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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. § 2923.129 Immunity
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(A)(1) If a sheriff, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, the employees of the bureau, the Ohio peace officer training commission, or the employees of the commission make a good faith effort in performing the duties imposed upon the sheri…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.13 Having weapons while under disability
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(A) Unless relieved from disability under operation of law or legal process, no person shall knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance, if any of the following apply: (1) The person is a fugitive from justice. (2) The person is under indictment for …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.131 Possession of deadly weapon while under detention
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(A) "Detention" and "detention facility" have the same meanings as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.(B) No person under detention at a detention facility shall possess a deadly weapon.(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possession of a deadly weapon while under d…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.132 Use of firearm or dangerous ordnance by violent career criminal
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(A) As used in this section:(1)(a) "Violent career criminal" means a person who within the preceding eight years, subject to extension as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this section, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violent felony offenses that are separa…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.14 Relief from weapons disability

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(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, any person who is prohibited from acquiring, having, carrying, or using firearms may apply to the court of common pleas in the county in which the person resides for relief from such prohibition.(2) Division …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.15 Using weapons while intoxicated

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(A) No person, while under the influence of alcohol or any drug of abuse, shall carry or use any firearm or dangerous ordnance.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of using weapons while intoxicated, a misdemeanor of the first degree.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.16 Improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle

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(A) No person shall knowingly discharge a firearm while in or on a motor vehicle. (B) No person shall knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle in such a manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle. (C) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.161 Improperly discharging firearm at or into a habitation, in a school safety zone or with intent to cause harm or panic to persons in a school building or at a school function

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(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly do any of the following:(1) Discharge a firearm at or into an occupied structure that is a permanent or temporary habitation of any individual;(2) Discharge a firearm at, in, or into a school safety zone;(3) Discharge a f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.162 Discharge of firearm on or near prohibited premises

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(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Without permission from the proper officials and subject to division (B)(1) of this section, discharge a firearm upon or over a cemetery or within one hundred yards of a cemetery;(2) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, disch…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.163 Surrender of firearm to law enforcement officer

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If a law enforcement officer stops a person for any law enforcement purpose and the person voluntarily or pursuant to a request or demand of the officer surrenders a firearm to the officer, if a law enforcement officer stops a motor vehicle for any purpose and a person in the mot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.17 Unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance - illegally manufacturing or processing explosives

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(A) No person shall knowingly acquire, have, carry, or use any dangerous ordnance.(B) No person shall manufacture or process an explosive at any location in this state unless the person first has been issued a license, certificate of registration, or permit to do so from a fire o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.18 License or temporary permit to possess or use dangerous ordnance

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(A) Upon application to the sheriff of the county or safety director or police chief of the municipality where the applicant resides or has the applicant's principal place of business, and upon payment of the fee specified in division (B) of this section, a license or temporary p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.19 Failure to secure dangerous ordnance

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(A) No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using any dangerous ordnance, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions:(1) To secure the dangerous ordnance against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or incompetent person;(2) To insure the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.20 Unlawful transaction in weapons

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(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Recklessly sell, lend, give, or furnish any firearm to any person prohibited by section 2923.13 or 2923.15 of the Revised Code from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly sell, lend, give, or furnish any dangerous ordnance to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.201 Possessing a defaced firearm

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(A) No person shall do either of the following:(1) Change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the manufacturer, model, manufacturer's serial number, or other mark of identification on a firearm.(2) Possess a firearm knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the nam…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.21 Improperly furnishing firearms to minor

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(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Sell any firearm to a person who is under eighteen years of age; (2) Subject to division (B) of this section, sell any handgun to a person who is under twenty-one years of age; (3) Furnish any firearm to a person who is under eight…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.211 Underage purchase of firearm or handgun

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(A) No person under eighteen years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm. (B) No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun, provided that this division does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.23 Voluntary surrender of firearms and dangerous ordnance

