Ohio Code § 1746.03

Ohio Code § 1746.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1746.03.

No business trust shall be authorized to transact business in this state unless it

complies with section 1746.04 of the Revised Code , except that a business trust that is transacting business in this state on the effective

date of this section may continue to transact business in this state without complying

with this chapter and, if it makes the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code , shall be deemed to have elected to operate under this chapter.  A business trust shall be deemed to be transacting business in this state for purposes

of this chapter only if such business trust maintains a place of business in this

state from which it regularly engages on its own behalf in activities permitted by

its trust instrument and permitted under this chapter, provided that nothing contained

in this chapter shall prohibit any business trust that does not transact business

within the meaning set forth in this section from voluntarily complying with the provisions

of this chapter.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1746.03
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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