Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 1334.15 (2026)

Legislative intent; remedies; waiver

✓ current as of May 2026

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Effective:

September 28, 2012

Latest Legislation:

Senate Bill 196 - 129th General Assembly

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(A) The general assembly declares that the offer and sale of business opportunity plans is a matter affected with a public interest. The general assembly further declares that it is the intent of this chapter to protect prospective purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to make an intelligent decision about the business opportunity plan being offered, and that this chapter represents a fundamental public policy for this state.

(B) The remedies of sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under federal, state, or local law. Any waiver by a purchaser of sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code or any venue or choice of law provision that deprives a purchaser who is an Ohio resident of the benefit of those sections is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2019 · leading case: Margroff v. Cornwell Quality Tools, Inc., 610 N.E.2d 1006 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991).

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Margroff v. Cornwell Quality Tools, Inc., 610 N.E.2d 1006 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3× “II “The trial court committed prejudicial error in refusing to include in its charge to the jury an instruction under R.C. 1334.15.” Jury instructions must be viewed in their totality, and if the law is clearly and fairly expressed, no reversal will be predicated upon an error…”

Tele-Save Merchandising Co. v. Consumers Distrib. Co., Ltd., 814 F.2d 1120 (6th Cir. 1987). “Ohio Rev.Code § 1334.15 provides that “[a]ny waiver by a purchaser of sections 1334.”

Burger Dynasty, Inc. v. Bar 145 Franchising, L.L.C., 2019 Ohio 4006 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 8× “BOPA and its Requirements {¶ 14} The legislature enacted BOPA to “protect purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to…”

Zeller v. Farmers Grp., Inc., 2019 Ohio 3297 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “01 [through] R.C. 1334.15 do not apply” to a party “who sells or leases a business opportunity plan” where the party: (1) has either a “net worth * * * of not less than [15] million dollars” on “a consolidated basis,” as demonstrated by “its most recent audited financial…”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 1334.15(A) — 1 case

Burger Dynasty, Inc. v. Bar 145 Franchising, L.L.C., 2019 Ohio 4006 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “BOPA and its Requirements {¶ 14} The legislature enacted BOPA to “protect purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to…”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 1334.15(D) — 1 case

Burger Dynasty, Inc. v. Bar 145 Franchising, L.L.C., 2019 Ohio 4006 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “BOPA and its Requirements {¶ 14} The legislature enacted BOPA to “protect purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to…”

— Ohio Rev. Code § 1334.15(D)(3) — 1 case

Burger Dynasty, Inc. v. Bar 145 Franchising, L.L.C., 2019 Ohio 4006 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “BOPA and its Requirements {¶ 14} The legislature enacted BOPA to “protect purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to…”

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