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...(A) No license issued to a foreign bank under this chapter is transferable or assignable. (B) When a foreign bank licensed under this chapter is to be a constituent in a reorganization in which the foreign bank will not be the resulting corporation, or is to sell a representative office, agency, or branch the foreign bank is licensed to operate in this state, prior to the reorganization or sale, both of the followin...

...n division (A)(2) of this section, each foreign bank licensed to operate a representative office, agency, or branch in this state shall do all of the following: (a) Maintain in this state all of each licensed representative office's, agency's, or branch's records. (b) Segregate each licensed representative office's, agency's, or branch's records from all of the foreign bank's and its affiliates' other records; (c)...

...(A) Each foreign bank licensed under this chapter shall file with the superintendent of financial institutions any reports the superintendent may prescribe in the form and manner and containing the information the superintendent prescribes. (B) When the superintendent requires banks and trust companies to report their income and condition in accordance with section 1121.21 of the Revised Code, the superintendent sha...

...ate require an action by or regarding a foreign bank or a representative office, agency, or branch of a foreign bank licensed under this chapter to be approved or taken by the board of directors, the action may be approved or taken by either of the following: (A) The governing body of the foreign bank having authority, under the laws of the country where the foreign bank is chartered, that is comparable to the autho...

...sanctions provided in this chapter, any foreign bank licensed to operate a representative office, agency, or branch in this state and any foreign bank conducting operations in this state connected to its banking business without being licensed under this chapter or by the office of the comptroller of the currency is subject to all powers, remedies, and sanctions provided to the superintendent of financial institution...

...perintendent may revoke any license the foreign bank has to operate a representative office, agency, or branch in this state: (a) The existence of the foreign bank or its authority to transact business has been terminated or suspended by the appropriate authorities in the country that granted the foreign bank's banking charter. (b) The foreign bank or any representative office, agency, or branch of the foreign bank...

...sion of the foreign bank's business and property in this state and appoint a receiver for the liquidation of the foreign bank's business and property in this state. (B) The superintendent's taking possession of and appointing a receiver for a foreign bank's business and property in this state pursuant to division (A) of this section, and the liquidation of the foreign bank's business and property in this state, shal...

...The creditors of a foreign bank's licensed agencies or branches in this state shall be entitled to priority over other creditors of the foreign bank with respect to any claims against the assets of the foreign bank's business in this state.

...(2) Take possession of the business and property of the representative office, agency, or branch in the same manner, with the same effect, and subject to the same rights accorded the foreign bank under section 1119.23 of the Revised Code. (G) The superintendent shall cancel the foreign bank's license to operate a representative office, agency, or branch under this chapter if the superintendent has approved the volun...

... not that structure is attached to real property. (N) "Employee" means an individual for whom a mortgage broker, mortgage lender, or mortgage servicer, in addition to providing a wage or salary, pays social security and unemployment taxes, provides workers' compensation coverage, and withholds local, state, and federal income taxes. "Employee" also includes any individual who acts as a mortgage loan originator or o...

...The superintendent of financial institutions may, by rule, amend the definition of mortgage loan originator, mortgage broker, mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, or any other definition in section 1322.01 of the Revised Code, or the criteria for an entity to obtain a letter of exemption, or a registration or license, under this chapter, if the superintendent finds that the change is necessary to remain consistent wit...

...d States as a bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or credit union, or a subsidiary of any such entity, which subsidiary is regulated by a federal banking agency and is owned and controlled by a depository institution; (B) A consumer reporting agency that is in substantial compliance with the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 84 Stat. 1128, 15 U.S.C. 1681a, as amended; (C) Any political sub...

...of this state or secures its loans with property located in this state. (4) The names of all mortgage loan originators or licensees under the organization's or institution's control and direction; (5) An acknowledgment of understanding that the organization or institution is subject to the regulatory authority of the division of financial institutions as described in this section; (6) Any further reasonable infor...

...(A)(1) No person, on the person's own behalf or on behalf of any other person, shall engage in the transaction of business as a mortgage lender, mortgage servicer, or mortgage broker in this state without first having obtained a certificate of registration from the superintendent of financial institutions for the principal office and every branch office to be maintained by the person for the transaction of business a...

...(A)(1) An application for a certificate of registration shall be in writing, under oath, and in a form prescribed by the superintendent of financial institutions that complies with the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of seven hundred dollars for each location of an office to be maintained by the applicant in...

... of any of the following in a domestic, foreign, or military court: (a) During the seven-year period immediately preceding the date of the renewal application but excluding any time before the certificate of registration was issued, a misdemeanor involving theft or any felony; (b) At any time between the date of the original certificate of registration and the date of the renewal application, a felony involving...

