Ohio Code 4727.15 – Prohibited acts – penalties
(A) No person licensed as a pawnbroker under this chapter, and no agent, officer, or employee thereof, shall violate this chapter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4727.15
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Pawnbroker: means a person engaged in the business of lending money on deposit or pledges of personal property, other than securities, printed evidence of indebtedness, titles, deeds, or bills of sale, at a total charge, rate of interest, or discount or other remuneration in excess of eight per cent per annum, and includes a person engaged in the business of purchasing personal property from another person with an agreement that the personal property will be made available to that other person for repurchase within an agreed-to time period and for an amount greater than the price originally paid to that other person for the purchase of the personal property. See Ohio Code 4727.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Superintendent of financial institutions: includes the deputy superintendent for consumer finance as provided in section 1181. See Ohio Code 4727.01
(B) Upon the criminal conviction of a licensee or any employee, manager, officer, director, shareholder, member, or partner of a licensee for a violation of this chapter, the superintendent of financial institutions may suspend the license of the licensee without a prior hearing to protect the public interest and subsequently may act to revoke the license of the licensee pursuant to chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(C) Upon the criminal conviction of a licensee or any employee, manager, officer, director, shareholder, member, or partner of a licensee under any section in Title XXIX of the Revised Code or under federal law for theft, receiving stolen property, or money laundering, the superintendent may suspend the license of the licensee without a prior hearing to protect the public interest and subsequently may act to revoke the license of the licensee pursuant to chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(D) Upon the criminal conviction of a licensee under any section of Title XXIX of the Revised Code or under federal law for a crime other than theft, receiving stolen property, or money laundering, the superintendent may assess a penalty against the licensee or act to revoke or suspend the license of the licensee pursuant to chapter 119. of the Revised Code.