Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1345 - Consumer Sales Practices

• Section 1345.01 - Consumer Sales Practices Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer transaction" means a sale, lease, assignment, award by chance, or other...
• Section 1345.02 - Unfair Or Deceptive Acts Or Practices.
  (A) No supplier shall commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unfair or deceptive act...
• Section 1345.021 - Ethanol Blended Or Mixed Into Gasoline.
  (A) As used in this section, "retail dealer" means a person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises an establishment at which gasoline is sold...
• Section 1345.03 - Unconscionable Consumer Sales Acts Or Practices.
  (A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a...
• Section 1345.031 - Unconscionable Acts By Supplier Prohibited - Unconscionable Provisions.
  (A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice concerning a consumer transaction in connection with a residential mortgage. Such an unconscionable act...
• Section 1345.04 - Jurisdiction.
  The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective monetary jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to any...
• Section 1345.05 - Attorney General Powers And Duties.
  (A) The attorney general shall: (1) Adopt, amend, and repeal procedural rules; (2) Adopt as a rule a description of the organization of the...
• Section 1345.06 - Investigations By Attorney General.
  (A) If, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a...
• Section 1345.07 - Remedies Of Attorney General.
  (A) If the attorney general, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints, has reasonable cause to believe that a...
• Section 1345.08 - Attorney General To Coordinate With Other Administrative Agency.
  If the attorney general receives a complaint or other information concerning noncompliance with Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, by a supplier subject to...
• Section 1345.09 - Private Causes Of Action.
  For a violation of Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, a consumer has a cause of action and is entitled to relief as follows:...
• Section 1345.091 - Claim Or Defense Against Assignee Of Loan.
  No claim or defense under this chapter may be asserted by the attorney general or any consumer against an assignee or purchaser of a...
• Section 1345.092 - Supplier's Right To Cure.
  (A) Not later than thirty days after service of process is completed upon a supplier by a consumer in any action seeking a private...
• Section 1345.10 - Final Judgment Admissible As Prima Facie Evidence.
  (A) With the exception of consent judgments entered before any testimony is taken, a final judgment against a supplier under section 1345.07 of the...
• Section 1345.11 - Bona Fide Errors.
  (A) In any case arising under Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code, if a supplier shows by a preponderance of the evidence that a...
• Section 1345.12 - Applicability Of Chapter - Exceptions.
  Sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (A) An act or practice required or specifically permitted by or under...
• Section 1345.13 - Remedies In Addition To Other Remedies.
  The remedies in sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code, are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state...
• Section 1345.18 - Prior, Verified Consent Required To Switch Natural Gas Or Public Telecommunications Service Provider.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Consumer," "person," and "supplier" have the same meanings as in section 1345.01 of the Revised Code. (2)...
• Section 1345.19 - Jurisdiction.
  (A) The courts of common pleas, and municipal or county courts within their respective jurisdictions, have jurisdiction over any supplier with respect to a...
• Section 1345.20 - Action By Aggrieved Consumer For Switch In Natural Gas Or Public Telecommunications Service Providers With Consent.
  (A) An aggrieved consumer may bring an action for a declaratory judgment, an injunction, or other appropriate relief against a supplier that is violating...
• Section 1345.21 - Home Solicitation Sale Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.21 to 1345.28 of the Revised Code: (A) "Home solicitation sale" means a sale of consumer goods or services in...
• Section 1345.22 - Right Of Buyer To Cancel.
  (A) In addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight...
• Section 1345.23 - Written Agreement Or Offer To Purchase.
  (A) Every home solicitation shall be evidenced by a written agreement or offer to purchase in the same language as that principally used in...
• Section 1345.24 - Retaining Notice Of Cancellation.
  In a home solicitation sale, the seller shall retain, for the period in which an action to enforce the sale could be commenced, any...
• Section 1345.25 - Presumption.
  Where a sale is made pursuant to negotiations that occur at a place other than the seller's fixed location business establishment where goods or...
• Section 1345.26 - Right Of Buyer After Cancellation.
  If, following the cancellation of a home solicitation sale by the buyer, the seller fails to return any goods traded in by the buyer,...
• Section 1345.27 - Right Of Seller After Cancellation.
  Except as provided in section 1345.26 of the Revised Code, within a reasonable time after a home solicitation sale has been cancelled or an...
• Section 1345.28 - Deceptive Acts Or Practices.
  Failure to comply with sections 1345.21 to 1345.27 of the Revised Code constitutes a deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction...
• Section 1345.30 - Fitting, Sale, And Returns Of Hearing Aids.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 1345.31 of the Revised Code: (1) "Consumer" means a person who engages in a consumer...
• Section 1345.31 - Failing To Comply With Refund Obligations.
  The failure of a hearing aid dealer, hearing aid fitter, physician, or audiologist to comply with section 1345.30 of the Revised Code is an...
• Section 1345.41 - Prepaid Entertainment Contract Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Prepaid entertainment contract" means a contract under which the buyer of a...
• Section 1345.42 - Contract Provision Of Prepaid Entertainment Contracts.
  (A) All prepaid entertainment contracts between the same seller and the same buyer that are in effect at the same time, or the terms...
• Section 1345.421 - Surety Bond Where Facility Under Construction And Not Available For Service At Time Buyer Signs Contract.
  If the facility that is the subject of the contract is under construction, and is not available for service at the time the buyer...
• Section 1345.43 - Right Of Buyer To Cancel.
