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Title 29, Title 29. Crimes-Procedure

36 chapters · 1,154 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 291,154 Ch 2941, Chapter 2941 | Indictment87 Ch 2945, Chapter 2945 | Trial83 Ch 2929, Chapter 2929 | Penalties and Sentencing53 Ch 2933, Chapter 2933 | Peace Warrants; Searc…53 Ch 2919, Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the …52 Ch 2923, Chapter 2923 | Conspiracy, Attempt, …50 Ch 2937, Chapter 2937 | Preliminary Examinati…49 Ch 2907, Chapter 2907 | Sex Offenses46 Ch 2953, Chapter 2953 | Appeals; Other Postco…43 Ch 2903, Chapter 2903 | Homicide and Assault40 Ch 2935, Chapter 2935 | Arrest, Citation, and…39 Ch 2913, Chapter 2913 | Theft and Fraud36 Ch 2930, Chapter 2930 | Victim's Rights35 Ch 2949, Chapter 2949 | Execution of Sentence35

40 sections·Filtered byTitle 29✕Ch 2903✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.01 Aggravated murder
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(A) No person shall purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy. (B) No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy while committing or att…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.02 Murder
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(A) No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.(B) No person shall cause the death of another as a proximate result of the offender's committing or attempting to commit an offense of violence that is a felony of the fir…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.03 Voluntary manslaughter
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(A) No person, while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly cause the death of anot…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.04 Involuntary manslaughter
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(A) No person shall cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy as a proximate result of the offender's committing or attempting to commit a felony.(B) No person shall cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.041 Reckless homicide

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(A) No person shall recklessly cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of reckless homicide, a felony of the third degree.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.05 Negligent homicide

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(A) No person shall negligently cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent homicide, a m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.06 Aggravated vehicular homicide - vehicular homicide - vehicular manslaughter

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(A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy in any of the followi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.08 Aggravated vehicular assault; vehicular assault

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(A) No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause serious physical harm to another person or another's unborn in any of the following ways: (1)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.081 Warning signs in construction zones

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Construction zone" has the same meaning as in section 5501.27 of the Revised Code.(2) "Reckless operation offense" and "speeding offense" have the same meanings as in section 2903.06 of the Revised Code.(B) The director of transportation, board of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.09 Unlawful termination of another's pregnancy

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As used in sections 2903.01 to 2903.08, 2903.11 to 2903.14, 2903.21, and 2903.22 of the Revised Code:(A) "Unlawful termination of another's pregnancy" means causing the death of an unborn member of the species homo sapiens, who is or was carried in the womb of another, as a resul…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.10 Functionally impaired person, caretaker defined

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As used in sections 2903.13 and 2903.16 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person with a functional impairment" means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that prevents the person from providing for the person's own care or protection or whose infirmities caused by aging pre…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.11 Felonious assault

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(A) No person shall knowingly do either of the following:(1) Cause serious physical harm to another or to another's unborn;(2) Cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance.(B) No person, with knowledge…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.12 Aggravated assault

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(A) No person, while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly:(1) Cause serious physi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.13 Assault

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(A) No person shall knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn. (B) No person shall recklessly cause serious physical harm to another or to another's unborn. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of assault, and the court shall se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.14 Negligent assault

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(A) No person shall negligently, by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, cause physical harm to another or to another's unborn.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent assault, a misdemeanor of the third…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.15 Permitting child abuse

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(A) No parent, guardian, custodian, or person having custody of a child under eighteen years of age or of a child with a mental or physical disability under twenty-one years of age shall cause serious physical harm to the child, or the death of the child, as a proximate result of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.16 Failing to provide for a functionally impaired person

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(A) No caretaker shall knowingly fail to provide a person with a functional impairment under the caretaker's care with any treatment, care, goods, or service that is necessary to maintain the health or safety of the person with a functional impairment when this failure results in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.18 Strangulation

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Strangulation or suffocation" means any act that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood by applying pressure to the throat or neck, or by covering the nose and mouth. (2) "Dating relationship" has the same meaning as in section …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.21 Aggravated menacing

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(A) No person shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause serious physical harm to the person or property of the other person, the other person's unborn, or a member of the other person's immediate family. In addition to any other basis for the other per…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.211 Menacing by stalking

