Ohio Code 1109.10 – Claims adverse to deposits or property
If any claim not clearly consistent with the terms of any applicable authority on file with a bank is made to any deposit, safe deposit box, property held in safekeeping, security, obligation, or other property in the bank’s possession or control, in whole or in part, by any person, including any depositor, individual, or group of individuals, whether or not authorized to draw on or exercise any right or control with respect to the property, the bank is not required to recognize the claim without one of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1109.10
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) A court order, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction and served on the bank, enjoining or restraining the bank from taking any action with respect to the property or instructing the bank to pay some or all of the balance of the account, provide access to the safe deposit box, or deliver the property as provided in the order;
(B) A bond in the form and amount and with sureties satisfactory to the bank, indemnifying the bank against any liabilities, loss, and expenses it might incur because of its recognition of the claim or because of its refusal, due to the claim, to honor or recognize any right with respect to the property.