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...must be certified by the association of real estate license law officials, the international distance education certification center, or another certifying body recognized by the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing to be considered an eligible course for purposes of this chapter.

...nership, or corporation shall act as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, or advertise or assume to act as such, without first being licensed as provided in this chapter. No person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation shall provide services that require a license under this chapter if the licensee's license is inactive, suspended, resig...

...shall refer a prospective tenant to any property without the consent of the owner or to any nonexistent address.

...of state four copies of the process, an affidavit stating the address of the person given on the consent-to-jurisdiction document, and a fee of five dollars. Upon receipt of the process, affidavit, and fee, the secretary of state immediately shall give notice of the process to the person, at the address given in the affidavit and forward to that address by certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy of the proce...

...professional with the superintendent of real estate by such date specified and on a form approved by the superintendent, which form includes both of the following: (i) The name and address of the oil and gas land professional; (ii) Evidence of the oil and gas land professional's membership in good standing in a national, state, or local professional organization that has been in existence for at least three yea...

...of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No member shall hold office for more than two consecutive full terms. Annually, upon the qualification of the member appointed in such year, the commission shall organize by selecting from its members a president and vice-president, and shall do all things necessary and proper to carry ...

...The Ohio real estate commission or the superintendent of real estate may compel, by order or subpoena, the attendance of witnesses to testify in relation to any matter over which the commission or superintendent has jurisdiction and which is the subject of inquiry and investigation by the commission or superintendent, and require the production of any book, paper, or document pertaining to such matter. For such purpo...

...commend the appointment of an ancillary trustee who is qualified as determined by the superintendent in any of the following instances: (a) Upon the death of a licensed broker, if there is no other licensed broker within the brokerage, upon application by any interested party, subject to the approval by the appropriate probate court, to conclude the business transactions of the deceased broker; (b) Upon the rev...

...ed written complaint against a licensed real estate broker or licensed real estate salesperson with the division of real estate, the superintendent of real estate shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint and send a notice to the licensee describing the acts complained of. The acknowledgment to the complainant and the notice to the licensee shall state that an informal mediation meeting will be held with the complai...

... this section shall be deposited in the real estate operating fund, which is created in the state treasury under section 4735.211 of the Revised Code. (E) If a party fails to pay a civil penalty assessed pursuant to this section within the time prescribed by the commission, the superintendent shall forward to the attorney general the name of the party, any other identifying information, and the amount of the civil...

...(A)(1) Application for a license as a real estate broker shall be made to the superintendent of real estate on forms furnished by the superintendent and filed with the superintendent and shall be signed by the applicant or its members or officers. (2) Each application shall state the name of the person applying and the location of the place of business for which the license is desired, and give such other informat...

...enty real estate transactions, in which property was sold for another by the applicant while acting in the capacity of a real estate broker or salesperson; (b) Such equivalent experience as is defined by rules adopted by the commission. (6)(a) If licensed as a real estate salesperson prior to August 1, 2001, successfully has completed at an institution of higher education all of the following eligible courses b...

...The superintendent of real estate shall issue a real estate broker's license when the superintendent is satisfied that: (A) An applicant who is not a partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation has received a passing score on each portion of the real estate broker's examination as determined by rule by the real estate commission. (B) All the members or office...

... Code and the rules adopted by the Ohio real estate commission; (4) Renew the licenses of the brokerage and any branch offices as required by section 4735.14 of the Revised Code and pay the fee required under division (B)(2) of section 4735.15 of the Revised Code and commission rules; (5) Maintain the licenses of the brokerage and affiliated salespersons and brokers as required by section 4735.13 of the Revised C...

...ces relating to commercial real estate, property management, short sales, and land contracts; contract law; federal and state programs; economic conditions; and fiduciary responsibility. Approval of the curriculum and providers shall be granted according to rules adopted pursuant to section 4735.10 of the Revised Code and may be taken through classroom instruction or distance education. If proof of completion of t...

...A real estate broker, real estate salesperson, foreign real estate dealer, and foreign real estate salesperson may be associated with a brokerage as either an employee or an independent contractor.

...intment and recommendation of ancillary trustees under section 4735.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Rejection of names proposed to be used by partnerships, associations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and corporations, under division (B) of section 4735.06 of the Revised Code, including procedures for the application and approval of more than one trade name for a brokerage; (3) Acceptanc...

...chapter shall be prescribed by the Ohio real estate commission. Each broker's or foreign real estate dealer's license shall show the name and address of the licensee, and in the case of partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, and corporation licenses, the name and address of each of the members or officers of the partnership, association, limited liability company, limited ...

