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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1351.06

Acquiring ownership when 50% of payments equals cash price

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re White (1989)

Most recently applied in In Re White (December 1989)

Effective: June 29, 1988; Latest Legislation: House Bill 421 - 117th General Assembly

(A) No lessor shall offer a lease-purchase agreement in which fifty per cent of all lease payments necessary to acquire ownership of the leased property exceed the cash price of the leased property. When fifty per cent of all lease payments made by a lessee equals the cash price of the property disclosed to the lessee pursuant to division (A)(11) of section 1351.02 of the Revised Code, the lessee shall acquire ownership of the leased property and the lease-purchase agreement shall terminate.

(B) At any time after tendering an initial lease payment, a lessee may acquire ownership of the property that is the subject of the lease-purchase agreement by tendering an amount equal to the amount by which the cash price of the leased property exceeds fifty per cent of all lease payments made by the lessee.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.