Ohio Code 1111.23 – Requirements for oaths, affidavits and signatures
(A)(1) Whenever an executor, administrator, guardian, or conservator of estates, assignee, receiver, depositary, safekeeping agent, or trustee is required to take and subscribe an oath or to make an affidavit, a trust company acting in that capacity may satisfy the requirement through the oath or affidavit of any authorized officer.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1111.23
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Oath: includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) A trust company that takes and subscribes an oath or makes an affidavit is liable for its failure to perform any of the duties required by law to be performed by an individual acting in like capacity, and is subject to the same penalties for the failure as would be applicable to an individual.
(B) In proceedings in any probate court or court of record that are connected with any authority exercised under Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, all accounts, returns, and other papers may be signed and sworn to on behalf of a trust company by any authorized officer of the trust company.