(A) No person shall act as a telephone solicitor without first having obtained a certificate of registration or registration renewal from the attorney general under section 4719.03 of the Revised Code.

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(B) The application for a certificate of registration or registration renewal as a telephone solicitor shall contain all of the following information:

(1) The true name, date of birth, driver’s license number, social security number or tax identification number, business address, and home address of the applicant, including each name under which the applicant intends to engage in telephone solicitations;

(2) Each business or occupation engaged in by the applicant during the three years immediately preceding the date of the application, and the location of each such business or occupation;

(3) The previous experience of the applicant as a telephone solicitor or salesperson;

(4) Whether in any jurisdiction the applicant has been arrested for, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, has entered a plea of no contest for, or is being prosecuted by indictment or information for a felony and, if so, the nature of the felony;

(5) Whether, in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state or any other state or the United States, the applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to, has entered a plea of no contest for, or is being prosecuted by indictment or information for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, racketeering, a violation of federal or state securities law, or a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code or in similar law of any other state or the United States;

(6) Whether there has ever been a judicial or administrative finding that the applicant has acted as a salesperson without a license, or whether such a license has been refused, revoked, or suspended in any jurisdiction;

(7) Whether the applicant has worked for or been affiliated with a company that has had entered against it an injunction, a temporary restraining order, or a final judgment or order, including an agreed judgment or order, an assurance of voluntary compliance, or any similar instrument, in any civil or administrative action involving racketeering, fraud, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property; the use of any untrue, deceptive, or misleading representation; or the use of any unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable trade act or practice;

(8) Whether in any jurisdiction there has been entered against the applicant an injunction, a temporary restraining order, or a final judgment or order, including an agreed judgment or order, an assurance of voluntary compliance, or any similar instrument, in any civil or administrative action involving engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, racketeering, fraud, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property; the use of any untrue, deceptive, or misleading representation; or the use of any unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable trade act or practice; and whether there is any litigation or proceeding pending against the applicant;

(9) Whether the applicant, at any time during the previous seven years, has filed for bankruptcy, been adjudged bankrupt, or been reorganized because of insolvency;

(10) The name of any parent, affiliate, or other related entity to which either of the following applies:

(a) The entity may engage in a business transaction with a purchaser relating to any telephone solicitation by the applicant.

(b) The entity accepts responsibility or is otherwise held out by the applicant as being responsible for any statement or act of the applicant relating to any telephone solicitation by the applicant.

(11) The complete street address of each location, designating the principal location, from which the applicant will be doing business, including each location at which mail will be received by or on behalf of the applicant, and identifying any such location that is a post office box or mail drop;

(12) A list of all telephone numbers to be used by the applicant, with the street address where each telephone using these numbers will be located;

(13) The true name, current home address, date of birth, social security number, and all other names by which known, or previously known, of each of the following:

(a) Each principal officer, director, trustee, shareholder, owner, or partner of the applicant, and each other person participating in or responsible for the management of the applicant’s business;

(b) Each office manager or other person principally responsible for each location from which the applicant will do business;

(c) Each salesperson or other person to be employed by the applicant.

(14) The name and street address of the statutory agent required by division (D) of this section;

(15) For any application containing answers in the affirmative to any information required by divisions (B)(4) to (8) of this section:

(a) The name of the court or administrative agency rendering the conviction, judgment, or order against the person or in which the litigation or proceeding is pending;

(b) The docket number of the matter; the date of the conviction, judgment, or order or the date the pending litigation or proceeding was initiated; and the name of the governmental agency, if any, that brought the action resulting in the conviction, judgment, order, or pending litigation or proceeding.

(16) If the applicant is other than an individual or if any parent, affiliate, or other related entity is identified pursuant to division (B)(10) of this section:

(a) The applicant’s place of organization and the place of organization of any such parent, affiliate, or other related entity;

(b) In the case of a partnership on the part of the applicant or such parent, affiliate, or other related entity, a copy of any written partnership agreement;

(c) In the case of a corporation, a copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the applicant and such parent, affiliate, or other related entity.

(17) The identity of any person, identified pursuant to division (B)(13) of this section, that in any jurisdiction:

(a) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to, entered a plea of no contest for, or is being prosecuted by indictment or information for a felony, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, racketeering, a violation of federal or state securities law, or a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code or in similar law of any other state or the United States;

(b) Is involved in pending litigation or proceedings or has had entered against itself an injunction, a temporary restraining order, or a final judgment or order, including a stipulated judgment or order, an assurance of voluntary compliance, or any similar instrument, in any civil or administrative action involving engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, racketeering, fraud, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property; the use of any untrue, deceptive, or misleading representation; or the use of any unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable trade act or practice;

(c) Is or has been subject to any litigation, injunction, temporary restraining order, or final judgment or order, including a stipulated judgment or order, an assurance of voluntary compliance, or any similar instrument, in any civil or administrative action involving engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, racketeering, fraud, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property; the use of any untrue, deceptive, or misleading representation; or the use of any unfair, unlawful, deceptive, or unconscionable trade act or practice;

(d) At any time during the previous seven years, has filed for bankruptcy, been adjudged bankrupt, or been reorganized because of insolvency;

(e) Has been a principal, director, officer, or trustee of or a general or limited partner in, or had responsibilities as a manager in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other entity that filed for bankruptcy, was adjudged bankrupt, or was reorganized because of insolvency within one year after the person held that position.

(18) For any application containing answers in the affirmative to any information required by division (B)(9) of this section and for any person described in division (B)(17)(d) of this section:

(a) The name of the court or administrative agency rendering the conviction, judgment, or order against the person or in which the litigation is pending;

(b) The docket number of the matter; the date of the conviction, judgment, or order or the date the pending litigation was initiated; and the name of the governmental agency, if any, that brought the action resulting in the conviction, judgment, order or pending litigation.

(19) The name and address of any person identified under division (B)(17)(e) of this section; the date of the action; the name of court that exercised jurisdiction; and the docket number of the matter;

(20) The name, address, and account number of each institution where banking or similar monetary transactions are done by the applicant;

(21) A copy of any script, outline, or presentation the applicant will require or suggest be used by a salesperson when soliciting or, if no such document is to be used, a notarized statement to that effect; sales information or literature to be provided by the applicant to a salesperson; and sales information or literature to be provided by the applicant to a purchaser in connection with any solicitation;

(22) Any other information required at any time by the attorney general.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, no telephone solicitor shall fail to notify the attorney general in writing any later than thirty days after the date of a change in the information required by division (B) of this section.

(2) No telephone solicitor shall fail to notify the attorney general in writing any later than thirty days before any change in the information required by divisions (B)(1), (11), and (12) of this section.

(3) No telephone solicitor shall fail to notify the attorney general in writing of any change in the information required by division (B)(21) of this section prior to its use in a solicitation.

(D) No nonresident telephone solicitor shall fail to maintain a resident of this state as its statutory agent for the purpose of service of process.

(E) Information regarding social security numbers, bank accounts, and solicitation scripts, outlines, or presentations submitted in an application under this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall not release information of that nature to the public.