...(A) Each registrant or entity holding a valid letter of exemption under division (B)(1) of section 1322.05 of the Revised Code shall designate an employee or owner of that registrant's business as the operations manager. The operations manager shall be responsible for the management, supervision, and control of a particular registrant. (B) To be eligible for such a designation, an employee or owner shall have at le...

...No person shall acquire, sell, transfer, or hypothecate any interest in a registrant, or an entity holding a letter of exemption issued under this chapter, or an applicant for a certificate of registration under this chapter in order to obfuscate or conceal the true ownership or control of the registrant, exemption holder, or applicant.

...hat is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, or other business entity or association shall notify the division of financial institutions of every sale, transfer, or hypothecation of any stock, security, membership, partnership, or other equitable, beneficial, or ownership interest in the entity or association, if the interest represents at least a five per cent membership, partnership, or othe...

...A person registered under this chapter solely to sell leads of potential buyers to residential mortgage lenders or mortgage brokers, or solely to match buyers with residential mortgage lenders or mortgage brokers through a computerized loan origination system recognized by the United States department of housing and urban development, shall be required to make only those disclosures under this chapter that apply to t...

...proved by the superintendent concerning Ohio lending laws and the Ohio consumer sales practices act, Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, as it applies to registrants and licensees. (2) If an applicant held a valid mortgage loan originator license issued by this state at any time during the immediately preceding five-year period, the applicant shall not be required to complete any additional pre-licensing instruction...

... to any of the following in a domestic, foreign, or military court: (a) During the seven-year period immediately preceding the date of the renewal application but excluding any time before the license was issued, a misdemeanor involving theft or any felony; (b) At any time between the date of the original license and the date of the renewal application, a felony involving an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach o...

...Each applicant for a mortgage loan originator license shall submit to a written test that is developed and approved by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry and administered by an approved test provider. (A) The test shall adequately measure the applicant's knowledge and comprehension in appropriate subject areas, including ethics, federal and state law related to mortgage origination, fraud, consu...

...(A) Each licensee shall complete at least eight hours of continuing education every calendar year. To fulfill this requirement, the eight hours of continuing education must be offered in a course or program of study reviewed and approved by the superintendent of financial institutions. The course or program of study shall include all of the following: (1) Three hours of applicable federal law and regulations; (2) T...

...(A) A registrant or entity holding a valid letter of exemption under division (B)(1) of section 1322.05 of the Revised Code shall supervise all business of a mortgage loan originator conducted at the principal office, any branch office, or other location used by the individual mortgage loan originator. (B) If a mortgage loan originator's employment or association is terminated for any reason, the licensee may reque...

...In case of the death of any employee by reason of the wrongful or negligent acts of the employee's employer, or negligence or wrongful acts for which said employer is liable, the personal representative of the deceased employee has all the rights and remedies that the employee would have had under section 3929.03 of the Revised Code had death not resulted.

...irm, or corporation is responsible, the liability of the insurance company is absolute, and the payment of said loss does not depend upon the satisfaction by the assured of a final judgment against him for loss, damage, or death occasioned by such casualty. No such contract of insurance shall be canceled or annulled by any agreement between the insurance company and the assured after said assured has become responsi...

...the judgment debtor was insured against liability for that injury, death, or loss, the plaintiff or the plaintiff's successor in interest is entitled as judgment creditor to have an amount up to the remaining limit of liability coverage provided in the judgment debtor's policy of liability insurance applied to the satisfaction of the final judgment. (2) If, within thirty days after the entry of the final judgment re...

...An insurance company that is required by division (B) of section 3929.01 or section 3953.06 of the Revised Code to deposit fifty thousand dollars of bonds with the superintendent of insurance may, in lieu of that deposit, make a deposit of one hundred thousand dollars, in securities in which the company may invest its assets by the laws of the state in which it is incorporated, with the superintendent of insurance or...

...When any insurance company organized under the laws of this state is required by the retaliatory or other laws of any other state or district to make a deposit with the superintendent of insurance of this state, for the benefit of its policyholders, as a condition to the right of such company to transact business in such other state or district, the superintendent shall receive such deposit in the amount that is requ...

...of the required deposit. So long as the company continues solvent, it shall receive the interest on the deposited securities. Any deposit made under said sections may be withdrawn by the company when the superintendent of insurance, upon examination of the books of the company, affidavits of its principal officers, and other evidence, is satisfied and certifies that all the obligations and liabilities which the depo...

