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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

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.22 Promoting prostitution
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(A) No person shall knowingly: (1) Establish, maintain, operate, manage, supervise, control, or have an interest in a brothel or any other enterprise a purpose of which is to facilitate engagement in sexual activity for hire; (2) Supervise, manage, or control the activities of a …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.23 Enticement or solicitation to patronize a prostitute; procurement of a prostitute for another
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(A) No person, knowingly and for gain, shall do either of the following: (1) Entice or solicit another to patronize a prostitute or brothel;(2) Procure a prostitute for another to patronize, or take or direct another at the other's request to any place for the purpose of patroniz…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.231 Engaging in prostitution
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Person with a developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. (2) "Sexual activity for hire" means an implicit or explicit agreement to provide sexual activity in exchange for anything of value paid to th…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.24 Soliciting; solicitation after a positive HIV test
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(A) No person shall knowingly solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire in exchange for the person receiving anything of value from the other person. (B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunod…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.241 Loitering to engage in solicitation - solicitation after positive HIV test

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(A) No person, with purpose to solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire and while in or near a public place, shall do any of the following:(1) Beckon to, stop, or attempt to stop another;(2) Engage or attempt to engage another in conversation;(3) Stop or attempt to s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.25 Prostitution - after positive HIV test

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(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.(B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in sexual activity for hire.(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.26 Rules of evidence in brothel and prostitution cases

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(A) In any case in which it is necessary to prove that a place is a brothel, evidence as to the reputation of such place and as to the reputation of the persons who inhabit or frequent it, is admissible on the question of whether such place is or is not a brothel.(B) In any case …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.27 Testing and treatment for venereal diseases and HIV

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(A)(1) If a person is charged with a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.24, 2907.241, or 2907.25 of the Revised Code or with a violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any of those sections, the arresting authorities or a court, upo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.28 Payment for medical examination and test of any victim or accused

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(A) Any cost incurred by a hospital or emergency medical facility in conducting a medical examination of a victim of an offense under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.06 of the Revised Code for the purpose of gathering physical evidence for a possible prosecution, includ…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.29 Hospital emergency services for victims of sexual offenses

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Every hospital of this state that offers organized emergency services shall provide that a physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife is available on call twenty-four hours each day for the examinati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.30 Interview of victim by crisis intervention trained officer

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(A) A victim of a sexual offense cognizable as a violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code who is interviewed by a law enforcement agency shall be interviewed by a peace officer employed by the agency who has had crisis intervention training, if any of the peace officers e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.31 Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles

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(A) No person, with knowledge of its character or content, shall recklessly do any of the following: (1) Directly sell, deliver, furnish, disseminate, provide, exhibit, rent, or present to a juvenile, a group of juveniles, a law enforcement officer posing as a juvenile, or a grou…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.311 Displaying matter harmful to juveniles

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(A) No person who has custody, control, or supervision of a commercial establishment, with knowledge of the character or content of the material involved, shall display at the establishment any material that is harmful to juveniles and that is open to view by juveniles as part of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.32 Pandering obscenity

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(A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following: (1) Create, reproduce, or publish any obscene material, when the offender knows that the material is to be used for commercial exploitation or will be publicly d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.321 Pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person

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(A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following:(1) Create, reproduce, or publish any obscene material that has a minor or impaired person as one of its participants or portrayed observers;(2) Promote or advert…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.322 Pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person

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(A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following:(1) Create, record, photograph, film, develop, reproduce, or publish any material that shows a minor or impaired person participating or engaging in sexual activi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.323 Illegal use of minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance

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(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Photograph any minor or impaired person who is not the person's child or ward in a state of nudity, or create, direct, produce, or transfer any material or performance that shows the minor or impaired person in a state of nudity, un…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.33 Deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles

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(A) No person, for the purpose of enabling a juvenile to obtain any material or gain admission to any performance which is harmful to juveniles, shall do either of the following:(1) Falsely represent that he is the parent, guardian, or spouse of such juvenile;(2) Furnish such juv…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.34 Compelling acceptance of objectionable materials

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(A) No person, as a condition to the sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery of any material or goods of any kind, shall require the purchaser or consignee to accept any other material reasonably believed to be obscene, or which if furnished or presented to a juvenile would be…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.35 Presumptions in obscenity cases

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(A) An owner or manager, or agent or employee of an owner or manager, of a bookstore, newsstand, theater, or other commercial establishment engaged in selling materials or exhibiting performances, who, in the course of business:(1) Possesses five or more identical or substantiall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.36 Declaratory judgment action

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(A) Without limitation on the persons otherwise entitled to bring an action for a declaratory judgment pursuant to Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code, involving the same issue, the following persons have standing to bring a declaratory judgment action to determine whether particul…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.37 Injunction - nuisance

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(A) Where it appears that section 2907.31 or 2907.32 of the Revised Code is being or is about to be violated, the chief legal officer of the jurisdiction in which the violation is taking place or is about to take place may bring an action to enjoin the violation. The defendant, u…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.38 Permitting unlawful operation of viewing booths depicting sexual conduct

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Commercial establishment" means an entity that is open to the public and to which either of the following applies:(a) It has a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade of the sale, rental, or viewing of visual materials or performa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.39 Permitting juvenile on premises of adult entertainment establishment - use of false information to gain entry

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Adult arcade" means any place to which the public is permitted or invited in which coin-operated, slug-operated, or electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing dev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.40 Illegally operating sexually oriented business

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial establishment that has as a significant or substantial portion of its stock in trade or inventory in, derives a significant or substantial portion of its revenues from, devotes a signific…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.41 Person charged with subsequent sexual offense - setting of bail

