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...(A) A licensed auctioneer shall complete eight hours of continuing education in accordance with this section prior to renewal of the license under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code. The auction firm manager of a licensed auction firm shall complete eight hours of continuing education in accordance with this section prior to the renewal of the auction firm license under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) ...

...(A) The department of agriculture may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the license of any auction firm or auctioneer for any of the following causes: (1) Obtaining a license through false or fraudulent representation; (2) Making any substantial misrepresentation in an application for a license; (3) A continued course of misrepresentation or for making false promises through agents, advertising, or o...

...(A) Only a funeral director licensed pursuant to this chapter may sell a preneed funeral contract that includes funeral services. Sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code do not prohibit a person who is not a licensed funeral director from selling funeral goods pursuant to a preneed funeral contract; however, when a seller sells funeral goods pursuant to a preneed funeral contract, that seller sha...

...(A) Upon receipt of a written complaint or upon the superintendent's own motion, the superintendent may investigate any person that has allegedly violated section 4735.02, 4735.023, or 4735.25 of the Revised Code, except that the superintendent shall not initiate an investigation, pursuant to this section, of any person who held a suspended or inactive license under this chapter on the date of the alleged violation. ...

...(A) Any person licensed under section 4735.07 or 4735.09 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to the date the licensee is required to file a notice of renewal pursuant to division (B) of section 4735.14 of the Revised 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...

...Licenses may be issued under sections 4735.01 to 4735.23 of the Revised Code, to nonresidents of this state and to foreign corporations, subject to the following additional requirements: (A) The licensee, if a broker, shall maintain an active place of business in this state. A post office box is not an active place of business for purposes of this section. (B) Every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevoc...

...If a check or other draft instrument used to pay any fee required under this chapter is returned to the superintendent unpaid by the financial institution upon which it is drawn for any reason, the superintendent shall notify the entity or person that the check or other draft instrument was returned for insufficient funds. (A) If the check or draft instrument was submitted by a licensee, the superintendent shall al...

...The Ohio real estate commission shall keep a record of its proceedings and, upon application of an interested party, or upon its own motion and notice to the interested parties, may hold a hearing to consider reversing, vacating, or modifying its own orders. An application shall be filed with the division within fifteen days after the mailing of the notice of the order of the commission to the interested partie...

...No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false representation concerning a material and relevant fact, in any oral statement or in any description, application, or written statement, for the purpose of securing the qualification of any foreign real estate under section 4735.25 of the Revised Code.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of real estate shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) The types of agency relationships a licensee may establish in a real estate transaction are limited to the following: (1) An agency relationship between the licensee and the seller; (2) An agency relationship between the licensee and the purchaser; (3) A dual agency relationship between the licensee and both the seller and the purchaser; (4) A subagency relationship between the licensee and the client of anot...

...No licensee shall knowingly give false information to any party in a real estate transaction.

...(A) A licensee shall disclose to any purchaser all material facts of which the licensee has actual knowledge pertaining to the physical condition of the property that the purchaser would not discover by a reasonably diligent inspection, including material defects in the property, environmental contamination, and information that any statute or rule requires be disclosed. For purposes of this division, actual knowledg...

...(A) A licensee may assist a party who is not the licensee's client in a real estate transaction by doing any of the following: (1) Providing information regarding lenders, inspectors, attorneys, insurance agents, surveyors, draftspersons, architects, schools, shopping facilities, places of worship, and other similar information; (2) Providing market information or other information obtained from a property listing ...

...The superintendent of real estate shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...ership, corporation, or association, is jointly and severally liable for any damages incurred by any person as a result of an act or omission concerning a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraisal report prepared or facilitated in the preparation by a certificate holder, registrant, or licensee while employed, retained, or engaged by the partnership, corporation, or association.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the real estate appraiser board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...The real estate appraiser board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio home inspector board consisting of seven members. The governor shall appoint five members who are licensed home inspectors. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each shall appoint one member who represents the public and has no financial interest in the home inspection industry. Not more than four members of the board shall be members of the ...

...(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall do all of the following: (1) Administer this chapter; (2) Provide the Ohio home inspector board with meeting space, staff services, and other technical assistance required by the board to carry out the duties of the board under this chapter; (3) Provide each applicant for a home inspector license with a copy of the requirements for home i...

...l inspections completed by a person for credit toward satisfying the continuing education requirements specified in this section.

...(A) A home inspector license issued or renewed pursuant to this chapter expires three years after the date of issuance or renewal. (B)(1) To renew a home inspector license, a licensed home inspector shall file all of the following with the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing within the ninety-day period immediately preceding the date the license expires: (a) A renewal application pursuant to ...

...(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may issue a home inspector license to an applicant who holds a license, registration, or certification as a home inspector in another jurisdiction other than another state if that applicant submits an application on a form the superintendent provides, pays the fee the Ohio home inspector board prescribes, and satisfies all of the following requirements:...

...(A) Every licensed home inspector shall maintain, or be covered by, a comprehensive general liability insurance policy or a commercial general liability insurance policy with coverage limits of not less than one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and not less than a three- hundred-thousand-dollar aggregate limit. The insurance policy shall provide coverage against liability of the licensed home inspector for los...

...ine. (B) The superintendent shall not credit any hours of education a licensed home inspector completes in accordance with division (A)(3) of this section toward satisfying the requirements for continuing education specified in section 4764.08 of the Revised Code. (C) At any time after the superintendent notifies a licensee in accordance with division (A) of this section that a hearing will be held, the licensee ...