Any provision in a retail installment contract or in any other agreement that is executed on or after August 1, 1980, by which a buyer in connection with a consumer transaction agrees not to assert any defenses against a seller, or the seller’s assignee or transferee, is void, and the courts have no jurisdiction to enforce any such provision.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1317.14

  • Buyer: means a person that buys or agrees to buy goods or any legal successor in interest of such person. See Ohio Code 1317.01
  • Consumer transaction: means a sale, lease, assignment, or other transfer of an item of goods, or a service, except those transactions between persons, defined in sections 4905. See Ohio Code 1317.01
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Retail: means to dispose of specific goods to, or to acquire specific goods by, a person for use other than for purposes of resale. See Ohio Code 1317.01
  • Seller: means a person who sells or agrees to sell goods. See Ohio Code 1317.01

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