The Ohio Crop license
Crop
Sells crop insurance in Ohio as a limited line. The Revised Code's own list of lines of authority does not mention it: it is the superintendent's, created under the catch-all and defined in a rule.
Course
None
This license has no pre-licensing course route.
Ways in
1
There is no state exam for this license.
Exam
n/a
Not required on any of the routes below.
Every way to qualify
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Route 1 Apply for the limited line
No state exam for this license
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A criminal records check requested under Ohio Revised Code 3905.051, which every resident individual applicant for a limited lines license must ask for.
O.A.C. 3901-5-09(F)(2)(c) defines the line and the definition is wide: protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather, fire, lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease "or other yield-reducing conditions or perils", whether the cover comes from the private market or is subsidised by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and including multi-peril crop insurance. Ohio Revised Code 3905.06(B) enumerates twelve lines of authority and crop is not one of them; it exists under division (B)(13), "any other line of authority designated by the superintendent". O.A.C. 3901-5-09(F)(3) is the sentence that covers every Ohio limited line: "No pre-licensing education, licensing examination or continuing education is required for a limited lines license."The Department says it too, on its own limited lines page. A company appointment is not needed to apply and is needed before anything is sold.
Read at codes.ohio.gov on 2026-08-21
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Ohio requires no course and no examination for any limited line, and says so in its own rule. No national seller prices a product for this one.