Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
For the purpose of making any investigation with regard to any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership, subject to the laws which the department of agriculture is required to administer, the director of agriculture may appoint, by an order in writing, an agent whose duty shall be prescribed in such order. In the discharge of his duties such agent shall have every power of an inquisitorial nature granted to the director and the same powers as a notary public with regard to the taking of depositions. Except in his report to the director or when called on to testify in any court proceedings, no such agent shall divulge any information acquired by him in respect to the transaction, property, or business of any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership while acting or claiming to act under such order. Any agent who divulges information in contravention of this section shall be disqualified from acting as such agent in any other capacity under the appointment or employment of the director.
Any number of investigations may be conducted contemporaneously.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture
Section 901.01 | Office Equipment and Supplies - Expense.
Section 901.02 | Record of Investigation - Distribution of Bulletins.
Section 901.03 | Rules and Regulations.
Section 901.04 | Grants, Gifts or Bequests Credited to Agro Ohio Fund.
Section 901.041 | Sustainable Agriculture Program Fund.
Section 901.05 | Conferences With Other States.
Section 901.051 | Cooperative or Contractual Arrangements With Public Bodies.
Section 901.08 | Appointment of Chiefs of Divisions.
Section 901.09 | Seasonal Produce Graders and Gypsy Mothtrap Tenders.
Section 901.10 | Division of Weights and Measures - State Sealer - Duties.
Section 901.16 | Inspection of Gas Meters and Meter Provers.
Section 901.17 | Division of Markets - Inspection Fund.
Section 901.171 | Promotion of Use of Ohio-Produced Agricultural Goods.
Section 901.172 | Ohio Proud Craft Beer and Spirits.
Section 901.18 | Collection and Dissemination of Agricultural Information.
Section 901.19 | Promotion and Protection of Livestock Interests.
Section 901.20 | Market Development Duties of Director.
Section 901.22 | Matching Grants for Purchasing Agricultural Easements.
Section 901.23 | Farmland Preservation Advisory Board.
Section 901.24 | Legal Adviser - Furnishing of Supplies.
Section 901.25 | Prosecutions.
Section 901.26 | Power to Conduct Hearings.
Section 901.261 | Assessment of Costs of Action for Noncompliance.
Section 901.27 | Investigations.
Section 901.28 | Inspection of Records.
Section 901.29 | Production of Records.
Section 901.30 | Application for and Receipt of Rural Rehabilitation Trust Assets.
Section 901.31 | Agreements for Use of Assets.
Section 901.32 | Ohio Farm Loan Fund.
Section 901.33 | Powers of Director - Delegation.
Section 901.34 | The United States Not Liable.
Section 901.35 | Administrative Rules Pertaining to Mink.
Section 901.41 | Livestock Exhibition at Ohio Expositions Center Definitions.
Section 901.42 | Financial Assistance for Livestock Species Exhibitions at Expositions Center.
Section 901.43 | Administrative Rules for Rendering Laboratory Services.
Section 901.44 | Laboratory and Administrative Support Fund.
Section 901.50 | Regulation of Invasive Plant Species.
Section 901.51 | Injuring Vines, Bushes, Trees, or Crops on Land of Another.
Section 901.511 | Prohibiting Terrorism Involving Agricultural Products or Equipment.
Section 901.52 | Assurance of Safety or Assumption of Responsibility Not Imputed.
Section 901.53 | Applicability of Fire Prevention and Safety Provisions.
Section 901.54 | Office of Farmland Preservation.
Section 901.61 | Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Certifications.
Section 901.70 | Livestock Exhibition Definitions.
Section 901.71 | Advisory Committee on Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.72 | Administrative Rules for Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.73 | Investigations Concerning Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.74 | Disciplinary Actions.
Section 901.75 | No Exhibition After Disqualification.
Section 901.76 | Tampering With or Sabotaging Livestock at an Exhibition Prohibited.
Section 901.80 | Immunity From Liability for Agritourism Providers.