Chapter 2115 | Executors And Administrators - Inventory

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Section 2115.01 \| Inventory defined. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF As used in Chapters 2113. to 2125., inclusive, of the Revised Code, "inventory" includes appraisement.
Section 2115.02 \| Inventory - separate schedule. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Within three months after the date of the executor's or administrator's appointment, unless the probate court grants an extension of time for good cause shown, the executor or administrator shall file with the court an inventory of the decedent's interest in real property located in this state and of the tangible and intangible personal property of the decedent that is to be administered and that has come to the executor's or administrator's possession or knowledge. The inventory shall set forth values as of the date of death of the decedent. If a prior executor or administrator has done so, a successor executor or administrator need not file an inventory, unless, in the opinion of the court, it is necessary. Any asset, the value of which is readily ascertainable, is not required to be appraised but shall be included in the inventory.
Section 2115.03 \| Proceedings on refusal to file inventory. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF If an executor or administrator neglects or refuses to return an inventory as provided by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall issue an order requiring the executor or administrator, at an early day specified in the order, to return an inventory. After personal service of the order by a person authorized to make the service, if the executor or administrator, by the day appointed, does not return the inventory or fails to obtain further time from the court to return it, or if the order cannot be served personally by reason of the executor or administrator absconding or concealing self, the court may remove the executor or administrator and new letters shall be granted. The letters shall supersede all former letters testamentary or of administration, deprive the former executor or administrator of all power, authority, or control over the estate of the deceased, and entitle the person appointed to take, demand, and receive the effects of the deceased wherever they are found. In every case of the revocation of letters under this section, the bond given by the former executor or administrator shall be prosecuted and a recovery had on the bond to the full extent of any injury sustained by the estate of the deceased by the former executor's or administrator's acts or omissions, and to the full value of all the property of the deceased received and not administered by the former executor or administrator.
Section 2115.04 \| Notice of inventory. Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Not less than five days previous thereto, a written notice stating the time and place of making the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, must be served by the executor or administrator on the surviving spouse, but such notice may be waived in writing by such surviving spouse.
Section 2115.05 \| Who shall make inventory. Effective: January 1, 1971 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 185 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF After giving the notice required in section 2115.04 of the Revised Code, the executor or administrator, with the aid of the appraiser, if an appraisement is to be made, shall make the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code.
Section 2115.06 \| Appraisers - compensation - fees may be charged against the estate. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The real property and personal property comprised in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, unless an appraisement of that real property or personal property has been dispensed with by an order of the probate court, shall be appraised by one suitable disinterested person appointed by the executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the court and sworn to a faithful discharge of the trust. The executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the court, may appoint separate appraisers of property located in any other county and appoint separate appraisers for each asset. In lieu of the appointment of an appraiser for real property, the executor or administrator may accept the valuation of the real property by the county auditor. If appraisers fail to attend to the performance of their duty, the executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the probate judge, may appoint others to supply the place of the delinquent appraisers. Each appraiser shall be paid an amount for the appraiser's services that is determined by the executor or administrator, subject to the approval of the probate judge, taking into consideration the appraiser's training, qualifications, experience, time reasonably required, and the value of the property appraised. The amount of the fees may be charged against the estate as part of the cost of the proceeding.
Section 2115.07 \| Oath and duties of appraisers. Effective: October 8, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 427 - 119th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Before proceeding to the execution of their duties, the appraisers of a decedent's estate shall agree that they will truly, honestly, and impartially appraise the estate and property exhibited to them and perform the other duties required in the premises according to the best of their knowledge and ability. In the presence of the surviving spouse, next of kin, legatees, devisees, or creditors of the testator or intestate, or such of them as attend, the appraisers of a decedent's estate shall proceed to estimate and appraise the property and estate. Each item shall be set down separately, with its value in dollars and cents in distinct figures opposite that item.
Section 2115.09 \| Inventory contents. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code shall contain a particular statement of all securities for the payment of money that belong to the deceased and are known to the executor or administrator. The inventory shall specify the name of the debtor in each security, the date, the sum originally payable, the endorsements on the securities with their dates, the serial numbers or other identifying data as to each security, and the sum that, in the judgment of the appraisers, can be collected on each claim. The inventory shall contain a statement of all debts and accounts belonging to the deceased that are known to the executor or administrator and specify the name of the debtor, the date, the balance or thing due, and the value or sum that can be collected on the debt, in the judgment of the appraisers. The inventory shall contain an account of all moneys that belong to the deceased and have come into the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator. If none has come into the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator, the fact shall be stated in the inventory. The inventory shall contain a statement whether or not, insofar as it can be ascertained, the filing of an Ohio estate tax return will be required.
Section 2115.10 \| Emblements to be included in inventory - right of entry. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The emblements raised by labor, whether severed or not from the land of the deceased at the time of the decedent's death, are assets in the possession or under the control of the executor or administrator and shall be included in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor or administrator, or the person to whom the executor or administrator sells the emblements, at all reasonable times may enter upon the lands to cultivate, sever, and gather them.
Section 2115.11 \| Discharge of a debt in a will. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The discharge or bequest, in a will, of a debt or demand of a testator against an executor named in the will, or against any other person, is not valid as against the decedent's creditors, but is only a specific bequest of that debt or demand. The amount of the debt or demand shall be included in the inventory of the credits and effects of the deceased and, if necessary, that amount shall be applied in the payment of the decedent's debts. If not necessary for that purpose, the amount shall be paid in the same manner and proportion as other specific legacies.
Section 2115.12 \| Naming of person executor does not discharge debt. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The naming of a person as executor in a will shall not operate as a discharge or bequest of a just claim that the testator had against that executor. The claim shall be included among the assets of the deceased in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code. The executor shall be liable for it as for so much money in the possession or under the control of the executor at the time that debt or demand becomes due and shall apply and distribute it as part of the personal property of the deceased.
Section 2115.15 \| Signing, certifying, and return of inventory. Effective: October 8, 1992 Latest Legislation: House Bill 427 - 119th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Upon the completion of the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, it shall be signed by the appraisers at its end, and the appraisers shall certify that the inventory is a true and correct appraisement of the property exhibited to them. It is not necessary for the appraisers to sign each schedule of the inventory. A copy of the inventory shall be retained by the executor or administrator who shall return the original to the probate court.
Section 2115.16 \| Hearing on inventory. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Upon the filing of the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall set a day, not later than one month after the day the inventory was filed, for a hearing on the inventory. The executor or administrator may serve notice of the hearing, or may cause the notice to be served, upon any person who is interested in the estate. The probate court, after notice to the executor or administrator, either upon the motion of any interested party for good cause shown or at its own instance, may order that notice of the hearing is to be served upon persons the court designates. For good cause, the hearing may be continued for the time that the court considers reasonable. Exceptions to the inventory or to the allowance for support provided by section 2106.13 of the Revised Code may be filed at any time prior to five days before the date set for the hearing or the date to which the hearing has been continued by any person interested in the estate or in any of the property included in the inventory, but the time limit for the filing of exceptions shall not apply in case of fraud or concealment of assets. When exceptions are filed, notice of them and the time of the hearing on them shall be given to the executor or administrator and the attorney of the executor or administrator by certified mail or by personal service, unless the notice is waived. At the hearing, the executor or administrator and any witness may be examined under oath. The court shall enter its finding on the journal and tax the costs as may be equitable.
Section 2115.17 \| Real property appraisal conclusive. Effective: January 13, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF When the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code has been approved by the probate court, the appraisement of the real property as set forth in the inventory shall be conclusive for all purposes except estate tax, unless a reappraisal is ordered by the court.