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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. § 2925.36 Illegal dispensing of drug samples
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(A) No person shall knowingly furnish another a sample drug. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, and other persons whose conduct is in accord…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.37 Counterfeit controlled substance offenses
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(A) No person shall knowingly possess any counterfeit controlled substance. (B) No person shall knowingly make, sell, offer to sell, or deliver any substance that the person knows is a counterfeit controlled substance. (C) No person shall make, possess, sell, offer to sell, or de…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.38 Notice of conviction of professionally licensed person sent to regulatory or licensing board or agency
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If a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.041, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.14, 2925.141, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32, 2925.36, or 2925.37 of the Revised Code is a professionally licensed…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.42 Criminal forfeiture of property relating to felony drug abuse offense

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(A) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony drug abuse offense, or a juvenile is found by a juvenile court to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony drug abuse offense, and derives profits or other proceeds from the off…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.50 Conviction or acquittal under federal drug abuse control laws bar to state prosecution

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If a violation of this chapter is a violation of the federal drug abuse control laws, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, a conviction or acquittal under the federal drug abuse control laws for the same act is a bar to prosecution in this state.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.51 Evidence in drug offense cases

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(A) In any criminal prosecution for a violation of this chapter or Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code, a laboratory report from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, a laboratory operated by another law enforcement agency, or a laboratory established by or under…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.511 Reimbursement for costs of positive drug tests

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In addition to the financial sanctions authorized or required under sections 2929.18 and 2929.28 of the Revised Code and to any costs otherwise authorized or required under any provision of law, the court imposing sentence upon an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.52 Motion for destruction of chemicals for methamphetamine production

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(A) If a person is charged with a violation of section 2925.041 of the Revised Code or with any violation of this chapter or Chapter 3719. of the Revised Code that is based on the possession of chemicals sufficient to produce methamphetamine, the law enforcement agency that has c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.55 Unlawful purchase of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product

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(A) As used in sections 2925.55 to 2925.58 of the Revised Code: (1) "Consumer product" means any food or drink that is consumed or used by humans and any drug, including a drug that may be provided legally only pursuant to a prescription, that is intended to be consumed or used b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.56 Unlawful sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product

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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs or an employee of a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall knowingly sell, offer to sell, hold for sale, deliver, or otherwise provide to any in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.57 Illegal pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product transaction scan

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(A) As used in this section and section 2925.58 of the Revised Code: (1) "Card holder" means any person who presents a driver's or commercial driver's license or an identification card to a seller, or an agent or employee of a seller, to purchase or receive any pseudoephedrine pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.58 Unlawful sale of pseudoephedrine product to minor - affirmative defense

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(A) A seller or an agent or employee of a seller may not be found guilty of a charge of a violation of section 2925.56 of the Revised Code in which the age of the purchaser or other recipient of a pseudoephedrine product is an element of the alleged violation if the seller, agent…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.62 Illegally selling dextromethorphan

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Dextromethorphan" means the dextrorotatory isomer of 3-methoxy-N-methylmorphinan, including its salts, but not including its racemic or levorotatory forms. (2) "Evidence of majority and identity" means a document issued by the federal government …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2925.64 Immunity for administering epinephrine

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Administer epinephrine" means to inject an individual with epinephrine using an autoinjector in a manufactured dosage form.(2) "Prescriber" and "qualified entity" have the same meanings as in section 3728.01 of the Revised Code.(B) An individual o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.01 Abuse of a corpse

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(A) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that the person knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities.(B) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilitie…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02 Illegal distribution of or permitting children to use cigarettes or other tobacco or alternative nicotine products

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(A) As used in this section and sections 2927.021 to 2927.024 of the Revised Code: (1) "Age verification" means a service provided by an independent third party (other than a manufacturer, producer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes, other tobacco products, alter…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.021 Engaging in illegal tobacco or alternative nicotine product transaction scan

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(A) As used in this section and section 2927.022 of the Revised Code: (1) "Card holder" means any person who presents a driver's or commercial driver's license or an identification card to a seller, or an agent or employee of a seller, to purchase or receive cigarettes, other tob…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.022 Affirmative defense to cigarette, tobacco or alternative nicotine product charge

