice that has to come first
- When the School Calls It BullyingORC 3313.666 — what every district's policy has to contain, and who has to be told
- Who Has to Report ItORC 2151.421 — the professions the statute names, and what immunity a good faith report carries
- Tattoos, Piercings and Tanning Under EighteenORC 3730.06 — a parent in the room, a signed form, and the tanning rules by age
- The Ages That Change ThingsFrom fourteen to twenty one, what each birthday opens under Ohio law
- Before Any Custody OrderORC 3109.042 and 2919.23 — who has the child until a court says, and taking a child from that parentalso here
- Sealing a Juvenile RecordORC 2151.356 — and the expungement that arrives on its ownalso here
- Ending a MarriageORC 3105.01 and 3105.64 — two routes, six months of residence, and a window with two endsalso here
- Who the Father Is on PaperORC 3111.27 — sixty days to rescind, and a year for the only other way outalso here
- When Children Services ComesORC 2151.421 — the twenty four hours, the cooperation with police, and the hearing that follows a removalalso here
Debt, buying and money
- When They GarnishORC 2329.66 — the ceiling on what a judgment can reach
- What They Cannot TakeORC 2329.66 — the exemptions, and the five days to claim them
- When a Business Rips You OffORC 1345.09 — what a consumer may recover, and the file that trebles it
- When They Take the Car BackORC 1309.609 — no court needed, and no breach of the peace allowed
- The Hospital BillORC 5168.14 — free care a hospital owes rather than offers
- The Short Term LoanORC 1321.41 — three business days to undo it, and no rollovers
- When Someone Uses Your NameORC 2913.49 — and why the police report is the document that matters
- Signing Over a CarORC 4505.06 — a signed title is not a transferred one
- How Long They Can Sue YouORC 2305.06 — six years, four years, and the payment that starts it over
- The Three Day CancellationORC 1345.22 — midnight of the third business day, and what it covers
- When a New Car Is a LemonORC 1345.72 — one year or eighteen thousand miles, whichever comes first
- Money the State Is HoldingORC 169.08 — no limitations period bars the claim
- The Gift CardORC 1349.61 — two years before it may expire, and two years before a fee may touch it
- The Letter About Your InformationORC 1349.19 — forty five days from discovery, and the credit bureaus at a thousand
- The Title That Never CameORC 4505.181 — forty days for the dealer to put the title in your name, and the unconditional right to undo the sale
- The Repair EstimateOAC 109:4-3-13 — the choice you are owed, and the ten percentalso here
- Putting It in Writing FirstORC 2133.02 and 1337.12 — two documents, and who is not allowed to witness themalso here
Owning a home, land and animals
- When the House Is ForeclosedORC 2329.33 — the window closes at confirmation, not at the sale
- Buying on a Land ContractORC 5313.07 — five years or twenty percent changes everything
- When a Dog BitesORC 955.28 — strict liability, and the three ways out of it
- A Lien on Your HouseORC 1311.06 — sixty days on a home, and paying the contractor is not the end of it
- The Fence on the LineORC 971.07 — an existing fence is shared, a new one is not
- A Dog the County Calls DangerousORC 955.23 — ten calendar days to ask for the hearing, and who has to prove what at it
- A Wild Animal as a PetORC 935.02 — lions, bears, alligators and monkeys, off limits since January 1, 2014
- The Tree on the LineORC 901.51 — cutting somebody else's vegetation, and the multiplier that followsalso here
- The House That Skips ProbateORC 5302.22 — a transfer on death designation affidavit, and what it does not touchalso here
- The Value on Your Tax BillORC 5715.19 — a complaint to the board of revision by the end of March, and thirty days to appeal what it decidesalso here
- The Strip You Have Been MowingORC 2305.04 — twenty one years, and the elements the Supreme Court of Ohio attached to themalso here
- The Form That Comes with the HouseORC 5302.30 — the seller's disclosure form, and the three business days a late one opensalso here
- When the Taxes Go UnpaidORC 5721.18 and 5721.25 — the county's own foreclosure, the contract that holds it off, and redemption until the sale is confirmedalso here
- The Break on Your Tax BillORC 323.152 — the homestead reduction, and ORC 323.153 — the day it is applied for byalso here
Health, aging and estates
- Signing Over AuthorityORC 1337.60 — a power of attorney starts working the day it is signed
- When a Court Appoints a GuardianORC 2111.02 — the alternatives a court has to weigh first
- Dying Without a WillORC 2105.06 — the state's order, and where it surprises people
- Who Decides If You CannotORC 2133.08 — the order that applies when nothing was signed
- Living in a Nursing HomeORC 3721.13 — rights that belong to the resident, not the family
- The Claim After a DeathORC 5162.21 — medicaid estate recovery, and what delays it
- A Small EstateORC 2113.03 — the ceilings that keep an estate out of full probate
- Your Own Medical RecordsORC 3701.74 — the written request, and the sixty day date on it
- Who Decides About Your BodyORC 2108.70 — a written declaration, and the list that answers when there is none
- Helping at the SceneORC 2305.23 — no civil liability for emergency care, unless the acts were willful or wanton
- A Death Somebody CausedORC 2125.02 — who may sue, for whose benefit, and the two years it has
- Where Nobody May SmokeORC 3794.02 — every public place and place of employment, and the short list the chapter does not reachalso here
Courts and records
- Summoned for Jury DutyORC 2313.19 — and the leave an employer may not even ask for
- Small ClaimsORC 1925.02 — six thousand dollars, and no lawyer needed
- Being a WitnessOhio Crim.R. 17 — the paper that is not a request
- Sealing Your RecordORC 2953.32 — what can come off, and when
- A Claim Against the GovernmentORC 2744.04 — two years to sue a political subdivision, and ORC 2743.16 — two years in the court of claims
- A Motion Is Not an OrderORC 2705.02 — what binds while a request waits, and what disobeying it can cost
- When You Are ServedOhio Civ.R. 4.1 — refusing the envelope is not a defense
- A Default JudgmentOhio Civ.R. 55 — what happens when nobody answers
- Setting Aside a JudgmentOhio Civ.R. 60 — three things, all of them, together
- How Long They Have to Charge YouORC 2901.13 — six years, two years, six months, and the offenses with no clock at allalso here
Inside and after
Public records, meetings and voting
- When a Meeting Is PublicORC 121.22 — open meetings, and what a closed one costs
- Voting, Step by StepORC 3503.01 — thirty days to be registered, and the ballot nobody can refuse you
- Asking for a Public RecordORC 149.43 — what you need not say, and the twenty five dollar court that hears a refusalalso here
More
- Assistance Dogs in PublicORC 955.43 — equal access, and no fee for the dog
- A Notary Is Not a LawyerORC 147.142 — the word a notary may not advertise with
- The Charge Before the LawsuitORC 4112.05 — two years to file with the commission, and a lawsuit that waits behind it
- The Dog the Warden Picked UpORC 955.16 — three days for an unregistered dog, fourteen for a registered one, and the notice in betweenalso here
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