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...(A) To commence proceedings to enforce a lien, a broker shall comply with all of the following: (1) The broker shall file a complaint in the common pleas court in the county where the lien property is located. (2)(a) The complaint shall be filed within two years following the recording of the lien affidavit as provided in division (B) of section 1311.87 of the Revised Code. (b) Failure to file a complaint with...

...Each assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors appointed on the failure of the assignee of a debtor to qualify, within thirty days after giving bond, must give notice of his appointment in some newspaper of general circulation in the county, for three successive weeks.

...Notice of the time and place of the sale of personal property assigned for the benefit of creditors, shall be given for at least ten days prior to the day of sale, by advertisement in some newspaper of general circulation in the county, or by posting written or printed notices thereof in at least fifteen public places in the county, not less than five of which must be posted in the township in which the sale is to be...

...When, on settlement, a balance is shown in the hands of the assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, subject to distribution among the general creditors, a dividend shall be declared by the probate judge, payable therefrom equally among all the creditors entitled, in proportion to the amount of their respective claims against the assignor, including those disallowed, which the claimant has begun suit to esta...

...If the assignee fails or declines, upon notice by any creditor, to institute suit as provided in section 1313.58 of the Revised Code, such creditor may himself commence it within five days after serving notice upon the assignee to commence suit, and the procedure and administration shall be the same as is provided for in sections 1313.01 to 1313.58, inclusive, of the Revised Code for suits begun by a creditor.

...(A) Upon the filing of an application for an original license to engage in the business of cashing checks, and the payment of the fees for investigation and licensure, the superintendent of financial institutions shall investigate the financial condition and responsibility and general fitness of the applicant. As part of that investigation, the superintendent shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of cri...

...Sections 1317.01 to 1317.10 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 ...

...(A) If a collection agency has been designated to collect on a check, negotiable order of withdrawal, share draft, or other negotiable instrument that has been returned or dishonored for any reason, the collection agency may charge and receive check collection charges of not more than thirty dollars or ten per cent of the face amount of the instrument, whichever is greater, and may charge and receive any charge impos...

...No licensee shall do any of the following: (A) Violate section 1321.36 of the Revised Code; (B) Make a loan that does not comply with section 1321.39 of the Revised Code; (C) Charge, collect, or receive, directly or indirectly, credit insurance premiums, charges for any ancillary product sold, or any additional fees, interest, or charges in connection with a loan, other than fees and charges permitted by section 1...

...(A) The division of financial institutions may adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules that are necessary for the enforcement or administration of sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code and that are consistent with those sections and rules to carry out the purposes of those sections. (B)(1) The division may, upon written notice to the registrant stating the contemplated action, th...

...(A) If there is a change of five per cent or more in the ownership of a licensee, the division of financial institutions may make any investigation 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 li...

...(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...

...(A) For purposes of sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code, a loan shall be considered closed upon the signature of the obligor or obligors, unless the loan contract is not executed by signature, in which case the loan is considered closed upon disbursement of loan funds. (B) All loans made under sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code by direct mail shall be made from a place of business for whi...

...(A) The division of financial institutions may, upon written notice to the licensee stating the contemplated action, the grounds for the action, and the licensee's reasonable opportunity to be heard on the action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license issued under sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code if it finds a violation of or failure to com...

...(A) Application for a license as a premium finance company shall be in writing, under oath, in the form prescribed by the division of financial institutions. An applicant also shall provide the form of premium finance agreement it intends to use in doing business under sections 1321.71 to 1321.83 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the license fee, and upon deposit of an investig...

...(A) Whenever a financed insurance policy is cancelled, the insurer that has been notified pursuant to division (C) of section 1321.78 of the Revised Code shall, not later than sixty days after the date of cancellation, return whatever gross unearned premium is due under the insurance policy to the insurance premium finance company for the account of the insured or insureds. If the insurer returns the unearned premium...

...(A) A credit union service organization or depository institution seeking exemption from registration pursuant to division (H) or (I) of section 1322.04 of the Revised Code or rules adopted by the superintendent in accordance with section 1322.02 of the Revised Code shall submit an application to the superintendent of financial institutions along with a nonrefundable fee of three hundred fifty dollars for each locati...

...(A) After notice and opportunity for a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions may do the following: (1) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a certificate of registration, license, or letter of exemption if the superintendent finds any of the following: (a) A violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter o...

...Whoever violates sections 1331.01 to 1331.14 of the Revised Code, shall forfeit to the state, for the use of the general revenue fund, five hundred dollars for each day that such violation is committed or continued after due notice is given by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney. Such sum may be recovered in the name of the state. The attorney general, or the prosecuting attorney of any county upon the ord...

...After a wholesale or retail cigarette license has been suspended or revoked, the tax commissioner shall forthwith send by registered mail a certified copy of the order of suspension or revocation to the licensee, addressed to the licensee at the premise or premises stated in such license. The licensee, upon receiving such notice of suspension or revocation, shall forthwith surrender the license to the county auditor ...

...The person to whom charges are owed for services, labor, or storage described in sections 1333.22 and 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Deduct from the proceeds of a sale the charges owed plus the costs of notifying the owner of the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods under sections 1333.22 to 1333.24 of the Revised Code; (B) Hold any surplus arising from the sale sub...

...If a customer does not take possession of a die, mold, pattern, or form located in this state within three years of the date it was last used, and no agreement in writing between the customer and the molder is made to the contrary, all of the customer's rights and title to, and interest in the die, mold, pattern, or form may be transferred to the molder for the purpose of destroying such die, mold, pattern, or form. ...

...(A) As used in this section, "real property interest" means a deed, mortgage, land installment contract, or lease. (B) A power of attorney used for the execution of a real property instrument shall be properly executed and acknowledged by the principal before the execution and acknowledgement of such real property instrument executed by virtue of such power of attorney. For purposes of this section, if the execut...

...Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, to whichever of the following applies: (A) The guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and any coagent or successor agent; (B) If there is no person described in division (A) of this section, to any of the following: ...

...A surety of any county officer, except a county commissioner, may notify the board of county commissioners by giving at least five days' written notice that he is unwilling to continue as surety for such officer, and will at a time to be then named make application to such board to be released from further liability upon his bond. He also shall give at least three days' written notice to each of the officers for wh...