Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5739 | Sales Tax
Section 5739.31 | Vendor or Transient Vendor's License - Prohibitions Upon License Suspension.

Effective: September 6, 2002
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 200, Senate Bill 143 - 124th General Assembly
(A)(1) No person shall engage in the business of selling at retail or sell at retail incidental to any other regularly conducted business without having a license therefor, as required by sections 5739.01 to 5739.31 of the Revised Code.
(2) No person shall engage in the business of selling at retail as a transient vendor, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, without first having obtained a license as required by that section.
(B) No person shall continue to engage in the business of selling at retail or sell at retail incidental to any other regularly conducted business after the license issued to that person pursuant to section 5739.17 of the Revised Code has been suspended by the tax commissioner under division (B)(2) of section 5739.30 of the Revised Code, nor shall any person obtain a new license from the county auditor or the tax commissioner while such suspension is in effect. If a corporation's license has been suspended, none of its officers, or employees having control or supervision of or charged with the responsibility of filing returns and making payments of tax due, shall obtain a license from the county auditor or the tax commissioner during the period of such suspension.
The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 57 | Taxation

Chapter 5739 | Sales Tax

Section 5739.01 | Sales Tax Definitions.

Section 5739.011 | Exemptions for Manufacturing.

Section 5739.012 | Taxation of Bundled Transactions.

Section 5739.02 | Levy of Sales Tax - Purpose - Rate - Exemptions.

Section 5739.021 | Additional Sales Tax Levied by County.

Section 5739.022 | Repealing Emergency Permissive Tax.

Section 5739.023 | Transit Authority Tax Levy.

Section 5739.025 | Computation; Audits; Sale of a Fractional Ownership Program Aircraft.

Section 5739.026 | County Sales Tax for Specific Purposes.

Section 5739.027 | Tax on Watercraft or Outboard Motor Purchased by Nonresident.

Section 5739.028 | Reducing Tax for Transit Purposes - Increasing Tax for Constructing or Renovating Sports Facility.

Section 5739.029 | Nonresident Consumer Motor Vehicle Sales Tax.

Section 5739.0210 | Retail Sales Tax on Manufactured or Mobile Home.

Section 5739.03 | Consumer to Pay Tax - Report of Tax - Exemption Certificates.

Section 5739.031 | Direct Payment Permits.

Section 5739.032 | Permit Holder Tax Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer.

Section 5739.033 | Location of Sale.

Section 5739.034 | Telecommunications Services Definitions.

Section 5739.04 | Notification of Change in County or Transit Authority Boundaries.

Section 5739.05 | Powers and Duties of Tax Commissioner - Payment by Vendor on Predetermined Basis.

Section 5739.051 | Medicaid Health Insuring Corporation; Direct Payments; Returns.

Section 5739.06 | Monetary Allowance Granted Under Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Section 5739.061 | Vendor Compensation for Complying With Origin Based Sourcing Requirements.

Section 5739.07 | Vendor or Consumer Refunds.

Section 5739.071 | Partial Refund for Providers of Electronic Information Services.

Section 5739.072 | Refund May Be Applied in Satisfaction of Debt Due State.

Section 5739.08 | Municipal or Township Excise Lodging Taxes.

Section 5739.081 | Tax Return Information Provided to Convention and Visitors' Bureau.

Section 5739.09 | Administration and Allocation of Lodging Tax.

Section 5739.091 | Expansion of Definition of Hotel.

Section 5739.092 | Use of Funds Distributed to Convention and Visitors' Bureau.

Section 5739.10 | Excise Tax on Vendor's Receipts.

Section 5739.101 | Declaration of Resort Area.

Section 5739.102 | Remitting Tax - Resort Area Excise Tax Fund.

Section 5739.103 | Registration With Tax Commissioner.

Section 5739.104 | Refunds.

Section 5739.11 | Records Open to Inspection - Exemption Certificate.

Section 5739.12 | Monthly Return by Vendor - Reconciliation Return.

Section 5739.121 | Bad Debt Deduction.

Section 5739.122 | Vendor Tax Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer.

Section 5739.124 | Returns of Taxpayers Using Electronic Funds Transfer.

Section 5739.13 | Liability of Vendor and Consumer - Assessment - Petition for Reassessment - Penalties - Appeal - Judgment - Execution.

Section 5739.131 | Service of Process or Notice to Nonresident.

Section 5739.132 | Interest on Unpaid Tax, Fee, or Charge; Interest on Refund.

Section 5739.133 | Penalties for Failure to Remit - Preassessment Interest.

Section 5739.14 | Sale of Entire Business - Successor Liable for Taxes and Penalties Due.

Section 5739.15 | Jeopardy Assessment.

Section 5739.16 | Four-Year Limitation for Assessments - Exceptions.

Section 5739.17 | Vendor's License.

Section 5739.18 | System for Issuing Vendor's Licenses.

Section 5739.19 | Revocation of License.

Section 5739.21 | Crediting of Funds.

Section 5739.211 | Use and Allocation of County Sales Tax Funds.

Section 5739.213 | Payments From Tourism Development District.

Section 5739.26 | Tax Paid by Consumer - Prohibition Against False Certificates.

Section 5739.29 | Vendor to Collect Tax - Prohibition Against Rebate.

Section 5739.30 | Return or Report Must Be Filed - Prohibitions - Actions by Tax Commissioner.

Section 5739.31 | Vendor or Transient Vendor's License - Prohibitions Upon License Suspension.

Section 5739.32 | Withholding Tax Funds to Insure Compliance by Local Officials.

Section 5739.33 | Personal Liability for Tax.

Section 5739.34 | No Preememption.

Section 5739.35 | Delegation of Investigative Powers.

Section 5739.36 | Report of Tax Revenue by Industry Classification.

Section 5739.99 | Penalty.