Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1333 - Trade Practices

• Section 1333.01 - Sale Of Trading Stamps.
  No person shall sell or issue a stamp, trading stamp, cash discount stamp, check, ticket, coupon, or other device which entitles the holder thereof,...
• Section 1333.02 - Redemption Of Trading Stamps.
  Whoever sells or issues to a person engaged in a trade, business, or profession, a stamp, trading stamp, cash discount stamp, check, ticket, coupon,...
• Section 1333.03 - Redemption Of Trading Stamps By Persons In Trade, Business, Or Profession.
  Any person engaging in a trade, business, or profession, who distributes, delivers, or presents to a person dealing with him, in consideration of an...
• Section 1333.04 - Stamps Redeemed By Issuer.
  Sections 1333.01 to 1333.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to tickets, coupons, or other vouchers placed by a merchant or manufacturer...
• Section 1333.05 - Motion Picture License Agreement Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.05 to 1333.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to...
• Section 1333.06 - Prohibited Acts - Effect On License Agreements.
  (A) No distributor shall engage in blind bidding. (B) No distributor shall condition the granting or execution of a license agreement on a guarantee...
• Section 1333.07 - Invitations To Bid.
  (A) If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the purpose of entering into a license agreement, the invitation to bid shall specify: (1) The...
• Section 1333.08 To 1333.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-30-1975
• Section 1333.11 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.11 to 1333.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost to the retailer" means the invoice cost of cigarettes to the...
• Section 1333.12 - Selling At Less Than Cost.
  No retailer shall, with intent to injure competitors, destroy substantially or lessen competition, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail cigarettes at less...
• Section 1333.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 1333.14 - Type Of Sales Excepted.
  Sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made: (A) In an...
• Section 1333.15 - Competitive Prices.
  Any retailer or wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell, or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the prices of...
• Section 1333.16 - Void Contract.
  Any contract, express or implied, made by any person in violation of sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code is void and...
• Section 1333.17 - Determining Cost To Retailer.
  A court in determining cost to the retailer and cost to the wholesaler shall receive and consider as bearing on the bona fides of...
• Section 1333.18 - How Cost Established.
  In establishing the cost of cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of said cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, close-out, or...
• Section 1333.19 - Cost Survey As Evidence.
  Where the particular trade, of which the person complained against is a member, has an established cost survey for the trading area in which...
• Section 1333.20 - Action To Enjoin Violation - Damages.
  Any person injured by any violation of sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any trade association which is representative of...
• Section 1333.21 - Revocation Or Suspension Of Cigarette License.
  The department of taxation, through the tax commissioner, shall administer and enforce sections 1333.11 to 1333.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner,...
• Section 1333.211 - Surrender Of License Upon Receipt Of Notice Of Suspension Or Revocation.
  After a wholesale or retail cigarette license has been suspended or revoked, the tax commissioner shall forthwith send by registered mail a certified copy...
• Section 1333.22 - Dry Cleaner's Lien - Disposition Of Unclaimed Articles.
  Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods that remain for one hundred twenty days or more in the possession of a person and...
• Section 1333.23 - Disposition Of Cleaned Articles Left In Storage Without Charges Paid.
  Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods that are placed in storage and that remain in the possession of a person without the...
• Section 1333.231 - Receipts To Be Issued.
  Any person who provides any of the services described in section 1333.22 or 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall provide the owner a receipt...
• Section 1333.24 - Notice Or Publication Of Proposed Sale Of Articles.
  The mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, of a letter that states the time and place of a proposed sale or other disposition...
• Section 1333.25 - Charges Deducted From Proceeds - Disposition Of Surplus.
  The person to whom charges are owed for services, labor, or storage described in sections 1333.22 and 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall do...
• Section 1333.26 - Notices To Be Posted.
  All persons taking advantage of sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code shall keep posted in a prominent place in their receiving office...
• Section 1333.27 - Civil Action For Unpaid Charges.
  Nothing in sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code prohibits any person from commencing a civil action to collect unpaid charges for services,...
• Section 1333.28 - Immunity.
  A person who sells, gives away, or otherwise disposes of any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods or causes any garment, clothing, wearing...
• Section 1333.29 - Molder's Lien Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.29 to 1333.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Molder" means any person, including, but not limited to, a tool or...
• Section 1333.30 - Molder's Right To Destroy Die, Mold, Pattern Or Form Of Customer After Three Years.
  If a customer does not take possession of a die, mold, pattern, or form located in this state within three years of the date...
• Section 1333.31 - Molder's Lien.
  (A) (1) A molder has a lien on a die, mold, pattern, or form that is in his possession and that belongs to a...
• Section 1333.32 - Definitions - Moldbuilder' Lien.
  For purposes of sections 1333.32 to 1333.34 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) "Customer" means a person that causes a...
• Section 1333.33 - Moldbuilder's Lien.
  (A) (1) A moldbuilder has a lien on all molds produced by it and on all proceeds from the assignment, sale, transfer, exchange, or...
• Section 1333.34 - Enforcement Of Moldbuilder's Lien.
