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An Ohio home construction services contract must include a copy of the supplier's certificate of insurance showing general liability coverage of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

In Ohio a home construction service means the construction of a residential building, including the repair, improvement, remodel or renovation of an existing structure, and does not include construction on a structure containing four or more dwelling units except for work on an individual dwelling unit within it.

A home construction service supplier in Ohio is defined as a person who contracts with an owner to provide home construction services for compensation and who maintains a general liability insurance policy of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

The Ohio construction industry licensing board issues state licenses to individuals as heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors, refrigeration contractors, electrical contractors, plumbing contractors and hydronics contractors.

An Ohio board of county commissioners may accept a valid and unexpired Chapter 4740 license held by a heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractor toward its own licensing requirements for work on one-, two-, or three-family dwelling houses.

An Ohio board of county commissioners may adopt rules licensing heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors who are not required to hold a state license under Chapter 4740.

In Ohio municipal law a specialty contractor includes heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractors, refrigeration contractors, electrical contractors, plumbing contractors and hydronics contractors.

An Ohio board of county commissioners may not register a specialty contractor who is required to hold a license under Chapter 4740 but does not hold a valid one.

An Ohio municipal corporation may not register a specialty contractor who is required to hold a license under Chapter 4740 but does not hold a valid one.

In Ohio building law a residential building means a one-family, two-family or three-family dwelling house and any accessory structure incidental to it, and does not include an industrialized unit, a manufactured home or a mobile home.

Ohio's contractor licensing chapter reaches only work on a construction project, and a construction project is defined to exclude residential buildings, so an HVAC contractor working on a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling in Ohio falls outside the state licensing requirement.

Violating Ohio's contractor licensing prohibition is a minor misdemeanor on a first violation and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on subsequent violations.

Under Ohio law no person may act as or claim to be a type of contractor that Chapter 4740 licenses unless that person holds a license issued under that chapter.

In Ohio a home construction service supplier may not perform a home construction service costing twenty-five thousand dollars or more without entering into a written home construction services contract with the owner, unless the supplier and owner enter into a cost-plus contract.