Ohio Code § 943.031

§ 943.031.

(A) Application for a license as a small dealer shall be made in writing to the department

of agriculture.  The application shall state the nature of the business, the municipal corporation

or township, county, and post-office address of the location where the business is

to be conducted, the name of any employee who is authorized to act in the small dealer's

behalf, and any additional information that the department prescribes. (B) The applicant shall satisfy the department of the applicant's good faith in seeking

to engage in the business of a small dealer.  The department then shall issue to the applicant a license to conduct the business

of a small dealer at the place named in the application.  Licenses, unless revoked, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of March

and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure established in sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code . (C) No license shall be issued by the department to a small dealer having weighing facilities

until the applicant has filed with the department a copy of a scale test certificate

showing the weighing facilities to be in satisfactory condition, a copy of the license

of each weigher employed by the applicant, and a certificate of inspection by the

department showing livestock market facilities to be in satisfactory sanitary condition. (D) No licensed small dealer shall employ as an employee a person who, as a small dealer,

dealer, or broker, previously defaulted on contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange,

or sale of livestock until the licensee signs and files with the director an agreement

that guarantees, without condition, all contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange,

or sale of livestock made by the person while in the employ of the licensee.  The director shall prescribe the form and content of the agreement. (E) A licensed small dealer is not required to maintain financial responsibility or furnish

proof of financial responsibility.