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...is prima-facie proof of delivery in any action to enforce any obligation arising out of the retail installment sale. The written instrument shall contain all of the agreements of the parties, and shall set forth specifically all items and matters required by sections 1317.01 to 1317.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The reference to insurance shall recite generally the type of insurance the retail seller has agreed...

...A retail seller may require a retail buyer to execute and deliver a promissory note to evidence the indebtedness created by a retail installment sale, and, to secure the payment of the indebtedness created by the sale or evidenced by the promissory note or to secure the performance of any other condition of the sale, may require the retail buyer to execute and deliver a security agreement to give the retail seller a ...

...lment note or a retail installment contract in connection with a consumer transaction may assert against any holder, assignee, or transferee of the note or contract, specifically including any holder in due course, as defined in section 1303.32 of the Revised Code, of the note or contract any defense that the buyer may assert against the seller that is authorized by this chapter.

...A buyer who is entitled to assert in an action in connection with a consumer transaction any of the following defenses against the seller of goods or services that are obtained pursuant to a purchase money loan installment note or retail installment contract may also assert the defenses against the holder, assignee, or transferee of the purchase money loan installment note or retail installment contract, whether or n...

...nce owed on the retail installment contract which is the sum total of divisions (C) and (D). (F) The amount of the finance charge. (G) The time balance or indebtedness owed by the retail buyer to the retail seller and the number of installment payments required and the amount and date of each payment necessary finally to pay the time balance which is the sum total of divisions (E) and (F). Divisions (D) and (F)...

...ler who, in any retail installment contract, has agreed to purchase insurance for the retail buyer and to extend credit for the price thereof, excluding single interest insurance, shall, prior to the due date of the first installment of the retail installment contract, deliver to the retail buyer personally, or mail or cause to be mailed to the retail buyer at the retail buyer's address as shown on the retail install...

...il installment sale may charge and contract for the payment of a finance charge by the retail buyer and collect and receive the same, which shall not exceed the greater of the following: (1) A base finance charge at the rate of eight dollars per one hundred dollars per year on the principal balance of the retail installment contract. On retail installment contracts providing for principal balances less than, nor not...

...ode, a retail seller or holder may contract for and receive finance charges or interest at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the retail installment contract or revolving budget agreement, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...ode, a retail seller or holder may contract for and receive delinquent charges in any amount agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the retail installment contract or revolving budget agreement. (2) Each retail installment contract and revolving budget agreement permitting delinquent charges in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section shall contain a statement that clearly and concisely informs the con...

...No retail installment contract authorized by section 1317.03 of the Revised Code that is executed in connection with any retail installment sale shall evidence any indebtedness in excess of the time balance fixed in the written instrument in compliance with section 1317.04 of the Revised Code, but it may evidence in addition any agreements of the parties for the payment of delinquent charges, as provided for in secti...

...nnection with a retail installment contract arising out of a consumer transaction, shall take any security interest other than as authorized by this section. A seller may take a security interest in the property sold, and in goods upon which services are performed or in which goods sold are installed or to which they are annexed. A seller may secure the debt arising from the sale by contracting for a security inter...

...(A)(1) No retail installment contract that evidences an indebtedness greater than that allowed under sections 1317.06, 1317.061, 1317.062, and 1317.07 of the Revised Code, and no retail installment contract in connection with which any charge prohibited by sections 1317.01 to 1317.11 of the Revised Code has been contracted for or received, shall be enforceable with respect to that excess indebtedness or charge agains...

...ithstanding any retail installment contract to the contrary, any retail buyer may satisfy in full at any time before maturity the debt of any retail installment contract and in so satisfying such debt shall receive a refund credit thereon for such anticipation of payments. The amount of such refund shall represent at least as great a proportion of the total finance charge, less an acquisition cost of ten dollars, as ...

...xecution of any retail installment contract is a waiver of sections 1317.01 to 1317.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...do not apply to any sale or to any contract to sell made prior to August 10, 1949, which, if made after that date, would be a retail installment sale or contract and said sections do not affect pending litigation or revolving budget or revolving credit agreements, however described, under which finance charges are computed in relation to the buyer's unpaid balance from time to time, or sales made pursuant thereto, by...

...e contrary in a retail installment contract made on or after the effective date of this section, if collateral for a consumer transaction is taken possession of by the secured party on default, the secured party shall, within five business days after taking possession, send to the debtor a notice setting forth specifically the circumstances constituting the default and the amount by itemization that the debtor is re...

... 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 to section 1317.071 of the Revised Code shall not be entitled to take possession of the collater...

... provision in a retail installment contract or in any other agreement that is executed on or after August 1, 1980, by which a buyer in connection with a consumer transaction agrees not to assert any defenses against a seller, or the seller's assignee or transferee, is void, and the courts have no jurisdiction to enforce any such provision.

...(A) A secured party whose security interest is taken pursuant to section 1317.071 of the Revised Code may, after default, dispose of any or all of the collateral only as authorized by this section. (B) Disposition of the collateral shall be by public sale only. Such sale may be as a unit or in parcels and the method, manner, time, place, and terms thereof shall be commercially reasonable. At least ten days prior to ...

...of the following information: (a) The fact that the buyer has failed to comply with the layaway arrangement; (b) A statement indicating whether the buyer has failed to comply with the layaway arrangement because he failed to pay the full layaway price when it was due, or because he failed to make one or more deposits or other payments when they were required to be made pursuant to the layaway arrangement, and a sta...

...(A) If a contract for sale at retail is a layaway arrangement involving the sale of merchandise or specific goods at a price above five hundred dollars, the layaway arrangement shall be evidenced by a written contract between the buyer and the seller and shall not be subject to division (A)(1) of section 1317.21 of the Revised Code. The seller shall provide a copy of the written contract to the buyer at the time the ...

...und to the buyer in a face-to-face transaction, the seller may require the buyer to sign a receipt for the refund. The receipt shall indicate the date and amount of the refund and shall identify with reasonable specificity the merchandise or specific good which was the subject of the layaway arrangement.

... Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever willfully violates sections 1317.01 to 1317.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

...A cardholder who receives a credit card from an issuer, which such cardholder has not requested nor used, shall not be liable for any use made of such credit card which has not been authorized by such cardholder, unless such credit card is in replacement or renewal of a credit card previously requested or used by the cardholder.