  (A) To enforce a moldbuilder's lien attached pursuant to section 1333.33 of the Revised Code, the moldbuilder shall give written notice to the customer...
• Section 1333.35 - Bankruptcy And Receiver's Sales Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.35 to 1333.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Additional merchandise" means all goods, wares, and merchandise not part of...
• Section 1333.36 - Prohibition On Sale Of Additional Merchandise At Bankruptcy Or Receiver's Sale.
  No person shall with intent to mislead or deceive the general public, advertise, offer to sell, or sell additional merchandise at the bankruptcy sale...
• Section 1333.37 - Intent To Mislead Or Deceive General Public.
  The offering or display for sale of additional merchandise by any person conducting a bankruptcy or receiver's sale at the premises of such sale...
• Section 1333.41 - Lien Of Bailee For Hire On Personal Property - Enforcement Of Lien.
  (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a bailee for hire who performs services or provides materials with respect to any...
• 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...
• Section 1333.51 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 1333.52 - Record Piracy.
  (A) No person shall purposely do either of the following: (1) Transcribe, without the consent of the owner, any sounds recorded on a phonograph...
• Section 1333.55 - Disclosing Tax Information.
  No person who engages in the business of preparing for others or assisting others to prepare any tax return or who has access to...
• Section 1333.60 - Voluntary Delivery Of Unordered Goods Constitutes Unconditional Gift.
  Where any merchandise is offered for sale by means of its voluntary delivery to an offeree who has neither ordered nor requested it, the...
• Section 1333.61 - Uniform Trade Secrets Act Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach...
• Section 1333.62 - Injunction Against Misappropriation.
  (A) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased...
• Section 1333.63 - Damages Recoverable.
  (A) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders...
• 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...
• Section 1333.65 - Authorized Means Of Preserving Secrecy.
  In an action under sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by...
• 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...
• Section 1333.67 - Conflicting Laws Displaced - Remedies Not Affected.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code displace conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other...
• Section 1333.68 - Uniformity Of Application And Construction Of Provisions.
  Sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code shall be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with...
• Section 1333.69 - Title Of Act.
  Sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code may be cited as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act." Effective Date: 07-20-1994
• Section 1333.71 - Sale Of Containers With Milk Or Baked Goods Company Logo.
  No person shall sell or purchase a plastic crate or tray that is used for the carrying of retail containers of milk or baked...
• Section 1333.72 - Energy Usage Labels For New Grain-drying Equipment.
  No person shall sell, offer for sale, or install for use any new grain-drying equipment unless the equipment is labeled or accompanied by an...
• Section 1333.73 - [Repealed].
  Renumbered from § 1301.18 by 129th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 9, §1, eff. 6/29/2011.
• Section 1333.73, 1333.74 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-14-1980
• Section 1333.75, 1333.76 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4517.62, 4517.63.
  Effective Date: 03-14-1980
• Section 1333.77, 1333.78 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 03-14-1980
• Section 1333.81 - Confidentiality Of Information.
  No employee of another, who in the course and within the scope of his employment receives any confidential matter or information, shall knowingly, without...
• Section 1333.82 - Alcoholic Beverages Franchise Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.82 to 1333.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alcoholic beverages" means beer and wine as defined in section 4301.01 of...
• 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...
• Section 1333.84 - Prohibited Acts.
  Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise, no manufacturer or distributor engaged in the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, or a subsidiary of any...
• Section 1333.85 - Cancellation, Failure To Renew Or Substantial Change In Territory.
  Except as provided in divisions (A) to (D) of this section, no manufacturer or distributor shall cancel or fail to renew a franchise or...
• Section 1333.851 - Distributors Of Acquired Manufacturers.
  (A) With respect to any merger, acquisition, purchase, or assignment under division (D) of section 1333.85 of the Revised Code, both of the following...
• Section 1333.86 - Distributor To Maintain Adequate Physical Facilities And Personnel.
  During the effective period of a franchise, the distributor shall maintain adequate physical facilities and personnel so that the product or brands of the...
• Section 1333.87 - Liability For Violation.
  Any manufacturer or distributor who directly or through an officer, employee, or agent violates sections 1333.82 to 1333.86 of the Revised Code is liable...
• Section 1333.91 - Pyramid Sales Plan Or Program Definitions.
  As used in sections 1333.91 to 1333.94 of the Revised Code: (A) "Pyramid sales plan or program" means any scheme, whether or not for...
• Section 1333.92 - Prohibition.
  No person shall propose, plan, prepare, or operate a pyramid sales plan or program. Effective Date: 09-27-1974
• Section 1333.93 - Contract Void - Civil Action.
  Any contract made in violation of section 1333.92 of the Revised Code is void. Any person who has paid consideration for the chance or...
• Section 1333.94 - Restraining Orders.
  Whenever it appears that a person is violating or about to violate section 1333.92 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may bring an...
• Section 1333.95 - Additional Remedies.
  The remedies in sections 1333.91 to 1333.95 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available. Effective Date: 09-27-1974
• Section 1333.96 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-26-2003
• Section 1333.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates sections 1333.01 to 1333.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 1333.12 or 1333.71...

Last modified: October 10, 2016