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...regated from records pertaining to transactions that are not subject to these sections of the Revised Code. Every registrant shall preserve records pertaining to loans made under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code for at least two years after making the final entry on such records. Accounting systems maintained in whole or in part by mechanical or electronic data processing methods that provide informati...

...No registrant shall conduct the business of making loans under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code in any office, room, or place of business in which any other business is solicited or engaged in, or in association or conjunction with any other such business, if the superintendent of financial institutions finds, pursuant to a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that the...

...of interest applicable to any loan transaction that does not comply with section 1321.57 of the Revised Code shall be the rate that would be applicable in the absence of sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code.

...the Revised Code, a registrant may contract for and receive interest, calculated according to the actuarial method, at a rate or rates not exceeding twenty-one per cent per year on the unpaid principal balances of the loan. Loans may be interest-bearing or precomputed. (B) For purposes of computation of time on interest-bearing and precomputed loans, including, but not limited to, the calculation of interest, a mont...

...the Revised Code, a registrant may contract for and receive interest at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the loan contract or open-end loan agreement, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent.

...the Revised Code, a registrant may contract for and receive interest for open-end loans at a rate or rates not exceeding twenty-one per cent per year and may compute interest in each billing cycle by either of the following methods: (1) By multiplying the daily rate by the daily unpaid balance of the account, in which case the daily rate is determined by dividing the annual rate by three hundred sixty-five; (2) By ...

...ntly, or both, under more than one contract of loan at the same time for the purpose or with the result of obtaining greater charges than would otherwise be permitted by sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. (C) No registrant shall refuse to provide information regarding the amount required to pay in full a loan under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code when requested by the borrower or by ano...

...or licensee shall fail to follow the practices set forth in the federal "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," 91 Stat. 874, 15 U.S.C. 1692, as amended, notwithstanding the fact that the registrant or licensee is seeking to collect upon the registrant's own debt.

...B) A registrant shall not engage in any act or practice to evade the requirement of division (A) of this section, including by contracting with a borrower to make a loan on terms that would be prohibited by that division. (C) No registrant shall fail to comply with this section.

...(A) Advertising for loans subject to sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code shall not be false, misleading, or deceptive. (B) In making any advertisement, a registrant shall comply with 12 C.F.R. 1026.16, as applicable.

...to 1321.702 of the Revised Code: (A) "Actuarial method" means the method of allocating payments made on a loan between the principal amount and interest whereby a payment is applied first to the accumulated interest and the remainder to the unpaid principal amount. (B) "Advertisement" and "advertising" mean all material printed, published, displayed, distributed, or broadcast, and all material displayed or distri...

...321.702 of the Revised Code; (b) Contract for, or receive, directly or indirectly, on or in connection with any such loan, any interest and charges that in the aggregate are greater than the interest and charges that the lender would be permitted to charge for a loan of money if the lender were not a licensee. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section applies to any person, who by any device, subterfuge, or pretense, c...

... of the following: (A) Any credit transaction with a loan term of less than six months from the loan transaction date; (B) Any credit transaction that does not require equal monthly payments, unless either of the following applies: (1) The credit transaction contains an interest rate that is tied to a published and verifiable index and the contractual rate of interest is adjusted in accordance with changes in tha...

...A licensee may engage in the business of making loans provided the licensee does not do any of the following: (A) Assess an origination fee pursuant to section 1321.68 of the Revised Code more than three times in any twelve-month period; (B) Accept a dated instrument from the borrower as security for a loan; (C) Hold an instrument for a period of time prior to negotiation or deposit of the instrument; (D) Pay...

...tutions shall investigate the relevant facts. If the application involves investigation outside this state, the applicant may be required by the division to advance sufficient funds to pay any of the actual expenses of the investigation when it appears that these expenses will exceed two hundred dollars. An itemized statement of any of these expenses which the applicant is required to pay shall be furnished to the ap...

...(A) A license issued under section 1321.64 of the Revised Code may be renewed annually on or before the thirty-first day of December by submitting a renewal application in the form prescribed by the superintendent of financial institutions. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable renewal fee of three hundred dollars, any assessment as determined by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this s...

...ion necessary to determine whether any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time of the original application for a license, the fact or condition would have warranted the division to deny the application under section 1321.64 of the Revised Code. (B) A licensee shall give the superintendent of financial institutions sixty days prior written notice before there is a change of fifty per cent or mo...

...(A)(1) Not more than one place of business shall be maintained under the same license, but the superintendent of financial institutions may issue additional licenses to the same licensee upon compliance with sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code. (2) Each licensed place of business shall be located in a state. (B)(1) When a licensee wishes to change its place of business, it shall give at least fifteen...

...No person engaged in the business of selling tangible goods or services related to tangible goods may receive or retain a license under sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code for such place of business.

...Each licensee that conducts business under sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code shall maintain both of the following: (A) A net worth of at least fifty thousand dollars; (B) For each license, assets of at least fifty thousand dollars either in use or readily available for use in the conduct of the business.

...is received, unless it is the general practice of the licensee to make loans within the specified time. (F) A licensee shall not advertise special terms, reduced rates, reduced payments, or any other special feature of a loan within a specified limited time, unless the advertisement clearly states any limitations that apply to the offer. (G) A licensee shall not advertise by the use of unqualified superlatives, i...

...t; (l) Number of payments; (m) Contractual rate of interest; (n) Federal annual percentage rate; (o) Payment amount; (p) Types and amounts of credit-related insurance; (q) Default charge; (r) Check collection charge; (s) Any points charged to the borrower; (t) Any charges for prepayment of the loan. (2) Payment histories for each outstanding loan and each loan paid in full that shall disclose all ...

...(A) Each licensee shall submit to the NMLSR call reports or other reports of condition, which reports shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the NMLSR may require. (B)(1) As required by the superintendent of financial institutions, each licensee shall file with the division of financial institutions an annual report under oath or affirmation, on forms supplied by the division, concerning the bu...

...he loss of confidentiality or privilege protections provided by federal law or the law of any state. Information or material described in division (D)(1) of this section to which confidentiality or privilege applies shall not be subject to any of the following: (a) Disclosure under any federal or state law governing disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or an agency of the federal government o...

...rning any witness; (B) Withhold, abstract, remove, mutilate, destroy, or secrete any books, records, computer records, or other information; (C) Tamper with, alter, or manufacture any evidence.