Effective: March 23, 2018
Latest Legislation: House Bill 199 - 132nd General Assembly
(A)(1) A registrant may make loans, other than a residential mortgage loan as defined in section 1322.01 of the Revised Code, on terms and conditions provided by sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code.
(2) Each person issued a certificate of registration is subject to all the rules prescribed under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) All loans made to persons who at the time are residents of this state are considered as made within this state and subject to the laws of this state, regardless of any statement in the contract or note to the contrary, except if the loan is for the purpose of purchasing goods acquired by the borrower when the borrower is outside of this state, the loan may be governed by the laws of the other state.
(2) Nothing in division (B)(1) of this section prevents a choice of law or requires registration of persons outside of this state in a transaction involving the solicitation of residents of this state to obtain non-real estate secured loans that require the borrowers to physically visit a lender's out-of-state office to apply for and obtain the disbursement of loan funds.
(C) A registrant may make unsecured loans and loans secured by other than residential real estate or a dwelling as those terms are defined in section 1322.01 of the Revised Code.