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Ohio Rev Code § 4517.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.43 | Confidentiality of Applications.

Effective: July 1, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|(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 Code are not part of the public records but are confidential information for the use of the registrar of motor vehicles and the motor vehicle dealers board. No person shall divulge any information contained in such applications and acquired by the person in the person's capacity as an official or employee of the bureau of motor vehicles or of the board, except in a report to the registrar, to the board, or when called upon to testify in any court or proceeding. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.44 | Record Maintenance.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) No manufacturer or distributor of motor vehicles, dealer in motor vehicles, nor any owner, proprietor, person in control, or keeper of any garage, stable, shop, or other place of business, shall fail to keep or cause to be kept any record required by law. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.45 | Damage to Body or Trim of Vehicle by Dealer Affixing Placard or Tag.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly|(A) No dealer licensed to sell motor vehicles at retail in this state under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code shall attach to any motor vehicle offered for sale by the dealer any tag or placard bearing the dealer's name, or the name of the dealer's place of business, whenever the method of attachment involves drilling or otherwise creating holes in any part of the body or trim of the vehicle, unless the purchaser consents in writing to such method of attachment.Any damage to the body or trim of a motor vehicle that results from a violation of this section shall, at the request of the purchaser of the vehicle, be repaired by the dealer in a manner acceptable to the purchaser, and at no cost to the purchaser.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.49 | Excepting Manufactured Homes.

Effective: September 20, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 231 - 115th General Assembly|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 in and manufactured pursuant to the "National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 94 Stat. 1641, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401, as amended.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.51 | Determination of Good Cause for Establishment of New Dealer or Relocation.

Effective: October 22, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 232 - 117th General Assembly|In determining whether good cause has been established by the franchisor to establish an additional new motor vehicle dealer or to relocate an existing new motor vehicle dealer as provided in section 4517.50 of the Revised Code, the motor vehicle dealers board shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) The effect of an additional or relocated dealer upon the existing new motor vehicle dealer of the same line-make in the relevant market area to be served by the additional franchisee or relocated dealer;(B) Whether it is injurious or beneficial to the public interest for the dealer to be established or relocated;(C) Whether the franchisees of the same line-make in the relevant market area are:(1) Providing adequate competition and convenient consumer care for the motor vehicles of the same line-make in the relevant market area, which shall include the adequacy of motor vehicle sales and service facilities, equipment, supply of vehicle parts, and qualified sales and service personnel;(2) Providing adequate market penetration and representation.(D) Whether the franchisor has complied with the requirements of this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.53 | Written Delivery and Preparation Obligations of Franchisees.

Effective: March 14, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 206 - 113th General Assembly|(A) Each franchisor shall specify to its franchisees in writing the delivery and preparation obligations of the franchisees prior to the delivery of new motor vehicles to retail buyers. A copy of the delivery and preparation obligations, which shall constitute the franchisee's only responsibility for product liability between the franchisee and the franchisor, and a schedule of compensation to be paid franchisees for the work and services they are required to perform in connection with the delivery and preparation obligations, shall be filed by the franchisor with the motor vehicle dealers board and shall constitute the compensation as set forth on the schedule. The schedule of compensation shall be reasonable with respect to the time and compensation allowed. The reasonableness of the schedule shall be subject to the determination of the board, when a franchisee or dealer organization files a notice of protest with the board. In determining the reasonableness of the schedule, the board shall consider all relevant circumstances; except that the board shall determine to be unreasonable any schedule that does not compensate the franchisee at the franchisee's customary retail labor rate for the actual time required by a technician of ordinary skill to perform each function that the franchisee is obligated to perform.(B) Upon delivery of a new motor vehicle, the franchisee shall give to the purchaser a copy of the delivery and preparation obligations and a written certification that the franchisee has fulfilled these obligations.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.54 | Notice of Intent to Terminate or Discontinue.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 204 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Notwithstanding the terms, provisions, or conditions of an existing franchise, no franchisor shall terminate, cancel, or fail to continue or renew a franchise except for good cause. This section governs any action or intent to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise whether the franchise was entered into prior to or after the effective date of this amendment. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 4517.541 of the Revised Code, each franchisor proposing to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise shall send written notice by certified mail of the proposed action to the franchisee at such time as may be necessary to ensure that the notice is received no later than ninety days before the effective date of the proposed action, or no later than fifteen days before the effective date of the proposed action when the proposed action is based upon any of the following:(1) Insolvency of the franchisee, or filing of any petition by or against the franchisee under any bankruptcy or receivership law;(2) Any unlawful business practice after written warning thereof;(3) The franchisee has ceased business operations.Each notice shall set forth the specific grounds for the proposed termination, cancellation, or refusal to continue or renew.(C) Prior to the effective date of the proposed action, a franchisee receiving written notice from a franchisor proposing to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise may file a protest with the board against the franchisor's proposed action. When such a protest has been filed, the board shall inform the franchisor that a timely protest has been filed and that a hearing is required pursuant to section 4517.57 of the Revised Code.(D) A franchisor shall not terminate, cancel, discontinue, or fail to renew a franchise before the holding of a hearing on any protest filed under this section, or after the hearing, if the board determines that good cause does not exist to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew the franchise.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.541 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.541 | Termination of Franchise; Notice.

