Ohio Admin. Code 1301:5-5-01 - Statement to be displayed in brokerage office and included in information pamphlets
Every real estate brokerage office shall prominently display a statement in the same immediate area as licenses are displayed which in effect states the following:
(A) The broker
and sales associates are licensed by the division of real estate, Ohio
department of commerce. It is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio fair housing law,
division (H) of section
4112.02
of the Revised Code, and the Federal Fair Housing Law,
42 U.S.C.A.
3601, (1988), to refuse to sell, transfer,
assign, rent, lease, sublease, or finance housing accommodations, refuse to
negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny
or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion,
sex, familial status as defined in section
4112.01
of the Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section,
disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate
in advertising the sale or rental of housing; in the financing of housing, or
in the provision of real estate brokerage services, and that the practice of
blockbusting is also illegal. The division may be contacted for inquiries and
complaints and for information on the real estate recovery fund (section
4735.12
of the Revised Code) as a source of satisfaction of court judgments against
licensees of the division.
(B) The
statement shall be printed or electronically
displayed in bold type and shall be at least eight inches by ten inches
in size. It shall also include the address and telephone number of the offices
of the Ohio division of real estate and shall bear the equal housing logo of
the United States department of housing and urban development.
(C) The pamphlet required under section
4735.03
of the Revised Code may be electronic or printed. When
printed, it shall be at least four inches by eight inches in size and
shall contain, as well as information on housing and remedies available to
dissatisfied clients, the statement provided above, including on the front of
the pamphlet below the title the following:
"Provided By Ohio Real Estate Commission"
(D) The names of the commission members and
the address and telephone number of the division may change from time to time.
Pamphlets not reflecting the appropriate information may be used without
violating this rule and as new pamphlets are printed, the appropriate changes
shall be made. Displayed statements not reflecting the appropriate division
address or telephone number shall be replaced within a reasonable time after
the appropriate information is available.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4735.10
Rule Amplifies: 4735.03, 4735.10, 4735.16
Prior Effective Dates: 03/09/1980, 12/14/1981, 04/08/1985, 06/01/1989, 12/17/2001, 11/06/2008, 01/01/2013, 02/10/2019
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