Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly As used in this chapter, “person” means any person, partnership, joint-stock company, unincorporated association, society, municipal corporation, or other corporation.
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, courts of record may declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 595 – 132nd General Assembly Subject to division (B) of section 2721.02 of the Revised Code, any person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writing constituting a contract or any person whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a constitutional provision, […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly Subject to division (B) of section 2721.02 of the Revised Code, a contract may be construed by a declaratory judgment or decree either before or after there has been a breach of the contract.
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly As used in this section, “incompetent person” means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly Sections 2721.03 to 2721.05 of the Revised Code do not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred by division (A) of section 2721.02 of the Revised Code in any action or proceeding in which declaratory relief is sought under […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly Courts of record may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree under this chapter if the judgment or decree would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the action or proceeding in which the declaratory relief is […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly All judgments and decrees under this chapter may be reviewed on appeal as are other judgments and decrees of the court of record involved.
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly Subject to section 2721.16 of the Revised Code, whenever necessary or proper, a court of record may grant further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree previously granted under this chapter. The application for the further relief shall be by a […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly When an action or proceeding in which declaratory relief is sought under this chapter involves the determination of an issue of fact, that issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are tried and determined in […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly In any action or proceeding in which declaratory relief is sought under this chapter, the court may make an award of court costs as is equitable and just.
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, when declaratory relief is sought under this chapter in an action or proceeding, all persons who have or claim any interest that would be affected by the declaration shall be made parties to the […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly The provisions of this chapter are remedial and shall be liberally construed and administered.
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make the law of this state uniform with the law of those states that enact similar provisions and to harmonize, insofar as possible, with […]
Effective: September 24, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 58 – 123rd General Assembly With the exception of sections 2721.02 and 2721.03 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this chapter are independent and severable, and the invalidity of any part of those provisions does not affect or render the remainder of those provisions invalid or […]
Effective: January 25, 2002 Latest Legislation: House Bill 233 – 124th General Assembly (A)(1) A court of record shall not award attorney’s fees to any party on a claim or proceeding for declaratory relief under this chapter unless any of the following applies: (a) A section of the Revised Code explicitly authorizes a court of […]
Effective: August 3, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 17 – 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Defendant” means a person against whom an individual believes that, but for the expiration of the limitation period for the cause of action under section 2305.111 of the Revised Code, the individual would have a […]
