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...Except as provided in division (D) of section 1321.78, sections 1321.71 to 1321.83 of the Revised Code do not apply with respect to any of the following: (A) Life, property, or casualty insurance companies authorized to do business in this state as to policies issued by those companies; (B) The inclusion of a charge for insurance in connection with any installment transaction pursuant to Chapter 1317. of the Revise...

...This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) Any entity chartered and lawfully doing business under the authority of any law of this state, another state, or the United States as a bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or credit union, or a subsidiary of any such entity, which subsidiary is regulated by a federal banking agency and is owned and controlled by a depository insti...

...(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) Upon the conclusion of the investigation required under division (B) of section 1322.09 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions shall issue a certificate of registration to the applicant if the superintendent finds that the following conditions are met: (1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and any fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and regist...

...(A) A registrant that is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, or other business entity or association shall notify the division of financial institutions of every sale, transfer, or hypothecation of any stock, security, membership, partnership, or other equitable, beneficial, or ownership interest in the entity or association, if the interest represents at least a five per cent membership, pa...

...(A) Upon the conclusion of the investigation required under division (C) of section 1322.20 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of financial institutions shall issue a mortgage loan originator license to the applicant if the superintendent finds that the following conditions are met: (1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and any fee required by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and r...

...No registrant, licensee, or person required to be registered or licensed under this chapter, or individual disclosed in an application as required by this chapter, shall do any of the following: (A) Obtain a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license through any false or fraudulent representation of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required by state law, or make any substantia...

...(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...

...(A) Securities lawfully authorized and issued by an issuer, and fractionalized interests in public obligations, subject to applicable provisions for registration or of the proceedings, are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapters 1303. and 1308. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding that the promise to pay debt charges on the particular securities or fractionalized interests may be limited to payment...

...(A) Chapter 133. securities are: (1) Lawful investments for banks, savings and loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other funds of the state, subdivisions, and taxing districts, the commissioners of the s...

...(A) In addition to any power to issue securities under other provisions of the Revised Code for the purposes, a county may issue revenue securities as authorized in this section. (B) A county may issue revenue securities to fund or refund revenue securities previously issued, or for any purposes for which it could issue self-supporting securities and, without limitation, any of the following general purposes: (1...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the proceedings, a subdivision that sells an issue of securities shall deliver the securities for payment within the state to the purchaser, or to a bank or trust company or other agent of the purchaser designated by the purchaser, without charge to the purchaser. The subdivision may agree to deliver the securities to any other place at the request of the purchaser, at the expense of ...

...Every combination, contract, or agreement in the form of a trust is declared to be a conspiracy against trade and illegal. No person shall engage in such conspiracy or take part therein, or aid or advise in its commission, or, as principal, manager, director, agent, servant, or employer, or in any other capacity, knowingly carry out any of the stipulations, purposes, prices, or rates, or furnish any information to a...

...In an indictment for an offense provided for in sections 1331.01 to 1331.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, it is sufficient to state the purpose or effects of the trust or combination, and that the accused is a member thereof, or acted with or in pursuance of it or aided or assisted in carrying out its purposes, without giving its name or description, or how, when, and where it was created.

...In prosecutions under sections 1331.01 to 1331.14 of the Revised Code, it is sufficient to prove that a trust or combination exists, and that the defendant belonged to it, or acted for or in connection with it, without proving all the members belonging to it, or proving or producing an article of agreement, or a written instrument on which it may have been based; or that it was evidenced by a written instrument.

...(A) In any action or proceeding in quo warranto, in injunction, or otherwise brought by the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney under sections 1331.01 to 1331.14 of the Revised Code, all persons that are party to or participating in the trust or conspiracy against trade violative of those sections may be made parties defendant and summoned, whether or not they reside in the county in which the action or proc...

...As used in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board. (B) "Cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, T...

...ations, joint-stock companies, business trusts, unincorporated organizations, receivers, or trustees. (J) "County cigarette taxes" means the taxes levied under section 5743.021, 5743.024, or 5743.026 of the Revised Code.

...In connection with the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan, no seller or broker shall: (A) Make any oral, written, or visual representation to a prospective purchaser concerning potential sales, income, or gross or net profit, unless: (1) The seller possesses data to substantiate the representation and provides the data in writing to the prospective purchaser at least ten business days prior to the executi...

...(A) Value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied, but value does not include an unperformed promise made otherwise than in the ordinary course of the business of the promisor to furnish support to the debtor or another person. (B) For the purposes of division (A)(2) of section 1336.04 and division ...

...(A) Any of the following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent's conduct and grant appropriate relief: (1) The principal or the agent; (2) A guardian, conservator, or other fiduciary acting for the principal, including an executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased principal; (3) A person authorized to make health-care decisions for the principal; (4) The...

...Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to real property authorizes the agent to do all of the following: (A) Demand, buy, lease, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of credit, or otherwise acquire or reject an interest in real property or a right incident to real property; (B) Sell; exchange; convey with o...

...n person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts, and consent to limitations on the right to vote.

...Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to banks and other financial institutions authorizes the agent to do all of the following: (A) Continue, modify, and terminate an account or other banking arrangement made by or on behalf of the principal; (B) Establish, modify, and terminate an account or other banking arrangement with a b...

...Sections 1341.04 and 1341.05 of the Revised Code do not affect bonds required by law to be given by guardians, executors, administrators, trustees of an express trust, public officers, or any bond or undertaking required by law to be given in an action or legal proceeding in any court of this state.