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Ex. OH-015 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-08D

Commercial Evictions and Foreclosures

Governor Mike DeWine · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
Ohio Const. art. III, sec. 5
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01
End
Requests for at least ninety consecutive days; tied to the state of emergency (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • landlords of small business commercial tenants
  • commercial mortgage lenders and servicers
Functions reached
  • PM property management and leasing
  • CM commercial leasing
  • SV servicing and forbearance
  • BL business lending
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. Landlords are requested to suspend, for a term of at least ninety (90) consecutive days, rent payments for small business commercial tenants in the State of Ohio that are facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2. Landlords are requested to provide for a moratorium of evictions of small business commercial tenants for a term of at least ninety (90) consecutive days; and 3. Lenders are requested to provide commercial real estate borrowers with a commercial mortgage loan for a property located in the State of Ohio an opportunity for a forbearance of a term of at least ninety (90) consecutive days...

Enforcement

Precatory ('requested'); no penalty

Notes

Recites that the Supreme Court of Ohio 'has provided guidance to local courts to temporarily continue eviction filings, pending eviction proceedings, scheduled move-outs, and the execution of foreclosure judgments.'

Retrieval note

Scanned; pages 1-2 read visually. A request, not a mandate; pleaded as the State's own recognition of the commercial dislocation.