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Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04 (2026)

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Effective:
March 7, 1983
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 830 - 114th General Assembly
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(A) No delinquency proceeding shall be commenced under this chapter by anyone other than the superintendent of insurance of this state. No court has jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any delinquency proceeding commenced by any other person.

(B) No court of this state has jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine any complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of any insurer, or praying for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction, or other relief preliminary to, incidental to, or relating to delinquency proceedings other than in accordance with sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code.

(C) In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, a court of common pleas has jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the Civil Rules in an action brought by the conservator, rehabilitator, or liquidator of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state if any of the following apply:

(1) The person served is obligated to the insurer in any way as an incident to any agency or brokerage arrangement that may exist or has existed between the insurer and the agent or broker, in any action on or incident to the obligation;

(2) The person served is a reinsurer who has at any time written a policy of reinsurance for an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer, in any action on or incident to the reinsurance contract;

(3) The person served is or has been an officer, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or person in a position of comparable authority or influence in an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, in any action resulting from such a relationship with the insurer.

(D) If the court, on motion of any party, finds that any action should as a matter of substantial justice be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may stay further proceedings on the action in this state.

(E) All actions authorized in sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1965–2015 · leading case: Taylor v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 2011-Ohio-5262, 130 Ohio St. 3d 411.
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Taylor v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 2011-Ohio-5262, 130 Ohio St. 3d 411. · cites it 4× “28(G), and liquidation complaints, R.C. 3903.04(B), elsewhere it sets forth limited exceptions under which the liquidator may select a forum other than the liquidation court.”
Benjamin v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 855 N.E.2d 128 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2006). · cites it 3× “R.C. 3903.04(A) provides that actions may only be initiated by the superintendent as liquidator.”
Benjamin v. Pipoly, 800 N.E.2d 50 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2003). “” R.C. 3903.04(C)(3). {¶ 27} R.C. 3903.21(A) contains a nonexclusive list of 23 enumerated powers vested in the court-appointed liquidator.”
Ito v. Investors Equity Life Holding Co.., 346 P.3d 118 (Haw. 2015). “1-04(b); Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3903.04(B); R.I. Gen.”
St. John Med. Ctr. v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 110 Wash. App. 51 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “§ 58-30-15 (b); Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3903.04 (B); R.I. Gen.”
Fabe v. Columbus Ins., 587 N.E.2d 966 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). · cites it 5× “Although R.C. 3903.04 requires that “all actions authorized by R.”
Covington v. Ohio Gen. Ins., 789 N.E.2d 213 (Ohio 2003). · cites it 2× “See R.C. 3903.04(C)(2), 3903.09(C)(8), 3903.26(C)(1), 3903.”
Morris v. Inv. Life Ins. Co. of Am., 204 N.E.2d 550 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1965). · cites it 2× “It is also true that Section 3903.04, Revised Code, does not require service or notice to stockholders, as such, of the filing of the petition, the issuance of the show cause order, or of the hearing on that order.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04(A): 1 case
Benjamin v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 855 N.E.2d 128 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2006). “R.C. 3903.04(A) provides that actions may only be initiated by the superintendent as liquidator.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04(B): 3 cases
Taylor v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 2011-Ohio-5262, 130 Ohio St. 3d 411. “28(G), and liquidation complaints, R.C. 3903.04(B), elsewhere it sets forth limited exceptions under which the liquidator may select a forum other than the liquidation court.”
Ito v. Investors Equity Life Holding Co.., 346 P.3d 118 (Haw. 2015). “1-04(b); Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3903.04(B); R.I. Gen.”
Benjamin v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 855 N.E.2d 128 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2006). “R.C. 3903.04(A) provides that actions may only be initiated by the superintendent as liquidator.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04(C)(2): 1 case
Covington v. Ohio Gen. Ins., 789 N.E.2d 213 (Ohio 2003). “See R.C. 3903.04(C)(2), 3903.09(C)(8), 3903.26(C)(1), 3903.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04(C)(3): 1 case
Benjamin v. Pipoly, 800 N.E.2d 50 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2003). “” R.C. 3903.04(C)(3). {¶ 27} R.C. 3903.21(A) contains a nonexclusive list of 23 enumerated powers vested in the court-appointed liquidator.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3903.04(E): 3 cases
Taylor v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 2011-Ohio-5262, 130 Ohio St. 3d 411. “28(G), and liquidation complaints, R.C. 3903.04(B), elsewhere it sets forth limited exceptions under which the liquidator may select a forum other than the liquidation court.”
Benjamin v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 855 N.E.2d 128 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 2006). “R.C. 3903.04(A) provides that actions may only be initiated by the superintendent as liquidator.”
Fabe v. Columbus Ins., 587 N.E.2d 966 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). “Although R.C. 3903.04 requires that “all actions authorized by R.”
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