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...(A) The division of real estate may make rules governing actions relative to the suspension and revocation of manufactured housing dealers', manufactured housing brokers', and manufactured housing salespersons' licenses, and may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the conduct of any licensee under this chapter. The division shall suspend, revoke, or refus...

...No manufactured housing dealer licensed under this chapter shall do any of the following: (A) Directly or indirectly, solicit the sale of a manufactured home or mobile home through an interested person other than a salesperson licensed in the employ of a licensed dealer; (B) Pay any commission or compensation in any form to any person in connection with the sale of a manufactured home or mobile home unless the pers...

...(A) Each licensed manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall notify the division of real estate of any change in status as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker during the period for which the dealer or broker is licensed, if the change of status concerns either of the following: (1) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (2) Location of an office or pri...

... (A) Every retail sale of a manufactured home or mobile home shall be preceded by a written contract that shall contain all of the agreements of the parties and shall be signed by the buyer and the seller. The seller, upon execution of the contract and before the delivery of the manufactured or mobile home, shall deliver to the buyer a copy of the contract that shall clearly describe all of the following: (1)...

...The division of real estate shall adopt rules for the regulation of manufactured housing brokers in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall require that a manufactured housing broker maintain a bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in this state in an amount determined by the division of real estate. The rules also shall require each person licensed as a manufactured housi...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and has the exclusive power to adopt, rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans, issuance of flood plain management permits, and issuance of licenses for manufactured home parks; the location, layout, density, construction, drainage, sanitation, safety, and operation of those park...

...(A)(1) On or after the first day of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person who intends to operate a manufactured home park shall procure a license to operate the park for the next year from the division of industrial compliance. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 4781.28 of the Revised Code is not received by the division by the close of business on the last d...

...The division of industrial compliance may charge a fee for an annual license to operate a manufactured home park. The fee for a license shall be determined in accordance with section 4781.27 of the Revised Code and shall include the cost of licensing and all inspections. Any fees collected shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the industrial compliance operating fund created in sect...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance may charge a fee for inspector certification. The fees shall include all of the following: (1) The nonrefundable certification fee for inspectors shall not be greater than fifty dollars for each three-year certification period. (2) The nonrefundable certification renewal fee for inspectors shall not be greater than fifty dollars. (3) The nonrefundable late fee for certi...

...The division of industrial compliance may refuse to grant, may suspend, or may revoke any license granted to any person for failure to comply with sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code or with any rule adopted under section 4781.26 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Upon a license being issued under sections 4781.27 to 4781.29 of the Revised Code, any operator shall have the right to rent or use each lot for the parking or placement of a manufactured home or mobile home to be used for human habitation without interruption for any period coextensive with any license or consecutive licenses issued under sections 4781.27 to 4781.29 of the Revised Code. (B) No operator o...

...Fees authorized or charged under sections 4781.31, 4781.32, and 4781.28 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees on or with respect to the operation or ownership of manufactured home parks within this state, except that the licensor may charge additional reasonable fees for the collection and bacteriological examination of any necessary water samples taken from any such park.

...(A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a manufactured home park until the plans for the development have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the division of industrial compliance. This division does not require that plans be submitted to the division of industrial compliance for approval for the replacement of manufactured or mobile homes on previously approved lots in a manuf...

...(A) No person shall cause development to occur or cause the replacement of a mobile or manufactured home within any portion of a manufactured home park that is located within a one-hundred-year flood plain unless the person first obtains a permit from the division of industrial compliance. If the development for which a permit is required under this division is to occur on a lot where a mobile or manufactured home is...

...When a flood event affects a manufactured home park, the operator of the manufactured home park, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4781.26 of the Revised Code, shall notify the division of industrial compliance and the board of health having jurisdiction where the flood event occurred within forty-eight hours after the end of the flood event. The division, after receiving notification, shall immediately ...

...(A) If a mobile or manufactured home that is located in a flood plain is substantially damaged, the owner of the home shall make all alterations, repairs, or changes to the home, and the operator of the manufactured home park shall make all alterations, repairs, or changes to the lot on which the home is located, that are necessary to ensure compliance with the flood plain management rules adopted under section 4781....

...(A) No person shall violate sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder. (B) The prosecuting attorney of the county, the city director of law, or the attorney general, upon complaint of the division of industrial compliance, shall prosecute to termination or bring an action for injunction against any person violating sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code or the rules ado...

...(A) Subject to section 4781.37 of the Revised Code, a park operator shall not retaliate against a resident by increasing the resident's rent, decreasing services that are due to the resident, refusing to renew or threatening to refuse to renew the rental agreement with the resident, or bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession of the resident's premises because: (1) The resident has complained...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 4781.36 of the Revised Code, a park operator may bring an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code for possession of the premises if any of the following applies: (1) The resident is in default in the payment of rent. (2) The violation of the applicable building, housing, health, or safety code that the resident complained of was primarily caused by any act or lack of reasonable ca...

...(A) A park operator who is a party to a rental agreement shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health, and safety codes which materially affect health and safety, and comply with rules of the division of industrial compliance; (2) Make all repairs and do whatever is reasonably necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (3) Keep all common areas o...

...(A) A resident who is a party to a rental agreement shall: (1) Keep that part of the premises that the resident occupies and uses safe and sanitary; (2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner; (3) Comply with the requirements imposed on residents by all applicable state and local housing, health, and safety codes, rules of the division of industrial compliance, and r...

... (A)(1) The park operator shall offer each home owner a written rental agreement for a manufactured home park lot for a term of one year or more that contains terms essentially the same as any alternative month-to-month rental agreement offered to current and prospective tenants and owners. The park operator shall offer the minimum one-year rental agreement to the owner prior to installation of the home in the manufa...

...(A) If a park operator fails to fulfill any obligation imposed upon the park operator by section 4781.38 of the Revised Code or by the rental agreement, or the conditions of the premises are such that the resident reasonably believes that a park operator has failed to fulfill any such obligations, or a governmental agency has found that the premises are not in compliance with building, housing, health, or safet...

...(A) Whenever a resident deposits rent with the clerk of a court as provided in section 4781.41 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall give written notice of this fact to the park operator and to the park operator's agent, if any. (B) The clerk shall place all rent deposited with the clerk in a separate rent escrow account in the name of the clerk in a bank or building and loan association domiciled in this state...

...(A) A park operator who receives notice that rent due the park operator has been deposited with a clerk of court pursuant to section 4781.41 of the Revised Code, may: (1) Apply to the clerk of court for release of the rent on the ground that the condition contained in the notice given pursuant to division (A) of section 4781.41 of the Revised Code has been remedied. The clerk shall forthwith release the rent, ...