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Section 1349.36 | Administrative rules.

...The superintendent of financial institutions may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt reasonable rules to administer and enforce sections 1349.25 to 1349.35 of the Revised Code and to carry out the purpose of those sections as stated in section 1349.32 of the Revised Code.

Section 1349.37 | Office of consumer affairs.

...ct of such complaints, on behalf of the consumers; (E) Referring matters to the superintendent of financial institutions for action under section 1349.34 of the Revised Code.

Section 1349.41 | Prohibited conduct in mortgage loan sale or purchase.

...(B) A lender shall not engage in a transaction, practice, or course of business that is not in good faith or fair dealing, or that operates a fraud upon any person, in connection with the attempted or actual making, purchase, or sale of any mortgage loan. (C) If a lender fails to comply with division (B) of this section, the affected consumer may recover damages of not less than all compensation paid directly or ind...

Section 1349.43 | Internet database - violations and enforcement information.

...of the following: (1) The enforcement actions taken by the superintendent of financial institutions for each violation of or failure to comply with any provision of Chapter 1322. of the Revised Code, upon final disposition of the action; (2) The enforcement actions taken by the attorney general under Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code against loan officers, mortgage brokers, and nonbank mortgage lenders, upon fina...

Section 1349.44 | Report on financial institutions division operations.

...pect to the following: (1) Enforcement actions instituted by the superintendent for a violation of or failure to comply with any provision of Chapter 1322. of the Revised Code, and their final dispositions; (2) Suspensions, revocations, or refusals to issue or renew certificates of registration and licenses under Chapter 1322. of the Revised Code; (3) Outreach efforts of the office of consumer affairs to provide ...

Section 1349.45 | Misleading or deceptive use of financial institution name or logo prohibited.

...(A) As used in this section, "financial institution" means any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union; any affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union; any registrant as defined in section 1321.51 of the Revised Code ; or any person registered as a mortgage lender under Chapter 1322. of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall use the name or...

Section 1349.51 | Prohibiting disclosure of certain consumer information.

...anings as in the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 84 Stat. 1128 (1970), 15 U.S.C.A. 1681a, as amended. (2) "Licensed resident insurance agent" means any natural person or business entity licensed as a resident insurance agent under section 3905.06 of the Revised Code. (B) No consumer reporting agency shall sell or otherwise furnish any information relative to an individual's insurance coverage that was submitted, in wh...

Section 1349.521 | Security freeze on consumer credit cards.

... (G)(1) With regard to adult protected consumers, a consumer credit reporting agency may release a credit report on which a security freeze has been placed to the following: (a) A person, or subsidiary, affiliate, or agent of that person, or an assignee of a financial obligation owing by the protected consumer, to that person, or a prospective assignee of a financial obligation owing by the protected consumer, to t...

Section 1349.53 | Civil action for noncompliance with security freeze.

...ed Code, the consumer may file a civil action against the consumer credit reporting agency. In the civil action, the consumer may recover all of the following: (1) Actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the consumer credit reporting agency's failure to comply with division (C) or (J) of section 1349.52 of the Revised Code or damages of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than on...

Section 1349.55 | Non-recourse civil litigation advance contracts.

...r English, French, and Spanish speaking consumers, the contract shall be written in the same language in which the oral negotiations are conducted between the company and the consumer. For consumers whose primary language is not English, French, or Spanish, the principal terms of the contract shall be translated in writing into the consumer's native language, the consumer shall sign the translated document containing...

Section 1349.61 | Sale of gift card expiring within two years of sale prohibited.

...(A)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, no person or entity shall sell a gift card to a purchaser containing an expiration date that is less than two years after the date the gift card is issued. (2) No person or entity, within two years after a gift card is issued, shall charge service charges or fees relative to that gift card, including dormancy fees, latency fees, or administrative fees, that have the ef...

Section 1349.65 | High-volume seller definitions.

...ontractual or similar relationship with consumers governing their use of the platform to purchase consumer products. (D) "Seller" means a person that sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product through an online marketplace's platform. "Seller" does not include a new motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code. (E)(1) "Third party seller" means any seller, independent ...

Section 1349.66 | High-volume seller notification requirements.

...ent processor or other third party contracted by the online marketplace to maintain such information, provided that the online marketplace ensures that it can obtain such information on demand from such payment processor or other third party. (2) Contact information for such seller as follows: (a) With respect to a high-volume third party seller that is an individual, the individual's name. (b) With respect to ...

Section 1349.67 | High-volume seller disclosure requirements.

...(A) An online marketplace shall do both of the following: (1) Verify the information collected under division (A) of section 1349.66 of the Revised Code not later than ten days after such collection; (2) Verify any change to such information not later than ten days after being notified of such change by a high-volume third party seller under division (B) of section 1349.66 of the Revised Code. (B) In the case o...

Section 1349.68 | High-volume seller requirement enforcement.

...Data collected solely to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall not be used for any other purpose unless required by law.

Section 1349.69 | Security procedures and practices.

...in reasonable security procedures and practices, including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, appropriate to the nature of the data and the purposes for which the data will be used, to protect the data collected to comply with the requirements of this chapter from unauthorized use, disclosure, access, destruction, or modification.

Section 1349.70 | High-volume seller duty to disclose certain information.

...zed; (b) The consumer's account transaction history. (B) The information required to be provided and disclosed by division (A) of this section is both of the following: (1) Except as provided in section 1349.71 of the Revised Code, the identity of the high-volume third party seller, including all of the following: (a) The full name of the seller, which may include the seller name or seller's company name, or...

Section 1349.71 | Partial disclosure.

...f such notice, suspend any future sales activity of such seller unless such seller consents to the disclosure of the identity information required under division (B)(1) of section 1349.70 of the Revised Code. (C) If a high-volume third-party seller is a program participant as defined in section 111.41 of the Revised Code, the only address of which the online marketplace may require disclosure is the address designa...

Section 1349.72 | Product listing disclosure.

...nic reporting of suspicious marketplace activity to the online marketplace.

Section 1349.73 | Penalty for failing to comply with disclosure requirements.

...f such notice, suspend any future sales activity of such seller until the seller complies with such requirements.

Section 1349.74 | Unfair or deceptive act under CSPA.

... Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The attorney general shall enforce sections 1349.66 to 1349.73 of the Revised Code in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code were incorporated and made part ...

Section 1349.75 | Severability.

...If any provision of sections 1349.65 to 1349.74 of the Revised Code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of those provisions and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by the invalidation.

Section 1349.76 | Legislative intent.

...The intent of the general assembly in enacting sections 1349.65 to 1349.76 of the Revised Code is to establish a statewide, comprehensive enactment that applies to all parts of the state, operates uniformly throughout the state, and sets forth police regulations. No political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require online marketplaces or sellers to ...

Section 1349.78 | [Former R.C. 1349.72, renumbered by H.B. 272, 134th General Assembly, effective 7/6/2022] Written notice to debtor.

... prior to a person filing a foreclosure action to collect on a debt secured by residential real property, the person shall first send a written notice as described in division (B) of this section via United States mail to the residential address of the debtor, if both of the following apply: (1) The debt is secured by a mortgage lien on the debtor's residential real property that is not in the first mortgage positi...

Section 1349.80 | Live musical performance definitions.

...t, including, but not limited to, a compact disc, cassette tape, or phonograph album in which sounds are embodied.