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(A) No person who acquires, possesses, or carries a firearm or dangerous ordnance in violation of section 2923.13 or 2923.17 of the Revised Code shall be prosecuted for such violation, if he reports his possession of firearms or dangerous ordnance to any law enforcement authority…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.24 Possessing criminal tools

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(A) No person shall possess or have under the person's control any substance, device, instrument, or article, with purpose to use it criminally.(B) Each of the following constitutes prima-facie evidence of criminal purpose:(1) Possession or control of any dangerous ordnance, or t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.241 Hidden compartments in vehicles

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Hidden compartment" means a container, space, or enclosure that conceals, hides, or otherwise prevents the discovery of the contents of the container, space…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.25 Gun locking devices

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Each federally licensed firearms dealer who sells any firearm, at the time of the sale of the firearm, shall offer for sale to the purchaser of the firearm a trigger lock, gun lock, or gun locking device that is appropriate for that firearm. Each federally licensed firearms deale…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.26 Guidelines for voluntary storage of firearms

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Legal cause" means any legal authority that would prohibit receiving or possessing a firearm, including disability under section 2923.13 of the Revised Code or under 18 U.S.C. 922(g). (2) "Federally licensed firearms dealer" has the same meaning …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.31 Corrupt activity definitions

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As used in sections 2923.31 to 2923.36 of the Revised Code:(A) "Beneficial interest" means any of the following:(1) The interest of a person as a beneficiary under a trust in which the trustee holds title to personal or real property;(2) The interest of a person as a beneficiary …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.32 Engaging in pattern of corrupt activity

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(A)(1) No person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise shall conduct or participate in, directly or indirectly, the affairs of the enterprise through a pattern of corrupt activity or the collection of an unlawful debt. (2) No person, through a pattern of corrupt activit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.34 Civil proceeding seeking relief from any person whose conduct constitutes corrupt activity

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(A) Any person who is injured or threatened with injury by a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code may institute a civil proceeding in an appropriate court seeking relief from any person whose conduct violated or allegedly violated section 2923.32 of the Revised Code o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.36 Corrupt activity lien notice

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(A) Upon the institution of any criminal proceeding charging a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code, the filing of any complaint, indictment, or information in juvenile court alleging a violation of that section as a delinquent act, or the institution of any civil pro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.41 Criminal gang definitions

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As used in sections 2923.41 to 2923.44 of the Revised Code: (A) "Criminal gang" means an ongoing formal or informal organization, association, or group of three or more persons to which all of the following apply:(1) It has as one of its primary activities the commission of one o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.42 Participating in criminal gang

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(A) No person who actively participates in a criminal gang, with knowledge that the criminal gang engages in or has engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity, shall purposely promote, further, or assist any criminal conduct, as defined in division (C) of section 2923.41 of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.43 Property used or occupied by a criminal gang

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Any building, premises, or real estate, including vacant land, that is used or occupied by a criminal gang on more than two occasions within a one-year period to engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to sections 3767.01…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.44 Criminal forfeiture of property relating to gang participation

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(A) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2923.42 of the Revised Code, or a juvenile is found by a juvenile court to be a delinquent child for an act that is a violation of section 2923.42 of the Revised Code, and derives profits or other proceeds…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.01 Drug offense definitions

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As used in this chapter: (A) "Administer," "controlled substance," "controlled substance analog," "dispense," "distribute," "hypodermic," "manufacturer," "official written order," "person," "pharmacist," "pharmacy," "sale," "schedule I," "schedule II," "schedule III," "schedule I…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.02 Corrupting another with drugs

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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) By force, threat, or deception, administer to another or induce or cause another to use a controlled substance; (2) By any means, administer or furnish to another or induce or cause another to use a controlled substance w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.03 Trafficking, aggravated trafficking in drugs

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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Sell or offer to sell a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog; (2) Prepare for shipment, ship, transport, deliver, prepare for distribution, or distribute a controlled substance or a controlled substance a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.04 Illegal manufacture of drugs - illegal cultivation of marihuana - methamphetamine offenses