... control, or disburse public or private property, and to transact the business of guaranteeing the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, or of executing or guaranteeing bonds or undertakings required or permitted in actions or proceedings, or allowed by law, shall commence business until it has deposited with the superintendent of insurance two hundred thousand dollars in the securities permitted by...

...No guaranty company mentioned in section 3929.10 of the Revised Code organized under the laws of another state, territory, district, or country shall be licensed to transact such business in this state unless at least two hundred thousand dollars of its assets are invested in the securities permitted by sections 3925.05 to 3925.08 of the Revised Code, or in securities permitted by the laws of the state, district, or ...

...shall, in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it has assumed to incur, be estopped to deny its corporate power to execute such instrument or assume such liability.

...sole surety, is sufficient if done by a company authorized to guarantee the fidelity of persons holding places of public or private trust, to guarantee the performance of contracts other than insurance policies, and to execute and guarantee bonds and undertakings in actions or proceedings or allowed by law. When a bond, recognizance, or undertaking is so executed and guaranteed by such a company, it is a full complia...

...(A) Any domestic or foreign insurance company that is authorized to transact surety business pursuant to division (A)(19) or (20) of section 3929.01 of the Revised Code, may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars with respect to each of any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automobile club or association by filing with the superintendent of insurance an ...

...of the tangible and intangible personal property and of the annual income which will come into the hands of the fiduciary (expressly excluding property deposited under section 2109.13 of the Revised Code), when the sum so allowed must not exceed one fourth of one per cent per annum. Such company must have complied and continued to comply with the laws of this state relative to it, and with the requirements as to just...

... Revised Code authorize such a guaranty company as is described therein to become surety upon the bond required by law of any state officer, except the superintendent of insurance, and of any county, township, or municipal officer. Such company may be accepted by the officers required to approve such bond, in lieu of the sureties required by law.

...The premium of any licensed surety company on the bond of any public officer, deputy, or employee shall be allowed and paid by the state, county, township, municipal corporation, or other subdivision, or board of education, of which such person giving the bond is such officer, deputy, or employee.

...ty recorder of the county in which the property insured is located, a certificate stating the date, number, and amount of the premium note or contingent liability, and such a description of the property insured as will enable a person readily to identify it. The lien is valid for a period of five years from the date of filing, unless sooner released or satisfied in the same manner provided by law for the releas...

...h issues policies of insurance covering property located in this state, and on such policies receives from the persons insured either cash payments of premium, or notes subject to assessment for payment of losses, or notes for the installments of premium, shall insert in every such policy issued an obligation to cancel it, upon the written request of the person insured, on the conditions provided in sections 3929.20 ...

...ection 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy may retain customary short rates, as established and charged by companies doing a cash business, for the time the policy has been in force, and return to the insured the unearned premium on the policy for the unexpired time.

...ection 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy must surrender to the insured the note received from him for premium or payment of losses. Such policy shall first be sent to the secretary or agent of the company, and, within sixty days after receipt thereof for cancellation, the premium note shall be returned. The insured shall first pay his proportion of all losses which actually occurred up to t...

...ection 3929.19 of the Revised Code, the company issuing such policy may collect of the insured the customary short rates for the time the policy has been in force, said rates to be computed on the full term of insurance mentioned in the policy as charged by such company. On receipt of such short rates, it must return all installment notes then unpaid and refund to the insured any premium collected in excess of the s...

...oke the certificate of authority of the company guilty of such violation.

...A person, company, or association insuring any building or structure against loss or damage by fire or lightning shall have such building or structure examined by his or its agent, and a full description thereof made, and its insurable value fixed, by such agent. In the absence of any change increasing the risk without the consent of the insurers, and in the absence of intentional fraud on the part of the insured, in...

...r more insurance policies upon the same property, each policy shall contribute to the payment of the whole or of the partial loss in proportion to the amount of insurance mentioned in each policy. In no case shall the insurer be required to pay more than the amount mentioned in its policy.

...e considered as the agent of the party, company, or association thereafter issuing a policy upon such application or a renewal thereof, despite any contrary provisions in the application or policy.

... of insurance made or entered into by a company may be made either with or without its seal. They shall be subscribed by the president of said company, or such other officer as the directors designate for that purpose, and shall be attested by the secretary. When such policies or contracts are subscribed and attested, they shall be obligatory on the company.

...No fire insurance company organized under the laws of this state, or admitted to do business in this state, shall include in a statement of assets in any public advertisement, card, or circular, any item of value of a class or character not admitted by the superintendent of insurance in the annual report of such company. Every such advertisement, card, or circular, containing such a statement of assets of said compan...