  (A) In addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer or to terminate or cancel a sale or contract, the buyer has the...
• Section 1345.44 - Prepaid Entertainment Contract Form.
  (A) Every prepaid entertainment contract shall state the date on which the buyer actually signs. The seller shall give the buyer a copy of...
• Section 1345.45 - Retaining Notice Of Cancellation.
  If a buyer cancels a prepaid entertainment contract pursuant to sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code, the seller shall retain for the...
• Section 1345.46 - Buyer To Deliver Goods Or Evidence Of Membership To Seller After Cancellation.
  Within twenty days after a prepaid entertainment contract has been canceled pursuant to sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code, the buyer upon...
• Section 1345.47 - Defenses Of Buyer Against Holder In Due Course.
  Notwithstanding section 1303.35 of the Revised Code, a buyer who executes a prepaid entertainment contract or a note in connection with such a contract...
• Section 1345.48 - Deceptive Acts Or Practices - Damages.
  (A) Failure to comply with sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code constitutes a deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer...
• Section 1345.49 - Buyer's Waiver Void.
  Any waiver by the buyer of the provisions of sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code is contrary to public policy and is...
• Section 1345.50 - Remedies.
  The remedies provided in sections 1345.41 to 1345.50 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available under state or local law....
• Section 1345.51 - Consumer Protection Enforcement Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the consumer protection enforcement fund. The fund shall include civil penalties ordered pursuant to divisions (A)...
• Section 1345.52 - Title Defect Recision Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the title defect recision fund. The fund shall consist of money collected under section 4505.09 of...
• Section 1345.61 - Invention Development Services Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.61 to 1345.68 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contract for invention development services" means a contract by which an invention...
• Section 1345.62 - Invention Development Services Contracts.
  (A) Every contract for invention development services shall be in writing and is subject to sections 1345.61 to 1345.68 of the Revised Code. The...
• Section 1345.63 - Conspicuous And Legible Cover Sheet With Notice.
  (A) Every contract for invention development services shall have a conspicuous and legible cover sheet attached to it with the following notice to the...
• Section 1345.64 - Record Of Contacts.
  The invention developer shall maintain a record with respect to each contract which contains the name and address of each person to whom the...
• Section 1345.65 - Contract Contents.
  Every contract for invention development services shall set forth in boldface type of not less than ten-point size, or in capital letters of a...
• Section 1345.66 - Remedies.
  (A) Any customer who is injured by a violation of sections 1345.61 to 1345.67 of the Revised Code has an action at law as...
• Section 1345.67 - Maintaining Bond.
  (A) Every invention developer rendering or offering to render invention development services in this state shall maintain a bond in the amount of ten...
• Section 1345.68 - Effect On Other Obligations, Rights, Or Remedies.
  Sections 1345.61 to 1345.68 of the Revised Code do not annul or limit any obligations, rights, or remedies that might otherwise be applicable or...
• Section 1345.71 - Nonconforming New Motor Vehicle Law Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.71 to 1345.78 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer" means any of the following: (1) The purchaser, other than for...
• Section 1345.72 - Duty To Repair - Repair Unsuccessful.
  (A) If a new motor vehicle does not conform to any applicable express warranty and the consumer reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer, its...
• Section 1345.73 - Presumptions.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, it shall be presumed that a reasonable number of attempts have been undertaken by...
• Section 1345.74 - Providing Written Statement Of Rights.
  (A) At the time of purchase, the manufacturer, either directly or through its agent or its authorized dealer, shall provide to the consumer a...
• Section 1345.75 - Civil Action For Loss.
  (A) Any consumer may bring a civil action in a court of common pleas or other court of competent jurisdiction against any manufacturer if...
• Section 1345.76 - Resale Or Lease Of Buyback Conditions.
  (A) A buyback may not be resold or leased in this state unless each of the following applies: (1) The manufacturer provides the same...
• Section 1345.77 - Establishment And Qualification Of Informal Dispute Resolution Mechanism.
  (A) The attorney general shall adopt rules for the establishment and qualification of an informal dispute resolution mechanism to provide for the resolution of...
• Section 1345.78 - Buyback Violations.
  (A) Failure to comply with section 1345.76 of the Revised Code, in connection with a consumer transaction as defined in division (A) of section...
• Section 1345.81 - Using Nonoriginal Equipment Manufacturer Aftermarket Crash Parts.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Aftermarket crash part" means a replacement for any of the nonmechanical sheet metal or plastic parts that...
• Section 1345.90 - Defective Assistive Device Definitions.
  As used in sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code: (A) "Assistive device" means a product designed and intended to be used to...
• Section 1345.91 - Express Written Warranty.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 1345.92 of the Revised Code, "collateral costs" mean expenses incurred by a consumer in connection...
• Section 1345.92 - Repair Is Unsuccessful Or Untimely.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Current lease value" means the sum of the following: (a) The total amount the consumer was obligated...
• Section 1345.93 - Returned Devices.
  An assistive device returned to a manufacturer in accordance with section 1345.92 of the Revised Code by a consumer or supplier in this state...
• Section 1345.94 - Applicability Of Consumer Sales Practices Act.
  The failure of a manufacturer to comply with sections 1345.91, 1345.93, and 1345.95 and division (C) of section 1345.92 of the Revised Code is...
• Section 1345.95 - Remedies Waiver Of Rights.
  The remedies in sections 1345.90 to 1345.95 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state...
• Section 1345.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 1345.23 or 1345.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section...

Last modified: October 10, 2016