The OVLA assists members by providing answers to questions and solving problems. The Association utilizes a wide-range of resources, including its contacts in state and federal government, the Internet, and the industry, to assist members.

If your firm is a member of The OVLA, your access is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for answers or problem solving. Often The OVLA can answer a question or solve a problem within 24 hours if clear and detailed information is provided via telephone, fax, or email.

Sometimes members who ask The OVLA for assistance identify vehicles leasing industry-wide problems or issues. One such problem, the use of bank letters of credit to guarantee to Ohio county clerks of courts’ title bureaus dealer (leasing, new, and used) checks as payment for title and tax, is now before the Ohio General Assembly as House Bill 39.

If your firm is not already a member, it can join by completing The OVLA Membership Application.

As examples, The OVLA recently assisted members by:
• Answering questions regarding the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.
• Assisting in the registration of vehicles, utilizing a "power of attorney."
• Compiling a list of lease software vendors.
• Counseling about Federal Reserve Board’s rewrite of Regulation M, effective October 1, 1997.
• Clarifying the relationship between Ohio and Illinois sales/use tax law.
• Defining what is/is not a new car "lemon" under Ohio law.
• Determining if vehicles needed emission inspection under Ohio’s ECheck law.
• Furnishing a list of insurance agencies specializing in lessor insurance products.
• Helping obtain an Ohio license to lease and/or sell new and used vehicles.
• Providing IRS information on the "Business Use of a Car."
• Responding to questions about Florida’s leasing law.
• Supplying information on the federal Luxury Tax on vehicles.
• Solving a licensing problem with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Some frequently asked questions and answers are available online at Questions and Answers.