Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 4711 — Commission Merchants

Title 47 Occupations-Professions

Chapter 4711 Commission Merchants

§ 4711.01 Itemized statement of sale

All commission merchants, firms, companies, and corporations, and all other persons or consignees in this state, receiving fruits, vegetables, butter, eggs, poultry, cattle, horses, sheep, or any other product or property to be sold on commission shall, immediately upon the consummation of the sale, make and render an itemized statement of such sale to the consignor showing the gross amount of the sale, the freight and express charges, together with all other charges against the goods which consignee may reasonably incur, and the net proceeds of the sale.

§ 4711.02 Record - what to show

All commission merchants, firms, companies, and corporations, doing business as provided in section 4711.01 of the Revised Code, shall keep a record of the gross amount of each sale, and all freight, express, and other charges against the goods which the consignee may reasonably incur, and the net proceeds of the sales; which record shall be open for inspection at any time upon request of any consignor or his authorized agent or attorney .

§ 4711.03 Prohibition

No commission merchant, firm, company, corporation, or persons shall violate sections 4711.01 and 4711.02 of the Revised Code, or shall willfully render any false itemized account provided for in such sections.

§ 4711.99 Penalty

(A) Whoever violates section 4711.03 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars.