Section 2905.22. Extortionate extension of credit - criminal usury  


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  • (A) No person shall:

    (1) Knowingly make or participate in an extortionate extension of credit;

    (2) Knowingly engage in criminal usury;

    (3) Possess any writing, paper, instrument, or article used to record criminally usurious transactions, knowing that the contents record a criminally usurious transaction.

    (B) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. Whoever violates division (A)(3) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

Effective Date: 07-01-1996