Ohio § 2329.66

§ 2329.66.

(A) Every person who is domiciled in this state may hold property exempt from execution,

garnishment, attachment, or sale to satisfy a judgment or order, as follows: (1)(a) In the case of a judgment or order regarding money owed for health care services

rendered or health care supplies provided to the person or a dependent of the person,

one parcel or item of real or personal property that the person or a dependent of

the person uses as a residence.  Division (A)(1)(a) of this section does not preclude, affect, or invalidate the

creation under this chapter of a judgment lien upon the exempted property but only

delays the enforcement of the lien until the property is sold or otherwise transferred

by the owner or in accordance with other applicable laws to a person or entity other

than the surviving spouse or surviving minor children of the judgment debtor.  Every person who is domiciled in this state may hold exempt from a judgment lien

created pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section the person's interest, not

to exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, in the exempted property. (b) In the case of all other judgments and orders, the person's interest, not to exceed

one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, in one parcel or item of real or personal

property that the person or a dependent of the person uses as a residence. (c) For purposes of divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, “ parcel ” means a tract of real property as identified on the records of the auditor of the

county in which the real property is located. (2) The person's interest, not to exceed three thousand two hundred twenty-five dollars,

in one motor vehicle; (3) The person's interest, not to exceed four hundred dollars, in cash on hand, money

due and payable, money to become due within ninety days, tax refunds, and money on

deposit with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, public utility, landlord,

or other person, other than personal earnings. (4)(a) The person's interest, not to exceed five hundred twenty-five dollars in any particular

item or ten thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars in aggregate value, in household

furnishings, household goods, wearing apparel, appliances, books, animals, crops,

musical instruments, firearms, and hunting and fishing equipment that are held primarily

for the personal, family, or household use of the person; (b) The person's aggregate interest in one or more items of jewelry, not to exceed one

thousand three hundred fifty dollars, held primarily for the personal, family, or

household use of the person or any of the person's dependents. (5) The person's interest, not to exceed an aggregate of two thousand twenty-five dollars,

in all implements, professional books, or tools of the person's profession, trade,

or business, including agriculture; (6)(a) The person's interest in a beneficiary fund set apart, appropriated, or paid by a

benevolent association or society, as exempted by section 2329.63 of the Revised Code ; (b) The person's interest in contracts of life or endowment insurance or annuities, as

exempted by section 3911.10 of the Revised Code ; (c) The person's interest in a policy of group insurance or the proceeds of a policy

of group insurance, as exempted by section 3917.05 of the Revised Code ; (d) The person's interest in money, benefits, charity, relief, or aid to be paid, provided,

or rendered by a fraternal benefit society, as exempted by section 3921.18 of the Revised Code ; (e) The person's interest in the portion of benefits under policies of sickness and accident

insurance and in lump sum payments for dismemberment and other losses insured under

those policies, as exempted by section 3923.19 of the Revised Code . (7) The person's professionally prescribed or medically necessary health aids; (8) The person's interest in a burial lot, including, but not limited to, exemptions

under section 517.09 or 1721.07 of the Revised Code ; (9) The person's interest in the following: (a) Moneys paid or payable for maintenance or rights, as exempted by section 3304.19 of the Revised Code ; (b) Workers' compensation, as exempted by section 4123.67 of the Revised Code ; (c) Unemployment compensation benefits, as exempted by section 4141.32 of the Revised Code ; (d) Cash assistance payments under the Ohio works first program, as exempted by section 5107.75 of the Revised Code ; (e) Benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program, as

exempted by section 5108.08 of the Revised Code ; (f) Payments under section 24 or 32 of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat.

2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended. (10)(a) Except in cases in which the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation

of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code and in which an order for the withholding of restitution from payments was issued

under division (C)(2)(b) of that section, in cases in which an order for withholding

was issued under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code , in cases in which an order for forfeiture was issued under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code , and in cases in which an order was issued under section 2929.193 or 2929.194 of the Revised Code , and only to the extent provided in the order, and except as provided in sections 3105.171 , 3105.63 , 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code , the person's rights to or interests in a pension, benefit, annuity, retirement allowance,

or accumulated contributions, the person's rights to or interests in a participant

account in any deferred compensation program offered by the public employees retirement

board, a government unit, or a municipal corporation, or the person's other accrued

or accruing rights or interests, as exempted by section 143.11 , 145.56 , 146.13 , 148.09 , 742.47 , 3307.41 , 3309.66 , or 5505.22 of the Revised Code , and the person's rights to or interests in benefits from the Ohio public safety

officers death benefit fund; (b) Except as provided in sections 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code , the person's rights to receive or interests in receiving a payment or other benefits

under any pension, annuity, or similar plan or contract, not including a payment or

benefit from a stock bonus or profit-sharing plan or a payment included in division

