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...Upon notice being given, as provided in section 1341.08 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall hear the application, and if in its opinion there is good reason therefor, shall require such officer to give a new bond, conditioned according to law, to its satisfaction, within such reasonable time as it directs. If such officer fails to execute such bond, the office shall be deemed vacant, and imme...

...The original sureties of a county officer shall not be released or discharged until the filing of a new bond as required by section 1341.09 of the Revised Code, or the expiration of the time allowed therefor, but shall be liable only for the official acts of such officer from the time of the execution of the original bond to the filing of the second bond, or the expiration of the time allowed therefor. The cost of th...

...If a constable, or the marshal of a municipal corporation, on demand made for that purpose by a person entitled thereto, his agent, or attorney, neglects or refuses to pay all money by him received in his official capacity for the use of such person, a surety of such constable or marshal may give notice to the board of township trustees of the township, or the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in wh...

...Upon notice being given by a surety of his unwillingness to continue as surety of a constable or marshal, the board of township trustees or legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall immediately inform such constable or marshal, in writing, of the refusal of his surety to continue as such, and that he is required to give a new bond conditioned according to law. If such constable or marshal gives such bo...

...A surety of the treasurer of school funds, in any lawfully organized school district, may notify the board of education of the district by at least five days' notice, in writing, that he is unwilling to continue as surety for such treasurer, and at a time therein named, will make application to the board to be released from further liability upon his bond. He also shall give at least three days' notice in writing to ...

...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, the board of education shall hear the application, and, if in its opinion there is good reason therefor, require the treasurer to give a new bond, conditioned according to law, and to the satisfaction of the board, within such time as it directs. If the treasurer fails to execute such bond, the office shall be vacant and shall immediately be ...

...The original surety mentioned in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code, shall not be released or discharged until the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.14 of the Revised Code. The cost of the application provided for in section 1341.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the person making it.

...A surety of a constable, township fiscal officer, or other township officer, may notify the board of township trustees, by giving at least five days' notice in writing, that the surety is unwilling to continue as surety for the officer and, at a time named in the notice, will make application to the board to be released from further liability upon the bond. The surety also shall give at least three days' notice...

...Upon notice being given as provided in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall hear the application, and if it finds that such officer on demand by a person entitled thereto, his agent, or attorney, neglects or refuses to pay over all money received by him in his official capacity for the use of such person, or if, in its opinion, there is other good reason therefor, shall require s...

...The original sureties mentioned in section 1341.16 of the Revised Code shall not be released or discharged until the filing of a new bond, or the expiration of the time allowed therefor under section 1341.17 of the Revised Code, but shall be liable only for the official acts of such officer from the time of the execution of the original bond to the filing of the new bond or the expiration of the time allowed therefor...

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to compel him to discharge the debt or liability for which the surety is bound, after it becomes due.

...A surety may maintain an action against his principal to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which he is bound, before it is due, whenever any of the grounds exist upon which an order may be made for arrest of a debtor, or for an attachment.

...In an action under section 1341.20 of the Revised Code the surety may obtain any provisional remedies mentioned in Chapters 2713., 2715., 2727., and 2735. and sections 2327.03 and 2327.04 of the Revised Code, upon the grounds and in the manner provided by law.

...Any party of whom a bond, undertaking, or other obligation is required, may agree with his surety for the deposit and safekeeping of any assets for which he and his surety are or may be held responsible. If such deposit is otherwise proper, it shall be made with or in the vaults of a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or trust company, authorized by law to do business as such, or with a depository approved by the court...

...cess of the discount rate on ninety-day commercial paper in effect at the federal reserve bank in the fourth federal reserve district at the time the mortgage, deed of trust, or land installment contract is executed. (5) The instrument is payable on demand or in one installment and is not secured by household furnishings or other goods used for personal, family, or household purposes. (6)(a) The loan is a business ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Discount points" means any charges, whether or not actually denominated as "discount points," that are paid by the seller or the buyer of residential real property to a residential mortgage lender or that are deducted and retained by a residential mortgage lender from the proceeds of the residential mortgage. "Discount points" does not include the costs associated with settle...

...Upon all judgments, decrees, or orders, rendered on any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing containing stipulations for the payment of interest in accordance with section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, interest shall be computed until payment is made at the rate specified in such instrument.

