Ohio Code § 1349.85

§ 1349.85.

(A) Except for those records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation

and prosecution, or as otherwise required by law, no government entity or official,

and no agent or employee of a governmental entity shall knowingly keep or cause to

be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or the owners of

those firearms. (B) No financial institution or agent of a financial institution shall do either of the

following: (1) Require the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms

retailer from other retailers; (2) Subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section, decline a payment card transaction

involving a firearms retailer based solely on the assignment of a firearms code. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits a financial institution from declining or otherwise

refusing to process a payment card transaction for any of the following reasons: (1) If necessary to comply with applicable state or federal law; (2) If requested by the customer; (3) If necessary due to fraud controls; (4) For the purpose of merchant category exclusions offered by a financial institution

for the purpose of expenditure control or corporate card control. (D) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a financial institution to negotiate

with responsible parties or otherwise impairs a financial institution's actions related

to any of the following: (1) Dispute processing; (2) Fraud risk or credit management or other controls in the ordinary course of business

operations; (3) Protecting against illegal activities, breach, or cyber risks; (4) Restricting the use or availability of a firearms code in this state.