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Section 2117.01 | Debts Due an Executor or Administrator.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly No part of the assets of a deceased shall be retained by an executor or administrator in satisfaction of the executor’s or the administrator’s own claim, until it has been proved to and allowed by the probate court. That debt is not […]

Section 2117.02 | Presentation of Claim to Probate Court.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly An executor or administrator within three months after the date of appointment shall present any claim the executor or administrator has against the estate to the probate court for allowance. The claim shall not be paid unless allowed by the court. When […]

Section 2117.03 | Disinterested Person to Represent Estate.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly At any time after the presentation by an executor or administrator of a claim that the executor or administrator owns against the estate the executor or administrator represents to the probate court for allowance, the court on its own motion, or on […]

Section 2117.04 | Appeal From Final Order or Judgment.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly Upon the hearing as to the allowance of an executor’s or administrator’s claim against the estate the executor or administrator represents, an appeal may be taken from a final order or judgment of the probate court upon a matter of law by […]

Section 2117.05 | Compromise and Settlement of Claims.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly On the application of an executor or administrator for authority to compromise and settle a claim in favor of or against a decedent’s estate, the probate court, upon hearing on such application and after reasonable notice has been given to all persons […]

Section 2117.07 | Acceleration of Bar Against Claims of Potential Claimants.

Effective: April 8, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 125th General Assembly An executor or administrator may accelerate the bar against claims against the estate established by section 2117.06 of the Revised Code by giving written notice to a potential claimant that identifies the decedent by name, states the date of the death of […]

Section 2117.08 | Authentication of Claims.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly When a claim is presented against the estate of a deceased person, the executor or administrator may require satisfactory written proof in support of it and also the affidavit of the claimant that the claim is justly due, that no payments have […]

Section 2117.09 | Disputed Claims.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly If an executor or administrator doubts the justice of any claim presented against the estate the executor or administrator represents, the executor or administrator may enter into an agreement in writing with the claimant to refer the matter in controversy to three […]

Section 2117.10 | Failure of Lienholder to Present Claim.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly The failure of the holder of a valid lien upon any of the assets of an estate to present the lienholder’s claim upon the indebtedness secured by the lien, as provided in this chapter, shall not affect the lien if the same […]

Section 2117.11 | Rejection of a Claim.

Effective: April 8, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 125th General Assembly An executor or administrator, or a distributee who receives the presentation of a claim as provided in division (A)(2) of section 2117.06 of the Revised Code, shall reject a creditor’s claim against the estate by giving the claimant written notice of the […]

Section 2117.12 | Action on Rejected Claim Barred.

Effective: April 8, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 125th General Assembly When a claim against an estate has been rejected in whole or in part but not referred to referees, or when a claim has been allowed in whole or in part and thereafter rejected, the claimant must commence an action on the […]

Section 2117.13 | Claims Rejected on Requisition of Heir, Devisee, or Creditor.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly If a devisee, legatee, heir, creditor, or other interested party files in the probate court a written requisition on the executor or administrator to reject a claim presented for allowance against the estate the executor or administrator represents, whether the claim has […]

Section 2117.14 | Parties to Action on Claim Rejected on Requisition.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The devisee, legatee, heir, creditor, or other interested party filing the requisition referred to in section 2117.13 of the Revised Code, shall be made a party defendant with the executor or administrator to any action on a claim rejected on requisition and […]

Section 2117.15 | Payment of Debts – Report of Insolvency.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly An executor or administrator may proceed to pay the debts due from the estate in accordance with Chapters 2113. to 2125. of the Revised Code. If it appears at any time that the estate is insolvent, the executor or administrator may report […]

Section 2117.17 | Hearing Allowing and Classifying Claims.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly (A) The probate court on its own motion may, and on motion of the executor or administrator shall, assign all claims against the estate that have been presented and any other known valid debts of the estate for hearing on a day […]

Section 2117.18 | Personal Property Taxes, Penalties, and Interest.

Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 129th General Assembly Taxes, penalties, and interest placed on a duplicate or added by the county auditor or the tax commissioner because of a failure to make a return or because of a false or incomplete return for taxation shall be a debt of a […]

Section 2117.19 | No Allowance to Tax Inquisitors.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly For the years during which property is required to be listed in the name of an executor or administrator, no percentage or part of any increased tax on such property of an estate, covered by an inventory required by section 2115.02 of […]

Section 2117.25 | Order in Which Debts to Be Paid.

Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) Every executor or administrator shall proceed with diligence to pay the debts of the decedent and shall apply the assets in the following order: (1) Costs and expenses of administration; (2) An amount, not exceeding four thousand dollars, for funeral expenses […]