No person, firm or corporation acting in the capacity of an escrow agent in any real estate transaction involving the sale of any rental dwelling structure or dwellings requiring a housing license pursuant to Section 1306.43 shall transfer title or distribute funds until there has been deposited in escrow an acknowledgment from the buyer of the receipt of a copy of the certificate of code compliance required by Section 1306.53, housing license required by Section 1306.43, and the provisions of Section 1306.53 have been complied with. Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 39-18. Passed 5-6-2019.)