(A)(6)(b) or (10)(a) of this section, on account of illness, disability, death, age,

or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the person

and any of the person's dependents, except if all the following apply: (i) The plan or contract was established by or under the auspices of an insider that

employed the person at the time the person's rights or interests under the plan or

contract arose. (ii) The payment is on account of age or length of service. (iii) The plan or contract is not qualified under the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,”

100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended. (c) Except for any portion of the assets that were deposited for the purpose of evading

the payment of any debt and except as provided in sections 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code , the person's rights or interests in the assets held in, or to directly or indirectly

receive any payment or benefit under, any individual retirement account, individual

retirement annuity, “Roth IRA,” account opened pursuant to a program administered

by a state under section 529 or 529A of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat.

2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended, or education individual retirement account that provides payments or

benefits by reason of illness, disability, death, retirement, or age or provides payments

or benefits for purposes of education or qualified disability expenses, to the extent

that the assets, payments, or benefits described in division (A)(10)(c) of this section

are attributable to or derived from any of the following or from any earnings, dividends,

interest, appreciation, or gains on any of the following: (i) Contributions of the person that were less than or equal to the applicable limits

on deductible contributions to an individual retirement account or individual retirement

annuity in the year that the contributions were made, whether or not the person was

eligible to deduct the contributions on the person's federal tax return for the year

in which the contributions were made; (ii) Contributions of the person that were less than or equal to the applicable limits

on contributions to a Roth IRA or education individual retirement account in the year

that the contributions were made; (iii) Contributions of the person that are within the applicable limits on rollover contributions

under subsections 219, 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(b), 408(d)(3), 408A(c)(3)(B),

408A(d)(3), and 530(d)(5) of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1 , as amended; (iv) Contributions by any person into any plan, fund, or account that is formed, created,

or administered pursuant to, or is otherwise subject to, section 529 or 529A of the

“Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended. (d) Except for any portion of the assets that were deposited for the purpose of evading

the payment of any debt and except as provided in sections 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code , the person's rights or interests in the assets held in, or to receive any payment

under, any Keogh or “H.R. 10” plan that provides benefits by reason of illness, disability,

death, retirement, or age, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the

person and any of the person's dependents. (e) The person's rights to or interests in any assets held in, or to directly or indirectly

receive any payment or benefit under, any individual retirement account, individual

retirement annuity, “Roth IRA,” account opened pursuant to a program administered

by a state under section 529 or 529A of the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat.

2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended, or education individual retirement account that a decedent, upon or

by reason of the decedent's death, directly or indirectly left to or for the benefit

of the person, either outright or in trust or otherwise, including, but not limited

to, any of those rights or interests in assets or to receive payments or benefits

that were transferred, conveyed, or otherwise transmitted by the decedent by means

of a will, trust, exercise of a power of appointment, beneficiary designation, transfer

or payment on death designation, or any other method or procedure. (f) The exemptions under divisions (A)(10)(a) to (e) of this section also shall apply

or otherwise be available to an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations

order (QDRO) or other similar court order. (g) A person's interest in any plan, program, instrument, or device described in divisions

(A)(10)(a) to (e) of this section shall be considered an exempt interest even if the

plan, program, instrument, or device in question, due to an error made in good faith,

failed to satisfy any criteria applicable to that plan, program, instrument, or device

under the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1 , as amended. (11) The person's right to receive spousal support, child support, an allowance, or other

maintenance to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the person and any

of the person's dependents; (12) The person's right to receive, or moneys received during the preceding twelve calendar

months from, any of the following: (a) An award of reparations under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code , to the extent exempted by division (D) of section 2743.66 of the Revised Code ; (b) A payment on account of the wrongful death of an individual of whom the person was

a dependent on the date of the individual's death, to the extent reasonably necessary

for the support of the person and any of the person's dependents; (c) Except in cases in which the person who receives the payment is an inmate, as defined

in section 2969.21 of the Revised Code , and in which the payment resulted from a civil action or appeal against a government

entity or employee, as defined in section 2969.21 of the Revised Code , a payment, not to exceed twenty thousand two hundred dollars, on account of personal

bodily injury, not including pain and suffering or compensation for actual pecuniary

loss, of the person or an individual for whom the person is a dependent; (d) A payment in compensation for loss of future earnings of the person or an individual

of whom the person is or was a dependent, to the extent reasonably necessary for the

support of the debtor and any of the debtor's dependents. (13) Except as provided in sections 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , and 3123.06 of the Revised Code , personal earnings of the person owed to the person for services in an amount equal

