Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4719 - Telephone Solicitors

• Section 4719.01 - Telephone Solicitor Definitions - Exemptions.
  (A) As used in sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affiliate" means a business entity that is owned by, operated by,...
• Section 4719.02 - Certificate Of Registration Or Registration Renewal.
  (A) No person shall act as a telephone solicitor without first having obtained a certificate of registration or registration renewal from the attorney general...
• Section 4719.03 - Certificate Of Registration -Disciplinary Actions.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the attorney general shall issue a certificate of registration or registration renewal as...
• Section 4719.04 - Surety Bond Requirements.
  (A) No person shall act as a telephone solicitor without having first obtained a surety bond issued by a surety company that holds a...
• Section 4719.05 - Representations Concerning Gift, Award Or Prize.
  No telephone solicitor that intends to represent or cause to be represented, expressly or impliedly, to a purchaser that the purchaser is or may...
• Section 4719.06 - Disclosure Of Information.
  (A) Within the first sixty seconds of a telephone call, and before requesting any financial information or conveying to the consumer any substantive information...
• Section 4719.07 - Signed Written Confirmations Of Sales.
  (A) No verbal agreement, made by a purchaser as a result of a telephone solicitation, to purchase goods or services from a telephone solicitor...
• Section 4719.08 - Prohibited Acts.
  No telephone solicitor shall do any of the following: (A) Obtain a certificate of registration or registration renewal under section 4719.03 of the Revised...
• Section 4719.09 - Waiver Of Rights.
  (A) No telephone solicitor or salesperson shall cause or attempt to cause a purchaser to waive a right granted under section 4719.07 or 4719.15...
• Section 4719.10 - Administrative Rules.
  The attorney general, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt reasonable rules to carry out the purposes of sections 4719.01...
• Section 4719.11 - Conduct Of Investigations.
  (A) If the attorney general, as a result of complaints or the attorney general's own inquiries, has reason to believe that a person has...
• Section 4719.12 - Injunctions - Civil Penalties.
  (A) Whenever it appears that a person has violated, is violating, or is about to violate a provision of sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of...
• Section 4719.13 - Initiation Of Criminal Proceedings.
  (A) The attorney general may initiate criminal proceedings under sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code by presenting evidence of criminal violations to...
• Section 4719.14 - Consumer Sales Practices Act Applicable.
  A violation of section 4719.02, 4719.05, or 4719.06 ; division (C), (D), or (E) of section 4719.07 ; section 4719.08 ; or division (A)...
• Section 4719.15 - Civil Action By Purchaser.
  (A) A purchaser injured by a violation of a provision of sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under...
• Section 4719.16 - Powers, Remedies, And Penalties Are In Addition To Others Provided By Law.
  (A) The powers, remedies, and penalties provided by sections 4719.11 to 4719.15 of the Revised Code are in addition to any other power, remedy,...
• Section 4719.17 - Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the telemarketing fraud enforcement fund. The treasurer of state shall deposit into the fund registration fees...
• Section 4719.18 - Purposes And Construction Of Chapter.
  (A) The purposes and objectives of sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code are to protect purchasers from telephone solicitors and salespersons that...
• Section 4719.21 - Blocking Telephone Solicitor's Number Prohibited.
  (A) As used in this section, "telephone solicitation" and "telephone solicitor" have the same meanings as in division (A) of section 4719.01 of the...
• Section 4719.22 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The attorney general shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff. 3/22/2013.
• Section 4719.99 - Penalty.
  Prior to July 1, 1996, whoever violates section 4719.02, 4719.05, or 4719.06, division (C), (D), or (E) of section 4719.07, section 4719.08, or division...

Last modified: October 10, 2016