Effective: June 15, 1978
Latest Legislation: House Bill 397 - 112th General Assembly
A civil action in quo warranto may be brought in the name of the state against a corporation:
(A) When it has offended against a law providing for its creation or renewal, or any amendment thereof;
(B) When it has forfeited its privileges and franchises by nonuser;
(C) When it has committed or omitted an act which amounts to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises;
(D) When it has misused a franchise, privilege, or right conferred upon it by law, or when it claims or holds by contract or otherwise, or has exercised a franchise, privilege, or right in contravention of law;
(E) When any application for a license to transact business in this state filed by a foreign corporation, any articles of incorporation of a domestic corporation or any amendment to them, or any certificate of merger or consolidation which set forth a corporate name prohibited by the Revised Code, has been improperly approved and filed.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies
Section 2733.01 | Proceedings Against a Person.
Section 2733.02 | Proceedings Against a Corporation.
Section 2733.03 | Jurisdiction and Venue in Quo Warranto Actions.
Section 2733.04 | Commencing Quo Warranto.
Section 2733.05 | Bringing Action.
Section 2733.06 | Usurpation of Office.
Section 2733.07 | Prosecution in Absence of Prosecuting Attorney.
Section 2733.08 | Petition Against Person for Usurpation of Office.
Section 2733.09 | Leave to File Petition - Notice.
Section 2733.10 | Issue of Summons and Service.
Section 2733.11 | Service by Publication.
Section 2733.12 | Pleadings After Petition.
Section 2733.13 | Court May Extend Time for Pleading.
Section 2733.14 | Judgment When Office, Franchise, or Privilege Is Usurped.
Section 2733.15 | Judgment When Director of a Corporation Is Illegally Elected.
Section 2733.16 | New Election.
Section 2733.17 | Rights of Person Adjudged Entitled to an Office.
Section 2733.18 | Action for Damages.
Section 2733.19 | Enforcement of Judgment.
Section 2733.20 | Judgment When Corporation Has Forfeited Its Rights.
Section 2733.21 | Dissolution of Corporation - Appointment of Trustees by Court.
Section 2733.22 | Remanding to Court of Common Pleas.
Section 2733.23 | Order of Court.
Section 2733.24 | Duties of Trustees as to Notice of Court Order.
Section 2733.25 | Rejected Claims.
Section 2733.26 | Powers of Trustees.
Section 2733.27 | Demands by Trustees.
Section 2733.28 | Report to Court.
Section 2733.29 | Prohibition Against Refusing to Deliver Property of Corporation to Trustees.
Section 2733.31 | Order to Deliver Property Enforced.
Section 2733.32 | Injunction in Certain Cases.
Section 2733.33 | Court May Require Bank Directors to Give Security.
Section 2733.34 | Enjoining Directors From Borrowing or Issuing Money.
Section 2733.35 | Limitations.
Section 2733.36 | Action for Damages Against Officers of Ousted Corporations.
Section 2733.37 | Remedies Cumulative.
Section 2733.38 | Disposition of Fines.