Ohio Code § 1321.01

§ 1321.01.

(A) As used in sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code : (1) “ Person ” includes individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, corporations, and all

other legal entities. (2) “ License ” means a license issued under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code to make loans at a single place of business. (3) “ Licensee ” means a person to whom one or more licenses have been issued. (4) “ Principal amount ” means the amount of cash paid to, or paid or payable for the account of, the borrower. (5) “ Interest ” means all charges payable directly or indirectly by a borrower to a licensee as

a condition to a loan or an application for a loan, however denominated, but does

not include default charges, deferment charges, insurance charges or premiums, court

costs, loan origination charges, check collection charges, credit line charges, credit

report charges, or other fees and charges specifically authorized by law. (6) “ Interest-bearing loan ” means a loan in which the debt is expressed as the principal amount and interest

is computed, charged, and collected on unpaid principal balances outstanding from

time to time. (7) “ Precomputed loan ” means a loan in which the debt is a sum comprising the principal amount and the

amount of interest computed in advance on the assumption that all scheduled payments

will be made when due. (8) “ Actuarial method ” means the method of allocating payments made on a loan between the principal amount

and interest whereby a payment is applied first to the accumulated interest and the

remainder to the unpaid principal amount. (9) “ Applicable charge ” means the amount of interest attributable to each monthly installment period of

the loan contract.  The applicable charge is computed as if each installment period were one month and

any charge for extending the first installment period beyond one month is ignored.  In the case of loans originally scheduled to be repaid in sixty-one months or less,

the applicable charge for any installment period is that proportion of the total interest

contracted for, as the balance scheduled to be outstanding during that period bears

to the sum of all of the periodic balances, all determined according to the payment

schedule originally contracted for.  In all other cases, the applicable charge for any installment period is that which

would have been made for such period had the loan been made on an interest-bearing

basis at the single rate provided in division (A) of section 1321.13 of the Revised Code , based upon the assumption that all payments were made according to schedule. (10) “ Annual percentage rate ” means the ratio of the interest on a loan to the unpaid principal balances on the

loan for any period of time, expressed on an annual basis. (11) “ Refinancing ” means a loan the proceeds of which are used in whole or in part to pay the unpaid

balance of a prior loan made by the same licensee to the same borrower under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code . (12) “ Superintendent of financial institutions ” includes the deputy superintendent for consumer finance as provided in section 1181.21 of the Revised Code . (B) The division of financial institutions is responsible for the administration of sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code .  Neither the superintendent of the division, nor any deputy, assistant, clerk, examiner,

or other person employed by the division to assist in the administration of such sections

shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in the business licensed under the sections

and any person so interested or who becomes so interested shall not be eligible to

hold or retain any such position.