Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4517 - Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, And Salespersons

• Section 4517.01 - Motor Vehicle Dealer, Auction Owner And Salesperson Definitions.
  As used in sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Persons" includes individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, joint stock companies, corporations, and any...
• Section 4517.02 - License Required To Engage In Motor Vehicle Or Manufactured Home Business - Remanufacturers.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business of displaying or...
• Section 4517.021 - Rules Governing Auction Of Classic Motor Vehicles.
  (A) Sections 4517.01, 4517.02, and 4517.03 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code do not apply to a person auctioning classic motor vehicles, provided all...
• Section 4517.03 - Established Place Of Business Restrictions.
  (A) A place of business that is used for selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles shall be considered as used...
• Section 4517.04 - Application For New Motor Vehicle Dealer's License.
  Each person applying for a new motor vehicle dealer's license shall biennially make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, before the...
• Section 4517.05 - Application For Used Motor Vehicle Dealer's License; Mandatory Training.
  (A) Each person applying for a used motor vehicle dealer's license shall annually, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to...
• Section 4517.051 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-03-1996
• Section 4517.052 - [Repealed] Application For Manufactured Home Broker's License.
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 7/1/2010. Effective Date: 08-25-1995
• Section 4517.06 - Application For Motor Vehicle Leasing Dealer's License.
  Each person applying for a motor vehicle leasing dealer's license shall annually, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the...
• Section 4517.061 - Repealed.
  Effective Date: 11-04-1977
• Section 4517.07 - Application For Motor Vehicle Auction Owner's License - Records To Be Open For Inspection.
  Each person applying for a motor vehicle auction owner's license shall annually, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the...
• Section 4517.08 - Application For Distributor's License.
  Each person applying for a distributor's license shall annually, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor...
• Section 4517.09 - Application For Salesperson's License.
  Each person applying for a salesperson's license shall biennially make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, before the first day of...
• Section 4517.10 - Prescribed Forms And Fees For Licenses.
  At the time the registrar of motor vehicles grants the application of any person for a license as motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing...
• Section 4517.11 - License Fees Credited To State Bureau Of Motor Vehicles Fund.
  All license fees required by section 4517.10 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall pay the...
• Section 4517.12 - Denial Of License As Motor Vehicle Dealer, Motor Vehicle Leasing Dealer, Manufactured Home Broker, Or Motor Vehicle Auction Owner.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall deny the application of any person for a license as a motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing...
• Section 4517.13 - Denial Of Distributor's License.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall deny the application of any person for a license as a distributor and refuse to issue the license...
• Section 4517.14 - Denial Of Salesperson's License.
  The registrar of motor vehicles shall deny the application of any person for a license as a salesperson and refuse to issue the license...
• Section 4517.141 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-03-1996
• Section 4517.15 - Appeal Of Denial Of License To Motor Vehicle Dealers Board.
  Any person who has been denied a license under section 4517.12, 4517.13, or 4517.14 of the Revised Code may appeal from the action of...
• Section 4517.16 - Eligibility For Construction Equipment Auction License.
  A person is eligible for a construction equipment auction license under section 4517.17 of the Revised Code if the person meets all of the...
• Section 4517.17 - Application For Construction Equipment Auction License; Expiration; Form Of License.
  (A) Each person applying for a construction equipment auction license shall make out and deliver an application to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon...
• Section 4517.171 - Denial Or Revocation Of Construction Equipment Auction License.
  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall deny the application of any person for a construction equipment auction license or may revoke a license...
• Section 4517.18 - Auction Of Large Construction Or Transportation Equipment; Prohibited Acts.
  (A) A construction equipment auction licensee may sell at auction large construction or transportation equipment and shall do all of the following: (1) Have...
• Section 4517.19 - Motor Vehicle Wholesaler - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No motor vehicle wholesaler shall: (1) Sell, offer for sale, or display for sale at wholesale a motor vehicle, when the motor vehicle...
• Section 4517.20 - Motor Vehicle Dealer - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No motor vehicle dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (1) Directly or indirectly, solicit...
• Section 4517.21 - Motor Vehicle Auction Owner - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No motor vehicle auction owner licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall: (1) Engage in the sale of motor vehicles at...
• Section 4517.22 - Motor Vehicle Shows.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "General market area" means the contiguous geographical area established by a motor vehicle show sponsor that is...
• Section 4517.221 - Display Of New Motor Vehicles At Location Other Than Dealership.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Charitable or civic purpose" means either of the following: (a) A purpose described in section 501(c)(3) of...
• Section 4517.23 - Notifying Registrar Of Changes Of Status.
  (A) Any licensed motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle leasing dealer, or distributor shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles concerning any change in status...
• Section 4517.24 - Two Or More Dealers At Same Location.
  (A) No two motor vehicle dealers shall engage in business at the same location, unless they agree to be jointly, severally, and personally liable...
• Section 4517.25 - Mileage Disclosure Statement.
  (A) Every dealer shall maintain a mileage disclosure statement from the previous owner of each motor vehicle the dealer sells, purchases, or receives as...
• Section 4517.26 - Written Agreement To Precede Sale.
  (A) Every retail and wholesale sale of a motor vehicle shall be preceded by a written instrument or contract that shall contain all of...
• Section 4517.261 - Documentary Service Charge For Sale Or Lease.
  A motor vehicle dealer may contract for and receive a documentary service charge for a retail or wholesale sale or lease of a motor...
• Section 4517.27 - [Repealed] Registrar To Adopt Rules For Regulation Of Manufactured Home Brokers.
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 7/1/2010. Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4517.30 - Motor Vehicle Dealers Board.