to the greater of the following amounts: (a) If paid weekly, thirty times the current federal minimum hourly wage;  if paid biweekly,

sixty times the current federal minimum hourly wage;  if paid semimonthly, sixty-five

times the current federal minimum hourly wage;  or if paid monthly, one hundred thirty

times the current federal minimum hourly wage that is in effect at the time the earnings

are payable, as prescribed by the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,” 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1) , as amended; (b) Seventy-five per cent of the disposable earnings owed to the person. (14) The person's right in specific partnership property, as exempted by the person's

rights in a partnership pursuant to section 1776.50 of the Revised Code , except as otherwise set forth in section 1776.50 of the Revised Code ; (15) A seal and official register of a notary public, as exempted by section 147.04 of the Revised Code ; (16) The person's interest in a tuition unit or a payment under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to a tuition payment contract, as exempted by section 3334.15 of the Revised Code ; (17) Any other property that is specifically exempted from execution, attachment, garnishment,

or sale by federal statutes other than the “Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978,” 92 Stat.

2549, 11 U.S.C.A. 101 , as amended; (18) The person's aggregate interest in any property, not to exceed one thousand seventy-five

dollars, except that division (A)(18) of this section applies only in bankruptcy proceedings. (B) On April 1, 2010, and on the first day of April in each third calendar year after

2010, the Ohio judicial conference shall adjust each dollar amount set forth in this

section to reflect any increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers,

as published by the United States department of labor, or, if that index is no longer

published, a generally available comparable index, for the three-year period ending

on the thirty-first day of December of the preceding year.  Any adjustments required by this division shall be rounded to the nearest twenty-five

dollars. The Ohio judicial conference shall prepare a memorandum specifying the adjusted dollar

amounts.  The judicial conference shall transmit the memorandum to the director of the legislative

service commission, and the director shall publish the memorandum in the register

of Ohio. (Publication of the memorandum in the register of Ohio shall continue until the next

memorandum specifying an adjustment is so published.) The judicial conference also may publish the memorandum in any other manner it concludes

will be reasonably likely to inform persons who are affected by its adjustment of

the dollar amounts. (C) As used in this section: (1) “ Disposable earnings ” means net earnings after the garnishee has made deductions required by law, excluding

the deductions ordered pursuant to section 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , or 3123.06 of the Revised Code . (2) “ Insider ” means: (a) If the person who claims an exemption is an individual, a relative of the individual,

a relative of a general partner of the individual, a partnership in which the individual

is a general partner, a general partner of the individual, or a corporation of which

the individual is a director, officer, or in control; (b) If the person who claims an exemption is a corporation, a director or officer of

the corporation;  a person in control of the corporation;  a partnership in which

the corporation is a general partner;  a general partner of the corporation;  or a

relative of a general partner, director, officer, or person in control of the corporation; (c) If the person who claims an exemption is a partnership, a general partner in the

partnership;  a general partner of the partnership;  a person in control of the partnership;

 a partnership in which the partnership is a general partner;  or a relative in, a

general partner of, or a person in control of the partnership; (d) An entity or person to which or whom any of the following applies: (i) The entity directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, twenty

per cent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the person who claims an

exemption, unless the entity holds the securities in a fiduciary or agency capacity

without sole discretionary power to vote the securities or holds the securities solely

to secure to debt and the entity has not in fact exercised the power to vote. (ii) The entity is a corporation, twenty per cent or more of whose outstanding voting

securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote,

by the person who claims an exemption or by an entity to which division (C)(2)(d)(i)

of this section applies. (iii) A person whose business is operated under a lease or operating agreement by the person

who claims an exemption, or a person substantially all of whose business is operated

under an operating agreement with the person who claims an exemption. (iv) The entity operates the business or all or substantially all of the property of the

person who claims an exemption under a lease or operating agreement. (e) An insider, as otherwise defined in this section, of a person or entity to which

division (C)(2)(d)(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this section applies, as if the person

or entity were a person who claims an exemption; (f) A managing agent of the person who claims an exemption. (3) “Participant account” has the same meaning as in section 148.01 of the Revised Code . (4) “Government unit” has the same meaning as in section 148.06 of the Revised Code . (D) For purposes of this section, “ interest ” shall be determined as follows: (1) In bankruptcy proceedings, as of the date a petition is filed with the bankruptcy

court commencing a case under Title 11 of the United States Code; (2) In all cases other than bankruptcy proceedings, as of the date of an appraisal, if

necessary under section 2329.68 of the Revised Code , or the issuance of a writ of execution. An interest, as determined under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, shall not

include the amount of any lien otherwise valid pursuant to section 2329.661 of the Revised Code .