Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.708

• Continuation statement: means an amendment of a financing statement that:

  (a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

  (b) Indicates that it is a continuation statement for, or that it is filed to continue the effectiveness of, the identified financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102

• Financing statement: means a record composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record or records relating to the initial financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Secured party: means :

  (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

  (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

  (c) A consignor;

  (d) A person to whom accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes have been sold;

  (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

  (f) A person who holds a security interest arising under section 1302. See Ohio Code 1309.102