779.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

   (a)    "Unclaimed funds" means money received or collected under Section 9.39 or Sections 2335.34 through 2335.36 of the Ohio Revised Code;

   (b)    "Owner" means any person, or the person's legal representative, entitled to receive moneys, subject to this Chapter.

   (c)    "Person" includes a natural person; corporation, whether for profit or not for profit; copartnership; unincorporated nonprofit association; public authority; estate; trust; two or more persons having a joint or common interest; eleemosynary organization; fraternal or cooperative association; other legal or community entity; the United States government, including any district, territory, possession, officer, agency, department, authority, instrumentality, board, bureau, or court; or any state or political subdivision thereof, including any officer, agency, board, bureau, commission, division, department, authority, court, or instrumentality.

   (d)    "Director of Commerce" means the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, "division of unclaimed funds" or the "superintendent of unclaimed funds."

   (e)    "County Office" means all offices, officers, agencies, departments, boards, commissions or other public body, other than a separate political subdivision, that is supported in whole or in part from taxes levied, or other financial assistance provided, by the County, which deposits unclaimed funds with the County Fiscal Office.

   (f)    "County Fiscal Office" means the office set forth in Article IV, Section 4.01 (2) of the County Charter, which serves as trustee of and holds the County of Summit's unclaimed funds.
(Ord. 2014-379. Adopted 9-8-14.)