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Ohio Rev. Code § 715.63 (2026)

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Effective:
October 1, 1953
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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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Any municipal corporation may license exhibitors of shows or performances of any kind, hawkers, peddlers, auctioneers of horses and other animals on the highways or public grounds of the municipal corporation, vendors of gunpowder and other explosives, taverns, houses of public entertainment, and hucksters in the public streets or markets. The municipal corporation may, in granting such license, charge such fee as is reasonable. No municipal corporation may require of the owner of any product of his own raising, or the manufacturer of any article manufactured by him, a license to vend or sell, by himself or his agent, any such article or product. The legislative authority of such municipal corporation may delegate to the mayor of the municipal corporation the authority to grant, issue, and revoke licenses.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1956–2002 · leading case: Vill. of West Jefferson v. Robinson, 205 N.E.2d 382 (Ohio 1965).
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Vill. of West Jefferson v. Robinson, 205 N.E.2d 382 (Ohio 1965). · cites it 6× “Defendant contends and the Court of Appeals held that the ordinance in question is invalid because in conflict with Sections 715.63 and 715.64, Bevised Code, which read: “715.”
City of Canton v. State, 95 Ohio St. 3d 149 (2002). “64, which prohibited municipal corporations from requiring licenses to sell certain products, purport only to grant and to limit legislative power of municipal corporations to adopt or enforce police regulations.”
Canton v. State, 2002-Ohio-2005, 95 Ohio St. 3d 149. “64, which prohibited municipal corporations from requiring licenses to sell certain products, purport only to grant and to limit legislative power of municipal corporations to adopt or enforce police regulations.”
Ravenna v. Ivec, 202 N.E.2d 706 (Ohio Ct. App. 1963). · cites it 6× “Section 715.63, Revised Code, which authorizes municipal corporations to license hawkers and peddlers, exempts manufacturers as to “articles manufactured by him.”
City of Wooster v. Gentile, 188 N.E.2d 172 (Ohio Ct. App. 1962). · cites it 6× “” Sections 715.63 and 715.61, Revised Code, provide: Section 715.”
City of Defiance v. Nagel, 159 N.E.2d 791 (Ohio Ct. App. 1959). · cites it 3× “The provisions of §715.63 R. C., which provide that “no municipal corporation may require of the owner of any product of his own raising, or the manufacturer of any article manufactured by him, a license to vend or sell, by himself or his agent, any such article or product,” and…”
Hall of Distributors, Inc. v. Bowers, 139 F. Supp. 400 (N.D. Ohio 1956). “The case turned on the point that Rastetter’s employer was a manufacturer and that, under the provisions of §3672 GC (§715.63 R. C.), the manufacturer’s agent had a right to sell goods of his own manufacture in any way.”
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