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Ohio
 
Lease-Purchase Agreements
Ohio Revised Code, as ammended.
Laws 1988, H.B. 421, approved March 29, 1988, effective June 29 1988.
 
§ 1351.03 Prohibited provisions of agreement.
Text of Statute
 
(A) A lease-purchase agreement shall not contain a provision that requires a lessee to do any of the following:
 
(1) Execute a warrant of attorney to confess judgment;
 
(2) Authorize the lessor or an agent of the lessor to commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of property that is the subject of the lease-purchase agreement;
 
(3) Waive a defense, counterclaim, or any right the lessee has against the lessor or an agent of the lessor.
 
(B) No lease-purchase agreement shall provide that mere failure to return property constitutes probable cause for a criminal action.
 
 
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