Ohio Code § 2323.12
Ohio Code § 2323.12. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2323.12.
A person indebted, or against whom a cause of action exists, may personally appear
in a court of competent jurisdiction, and, with the assent of the creditor, or person
having such cause of action, confess judgment; whereupon judgment shall be entered
accordingly. The debt or cause of action shall be briefly stated in the judgment, or in a writing
to be filed as pleadings in other actions. Such judgment shall authorize the same proceedings for its enforcement as judgments
rendered in actions regularly brought and prosecuted. The confession shall operate as a release of errors.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2323.12
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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