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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'...

...(A) The attorney general shall adopt rules for the establishment and qualification of an informal dispute resolution mechanism to provide for the resolution of warranty disputes between the consumer and the manufacturer, its agent, or its authorized dealer. The mechanism shall be under the supervision of the division of consumer protection of the office of the attorney general and shall meet or exceed the minimum req...

...(A) Failure to comply with section 1345.76 of the Revised Code, in connection with a consumer transaction as defined in division (A) of section 1345.01 of the Revised Code, is an unfair and deceptive act or practice in violation of division (A) of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general shall investigate any alleged violation of division (D) of section 1345.76 of the Revised Code and, in an app...

...or to the installation of the part, the business name or logo of the manufacturer. Whenever practical, the location of the affixed or inscribed information upon the part shall ensure that the information shall be accessible after installation. (D) An insurer, repair facility, or installer may use a salvage motor vehicle part in the repair of a motor vehicle, if the salvage motor vehicle part is of a like kind and...

...her than a manufacturer, engaged in the business of effecting consumer transactions, whether or not the person deals directly with the consumer.

...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 of any repair of the assistive device, or the cost, as specified in section 1345.92 of the Revised Code, of the replacement of the assistive device, necessitated by a de...

...(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 failure of a manufacturer to comply with sections 1345.91, 1345.93, and 1345.95 and division (C) of section 1345.92 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. All powers and remedies available to the attorney general to enforce sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code are available to the attorney general to enforce sections 1345.90 to...

...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...

...rough one or more systems, networks, or services located in or outside this state. (C) "Data breach" means unauthorized access to and acquisition of computerized data that compromises the security or confidentiality of personal information or restricted information owned by or licensed to a covered entity and that causes, reasonably is believed to have caused, or reasonably is believed will cause a material risk of ...

...(A) A covered entity seeking an affirmative defense under sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code shall do one of the following: (1) Create, maintain, and comply with a written cybersecurity program that contains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of personal information and that reasonably conforms to an industry recognized cybersecurity framework, as described in secti...

...A covered entity's cybersecurity program, as described in section 1354.02 of the Revised Code, reasonably conforms to an industry recognized cybersecurity framework for purposes of that section if division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is satisfied. (A)(1) The cybersecurity program reasonably conforms to the current version of any of the following or any combination of the following, subject to divisions (A)(2) a...

...Sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code shall not be construed to provide a private right of action, including a class action, with respect to any act or practice regulated under those sections.

...If any provision of sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code or the application thereof to a covered entity is for any reason held to be invalid, the remainder of the provisions under those sections and the application of such provisions to other covered entities shall not be thereby affected.

...s the context otherwise requires: (A) "Business trust" means an unincorporated business association which is created by a trust instrument, pursuant to common law or enabling legislation, under which property is held, managed, administered, controlled, invested, reinvested, and operated, or under which business or professional activities, as permitted by the laws governing any profession, for profit are carried on, ...

...A business trust is hereby declared to be a permitted form of association for the conduct of business in this state. A business trust is a separate unincorporated legal entity, not a partnership, joint venture, joint-stock association, agency, or any other form of entity.

...No business trust shall be authorized to transact business in this state unless it complies with section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, except that a business trust that is transacting business in this state on the effective date of this section may continue to transact business in this state without complying with this chapter and, if it makes the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code, shall be deem...

...resent who is authorized to perform the services of a registered agent, including accepting service of process and other notifications for the person serving as a statutory agent. "Usual place of business" does not include a post office box, regardless of whether that post office box has an associated street address. (6) The irrevocable consent of the business trust to service of process upon its designated agent a...

...rd to residence or domicile, may form a business trust by signing a trust instrument which shall set forth: (1) The name of the business trust; (2) The place where the principal office of the business trust is to be located; (3) The purpose or purposes for which the business trust is formed, which may consist of a statement that the purpose, either alone or with other specified purposes, is to engage in any lawful...

...(A) No business trust that has made a filing pursuant to section 1746.04 of the Revised Code may use the words "Incorporated," "Corporation," "Inc.," "Co.," "Partnership," "Ltd.," or derivatives thereof in its name. (B) No business trust formed after the effective date of this chapter that has made a filing pursuant to section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall assume the name of any corporation established under the...

...mmon or statutory law applicable to the business trust created by the instrument.

...ividual or entity may be a trustee of a business trust; any trustee may own shares, including all of the shares, of the business trust. (B) Unless otherwise set forth in the trust instrument, and notwithstanding section 1746.13 of the Revised Code, a trustee of a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code shall be liable to the business trust, its shareholders, and its ...