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Section 1319.17 | Commercial credit reports.

... for commercial insurance underwriting, claims, or auditing purposes; (b) A report containing information related to transactions or experiences between the subject and the person making the report; (c) An authorization or approval of a specific extension of credit directly or indirectly by the issuer of a credit card or similar device; (d) Any report in which a person that has been requested by a third party t...

Section 1321.07 | Examination of small loan licensee's records; division powers.

...Revised Code, whether or not the person claims to act under such sections. For the purpose of this section, any person who advertises, solicits, or holds self out as willing to make, find, or arrange for another person to make loan transactions in the amount or of the value of five thousand dollars or less, is presumed to be engaged in the business described in the first paragraph of section 1321.02 of the Re...

Section 1321.54 | General loan rules; suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration; fines; alleged violations.

... or in settlement of matters subject to claims under division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (3) The revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew shall not impair the obligation of any pre-existing lawful contract made under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code; provided, however, that a prior registrant shall make good faith efforts to promptly transfer the registrant's collection rights to another registrant...

Section 1321.667 | Reimbursement of licensee for costs associated with providing consumer installment loan records.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in section 9.02 of the Revised Code, any party, including a governmental authority, that requires or requests a licensee to assemble or provide a customer's financial records shall pay the licensee for all actual and necessary costs directly incurred in searching for, reproducing, or transporting those records according to the following schedule: (1) Reimbursement of search and proc...

Section 1321.70 | Enforcement actions for Consumer Installment Loan Act violations.

... or in settlement of matters subject to claims under division (A) of this section. (C) The revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew shall not impair the obligation of any pre-existing lawful contract made under sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code; provided, however, that a prior licensee shall make good faith efforts to promptly transfer the licensee's collection rights to another licensee or person...

Section 1322.52 | Buyer civil action; state civil action; criminal prosecution.

...(A)(1) A buyer injured by a violation of section 1322.07, 1322.40, or 1322.46 of the Revised Code may bring an action for recovery of damages. (2) Damages awarded under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be less than all compensation paid directly and indirectly to a registrant or mortgage loan originator from any source, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitiv...

Section 1329.501 | Laundering articles labeled with trade name or mark of owner.

...No person, other than the owner, shall launder, wash, clean, renovate, or cause to be laundered, washed, cleaned, or renovated, any towels, coats, aprons, toilet devices, or other supplies used for the purpose of cleanliness and sanitation, upon which a name, mark, or device filed under the provisions of sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code is produced, the possession of which, claimed by lease...

Section 133.081 | Issuing sales tax supported bonds of county.

... binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the county, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created or further evidenced need be filed or recorded except in the records of the taxing authority. (D) Sales tax supported bonds issued under this section do not constitute a gene...

Section 133.082 | Securities issued in anticipation of taxes collected.

... binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the county, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created or further evidenced need be filed or recorded except in the records of the county taxing authority. (F) As long as any securities issued under this section, in ...

Section 133.083 | Tourism development district revenue supported bonds.

...d binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipal corporation or township, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created or further evidenced need be filed or recorded except in the records of the taxing authority. (D) Tourism development district revenue supported bonds i...

Section 133.14 | Issuance of securities to pay final judgment.

...e subdivision, including settlements of claims approved by a court, if the fiscal officer of the subdivision certifies to the taxing authority that the subdivision is unable, within the limits of its other funds that have been appropriated and are available for the purpose, to pay the final judgment or judgments. The principal amount of the securities issued may not exceed the aggregate of the judgments plus interest...

Section 1331.16 | Investigative demand for discovery.

...(A) As used in this section, "documentary material" means the original or any copy of any writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, phonorecords, and other data compilation from which intelligence, relevant to any investigation conducted to determine if any person is or has been engaged in a violation of this chapter, can be perceived with or without the use of detection devices. (B) Whenever the attorney gen...

Section 1333.42 | Lien of bailee for hire on personal property - construction project.

...(A) As used in this section and section 1333.41 of the Revised Code, "public or private construction project" means a construction project that is for public or private purposes and that is located, in whole or in part, in this state or another state. (B) If a bailee for hire performs services or provides materials with respect to any personal property of the owner of, or principal contractor associated with, a publ...

Section 1333.64 | Attorney's fees.

...The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party, if any of the following applies: (A) A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith. (B) A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith. (C) Willful and malicious misappropriation exists.

Section 1333.66 | Time for commencing action.

...An action for misappropriation shall be commenced within four years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.

Section 1333.83 | Written franchise agreement.

...Every manufacturer of alcoholic beverages shall contract with or offer in good faith to its distributors a written franchise providing for, and specifying the rights and duties of both parties in effecting, the sale of the specified brands or products of the manufacturer. Any provision of a franchise agreement that waives any of the prohibitions of, or fails to comply with, sections 1333.82 to 1333.87 of the Revised ...

Section 1334.04 | Seller to establish surety bond or establish trust account.

...(A) If, pursuant to division (H) of section 1334.03 of the Revised Code, a seller is required to obtain a surety bond or establish a trust account, the bond or trust account required shall be in favor of the state for the benefit of any purchaser who is damaged by a violation of, or by the seller's breach of an agreement subject to, sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code. The surety bond shall be issued by a...

Section 1334.06 | Written agreements - contents.

...(A) Every agreement selling or leasing a business opportunity plan shall be in writing and a copy of the executed agreement and all other documents the seller requires the purchaser to sign shall be given to the purchaser at the time they are signed. The agreement shall contain at least the following: (1) The terms and conditions of payment including the initial payment or the promissory note, additional payments, ...

Section 1334.10 | Jurisdiction.

...(A) The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective monetary jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over any seller or broker with respect to any act or practice covered by sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code, or with respect to any claim arising from the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan subject to such sections. (B) A final judgment against a seller or broke...

Section 1334.11 | Defenses.

...Notwithstanding section 1303.35 of the Revised Code, a purchaser who executes an agreement selling or leasing to him a business opportunity plan or a note in connection with such an agreement may assert as a defense to a claim by a holder in due course, as defined in section 1303.32 of the Revised Code, any defense that the purchaser may assert against the seller of the business opportunity plan.

Section 1334.14 | Burden of proof.

...the Revised Code is upon the person who claims the exemption or exception.

Section 1335.11 | Paying commission on sales.

...seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a principal. (H) This section does not apply to any person licensed by the superintendent of insurance to engage in the business of issuing or selling insurance, as defined in division (D) of section 3901.19 of the Revised Code.

Section 1336.04 | Transfer made or obligation incurred fraudulent as to creditor.

...(A) A transfer made or an obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, whether the claim of the creditor arose before, or within a reasonable time not to exceed four years after, the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation in either of the following ways: (1) With actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of ...

Section 1336.08 | Bona fide transfers - voidable transfers.

...(A) A transfer or an obligation is not fraudulent under division (A)(1) of section 1336.04 of the Revised Code against a person who took in good faith and for a reasonably equivalent value or against any subsequent transferee or obligee. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent a transfer is voidable in an action by a creditor or a child support enforcement agency under division (A)(1) of s...

Section 1336.09 | Statute of limitations.

...A claim for relief with respect to a transfer or an obligation that is fraudulent under section 1336.04 or 1336.05 of the Revised Code is extinguished unless an action is brought in accordance with one of the following: (A) If the transfer or obligation is fraudulent under division (A)(1) of section 1336.04 of the Revised Code, within four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later...