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(A)(1) No person by engaging in a pattern of conduct shall knowingly cause another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the other person or a family or household member of the other person or cause mental distress to the other person or a family or hous…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.212 Bail for violations of certain protection orders

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(A) Except when the complaint involves a person who is a family or household member as defined in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, if a person is charged with a violation of section 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code, a violation of a municipal ordina…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.213 Motion for and hearing on protection order

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(A) Except when the complaint or indictment involves a person who is a family or household member as defined in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code, upon the filing of a complaint or indictment that alleges a violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.214 Petition for protection order in menacing by stalking cases

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Court" means the court of common pleas of the county in which the person to be protected by the protection order resides. (2) "Victim advocate" means a person who provides support and assistance for a person who files a petition under this sectio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.215 Protection orders on behalf of organization

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(A) As used in this section, "organization" includes an entity that is a governmental employer. (B) A corporation, association, or other organization that employs two or more alleged victims of a violation of section 2903.21, 2903.211, or 2903.22 of the Revised Code or to which t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.216 Illegal use of a tracking device or application

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business entity" means any form of corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, joint venture, business trust, or sole proprietorship that conducts business in this state. (2) "Business of private investigation" and "private investigator" …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.22 Menacing

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(A)(1) No person shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the person or property of the other person, the other person's unborn, or a member of the other person's immediate family. In addition to any other basis for the other person's…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.31 Hazing

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Hazing" means doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization or any act to continue or reinstate membership in or affiliation with any student or other organization that…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.311 Reckless failure to immediately report knowledge of hazing

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(A) As used in this section, "hazing" and "organization" have the same meanings as in section 2903.31 of the Revised Code. (B) No administrator, employee, faculty member, teacher, consultant, alumnus, or volunteer of any organization, including any primary, secondary, or post-sec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.32 Female genital mutilation

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(A)(1) No person shall knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who is under the age of eighteen.(2) No person shall knowingly transport a minor to a facility or location for the purpose of facilitating…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.33 Patient abuse and neglect in care facilities definitions

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As used in sections 2903.33 to 2903.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Care facility" means any of the following: (1) Any "home" as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Any "residential facility" as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (3) Any institution or f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.34 Patient abuse or neglect

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(A) No person who owns, operates, or administers, or who is an agent or employee of, a care facility shall do any of the following:(1) Commit abuse against a resident or patient of the facility;(2) Commit gross neglect against a resident or patient of the facility;(3) Commit negl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.341 Patient endangerment

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Developmental disabilities caretaker" means any developmental disabilities employee or any person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a person with a developmental disability on a voluntary basis, by contract, through r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.35 Filing false patient abuse or neglect complaints

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(A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made, alleging a violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code, when the statement is made with purpose to incriminate another.(B) Whoever violates this…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.36 Whistleblower protection

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No care facility shall discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any person solely because such person, in good faith, filed a complaint, affidavit, or other document alleging a violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.37 License revocation upon conviction

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Any individual, who owns, operates, or administers, or who is an agent or employee of, a care facility, who is convicted of a felony violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code, and who is required to be licensed under any law of this state, shall have his license revoked in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.41 Definitions related to violent offender database

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As used in sections 2903.41 to 2903.44 of the Revised Code: (A) "Violent offender" means any of the following: (1) A person who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted of or pleads guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 29…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.42 Enrollment in violent offender database; presumption

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(A)(1) For each person who is classified a violent offender, it is presumed that the violent offender shall be required to enroll in the violent offender database with respect to the offense that so classifies the person and shall have all violent offender database duties with re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.421 Qualifying out-of-state offenders

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(A) For each person who is a qualifying out-of-state violent offender, it is presumed that the qualifying out-of-state violent offender shall be required to enroll in the violent offender database with respect to the offense that so classifies the person and will have all violent…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.43 Offenders who have VOD duties; enrollment

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(A) Each violent offender who has VOD duties imposed pursuant to section 2903.42 of the Revised Code shall enroll in the violent offender database personally with the sheriff of the county in which the violent offender resides or that sheriff's designee within the following time …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2903.44 Out-of-state offenders with VOD duties; enrollment

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(A) Pursuant to this section, if a violent offender or qualifying out-of-state violent offender has VOD duties imposed under section 2903.42 or 2903.421 of the Revised Code and if a court has extended the offender's ten-year enrollment period pursuant to division (D)(2) of sectio…