Ohio Code 5741.99 – Penalty
(A) Whoever violates section 5741.19 or 5741.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall, if a corporation, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or if an individual, or a member of a partnership, firm, or association, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5741.99
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes individuals, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, firms, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations, business trusts, governments, and combinations of individuals of any form. See Ohio Code 5741.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
(B) Whoever violates section 5741.22 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(C) Whoever violates sections 5741.01 to 5741.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any lawful rule or regulation promulgated by the department of taxation under authority of said sections, for the violation of which no penalty is provided elsewhere, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.