Effective: September 10, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 204 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Each franchisor proposing to terminate, cancel, discontinue, or not renew a franchise based upon any of the following shall send written notice by certified mail of the proposed action to the franchisee at such time as may be necessary to ensure that the notice is received not later than twelve months before the effective date of the proposed action, unless prohibited by law or regulation: (1) As a result of any change in ownership, operation, or control of all or any part of the business of the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch, whether by sale or transfer of assets, corporate stock or other equity interest, or by assignment, merger, consolidation, combination, joint venture, redemption, operation of law, or otherwise;(2) The termination, suspension, or cessation of a part or all of the business operations of the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch;(3) Discontinuance of the sale of a line-make, series, brand or class of vehicles or a change in distribution system by the manufacturer, whether through a change in distributors or the manufacturer's decision to cease conducting business through a distributor altogether.(B) Each notice described in division (A) of this section shall set forth the specific grounds for the proposed termination, cancellation, or refusal to continue or renew a franchise.(C) This section shall not apply to franchisors or franchisees who deal in recreational vehicles.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.57 | Hearing Procedure for Protest.

Effective: October 22, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 232 - 117th General Assembly|(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 shall set a time, which shall be within one hundred eighty days of such order, and place of hearing and send by certified mail a copy of the order to the franchisor, the protesting franchisee or dealer organization, and all individuals and groups that have requested notification by the board of protests to and decisions of the board. Subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the board shall designate an attorney at law as a hearing officer, who shall hear and consider the oral and documented evidence introduced by the parties and other interested individuals and groups, and issue his findings and recommendations to the board within thirty days following the close of the hearing. (B) The parties may engage in discovery, prior to the hearing, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. The hearing examiner may continue the hearing date, beyond one hundred eighty days of the board's order, by agreement of the parties, or upon a finding of good cause, including but not limited to the failure of either party to allow relevant discovery.(C) In any hearing on a protest filed pursuant to section 4517.50, 4517.53, 4517.54, or 4517.56 of the Revised Code, the franchisor shall have the burden of going forward and of persuasion to establish that there is good cause for the franchisor: to establish or relocate an additional motor vehicle dealer; to terminate, discontinue, or not renew a franchise; to fail or refuse to approve a sale or transfer of all or a controlling interest in a franchise; or that recall reimbursement schedules or formulas or the schedules of compensation are reasonable.(D) Only the public members of the board and the hearing officer designated by the board shall participate in, deliberate on, hear, consider, or decide any matter filed pursuant to section 4517.50, 4517.53, 4517.54, or 4517.56 of the Revised Code. The public members shall act by majority vote.(E) In any hearing filed under section 4517.50, 4517.53, 4517.54, or 4517.56 of the Revised Code, the hearing officer shall permit the parties of cross examination.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.58 | Board Decision.

Effective: March 14, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 206 - 113th General Assembly|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 shall contain findings of fact and a determination of the issues presented. If the board fails to act within thirty days after the board receives a proposed decision from the hearing officer or within any longer period mutually agreed upon by the parties, the proposed decision shall be considered approved. Copies of the decision shall be delivered to the parties personally or by registered mail and shall also be delivered to all individuals and groups that have requested notification by the board of protests to and decisions of the board. The decision shall be final upon its delivery or mailing, except that any person adversely affected by the decision may appeal in the manner provided by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.60 | Indemnification and Holding Harmless of Franchisee.

