Ohio § 2127.011

§ 2127.011.

(A) In addition to the other methods provided by law or in the will and unless expressly

prohibited by the will, an executor or administrator may sell at public or private

sale, grant options to sell, exchange, re-exchange, or otherwise dispose of any parcel

of real property belonging to the estate at any time at prices and upon terms that

are consistent with this section and may execute and deliver deeds and other instruments

of conveyance if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The surviving spouse, all of the legatees and devisees in the case of testacy, and

all of the heirs in the case of intestacy, give written consent to a power of sale

for a particular parcel of real property or to a power of sale for all the real property

belonging to the estate.  Each consent to a power of sale provided for in this section shall be filed in the

probate court. (2) Any sale under a power of sale authorized pursuant to this section shall be made

at a price of at least eighty per cent of the appraised value, as set forth in an

approved inventory. (3) No power of sale provided for in this section is effective if the surviving spouse

or any legatee, devisee, or heir is a minor.  No person may give the consent of the minor that is required by this section. (B) A surviving spouse who is the executor or administrator may sell real property to

self pursuant to this section.