Ohio Code § 1313.56
Ohio Code § 1313.56. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1313.56.
A sale, conveyance, transfer, mortgage, or assignment, made in trust or otherwise
by a debtor, and every judgment suffered by him against himself in contemplation of
insolvency and with a design to prefer one or more creditors to the exclusion in whole
or in part of others, and a sale, conveyance, transfer, mortgage, or assignment made,
or judgment procured by him to be rendered, in any manner, with intent to hinder,
delay, or defraud creditors, is void as to creditors of such debtor at the suit of
any creditor. In a suit brought by a creditor of such debtor for the purpose of declaring such
sale void, a receiver may be appointed who shall take charge of all the assets of
such debtor, including the property so sold, conveyed, transferred, mortgaged, or
assigned, and also administer all the assets of the debtor for the equal benefit of
the creditors of the debtor in proportion to the amount of their respective demands,
including those which are unmatured.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1313.56
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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