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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Camp operator" means the operator of a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (B) "Campsite user" means a person who enters into a campsite use agreement with a camp operator for the use of a campsite at a recreational vehicle park, recreation camp, combined park-camp, or temporary park-camp. (C) "Combined park-camp" means any tra...

...(A) Pursuant to rules the division of industrial compliance adopts, the division may certify municipal, township, and county building departments and the personnel of those departments, or any private third party, to exercise the division's enforcement authority, accept and approve plans and specifications for foundations, support systems and installations, and inspect manufactured housing foundations, support system...

...When a flood event affects a manufactured home park, the operator of the manufactured home park, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4781.26 of the Revised Code, shall notify the division of industrial compliance and the board of health having jurisdiction where the flood event occurred within forty-eight hours after the end of the flood event. The division, after receiving notification, shall immediately ...

...(A) The tax commissioner may remit real property taxes, manufactured home taxes, penalties, and interest found by the commissioner to have been illegally assessed. The commissioner also may remit any penalty charged against any real property or manufactured or mobile home that was the subject of an application for exemption from taxation under section 5715.27 of the Revised Code if the commissioner determines that th...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrative or clerical tasks" mean the receipt, collection, and distribution of information common for the processing or underwriting of a loan in the mortgage industry, and communication with a consumer to obtain information necessary for the processing or underwriting of a residential mortgage loan, to the extent the communication does not include offering or negotiating loan ra...

...This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) Any entity chartered and lawfully doing business under the authority of any law of this state, another state, or the United 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 insti...

...(A) In each county treasury there shall be created the treasurer's delinquent tax and assessment collection fund and the prosecuting attorney's delinquent tax and assessment collection fund. Except as otherwise provided in this division, two and one-half per cent of all delinquent real property, personal property, and manufactured and mobile home taxes and assessments collected by the county treasurer shall be ...

...This section shall also apply to all-purpose vehicles and off-highway motorcycles as defined in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code. (A) Each owner of a motor vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the motor vehicle is dismantled, destroyed, or changed in such manner that it loses its character as a motor vehicle, or changed in such manner that it is not the motor vehicle...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Homeownership savings account" and "program period" have the same meanings as in section 135.70 of the Revised Code. (2) "Account owner" means "eligible participant" as defined by section 135.70 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contributor" means the account owner or a parent, spouse, sibling, stepparent, or grandparent of the account owner who deposits funds into the homeownership...

...(A) Any summons in an action, including a claim for possession, pursuant to this chapter shall be issued, be in the form specified, and be served and returned as provided in this section. Such service shall be at least seven days before the day set for trial. (B) Every summons issued under this section to recover residential premises shall contain the following language printed in a conspicuous manner: "A compl...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Active duty" has the same meaning as in division (F) of section 5919.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Dependent parent" means a parent who, at the time the member was activated, received from the member at least half of the dependent parent's support, including food, shelter, clothing, and medical and dental care. (B) This section applies to any real property or manufactured or mob...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance shall issue a manufactured housing installer license to any applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and meets all of the following requirements: (1) Submits an application to the division on a form the division prescribes; (2) Completes all training requirements the division prescribes; (3) Meets the experience requirements the division prescribes by rule; (4)...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance has exclusive authority to regulate manufactured home installers, the installation of manufactured housing, and manufactured housing foundations and support systems in this state. It is the intent of the general assembly to preempt municipal corporations and other political subdivisions from regulating and licensing manufactured housing installers and regulating and inspectin...

...If a resident commits a material violation of the rules of the manufactured home park, of the department of commerce division of industrial compliance, or of applicable state and local health and safety codes, the park operator may deliver a written notification of the violation to the resident. The notification shall contain all of the following: (A) A description of the violation; (B) A statement that the rental ...

...As used in this section, "motor vehicle" and "mobile home" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, and "manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1309.609 of the Revised Code or any agreement by the parties to a consumer transaction to the contrary, a secured party whose security interest is taken pursuant t...

...As used in sections 135.62 to 135.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Discount interest rate" means an interest rate below the prevailing interest rate that the treasurer of state determines eligible lending institutions are willing to pay to hold linked deposits. (B) "Eligible borrower" means a borrower that has met all the requirements necessary to participate in the adoption linked deposit program under section 135...

...(A) If an action under this chapter is not continued, the place of trial is not changed, and neither party demands a jury on the return day of the summons, a judge of the court shall try the cause. After hearing the evidence, if the judge concludes that the complaint is not true, the judge shall enter judgment against the plaintiff for costs. If the judge finds the complaint to be true, the judge shall render a g...

...(A) The court shall enter the verdict rendered by a jury under section 1923.10 of the Revised Code upon the docket, and render judgment in the action as if the facts, authorizing the finding of the verdict, had been found by the court itself. (B) If a judgment is entered under this section in favor of a plaintiff who is a park operator, the judge shall include in the judgment entry authority for the plaintiff to pe...

...(A) Upon a license being issued under sections 4781.27 to 4781.29 of the Revised Code, any operator shall have the right to rent or use each lot for the parking or placement of a manufactured home or mobile home to be used for human habitation without interruption for any period coextensive with any license or consecutive licenses issued under sections 4781.27 to 4781.29 of the Revised Code. (B) No operator o...

...As used in sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contiguous property" includes, but is not limited to, a manufactured home park as defined in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code; a public or publicly subsidized housing project; an apartment complex; a condominium complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means nat...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Hotel" has the same meaning as in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (C) "Mobile home" and "recreational vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Political subdivision" means a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to...

...(A) A security interest under this chapter may be created in goods that are fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest does not exist under this chapter in ordinary building materials incorporated into an improvement on land. (B) This chapter does not prevent creation of an encumbrance upon fixtures pursuant to real property law. (C) In cases not governed by divisions (D) to (...

