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...nvertible into money for providing this assistance; (b) A person that solicits financial and mortgage information from the public, provides that information to a mortgage broker or a person that makes residential mortgage loans, and charges or receives from either of them money or other valuable consideration readily convertible into money for providing the information; (c) A person engaged in table-funding or ...

...in return for giving the supplier the names of prospective consumers, or otherwise helping the supplier to enter into other consumer transactions, if earning the benefit is contingent upon an event occurring after the consumer enters into the transaction. (E)(1) No supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction involving natural gas service or public telecommunications service to a consumer in this state, shal...

...(A) As used in this section, "retail dealer" means a person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises an establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to the public. (B) When ethanol is blended or mixed into gasoline that is sold or offered for sale to the public, it is not an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction for a retail dealer to fail to disclose either ...

...hirty-seconds of an inch tread depth or less on any area of the tread. (b) The tire has any damage exposing the reinforcing plies of the tire, including cuts, cracks, punctures, scrapes, or wear. (c) The tire has any repair in the tread shoulder or belt edge area. (d) The tire has a puncture that has not been both sealed or patched on the inside and repaired with a cured rubber stem through the outside. (e) T...

...e by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) In determining whether an act or practice is unconscionable, the following circumstances shall be taken into consideration: (1) Whether the supplier has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the consumer reasonably to protect the consumer's interests because of the consumer's physical or mental infirmities,...

...a consumer transaction that permits the creditor to demand repayment of the outstanding balance of a mortgage loan, in advance of the original maturity date unless the creditor does so in good faith due to the consumer's failure to abide by the material terms of the loan. (4) Knowingly replacing, refinancing, or consolidating a zero interest rate or other low-rate mortgage loan made by a governmental or nonprofit le...

...ll not charge a fee of more than four times the fee charged by the county recorder for a copy of that deed pursuant to section 317.32 of the Revised Code. (C) A supplier soliciting a fee for providing a copy of a deed shall furnish to the office of the county recorder of each county where the solicitations are to be distributed a copy of the document that will be used for those solicitations not less than fifteen ...

...ounty courts within their respective monetary jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to any act or practice in this state covered by sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code, or with respect to any claim arising from a consumer transaction subject to such sections.

...on the attorney general's official web site; (5) Cooperate with state and local officials, officials of other states, and officials of the federal government in the administration of comparable statutes; (6) Report annually on or before the thirty-first day of January to the governor and the general assembly on the operations of the attorney general in respect to Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, and on the ...

...ction may file a motion to extend the return day, or to modify or quash the subpoena, stating good cause, in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or any other county in this state. (D) A person subpoenaed under this section shall comply with the terms of the subpoena, unless the parties agree to modify the terms of the subpoena or unless the court has modified or quashed the subpoena, extended the retu...

...tion is based; (c) An act or practice determined by a court of this state to violate section 1345.02, 1345.03, or 1345.031 of the Revised Code and committed after the decision containing the determination has been made available for public inspection under division (A)(3) of section 1345.05 of the Revised Code. (B) On motion of the attorney general and without bond, in the attorney general's action under this secti...

...If the attorney general receives a complaint or other information concerning noncompliance with Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, by a supplier subject to other administrative supervision in this state, he shall immediately give written notice of the substance of the complaint or other information to the official or agency having supervisory authority over the supplier. The attorney general may request information ...

...er, but not in a class action, three times the amount of the consumer's actual economic damages or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater, plus an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars in noneconomic damages or recover damages or other appropriate relief in a class action under Civil Rule 23, as amended. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, in any action for rescissi...

...urchaser of a mortgage loan for value unless any one of the following applies: (A) The violation was committed by the assignee or purchaser. (B) The assignee or purchaser is affiliated by common control with the seller of the loan at the time of such assignment or purchase.

... days after service of process is completed upon a supplier by a consumer in any action seeking a private remedy pursuant to section 1345.09 of the Revised Code, the supplier may deliver a cure offer to the consumer, or if the consumer is represented by an attorney, to the consumer's attorney. The supplier shall send a cure offer by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the consumer, or if the consumer ...

... 1345.07 of the Revised Code is admissible as prima-facie evidence of the facts on which it is based in subsequent proceedings under section 1345.09 of the Revised Code against the same supplier, or his successors or assigns. (B) An action by or on behalf of a consumer pursuant to section 1345.09 of the Revised Code precludes that consumer from being included in a later class action by the attorney general with resp...

...ession all the goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys, effects, lands, tenements, books, records, documents, papers, choses in action, bills, notes, and other property and assets of every kind and description acquired by any act or practice prohibited by this chapter, including property with which such property has been commingled if it cannot be identified in kind because of commingling; (2) Sell, convey, and ass...

...roduced on behalf of others without knowledge that it violated sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code; (C) Claims for personal injury or death.

...n addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law.

...gns, signals, writings, images, sounds, messages, or data originating in this state regardless of actual call routing. "Public telecommunications service" excludes a system, including its construction, maintenance, or operation, for the provision of telecommunications service, or any portion of such service, by any entity for the sole and exclusive use of that entity, its parent, a subsidiary, or an affiliated entity...

...(A) The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective jurisdictions, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to a violation of section 1345.18 of the Revised Code or any claim arising from a consumer transaction subject to that section. (B) The power, remedies, forfeitures, and penalties provided by sections 1345.18 to 1345.20 and division (C) of section 1345.99 of the Revis...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (B) Upon a finding in an action under division (A) of this section that a supplier is violating or has violated section 1345.18 of the Revised Code, a service provider or providers of natural gas service or public telecommunications service from whom the aggrieved consumer was switched may bring an action seeking the relief authorized by thi...

...he right of rescission by the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," (1968) 82 Stat. 152, 15 U.S.C. 1635, or regulations adopted pursuant to it. (B) "Sale" includes a lease or rental. (C) "Seller" includes a lessor or anyone offering goods for rent. (D) "Buyer" includes a lessee or anyone who gives a consideration for the privilege of using goods. (E) "Consumer goods or services" means goods or services purchased,...

...or to the seller's address, whichever comes first. Facsimile delivery is effective when the facsimile transmission has been transmitted to the seller's facsimile number and the consumer has received confirmation of the facsimile transmission. Electronic mail delivery is effective when the electronic mail has been sent to the seller's electronic mail address. Notice of cancellation need not take a particular form and ...

...xplanation of this right." (2) A completed form, in duplicate, captioned "notice of cancellation", shall be attached to the contract signed by the buyer and be easily detachable, and shall contain in ten-point, bold-face type, the following information and statements in the same language as that used in the contract: NOTICE OF CANCELLATION (enter date of transaction) ___________________________ (Date) You...