...(A) In cases other than those provided for in sections 1343.01 and 1343.02 of the Revised Code, when money becomes due and payable upon any bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing, upon any book account, upon any settlement between parties, upon all verbal contracts entered into, and upon all judgments, decrees, and orders of any judicial tribunal for the payment of money arising out of tortious conduct or a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of the congress of the United States, or section 5919.29 or 5923.21 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligation" means any retail installment sales contract, other contract for the purchase of goods or services, or bond, bill, note, or other instrument of writing for the payment of ...

...Payments of money or property made by way of usurious interest, whether made in advance or not, as to the excess of interest above the rate allowed by law at the time of making the contract, shall be taken to be payments made on account of principal; and judgment shall be rendered for no more than the balance found due, after deducting the excess of interest so paid.

...No debtor is deemed a particeps criminis on account of having paid, or agreeing to pay, the exorbitant interest mentioned in section 1343.04 of the Revised Code, but he shall have like remedy and relief in either case. No bona fide indorsee of negotiable paper purchased before due, shall be affected by any usury exacted by any former holder of such paper, unless he has actual notice of the usury previous to his purch...

...As used in sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer transaction" means a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other transfer of an item of goods, a service, a franchise, or an intangible, to an individual for purposes that are primarily personal, family, or household, or solicitation to supply any of these things. "Consumer transaction" does not include transactions between persons, d...

...to obtain or maintain any registration, license, bond, or insurance required by state law or local ordinance for the supplier to engage in the supplier's trade or profession is an unfair or deceptive act or practice. (H) A violation of section 111.242 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice.

...(A) As used in this section, "retail dealer" means a person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises an establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to the public. (B) When ethanol is blended or mixed into gasoline that is sold or offered for sale to the public, it is not an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction for a retail dealer to fail to disclose either ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Passenger car" has the same meaning as in section 4513.021 of the Revised Code. (2) "Unsafe used tire" means a used tire to which any of the following criteria applies: (a) The tire is worn to two thirty-seconds of an inch tread depth or less on any area of the tread. (b) The tire has any damage exposing the reinforcing plies of the tire, including cuts, cracks, punctures, s...

...(A) If a collection agency has been designated to collect on a check, negotiable order of withdrawal, share draft, or other negotiable instrument that has been returned or dishonored for any reason, the collection agency may charge and receive check collection charges of not more than thirty dollars or ten per cent of the face amount of the instrument, whichever is greater, and may charge and receive any charge impos...

...on, limited liability company, or other commercial entity, whether for profit or not for profit. (2) "Commercial credit report" means any report provided to a business for a legitimate business purpose, relating to the financial status or payment habits of a business that is the subject of the report. "Commercial credit report" does not include any of the following: (a) A report prepared for commercial insurance ...

...ns, and all other legal entities. (2) "License" means a license issued under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code to make loans at a single place of business. (3) "Licensee" means a person to whom one or more licenses have been issued. (4) "Principal amount" means the amount of cash paid to, or paid or payable for the account of, the borrower. (5) "Interest" means all charges payable directly or indire...

... loan of money if the lender were not a licensee, without first having obtained a license from the division of financial institutions under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code. Sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to any person doing business under and as permitted by any law of this state, another state, or the United States relating to banks, savings banks, savings societies, tr...

...Application for a license shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the division of financial institutions, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, and, if the applicant is a partnership or association, of every member thereof, and, if a corporation, of each officer and director thereof; also the approximate location where the business is to be conducted and such further relevant...

...the application and issue and deliver a license to the applicant if the division finds both of the following: (1) That the financial responsibility, experience, and general fitness of the applicant and of the members thereof, if the applicant is a partnership or an association, and of the officers and directors thereof, if the applicant is a corporation, are such as to warrant the belief that the business will be o...

...Each license shall state the address at which the business is to be conducted and shall state fully the name of the licensee. Each license shall be kept conspicuously posted in the place of business of the licensee and is not transferable or assignable. Each license shall remain in effect until surrendered, revoked, or suspended under section 1321.08 or 3123.47 of the Revised Code. Every licensee shall each year pa...

...ness shall be maintained under the same license issued under sections 1321.01 to 1321.05 of the Revised Code, but the division of financial institutions may issue additional licenses to the same licensee upon compliance with such sections. No change in the place of business of a licensee to a location outside the original municipal corporation shall be permitted under the same license. When a licensee wishes to cha...

...ans, books, papers, and records of each licensee so far as they pertain to the licensed business, and it may make such an examination more frequently if it is necessary for the proper administration of sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of discovering violations, the division may at any time investigate the business and examine the books, accounts, papers, and records used therein, of:...