...(A) Each person applying for a manufactured housing dealer's license or manufactured housing broker's license shall complete and deliver to the department of commerce, division of real estate, before the first day of April, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of selling or brokering manufactured or mobile homes is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by...

...(A) A resident who is a party to a rental agreement shall: (1) Keep that part of the premises that the resident occupies and uses safe and sanitary; (2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner; (3) Comply with the requirements imposed on residents by all applicable state and local housing, health, and safety codes, rules of the division of industrial compliance, and r...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B), (E), (F), and (G) of this section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing. (B) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (E), (F), and (G) of this section, an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of thir...

...(A) No person shall distribute or sell liming material in packages that do not bear a label in legibly written or printed form that includes the following: (1) Net weight of contents in pounds as determined by a sealed weighing device; (2) Product name and type of liming material, which shall include the grade as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, for all except the oxide and hydrate forms; (3) Name an...

...ensee shall file with the department of agriculture an annual tonnage report that includes the number of net tons of liming material sold or distributed to a non-licensee in this state, by county, by oxide and hydrate forms, and by grade as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, within forty days after the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year. The inspection fee at the rate stated in divisio...

...ished to or procured by the director of agriculture under section 905.56 of the Revised Code is for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and is not open to the public nor to be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding, but such information may be consolidated in statistical tables and publishe...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall prepare an annual statement of liming material sales, by county and by grade, as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, in a manner prescribed by the director. (B) The director shall publish an annual report of the director's analysis of liming material that the director has inspected.

...(A) The director of agriculture may inspect, sample, and analyze any liming material utilized within the state to such extent as the director considers necessary to determine whether the liming material is in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections. The director may enter into an agreement with a person that is not a department of agriculture employee t...

...(A) No person shall sell or distribute mislabeled liming material. (B) A liming material is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on its label or its pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, or if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising matter.

...The director of agriculture may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulations to implement sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the director pursuant to sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture may revoke any license, suspend any license, or refuse to license any applicant for a violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations promulgated under such sections.

...(A) The director of agriculture may order the owner or custodian of any lot of liming material to hold it at a designated place when the director has found the liming material to have been offered or exposed for sale in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder. (B) Such liming material shall be held until the director releases it in writing. A release shall not be iss...

...ure on the complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the liming material is located. If the court finds that the liming material is in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, it shall order the condemnation of the liming material. The court shall not order the condemnation of the liming material wi...

...adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from such violation.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense, a misdemeanor of the second degree on a second offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a third or subsequent offense. (B) A person who fails to comply with rules adopted under division (A)(2)(f) of section 905.322 of the Rev...

...mined by the United States secretary of agriculture to follow procedures and standards of seed certification comparable to those generally followed by seed certifying agencies that are members of the association of official seed certifying agencies. (D) "Germination" means the emergence and development from seed embryos of those structures that indicate the capability of producing normal seedlings under ordinarily ...

...) Any other information the director of agriculture may require by rule concerning health, vigor, purity, type, and other matters pertaining to certification. (D) The Ohio seed improvement association shall establish standards and procedures for seed certification that are no less stringent than those prescribed by the association of official seed certifying agencies and that do not conflict with sections 907.01 to ...

...of its predominance. If the director of agriculture has determined in rules adopted under section 907.10 of the Revised Code that any component of agricultural seed is generally labeled as to variety, the label shall bear, in addition to the name of the kind, the name of the variety, or the statement "variety not stated." If any such component is a hybrid, the label shall also bear the name of the hybrid. If more tha...

... in this state. (B) If the director of agriculture or the director's designated representative determines that an audit of a person who is required to keep records under division (A) of this section is necessary in order to determine the sales of seed made within or into this state by that person and the amount of the fee that the person owes this state under section 907.14 of the Revised Code, the director or the ...

...All of the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops sold by variety name or as processed or tested is subject to the labelling and inspection fee requirements of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code.

...state" or the name of the department of agriculture or the state seed laboratory shall not be used in connection with the analysis or test of any seed on any seed label, price list, or literature or in any other way which gives the impression that the state guarantees the analysis or assumes responsibility for the quality of the seed.

...ted by rules adopted by the director of agriculture as characteristically exhibiting high inert matter. (I) At public auction unless the seed is labeled in accordance with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and the person who labeled the seed obtained a permit to do so as provided in section 907.13 of the Revised Code; (J) By variety name if the seed is not certified by a certifying agency if the seed i...

...d submit the records to the director of agriculture pursuant to section 907.081 of the Revised Code; or make any claim in an advertisement that cannot be substantiated by an official seed laboratory as defined by rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code by the director or a state experiment station or by regulations adopted by a federal experiment station; (C) Fail to comply with a stop-sale order,...

... submit the records to the director of agriculture upon request. Any person who uses an agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed may request the director to require the person who disseminated any advertisement concerning any of the above characteristics to submit the person's records to the director. In accordance with division (A) of section 907.10 of the Revised Code, the director may conduct such tests as the d...

...ble to be provided to the department of agriculture upon request in order to show proof that the seed is being exported to a foreign country for distribution.

...The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed sold for sowing purposes, at such times and places and to such extent as the director regards necessary to determine whether the seed complies with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and notify promptly the person who sold the seed of any violation; (B) Adopt rules in...

...The director of agriculture or the director's authorized agent may: (A) Enter any public or private place of business during regular business hours in order to gain access to any seed or records subject to sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder; (B) In conformity with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and the rules and regulations adopted thereund...

...(A) The department of agriculture has sole and exclusive authority to regulate the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, and planting of seed within the state. The regulation of seed is a matter of general statewide interest that requires uniform statewide regulation, and this chapter and rules adopted under it constitute a comprehensive plan with respect...