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(A) No person shall knowingly cultivate marihuana or knowingly manufacture or otherwise engage in any part of the production of a controlled substance. (B) This section does not apply to any person listed in division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code to t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.041 Illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of drugs

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(A) No person shall knowingly assemble or possess one or more chemicals that may be used to manufacture a controlled substance in schedule I or II with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance in schedule I or II in violation of section 2925.04 of the Revised Code. (B) In…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.05 Funding, aggravated funding of drug or marihuana trafficking

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(A) No person shall knowingly provide money or other items of value to another person with the purpose that the recipient of the money or items of value use them to obtain any controlled substance for the purpose of violating section 2925.04 of the Revised Code or for the purpose…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.06 Illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids

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(A) No person shall knowingly administer to a human being, or prescribe or dispense for administration to a human being, any anabolic steroid not approved by the United States food and drug administration for administration to human beings. (B) This section does not apply to any …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.09 Unapproved drugs - dangerous drug offenses involving livestock

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(A) No person shall administer, dispense, distribute, manufacture, possess, sell, or use any drug, other than a controlled substance, that is not approved by the United States food and drug administration, or the United States department of agriculture, unless one of the followin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.11 Possession of controlled substances

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(A) No person shall knowingly obtain, possess, or use a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog. (B)(1) This section does not apply to any of the following: (a) Manufacturers, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.12 Possessing drug abuse instruments

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(A) No person shall knowingly make, obtain, possess, or use any instrument, article, or thing the customary and primary purpose of which is for the administration or use of a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, when the instrument involved is a hypodermic or syringe, whether or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.13 Permitting drug abuse

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(A) No person who is the owner, operator, or person in charge of a locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle, as defined in division (A) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, shall knowingly permit the vehicle to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offens…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.14 Illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia

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(A) As used in this section, "drug paraphernalia" means any equipment, product, or material of any kind that is used by the offender, intended by the offender for use, or designed for use, in propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.141 Illegal use or possession of marihuana drug paraphernalia

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(A) As used in this section, "drug paraphernalia" has the same meaning as in section 2925.14 of the Revised Code. (B) In determining if any equipment, product, or material is drug paraphernalia, a court or law enforcement officer shall consider, in addition to other relevant fact…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.22 Deception to obtain a dangerous drug

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(A) No person, by deception, shall procure the administration of, a prescription for, or the dispensing of, a dangerous drug or shall possess an uncompleted preprinted prescription blank used for writing a prescription for a dangerous drug. (B) Whoever violates this section is gu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.23 Illegal processing of drug documents

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(A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record required by Chapter 3719. or 4729. of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall intentionally make, utter, or sell, or knowingly possess any of the following that is a false or forged: …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.24 Tampering with drugs

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(A) No person shall knowingly adulterate or alter any dangerous drug or substitute any dangerous drug with another substance.(B) No person shall knowingly adulterate or alter any package or receptacle containing any dangerous drug or substitute any package or receptacle containin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.31 Abusing harmful intoxicants

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(A) Except for lawful research, clinical, medical, dental, or veterinary purposes, no person, with purpose to induce intoxication or similar physiological effects, shall obtain, possess, or use a harmful intoxicant. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abusing harmful i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.32 Trafficking in harmful intoxicants - improperly dispensing or distributing nitrous oxide

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(A) Divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to the dispensing or distributing of nitrous oxide. (1) No person shall knowingly dispense or distribute a harmful intoxicant to a person age eighteen or older if the person who dispenses or distributes it knows or has rea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.33 Possessing nitrous oxide in motor vehicle

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(A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle," "street," and "highway" have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.(B) Unless authorized under Chapter 3719., 4715., 4729., 4731., 4741., or 4765. of the Revised Code, no person shall possess an open cartridge of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.34 Sale of pure caffeine product

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Pure caffeine product" means, subject to division (A)(2) of this section, a product that consists solely or primarily of caffeine and is manufactured into a crystalline, liquid, or powdered form.(2) "Pure caffeine product" does not include any of …