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...(A) Any consumer may bring a civil action in a court of common pleas or other court of competent jurisdiction against any manufacturer if the manufacturer fails to comply with section 1345.72 of the Revised Code and, in addition to the relief to which the consumer is entitled under that section, shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and all court costs. (B) The remedies in sections 1345.71 to 1345....

...(A) A buyback may not be resold or leased in this state unless each of the following applies: (1) The manufacturer provides the same express warranty that was provided to the original consumer, except that the term of the warranty shall be the greater of either of the following: (a) Twelve thousand miles or twelve months after the date of resale, whichever is earlier; (b) The remaining term of any manufacturer'...

...As used in sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code: (A) "Assistive device" means a product designed and intended to be used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of an individual with a disability in seeing, hearing, speaking, walking, breathing, performing manual tasks, learning, working, or self-care. "Assistive device" includes a wheelchair, motorized scooter, assistive listening d...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 1345.92 of the Revised Code, "collateral costs" mean expenses incurred by a consumer in connection with the repair of a defect in an assistive device, including sales tax and the cost of shipping. (B) A manufacturer that enters into a consumer transaction, either directly or through a supplier, shall provide an express written warranty to the consumer covering the full cost...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Current lease value" means the sum of the following: (a) The total amount the consumer was obligated to pay under a lease for the period from the date the lease is terminated to the end of the lease period originally agreed to; (b) The supplier's expenses incurred in terminating the lease prior to its agreed-to expiration and returning the assistive device to the manufacturer, plu...

...An assistive device returned to a manufacturer in accordance with section 1345.92 of the Revised Code by a consumer or supplier in this state or another state shall not be the subject of another consumer transaction in this state unless the manufacturer fully discloses the defect to the prospective consumer.

...The remedies in sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law. Any waiver of rights by a consumer of the provisions of sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code is void.

...(A) Whoever violates section 1345.23 or 1345.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 1345.30 or division (D) of section 1345.76 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever knowingly violates division (E) of section 1345.02 or knowingly violates section 1345.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the th...

...(A) The obligations of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code apply to those insurance institutions, agents, or insurance support organizations that, on or after the effective date of these sections, do either of the following: (1) Collect, receive, or maintain information in connection with insurance transactions that pertains to natural persons who are residents of this state; (2) Engage in insurance tra...

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall use or authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with an insurance transaction. However, a pretext interview may be undertaken to obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the information relates for...

...An insurance institution or agent shall clearly specify those questions designed to obtain information solely for marketing or research purposes from an individual in connection with an insurance transaction.

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall use as its disclosure authorization form in connection with insurance transactions a form or statement that authorizes the disclosure of personal or privileged information about an individual to the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization, unless the form or statement: (A) Is written in plain language; (B) Is dated; (C...

...(A) No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization may prepare or request an investigative consumer report about an individual in connection with an insurance transaction involving an application for insurance, a policy renewal, a policy reinstatement, or a change in insurance benefits unless the insurance institution or agent informs the individual that he may request to be interviewed in connect...

...(A) If any individual, after proper identification, submits a written request to an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization for access to recorded personal information about the individual that is reasonably described by the individual and reasonably locatable and retrievable by the insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization, the insurance institution, agent, or insurance ...

...(A) Within thirty business days from the date of receipt of a written request from an individual to correct, amend, or delete any recorded personal information about the individual within its possession, an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall do one of the following: (1) Correct, amend, or delete the portion of the recorded personal information in dispute; (2) Notify the individual...

...(A) In the event of an adverse underwriting decision, the insurance institution or agent responsible for the decision shall provide the applicant, policyholder, or individual proposed for coverage with the specific reason or reasons for the adverse underwriting decision in writing, or advise such person that upon written request he may receive the specific reason or reasons in writing. The institution or agent shall ...

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization may seek information in connection with an insurance transaction concerning any previous adverse underwriting decision experienced by an individual, unless such inquiry also requests the reasons for any previous adverse underwriting decision.

...No insurance institution or agent may base an adverse underwriting decision in whole or in part on either of the following: (A) On the fact of a previous adverse underwriting decision. However, an insurance institution or agent may base an adverse underwriting decision on further information obtained from an insurance institution or agent responsible for a previous adverse underwriting decision. (B) On personal inf...

...No insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization shall disclose any personal or privileged information about an individual collected or received in connection with an insurance transaction, unless the disclosure is made pursuant to any of the following: (A) With the written authorization of the individual, provided: (1) If such authorization is submitted by another insurance institution, agent, ...

...(A) No person shall knowingly obtain information under false pretenses about an individual from an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance institution or agent doing business in this state to determine whether the insurance institution or agent has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance support organization ac...

...(A) Whenever the superintendent of insurance has reason to believe that an insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization has been or is engaged in conduct in this state that violates sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code, or if the superintendent believes that an insurance support organization has been or is engaged in conduct outside this state that has an effect on a person residing in t...

...For the purpose of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code, an insurance support organization transacting business outside this state that has an effect on a person residing in this state is deemed to have appointed the superintendent of insurance to accept service of process on its behalf, provided the superintendent causes a copy of such service to be mailed forthwith by registered mail to the insurance sup...

...(A) Any person subject to an order of the superintendent of insurance under section 3904.19 of the Revised Code, or any person whose rights under sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code were allegedly violated, may obtain a review of any order or report of the superintendent by filing in the appropriate common pleas court, within thirty days from the date of the service of such order or report, a written peti...

...(A) If any insurance institution, agent, or insurance support organization fails to comply with section 3904.08, 3904.09, or 3904.10 of the Revised Code with respect to the rights granted under such section, any person whose rights are violated may apply to the appropriate common pleas court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, for appropriate equitable relief. (B) An insurance institution, agent, or insur...