Court and money
Debt, eviction, small claims, records and school attendance. The side of the system with no officer in it.
When They GarnishORC 2716.13 — the ceiling on what a judgment can reach- What They Cannot TakeORC 2329.66 — the exemptions, and the five days to claim them
When School Calls It TruancyORC 3321.191 — the steps a school owes before a complaint is filed- When The Landlord Will Not Fix ItORC 5321.07 — rent escrow, and the condition that decides it
- When A Business Rips You OffORC 1345.09 — what a consumer may recover, and the file that trebles it
- When The Cheque Does Not ComeORC 4113.15 — the schedule wages are owed on, and what late costs
- 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
- When They Take The Car BackORC 1309.609 — no court needed, and no breach of the peace allowed
- Discrimination At WorkORC 4112.02 — two years, and a step that has to come before court
- When The House Is ForeclosedORC 2329.33 — the window closes at confirmation, not at the sale
- Hurt At WorkORC 4123.84 — one year for an injury, and it used to be two
- 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 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
- Buying On A Land ContractORC 5313.07 — five years or twenty per cent changes everything
- Support And Parenting TimeORC 3109.051 — two orders, and neither one buys the other
- Dying Without A WillORC 2105.06 — the state's order, and where it surprises people
- When A Dog BitesORC 955.28 — strict liability, and the three ways out of it
- Who Decides If You CannotORC 2133.08 — the order that applies when nothing was signed
- Assistance Dogs In PublicORC 955.43 — equal access, and no fee for the dog
- Living In A Nursing HomeORC 3721.13 — rights that belong to the resident, not the family
- When Someone Uses Your NameORC 2913.49 — and why the police report is the document that matters
- Renting The Lot, Owning The HomeORC 4781.40 — thirty days notice, and the right to organise
- A Lien On Your HouseORC 1311.06 — sixty days on a home, and paying the contractor is not the end of it
- Grandparents And VisitationORC 3109.11 — two doors in, and no general one
- The Fence On The LineORC 971.07 — an existing fence is shared, a new one is not
- Getting The Deposit BackORC 5321.16 — thirty days, and the address that preserves the remedy
- The Claim After A DeathORC 5162.21 — medicaid estate recovery, and what delays it
- Signing Over A CarORC 4505.06 — a signed title is not a transferred one
- Summoned For Jury DutyORC 2313.19 — and the leave an employer may not even ask for
- 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
Changing Your NameORC 2717.01 — probate court, and the notice that can be waived- Small ClaimsORC 1925.02 — six thousand dollars, and no lawyer needed
- Being A WitnessOhio Crim.R. 17 — the paper that is not a request
- Working With A RecordORC 2953.25 — the order that turns an automatic bar into a decision
- Sealing Your RecordORC 2953.32 — what can come off, and when
- 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
- A Small EstateORC 2113.03 — the ceilings that keep an estate out of full probate
- The Background CheckORC 109.57 — and the sealed record a check can still reach
- How Long They Can Sue YouORC 2305.06 — six years, four years, and the payment that starts it over
- When A Meeting Is PublicORC 121.22 — open meetings, and what a closed one costs
- A Notary Is Not A LawyerORC 147.142 — the word a notary may not advertise with
- Your Own Medical RecordsORC 3701.74 — the written request, and the sixty day date on it
- 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- When The Storage Unit Is SoldORC 5322.02 — the lien, and the notices before the auction
- Money The State Is HoldingORC 169.08 — no limitations period bars the claim
- When You Are ServedOhio Civ.R. 4.1 — refusing the envelope is not a defence
- A Default JudgmentOhio Civ.R. 55 — what happens when nobody answers
- Setting Aside A JudgmentOhio Civ.R. 60 — three things, all of them, together
- When The Landlord RetaliatesORC 5321.02 — three protected acts, three prohibited responsesalso filed here
- Sealing A Juvenile RecordORC 2151.356 — and the expungement that arrives on its ownalso filed here
- Discrimination In HousingORC 4112.02 — the classes, and the sentence about availabilityalso filed here
- The Repair EstimateOAC 109:4-3-13 — the choice you are owed, and the ten per centalso filed here
- Ending A Month To MonthORC 5321.17 — thirty days before the rental date, not thirty days from todayalso filed here
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What the words mean
- Accrual
- Civil forfeiture
- Confirmation of sale
- Deficiency
- Equitable shares
- Executive session
- Habitual truant
- Harborer
- Home solicitation sale
- Intestate
- Judgment proof
- Legal disability
- Liquidated damages
- Nonconformity
- Per stirpes
- Personal representative
- Redemption
- Release from administration
- Rent escrow
- Treble damages
- Unruly child
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