Ohio Code 2715.21 – Powers and duties of receiver
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(A) The receiver appointed under section 2715.20 of the Revised Code shall take possession of all notes, due bills, books of account, accounts, and other evidences of debt, that have been taken by the levying officer as the property of the defendant in attachment, and proceed to settle and collect them. For that purpose, the receiver may commence and maintain actions in the receiver’s own name, as receiver, but no right of defense in the action shall be impaired or affected.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2715.21
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Levying officer: means the sheriff, another authorized law enforcement officer, or a bailiff who is ordered by the court to take possession of property under an order of attachment. See Ohio Code 2715.011
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Under the control of the court that appointed the receiver under section 2715.20 of the Revised Code, the receiver may do any of the acts specified in section 2735.04 of the Revised Code.