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(A) A seller or an agent or employee of a seller may not be found guilty of a charge of a violation of section 2927.02 of the Revised Code in which the age of the purchaser or other recipient of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products is an element of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.023 Unlawful transportation of tobacco products

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Authorized recipient of tobacco products" means: (a) In the case of cigarettes, a person who is: (i) Licensed as a cigarette wholesale dealer under section 5743.15 of the Revised Code; (ii) Licensed as a retail dealer as long as the person purcha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.024 Furnishing false information; penalty

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(A) No person who is eighteen years of age or older but younger than twenty-one years of age shall knowingly furnish false information concerning that person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of obtaining tobacco products. (B) Whoever violates division (A) of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.03 Injure, intimidate, or interfere with fair housing rights

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(A) No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat of force willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate, or interfere with, any of the following: (1) Any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial st…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.11 Desecration

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(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall purposely deface, damage, pollute, or otherwise physically mistreat any of the following:(1) The flag of the United States or of this state;(2) Any public monument;(3) Any historical or commemorative marker, or any structure, India…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.12 Ethnic intimidation

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(A) No person shall violate section 2903.21, 2903.22, 2909.06, or 2909.07, or division (A)(3), (4), or (5) of section 2917.21 of the Revised Code by reason of the race, color, religion, or national origin of another person or group of persons.(B) Whoever violates this section is …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.13 Selling or donating contaminated blood

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(A) No person, with knowledge that the person is a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, shall sell or donate the person's blood, plasma, or a product of the person's blood, if the person knows or should know the blood, plasma, or product of the pers…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.15 Privilege or consent to collect bodily substance

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(A) No person shall knowingly collect any blood, urine, tissue, or other bodily substance of another person without privilege or consent to do so. (B)(1) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the following:(a) The collection of any bodily substance of a person by …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.17 Advertising of massage services

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(A) No person, by means of a statement, solicitation, or offer in a print or electronic publication, sign, placard, storefront display, or other medium, shall advertise massage, relaxation massage, any other massage technique or method, or any related service, with the suggestion…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.21 Receiving proceeds of an offense subject to forfeiture proceedings

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(A) As used in this section: (1) " Offense subject to forfeiture proceedings" means any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.05, 2903.06, 2903.08, 2903.09, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.15, 2903.16, 2903.21, or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.22 Soliciting or accepting a fee to remove, correct, modify, or refrain from publishing criminal record information; violation

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Booking photograph" means a photograph of a subject individual that was taken in this state by an arresting law enforcement agency.(2) "Criminal record information" means a booking photograph or the name, address, charges filed, or description of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.24 Contaminating substance for human consumption or use or contamination with hazardous chemical, biological, or radioactive substance - spreading false report of contamination

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(A) As used in this section:(1) "Poison" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.(3) "Hazardous chemical, biological, or radioactive substance" means any of the following:(a) Any toxi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.27 Illegal bail bond agent practices

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(A) No person, other than a law enforcement officer, shall apprehend, detain, or arrest a principal on bond, wherever issued, unless that person meets all of the following criteria:(1) The person is any of the following:(a) Qualified, licensed, and appointed as a surety bail bond…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.01 Penalties and sentencing general definitions

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As used in this chapter: (A)(1) "Alternative residential facility" means, subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, any facility other than an offender's home or residence in which an offender is assigned to live and that satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.02 Murder penalties

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(A) Whoever is convicted of or pleads guilty to aggravated murder in violation of section 2903.01 of the Revised Code shall suffer death or be imprisoned for life, as determined pursuant to sections 2929.022, 2929.03, and 2929.04 of the Revised Code, except that no person who is …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.021 Notice to supreme court of indictment charging aggravated murder with aggravating circumstances

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(A) If an indictment or a count in an indictment charges the defendant with aggravated murder and contains one or more specifications of aggravating circumstances listed in division (A) of section 2929.04 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court in which the indictment is file…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.022 Sentencing hearing - determining existence of aggravating circumstance

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(A) If an indictment or count in an indictment charging a defendant with aggravated murder contains a specification of the aggravating circumstance of a prior conviction listed in division (A)(5) of section 2929.04 of the Revised Code, the defendant may elect to have the panel of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.023 Raising the matter of age at trial

