Title 47, Title 47. Occupations-Professions

No telephone solicitor that intends to represent or cause to be represented, expressly or impliedly, to a purchaser that the purchaser is or may be eligible to receive a gift, award, or prize, however denominated, shall fail to submit to the attorney general, any later than fourt…

(A) Within the first sixty seconds of a telephone call, and before requesting any financial information or conveying to the consumer any substantive information about a prize, product, or service, no telephone solicitor or salesperson shall fail to do all of the following:(1) Sta…

(A) No verbal agreement, made by a purchaser as a result of a telephone solicitation, to purchase goods or services from a telephone solicitor is valid or legally binding unless the telephone solicitor receives from the purchaser a signed, written confirmation that complies with …

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 Code through any false or fraudulent representation or make any material misrepresentation in any registration or registratio…

(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 of the Revised Code.(B) Any waiver by a purchaser of a right granted under section 4719.07 or 4719.15 of the Revised Code is contrary to…

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 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code and shall adopt rules prescribing reasonable registration and registration renewal fees for the purpo…

(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 engaged, is engaging, or is preparing to engage in a violation of any provision of sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code or a rule ado…

(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 the Revised Code, the attorney general may bring an action in a court of common pleas to enjoin the alleged violation. Upon a showing of a violat…

(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 the prosecuting attorney of any county in which the offense may be prosecuted. If the prosecuting attorney does not pr…

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) of section 4719.09 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code.

(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 any provision of those sections may bring a civil action against the telephone solicitor or salesperson who committed the violation for damages in a co…

(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, or penalty provided by law.(B) The remedies and powers available to the attorney general under division (B) of section 4719.03 and secti…

There is hereby created in the state treasury the telemarketing fraud enforcement fund. The treasurer of state shall deposit into the fund registration fees paid pursuant to divisions (A) and (D) of section 4719.02 of the Revised Code. The consumer protection section of the offic…

(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 commit unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable acts or practices and to encourage the development of reasonable and …

(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 Revised Code.(B) No telephone solicitor shall intentionally block or intentionally authorize or cause to be blocked the disclosure o…

The attorney general shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

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 (A) of section 4719.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. On or after July 1, 1996, whoever violat…