...t merit. The motion may be supported by affidavit of any person having knowledge of the facts and may be made on the basis that the application, including the judgment referred to in it, does not form the basis for a meritorious recovery claim; provided, that the superintendent shall give written notice to the applicant at least ten days before such motion. The superintendent may, subject to court approval, compromis...

...(A) Every real estate broker licensed under this chapter shall have and maintain a definite place of business in this state. A post office box address is not a definite place of business for purposes of this section. The license of a real estate broker shall be prominently displayed in the office or place of business of the broker, and no license shall authorize the licensee to do business except from the location sp...

...ll file, on or before the date the Ohio real estate commission has adopted by rule for that licensee in accordance with division (A)(2)(f) of section 4735.10 of the Revised Code, a notice of renewal on a form prescribed by the superintendent of real estate. The notice of renewal shall be sent by the superintendent two months prior to the filing deadline to the electronic mail address of each broker or salesperson tha...

...f satisfactory to the superintendent of real estate that the licensee has satisfactorily completed thirty hours of continuing education, as prescribed by the Ohio real estate commission pursuant to section 4735.10 of the Revised Code, on or before the licensee's birthday occurring three years after the licensee's date of initial licensure, and on or before the licensee's birthday every three years thereafter. If the ...

...Code may apply to the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing to place the licensee's license in a permanently resigned status. (B) A licensee, at any time during which a license has been suspended pursuant to division (G) of section 4735.07, division ( J) of section 4735.09, division (E) of section 4735.12, division (C) of section 4735.14, division (C) of section 4735.141, or section 4735.182 of th...

...der this section, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, or a vendor approved by the bureau, to conduct a criminal records check based on the applicant's fingerprint impressions in accordance with division (A)(16) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (L) of section 121.08 of t...

... shall be made to the superintendent of real estate on forms provided by the superintendent. (2) Reactivation or transfer of a license by a real estate salesperson, thirty-four dollars. (B) Except as may otherwise be specified pursuant to division (F) of this section or any rules adopted by the Ohio real estate commission pursuant to division (A)(2)(b) of section 4735.10 of the Revised Code, the nonrefundable f...

...icate. The application shall include an affidavit executed by the applicant verifying that the enterprise satisfies the requirements of division (A)(2) of this section, and shall contain such information and documents as the director requires, by rule, to ascertain whether the enterprise qualifies for a certificate. If the director finds the enterprise qualified, the director shall issue a tax incentive qualification...

...provements to land or tangible personal property constituting or used in the retail portion, if any, of a facility, any improvement to land or tangible personal property at a facility for which a certificate is issued, first used in business at the facility as the result of a project, shall not be considered an asset of a corporate enterprise in determining the value of its issued and outstanding stock under division...

...(A) If an enterprise has been granted an incentive for the current calendar year under an agreement entered into pursuant to section 5709.62 or 5709.63 of the Revised Code and satisfies both of the requirements described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section at the time of application, it may apply to the director of development, on a form prescribed by the director, for the employee tax credit certificate unde...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Revised Code, the director of development shall administer those sections and shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the enterprise zone program. The director shall assign to each zone currently certified a unique designation by which the zone shall be identified for purposes of administering sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Rev...

...By enactment of this act, the General Assembly expresses its policy of encouraging political subdivisions of this state to exercise the authority granted under Chapters 725. and 1728. and under sections 3735.67 to 3735.70, 5709.40 to 5709.43, 5709.61 to 5709.69, 5709.73 to 5709.75, and 5709.77 to 5709.81 of the Revised Code for the purposes stated therein, and for the purposes of retaining existing or creating new e...

...ment the value of the real and personal property exempted pursuant to the agreement and a comparison of the stipulated and actual schedules for hiring new employees, for retaining existing employees, for the amount of payroll of the enterprise attributable to these employees, and for investing in establishing, expanding, renovating, or occupying a facility; (b) The number of agreements the terms of which an enterpr...

...ssible or would be likely to jeopardize realization of the project. If approval for a later notice is applied for, the legislative authority or officer need not serve notice to the director as otherwise required by this section. If the legislative authority or officer required to serve such notices fails to do so as prescribed by this section, the legislative authority shall not enter into an agreement under those s...

...(A) All real and tangible personal property owned by a port authority created prior to the effective date of this section pursuant to section 4582.22 of the Revised Code and leased or otherwise made available to a railroad company, as defined in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code, for use in its railroad operations shall be exempt from taxation for ten years beginning with the first year in which the property is so ...