  The motor vehicle dealers board shall consist of eleven members. The registrar of motor vehicles or the registrar's designee shall be a member of...
• Section 4517.31 - Board To Be Part Of Department Of Public Safety.
  The motor vehicle dealers board shall be a part of the department of public safety for administrative purposes in the following respects: (A) The...
• Section 4517.32 - Powers And Duties Of Board.
  Subject to sections 119.01 to 119.12 of the Revised Code, the motor vehicle dealers board may make such reasonable rules as are necessary to...
• Section 4517.33 - Appeals - Rules For Suspension Or Revocation.
  The motor vehicle dealers board shall hear appeals which may be taken from an order of the registrar of motor vehicles, refusing to issue...
• Section 4517.34 - Assistance By Officials.
  The attorney general and the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties shall assist the registrar of motor vehicles upon his request, and shall assist...
• Section 4517.40 - Restricting Retail Installement Contract Sales.
  (A) No person who is engaged in or about to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail shall enter into any...
• Section 4517.41 - Coercing Restriction Of Retail Installement Contract Sales.
  (A) No manufacturer or distributor of motor vehicles, or the officer, agent, or representative of such manufacturer or distributor, shall induce or coerce, or...
• Section 4517.42 - Circumstances Prohibiting Purchase Of Retail Installment Contract.
  (A) No person engaged in the business of buying retail installment contracts from motor vehicle dealers in this state, and no officer, agent, or...
• Section 4517.43 - Confidentiality Of Applications.
  (A) The applications for licenses and the copies of contracts required by sections 4517.04, 4517.05, 4517.051, 4517.06, 4517.07, 4517.08, and 4517.09 of the Revised...
• Section 4517.44 - Record Maintenance.
  (A) No manufacturer or distributor of motor vehicles, dealer in motor vehicles, nor any owner, proprietor, person in control, or keeper of any garage,...
• Section 4517.45 - Damage To Body Or Trim Of Vehicle By Dealer Affixing Placard Or Tag.
  (A) No dealer licensed to sell motor vehicles at retail in this state under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall attach to any...
• Section 4517.49 - Excepting Manufactured Homes.
  Nothing in sections 4517.50 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code shall be construed to apply to manufacturers or dealers of manufactured homes as defined...
• Section 4517.50 - Notice Of Establishment Of New Dealer Or Relocation.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, when a franchisor seeks to enter into a franchise to establish an additional new...
• Section 4517.51 - Determination Of Good Cause For Establishment Of New Dealer Or Relocation.
  In determining whether good cause has been established by the franchisor to establish an additional new motor vehicle dealer or to relocate an existing...
• Section 4517.52 - Fulfillment And Compensation For Warranty And Recall Obligations.
  (A) Each franchisor shall fulfill warranty and recall obligations of repairing and servicing motor vehicles, including all parts and components manufactured for installation in...
• Section 4517.53 - Written Delivery And Preparation Obligations Of Franchisees.
  (A) Each franchisor shall specify to its franchisee in writing the delivery and preparation obligations of the franchisees prior to the delivery of new...
• Section 4517.54 - Notice Of Intent To Terminate Or Discontinue.
  (A) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of an existing franchise, no franchisor shall terminate, cancel, or fail to continue or renew a franchise...
• Section 4517.541 - Termination Of Franchise; Notice.
  (A) Each franchisor proposing to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise based upon any of the following shall send written notice by...
• Section 4517.542 - Termination Of Franchise; Compensation.
  (A) Except as provided in division (A)(6)(c) of this section, upon the termination, cancellation, discontinuance, or nonrenewal of any franchise by the franchisor pursuant...
• Section 4517.55 - Determinination Of Good Cause To Terminate Franchise.
  (A) In determining whether good cause has been established by the franchisor for terminating, cancelling, or failing to continue or renew a franchise, the...
• Section 4517.56 - Proposed Transfer Of Franchise.
  (A) If the sale or transfer of the business and assets or all or a controlling interest in the capital stock of a new...
• Section 4517.57 - Hearing Procedure For Protest.
  (A) Upon receiving a notice of protest pursuant to section 4517.50, 4517.53, 4517.54, or 4517.56 of the Revised Code, the motor vehicle dealers board...
• Section 4517.58 - Board Decision.
  The decision of the motor vehicle dealers board on any matter heard under section 4517.57 of the Revised Code shall be in writing and...
• Section 4517.59 - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of any agreement, franchise, or waiver, no franchisor shall: (1) In acting or purporting to act under...
• Section 4517.60 - Indemnification And Holding Harmless Of Franchisee.
  Notwithstanding the terms, conditions, or provisions of any franchise, or the date such franchise was executed, each franchisor shall indemnify and hold harmless its...
• Section 4517.61 - Franchisor's Damage Disclosure Statement.
  Each franchisor shall disclose to its franchisees in writing prior to or at the time of delivery of any new motor vehicle any damage...
• Section 4517.62 - Franchisee's Duties To Franchisor And Public.
  A franchisee having a franchise shall maintain adequate physical facilities and personnel so that the franchisor's product is at all times properly represented in...
• Section 4517.63 - Writing Required For Certain Actions.
  All actions of the franchisor or its officers, agents, or employees with respect to the creation, modification, interpretation, or termination of the franchise, or...
• Section 4517.64 - Duties Fo Franchisor.
  (A) No franchisor shall do any of the following: (1) Fail to obey a requirement or order made by the motor vehicle dealers board,...
• Section 4517.65 - Liability Of Franchisor.
  (A) When a franchisor does, causes, or permits to be done anything prohibited by this chapter, or fails to perform any duty imposed upon...
• Section 4517.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates any provision of sections 4517.01 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section that...

Last modified: October 10, 2016