Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.510

• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Continuation statement: means an amendment of a financing statement that:

  (a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

  (b) Indicates that it is a continuation statement for, or that it is filed to continue the effectiveness of, the identified financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102

• Financing statement: means a record composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record or records relating to the initial financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Secured party: means :

  (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

  (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

  (c) A consignor;

  (d) A person to whom accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes have been sold;

  (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

  (f) A person who holds a security interest arising under section 1302. See Ohio Code 1309.102