Effective: October 22, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 232 - 117th General Assembly|Notwithstanding the terms, conditions, or provisions of any franchise, or the date such franchise was executed, each franchisor shall indemnify and hold harmless its franchisees against any losses, including, but not limited to, court costs and attorney fees reasonably incurred, or damages arising out of complaints, claims, or suits, whether or not meritorious, relating in whole or in part to claims under section 1345.72 of the Revised Code, or to the manufacture, assembly, or design of motor vehicles, parts, or accessories, to damage corrected by the franchisor prior to receipt of a motor vehicle by the franchisee, or relating to other functions of the franchisor beyond the control of the franchisee, including, but not limited to, the selection by the franchisor of parts or components for the motor vehicle and any damage to merchandise occurring in transit to the franchisee where the carrier is designated by the franchisor. The franchisee shall give notice to the franchisor within twenty-eight days of service of summons on the franchisee of pending suits in which allegations are made that come within this section and shall cooperate with the franchisor in the defense of such suits.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.61 | Franchisor's Damage Disclosure Statement.

Effective: March 14, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 206 - 113th General Assembly|Each franchisor shall disclose to its franchisees in writing prior to or at the time of delivery of any new motor vehicle any damage to the motor vehicle that has been corrected after completion of the manufacturing process and exceeds six per cent of the franchisor's suggested retail price of the motor vehicle, as measured by retail repair costs. Each franchisee shall provide the purchaser of any such repaired motor vehicle with a copy of the franchisor's damage disclosure statement. Damage to glass, tires and bumpers is excluded from the six per cent when replaced by identical manufacturer's original equipment.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.62 | Franchisee's Duties to Franchisor and Public.

Effective: March 14, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 206 - 113th General Assembly|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 the franchisee's sales area so that the reputation and trade mark of the franchisor shall be protected and so that the general public will receive adequate servicing of the franchisor's products, and said franchisee shall act at all times in good faith.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.63 | Writing Required for Certain Actions.

Effective: March 14, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 206 - 113th General Assembly|All actions of the franchisor or its officers, agents, or employees with respect to the creation, modification, interpretation, or termination of the franchise, or failure to renew or extend the franchise or the original investment or the increasing or supplementing of the investment by the franchisee in the franchise and its stipulations as to facilities, purchases of goods, vehicles, accessories, parts, or commodities by the franchisee from the franchisor, the sufficiency of the franchisee's performance as a franchisee, advertising and promotional activity by the franchisee, and the franchisee's right to sell, assign, or transfer, or otherwise dispose of his business, shall be in writing and signed by the authorized representative of the franchisor.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.64 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.64 | Duties of Franchisor.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly|(A) No franchisor shall do any of the following:(1) Fail to obey a requirement or order made by the motor vehicle dealers board, or the order of any court upon application of the board;(2) Fail to perform a duty imposed upon it by sections 4517.50 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code or do any act prohibited by those sections.(B) No franchisee or prospective transferee shall fail to perform a duty imposed upon it by sections 4517.50 to 4517.65 of the Revised Code or do any act prohibited by those sections.(C) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.65 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.65 | Liability of Franchisor.

Effective: October 22, 1987|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 232 - 117th General Assembly|(A) When a franchisor does, causes, or permits to be done anything prohibited by this chapter, or fails to perform any duty imposed upon it by this chapter, the franchisor shall be liable to the franchisee in double the amount of actual damages sustained, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees.(B) When a franchisor terminates, cancels, or fails to renew a franchise without the prior consent of the franchisee, or refuses to approve the sale or transfer of the business or a controlling interest in a franchisee for other than good cause, the franchisee or prospective transferee may, in lieu of filing a protest with the motor vehicle dealers board, recover damages under division (A) of this section.(C) The franchisor shall be liable to the franchisee or prospective transferee for reasonable attorney fees, witness fees, and any other costs incurred by the franchisee or prospective transferee in any protest filed under section 4517.50, 4517.53, 4517.54, or 4517.56 of the Revised Code in which the motor vehicle dealers board finds in favor of the protesting franchisee or prospective transferee.(D) The burden of proof to establish the franchisor's good cause shall be on the franchisor in protests and actions instituted under this section and sections 4517.50, 4517.54, and 4517.56 of the Revised Code.(E) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or applied to prohibit a franchisor from implementing in good faith any lawful affirmative action program designed to provide business opportunities for women and minorities.
Ohio Rev Code § 4517.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft|Chapter 4517 | Motor Vehicle Dealers, Auction Owners, and Salespersons|Section 4517.99 | Penalty.

Effective: January 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly|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 contains the provision violated, or any rule promulgated by the registrar of motor vehicles or the motor vehicle dealers board under sections 4517.01 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.