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Section 1349.84

 
Section 1349.84 is not yet in effect. It takes effect April 9, 2025.

As used in sections 1349.84 to 1349.86 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section 2305.401 of the Revised Code and includes any ammunition component.

(B) "Assign" or "assignment" refers to a financial institution's policy, process, or practice that labels, links, or otherwise associates a firearms code with a merchant or a payment card transaction in a manner that allows the financial institution or any other entity facilitating or processing the payment card transaction to identify whether a merchant is a firearms retailer or whether a transaction involves the sale of firearms or ammunition.

(C) "Customer" means any person or entity engaged in a payment card transaction facilitated or processed by a financial institution.

(D) "Financial institution" means a person or entity other than a merchant involved in facilitating or processing a payment card transaction, including any bank, as defined in section 1309.102 of the Revised Code, acquirer, payment card issuer, payment card network, payment gateway, or payment card processor.

(E) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code and includes a firearm component or accessory.

(F) "Firearms retailer" means any person or entity that is lawfully engaged, from a physical place of business in this state, in selling or trading firearms, antique firearms, or ammunition to be used in firearms or antique firearms.

(G) "Firearms code" means a merchant category code approved by the international organization for standardization or an equivalent successor organization and specifically assigned to a firearms retailer.

(H) "Government entity" means the state, a political subdivision of the state, or any court, agency, or instrumentality of the foregoing.

(I) "Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit card, or any other card that is issued to an authorized card user and allows the user to purchase goods or services from a merchant.

(J) "Payment card transaction" means any transaction in which a payment card is accepted as payment.

Last updated January 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM

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