# Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.021: Extension of attorney-client privilege in case of dissolved corporation

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.021

## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.021
- **Heading:** Extension of attorney-client privilege in case of dissolved corporation
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Revised Code / Title 23 / Chapter 2317 / § 2317.021

## Text

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in division (A) of section 2317.02 of the Revised Code: "Client" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other association that, directly or through any representative, consults an attorney for the purpose of retaining the attorney or securing legal service or advice from the attorney in the attorney's professional capacity, or consults an attorney employee for legal service or advice, and who communicates, either directly or through an agent, employee, or other representative, with such attorney; and includes an incompetent person whose guardian so consults the attorney in behalf of the incompetent person. Where a corporation or association is a client having the privilege and it has been dissolved, the privilege shall extend to the last board of directors, their successors or assigns, or to the trustees, their successors or assigns. This section shall be construed as in addition to, and not in limitation of, other laws affording protection to communications under the attorney-client privilege. (B) As used in this section and in sections 2317.02 and 2317.03 of the Revised Code, "incompetent" or "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide.

## Nearby sections

- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.01 § 2317.01. Competent witnesses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.01.md)
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- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.03 § 2317.03. Cases in which a party shall not testify](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.03.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.04 § 2317.04. Impartial report of proceedings privileged](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.04.md)
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- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.06 § 2317.06. Proving testimony of absent witness](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.06.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.07 § 2317.07. Examination of party](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.07.md)
- [Ohio Rev. Code § 2317.021 § 2317.021. Extension of attorney-client privilege in case of dissolved corporation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_T23_C2317_S2317.021.md)
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