...tions shall, upon written notice to the licensee stating the contemplated action and the grounds therefor, and upon reasonable opportunity to be heard, suspend or revoke any license issued by the division if it finds that: (1) The licensee is in default in the payment of the annual license fee or assessment prescribed in section 1321.20 of the Revised Code or has failed to comply with any order of the division made ...

...(A) Every licensee shall keep and use in the licensee's business such books, accounts, and records as will enable the division of financial institutions to determine whether the licensee is complying with sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code and with the orders and rules made by the division under those sections. Every licensee shall preserve such books, accounts, and records for at least two years after m...

...py of every rule shall be mailed to all licensees. (B) The division may, whenever it has reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to or intends to violate sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code, enter an order requiring the person to desist or to refrain from such violation; and an action may be brought on the relation of the superintendent to enjoin the pers...

...No licensee or other person subject to sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code shall advertise, display, distribute, or broadcast or cause or permit to be advertised, displayed, distributed, or broadcast, any false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation with regard to the rates, terms, or conditions for loans made under those sections. The division of financial institutions shall require that c...

...No licensee shall conduct the business of making loans under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code, within any office, room, or place of business in which any other business is solicited or engaged in, or in association or conjunction therewith, if the division of financial institutions finds, after hearing, that the other business is of such nature that such conduct tends to conceal evasion of those sectio...

...ther provisions of the Revised Code, a licensee may contract for and receive interest, calculated according to the actuarial method, at a rate or rates not exceeding twenty-eight per cent per year on that portion of the unpaid principal balance of the loan not exceeding one thousand dollars and twenty-two per cent per year on any part of the unpaid principal balance exceeding one thousand dollars. A licensee m...

... section 1321.16 of the Revised Code, a licensee may contract for and receive interest at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the loan contract or open-end loan agreement, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...Licensees under section 1321.01 of the Revised Code shall: (A) At the time any interest-bearing or precomputed loan is made, deliver to the borrower or, if there are two or more borrowers, to one of them, a statement in the English language disclosing in clear and distinct terms the amount and date of the loan, a schedule of payments or a description thereof, the type of the security, if any, for the loan, the name ...

...(A) A licensee shall not make a loan under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code that meets either of the following conditions: (1) The amount of the loan is one thousand dollars or less. (2) The loan has a duration of one year or less. (B) A licensee shall not engage in any act or practice to evade the requirement of division (A) of this section, including by assisting a borrower to obtain a loan on ...

...(A) No licensee shall knowingly induce or permit any person, jointly or severally, to be obligated, directly or contingently or both, under more than one contract of loan at the same time for the purpose or with the result of obtaining a higher rate of interest or greater charges than would otherwise be permitted upon a single loan made under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code. (B) No licensee shall...

...(A) A licensee may make open-end loans pursuant to an agreement between the licensee and the borrower whereby: (1) The licensee may permit the borrower to obtain advances of money from the licensee from time to time or the licensee may advance money on behalf of the borrower from time to time as directed by the borrower. (2) The amount of each advance and permitted interest, charges, and costs are debited to the bo...

...except as to licensing if the lender is licensed under and in accordance with a regulatory loan law similar in principle to such sections. A loan in an amount of five thousand dollars or less made to a borrower residing in this state at the time the loan is made by a lender whose office is located outside this state and whose primary business consists of making loans by mail is not enforceable in this state for a gre...

...other remedy that may be available, any licensee and any person alleging to be aggrieved by an order or action of the division of financial institutions, within thirty days from the entry of the order complained of, or within sixty days of the action complained of if there is no order, may file a complaint against the superintendent of financial institutions in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Such compl...

...ect a cancellation or alteration of any license or right of a licensee, provided that such cancellation or alteration shall not impair or affect the obligation of any pre-existing contract between any licensee and any borrower, nor the right of the licensee to collect principal, interest, and charges as set forth in said obligation.

...(A) Every person licensed or registered under this chapter shall pay to the superintendent of financial institutions, prior to the last day of June, an annual license or certificate of registration fee. On or about the fifteenth day of April of each year, the superintendent shall determine the license or certificate fees to be charged, pursuant to sections 1321.03, 1321.05, and 1321.73 of the Revised Code. Such d...

...All fees, charges, penalties, and forfeitures collected under Chapters 1321., 1322., 4712., 4727., and 4728., sections 1315.21 to 1315.30, and sections 1349.25 to 1349.37 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the superintendent of financial institutions and shall be deposited by the superintendent into the state treasury to the credit of the consumer finance fund, which is hereby created. The fund may be expended or o...