Ohio Code 2715.05 – Order of attachment
(A) An order of attachment issued by the court shall be addressed and delivered to the levying officer, and shall require him, after the order has taken effect, to attach the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, stocks or interest in stocks, rights, credits, money, and effects of the defendant, in such officer’s county, not exempt by law from being applied to the payment of plaintiff‘s claim, or so much thereof as will satisfy it, to be stated in the order as in the affidavit, and costs of the action, not exceeding one hundred dollars. An order of attachment may be directed to the levying officer of any county within this state.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2715.05
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Levying officer: means the sheriff, another authorized law enforcement officer, or a bailiff who is ordered by the court to take possession of property under an order of attachment. See Ohio Code 2715.011
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) An order of attachment shall contain the names of the parties and the court in which the action was brought and a statement that the property subject to the order of attachment can be recovered by filing a bond pursuant to section 2715.10 or 2715.26 of the Revised Code.
(C) An order of attachment, other than one issued under section 2715.045 of the Revised Code, shall be served upon the defendant against whom the order was issued in the same manner as provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of papers subsequent to original complaints.