...All tangible and intangible personal property shall be exempt from taxation if the following conditions exist in the year for which exemption is sought: (A) The owner is a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxes under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and the owner's primary purposes are conducting research and development in library technolo...

... is delineated by the board of township trustees. (6) "Project" and "public infrastructure improvement" have the same meanings as in section 5709.40 of the Revised Code. (7) "Urban township" has the same meaning as in section 504.01 of the Revised Code. (8) "Nonperforming parcel" means a parcel to which all of the following apply: (a) The parcel is exempted from taxation under division (B) of this section...

...ore the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against any improvement made on the parcel if it were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to the exempt property is made by the county budget commission under section 5...

...n an amount not to exceed the amount of real property taxes that such school district would have received from the improvement if it were not exempt from taxation. The resolution establishing the fund shall set forth the percentage of such maximum amount that will be distributed to any affected school district. (b) A township also may distribute money in either fund as follows: (i) To a board of county commission...

...(A) All of the following are exempt from taxes levied by the state and its subdivisions: (1) Public obligations; (2) Interest or interest equivalent on public obligations and on purchase obligations; (3) The transfer, and any profit made on the sale, exchange, or other disposition, of public obligations. (B) The exemptions granted by division (A) of this section apply to public obligations and purchase oblig...

... increase in the assessed value of real property that would first appear on the tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property after the effective date of a resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code were it not for the exemption granted by that resolution. For purposes of division (A) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, "improvement" does not include any property used or to be used ...

...ed a statement to the board of township trustees of the township in which the parcel is located indicating the owner's intent to seek a tax exemption for improvements to the owner's parcel under section 5709.41 or division (B) or (C) of section 5709.73 of the Revised Code within the next five years. When both of the preceding conditions are met, the owner may exclude the owner's property from the incentive distric...

...ore the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that would have been charged and payable against the improvement if its value were not exempt from taxation. If any reduction in the levies otherwise applicable to the improvement is made by the county budget commission under section 5705.31 of t...

...s follows: (i) To a board of township trustees or legislative authority of a municipal corporation, as applicable, in the amount that is owed to the board of township trustees or legislative authority pursuant to division (D) of section 5709.78 of the Revised Code; (ii) To a township in accordance with section 5709.914 of the Revised Code. (2) Money from an account in the redevelopment tax equivalent fund may b...

...(A) Upon determination by the board of county commissioners that such an issuance will be in the county's best interest, the board may, in the resolution adopted under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, authorize the issuance of revenue bonds or notes to refund any general obligation bonds or notes, any mortgage revenue bonds or notes, or any revenue bonds issued prior to the effective date of the resolution to fin...

...ns employed in the construction of real property exempted from taxation under the chapters or sections of the Revised Code enumerated in division (B) of this section; (b) Persons not described by division (A)(1)(a) of this section who are first employed at the site of such property and who within the two previous years have not been subject, prior to being employed at that site, to income taxation by the municipal ...

...ion for a tax exemption for residential property under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code to the county auditor, the legislative authority of the political subdivision, governing board of a regional transportation improvement project, or housing officer shall notify the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district in which the proposed tax-exempted property is located...

...ement is located for the amount of real property taxes that would have been payable to the taxing authorities had the improvement not been exempted from taxation. If the legislative authority requires the owner of the exempted improvements to make payments in lieu of taxes, the legislative authority may require such reimbursement only to the extent that the owner failed to make those payments as required. The legisla...

...The legislative authority of a county, township, or municipal corporation that grants an exemption from taxation under Chapter 725. or 1728. or section 3735.67, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall develop policies to ensure that the recipient of the exemption practices nondiscriminatory hiring in its operations. As used in this section, "nondiscriminato...

...urpose: (1) Real and tangible personal property owned by the county, township, or municipal corporation that is leased or otherwise made available to a qualified railroad company for use in local railroad operations; (2) Real and tangible personal property owned by any other public or any private entity that is leased or otherwise made available to a qualified railroad company for use in local railroad operations; ...

...ncrease in the true value of parcels of real property on which improvements have been undertaken as a result of the exemption; the value of improvements exempted from taxation as a result of the exemption; and the number of new employees or employees retained on the site of the improvement as a result of the exemption. Upon the request of a tax incentive review council, the county auditor, the housing officer appo...

...commissioners of a county, the board of trustees of a township, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that owns, or owned prior to a declaration under this section, abandoned school property. (B) A legislative authority, by resolution or ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership thereof, may declare abandoned school property or qualified tangible personal property, or both, as being used fo...