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A person charged with aggravated murder and one or more specifications of an aggravating circumstance may, at trial, raise the matter of his age at the time of the alleged commission of the offense and may present evidence at trial that he was not eighteen years of age or older a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.024 Investigation services and experts for indigent defendant

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(A) In a case described in division (B) of this section, if the court determines that investigation services, experts, or other services are reasonably necessary for the proper representation of a defendant charged with aggravated murder at trial or at the sentencing hearing, the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.025 Sentencing for aggravated murder when offender had serious mental illness at time of offense

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(A) As used in this section: (1) A person has a "serious mental illness" if both of the following apply with respect to the person, subject to division (A)(2) of this section: (a) The person has been diagnosed as described in division (B) of this section with one or more of the f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.03 Imposition of sentence for aggravated murder

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(A) If the indictment or count in the indictment charging aggravated murder does not contain one or more specifications of aggravating circumstances listed in division (A) of section 2929.04 of the Revised Code, then, following a verdict of guilty of the charge of aggravated murd…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.04 Death penalty or imprisonment - aggravating and mitigating factors

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(A) Imposition of the death penalty for aggravated murder is precluded unless one or more of the following is specified in the indictment or count in the indictment pursuant to section 2941.14 of the Revised Code and proved beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) The offense was the assas…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.05 Supreme court review upon appeal of sentence of death

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(A) Whenever sentence of death is imposed pursuant to sections 2929.03 and 2929.04 of the Revised Code, the court of appeals, in a case in which a sentence of death was imposed for an offense committed before January 1, 1995, and the supreme court shall review upon appeal the sen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.06 Resentencing hearing

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(A)(1) If a sentence of death imposed upon an offender is set aside, nullified, vacated, or voided for any of the following reasons, the trial court that sentenced the offender shall conduct a hearing to resentence the offender in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section: …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.07 No sentence of life imprisonment without parole for offense committed when a minor

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(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a court shall not impose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole on any person for an offense that was committed when the person was under eighteen years of age. (B) If an offender receives or received …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.11 Purposes of felony sentencing

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(A) A court that sentences an offender for a felony shall be guided by the overriding purposes of felony sentencing. The overriding purposes of felony sentencing are to protect the public from future crime by the offender and others, to punish the offender, and to promote the eff…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.12 Seriousness of crime and recidivism factors

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(A) Unless otherwise required by section 2929.13 or 2929.14 of the Revised Code, a court that imposes a sentence under this chapter upon an offender for a felony has discretion to determine the most effective way to comply with the purposes and principles of sentencing set forth …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.13 Sanction imposed by degree of felony

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(A) Except as provided in division (E), (F), or (G) of this section and unless a specific sanction is required to be imposed or is precluded from being imposed pursuant to law, a court that imposes a sentence upon an offender for a felony may impose any sanction or combination of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.14 Definite prison terms

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(A) Except as provided in division (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4), (B)(5), (B)(6), (B)(7), (B)(8), (B)(9), (B)(10), (B)(11), (E), (G), (H), (J), or (K) of this section or in division (D)(6) of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code and except in relation to an offense for which a se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.141 Person on release committing a felony

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(A) Upon the conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony by a person on post-release control at the time of the commission of the felony, the court may terminate the term of post-release control, and the court may do either of the following regardless of whether the sentencing co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.142 Aggravated vehicular homicide - mandatory prison term

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Notwithstanding the definite prison terms and minimum prison terms specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code for a felony of the first degree, all of the following apply: (A) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to aggravated vehic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.143 Risk reduction sentences

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(A) When a court sentences an offender who is convicted of a felony to a term of incarceration in a state correctional institution, the court may recommend that the offender serve a risk reduction sentence under section 5120.036 of the Revised Code if the court determines that a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2929.144 Determination of maximum prison term for qualifying felonies of the first or second degree

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(A) As used in this section, "qualifying felony of the first or second degree" means a felony of the first or second degree committed on or after the effective date of this section . (B) The court imposing a prison term on an offender under division (A)(1)(a) or (2)(a) of section…