Ohio Code § 3921.14

§ 3921.14.

(A) A domestic fraternal benefit society may consolidate or merge with any other society

by complying with the provisions of this section. (B) The society shall file all of the following with the superintendent of insurance: (1) A certified copy of the written contract containing in full the terms and conditions

of the consolidation or merger; (2) A sworn statement by the president and secretary or corresponding officers of each

society showing the society's financial condition on a date fixed by the superintendent

but not earlier than the thirty-first day of December next preceding the date of the

contract; (3) A certificate of such officers, duly verified by their respective oaths, that the

consolidation or merger has been approved by a two-thirds vote of the supreme governing

body of each society, which vote was conducted at a regular or special meeting of

each such body or, if permitted by the society's laws, by mail; (4) Evidence that at least sixty days prior to the action of the supreme governing body

of each society, the text of the contract has been furnished to all members of each

society either by mail or by publication in full in the official publication of each

society. (C) If the superintendent finds that the contract containing the terms and conditions

of the proposed consolidation or merger is in conformity with this section, that the

financial statements are correct, and that the consolidation or merger is just and

equitable to the members of each society, the superintendent shall approve the contract

and issue a certificate to that effect. (D) Upon approval by the superintendent under division (C) of this section, the contract

shall be in full force and effect unless any society that is a party to the contract

is incorporated under the laws of any other state or territory.  In that event the consolidation or merger shall not become effective until it is

approved as provided by the laws of that state or territory and a certificate of the

approval is filed with the superintendent of insurance of this state or, if the laws

of that state or territory contain no such provision, the consolidation or merger

shall not become effective until it is approved by the insurance authority of that

other state or territory and a certificate of the approval is filed with the superintendent

of insurance of this state. (E) Upon the consolidation or merger becoming effective as provided in this section,

all the rights, franchises, and interests of the consolidated or merged societies

in and to every species of property, real, personal, or mixed, and things in action

belonging to that property shall be vested in the society resulting from or remaining

after the consolidation or merger without any other instrument, except that conveyances

of real property may be evidenced by proper deeds, and the title to or interest in

any real estate that is vested under the laws of this state in any of the societies

consolidated or merged, shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the

consolidation or merger, but shall vest absolutely in the society resulting from or

remaining after the consolidation or merger. (F) The affidavit of any officer of the society or of anyone authorized by it to mail

any notice or document, stating that the notice or document has been duly addressed

and mailed, is prima facie evidence that the notice or document has been furnished

the addressees.