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(A) Subject to division (D) of this section, a person who is charged with the commission of any sexually oriented offense or with a violation of section 2907.09 of the Revised Code shall appear before the court for the setting of bail if the person charged previously was convicte…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.01 Arson and related offenses definitions

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As used in sections 2909.01 to 2909.07 of the Revised Code:(A) To "create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person" includes the creation of a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any emergency personnel.(B) "Emergency personnel" means any of the followin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.02 Aggravated arson

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(A) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly do any of the following:(1) Create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person other than the offender;(2) Cause physical harm to any occupied structure;(3) Create, through the offer or acceptance of an a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.03 Arson

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(A) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly do any of the following:(1) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any property of another without the other person's consent;(2) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any property …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.04 Disrupting public services

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(A) No person, purposely by any means or knowingly by damaging or tampering with any property, shall do any of the following:(1) Interrupt or impair television, radio, telephone, telegraph, or other mass communications service; police, fire, or other public service communications…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.05 Vandalism

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(A) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to an occupied structure or any of its contents. (B)(1) No person shall knowingly cause physical harm to property that is owned or possessed by another, when either of the following applies:(a) The property is used by its …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.06 Criminal damaging or endangering

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(A) No person shall cause, or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person's consent:(1) Knowingly, by any means;(2) Recklessly, by means of fire, explosion, flood, poison gas, poison, radioactive material, caustic or corrosive ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.07 Criminal mischief

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(A) No person shall: (1) Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy, or otherwise improperly tamper with either of the following: (a) The property of another; (b) One's own residential real property with the purpose to decrease the value of or enjoyment o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.08 Endangering aircraft or airport operations

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Air gun" means a hand pistol or rifle that propels its projectile by means of releasing compressed air, carbon dioxide, or other gas.(2) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.(3) "Spring-operated gun" means a ha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.081 Interfering with operation of aircraft with laser

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(A) No person shall knowingly discharge a laser or other device that creates visible light into the cockpit of an aircraft that is in the process of taking off or landing or is in flight.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of interfering with the operation of an aircraft …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.09 Vehicular vandalism

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Highway" means any highway as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code or any lane, road, street, alley, bridge, or overpass.(2) "Alley," "street," "streetcar," "trackless trolley," and "vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.10 Railroad vandalism - criminal trespass - interference with operation of train

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(A) No person shall knowingly, and by any means, drop or throw any object at, onto, or in the path of, any railroad rail, railroad track, locomotive, engine, railroad car, or other vehicle of a railroad company while such vehicle is on a railroad track. (B) No person, without pri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.101 Railroad grade crossing device vandalism

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(A) No person shall knowingly deface, damage, obstruct, remove, or otherwise impair the operation of any railroad grade crossing warning signal or other protective device, including any gate, bell, light, crossbuck, stop sign, yield sign, advance warning sign, or advance pavement…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.11 Property value or amount of physical harm findings

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(A) When a person is charged with a violation of division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 2909.03 of the Revised Code involving property value or an amount of physical harm of one thousand dollars or more or with a violation of section 2909.05 of the Revised Code involving property v…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.13 Definitions for RC sections 2909.13 to 2909.15

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As used in sections 2909.13 to 2909.15 of the Revised Code: (A) "Arson-related offense" means any of the following violations or offenses committed by a person:(1) A violation of section 2909.02 or 2909.03 of the Revised Code;(2) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.14 Arson offender registration; notice

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(A) Each arson offender shall be provided notice of the arson offender's duty to register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the arson offender resides or that sheriff's designee. The following persons shall provide the notice at the following times: (1) On or aft…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.15 Arson offender registration; time frames; form

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(A) Each arson offender who has received notice pursuant to section 2909.14 of the Revised Code shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the arson offender resides or that sheriff's designee within the following time periods: (1) An arson offender who rec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.21 Terrorism definitions

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As used in sections 2909.21 to 2909.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Act of terrorism" means an act that is committed within or outside the territorial jurisdiction of this state or the United States, that constitutes a specified offense if committed in this state or constitutes an o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.22 Soliciting or providing support for act of terrorism

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(A) No person shall raise, solicit, collect, donate, or provide any material support or resources, with purpose that the material support or resources will be used in whole or in part to plan, prepare, carry out, or aid in either an act of terrorism or the concealment of, or an e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.23 Making terroristic threat

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(A) No person shall threaten to commit or threaten to cause to be committed a specified offense when both of the following apply:(1) The person makes the threat with purpose to do any of the following:(a) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;(b) Influence the policy of any …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.24 Terrorism

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(A) No person shall commit a specified offense with purpose to do any of the following: (1) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (2) Influence the policy of any government by intimidation or coercion; (3) Affect the conduct of any government by the specified offense. (B)(1…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.25 Expenses of investigation, prosecution, response costs of terrorism

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(A) In addition to the financial sanctions authorized under section 2929.18 of the Revised Code, the court imposing sentence upon an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2909.22, 2909.23, or 2909.24 of the Revised Code or to a violation of secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.26 Criminal possession of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon or explosive device

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(A) No person shall knowingly possess any chemical weapon, biological weapon, radiological or nuclear weapon, or explosive device with the intent to use it to cause serious physical harm or death to another person.(B) No person shall knowingly possess any chemical weapon, biologi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.27 Criminal use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon or explosive device

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(A) No person shall recklessly use, deploy, release, or cause to be used, deployed, or released any chemical weapon, biological weapon, radiological or nuclear weapon, or explosive device that creates a risk of death or serious physical harm to another person not a participant in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2909.28 Illegal assembly or possession of chemicals or substances for manufacture of prohibited weapons

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(A) No person, with the intent to manufacture a chemical weapon, biological weapon, radiological or nuclear weapon, or explosive device, shall knowingly assemble or possess one or more toxins, toxic chemicals, precursors of toxic chemicals, vectors, biological agents, or hazardou…