Ohio Code § 1776.04

Ohio Code § 1776.04. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1776.04.

(A) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law

and equity supplement this chapter. (B) If an obligation to pay interest under this chapter does not specify a rate of interest,

the rate is that specified in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code . (C) No partnership and no person acting on behalf of a partnership shall interpose the

defense or make the claim of usury in any action or proceeding upon, or with reference

to, any obligation of that partnership.  The notes, bonds, other evidences of indebtedness, mortgages, pledges, and deeds

of trust of a partnership shall not be set aside, impaired, or adjudged invalid by

reason of anything contained in any laws prohibiting or otherwise pertaining to usury

or regulating interest rates. (D) No obligation of a partner to a partnership arising under a partnership agreement

or a separate agreement or writing, and no note, instruction, or other writing evidencing

any such obligation of a partner, is subject to the defense of usury, and no partner

shall interpose the defense of usury with respect to any such obligation in any action.

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1776.04
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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