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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. § 2933.31 Search in case of animal law violations
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When complaint is made, on oath or affirmation to a judge or magistrate, that the complainant believes that the law relating to or affecting animals is being, or is about to be violated in a particular building or place, such judge or magistrate shall forthwith issue and deliver …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.32 Body cavity search, strip search - conducting unauthorized search - failure to prepare proper search report
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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Body cavity search" means an inspection of the anal or vaginal cavity of a person that is conducted visually, manually, by means of any instrument, apparatus, or object, or in any other manner. (2) "Medical practitioner" has the same meaning as i…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.33 Search of premises for illegal manufacture of methamphetamine
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(A) If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that particular premises are used for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, for the purpose of conducting a search of the premises without a warrant, the risk of explosion or fire from the illegal manufacture of…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.51 Wiretapping, electronic surveillance definitions

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As used in sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Wire communication" means an aural transfer that is made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wires or similar methods of connecting the point of ori…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.52 Interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

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(A) No person purposely shall do any of the following:(1) Intercept, attempt to intercept, or procure another person to intercept or attempt to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication;(2) Use, attempt to use, or procure another person to use or attempt to use an inter…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.521 Divulging content of electronic communications service

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person or entity that provides electronic communication service to the public shall purposely divulge the content of a communication, while it is in transmission on that service, to a person or entity other than an addres…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.522 Interception warrants

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A judge of a court of common pleas, in accordance with sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the Revised Code, may accept applications for interception warrants, may issue interception warrants, may accept applications for extensions of interception warrants, may order extensions of int…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.523 Electronic search warrant

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(A) A provider of an electronic communication service or a provider of remote computing service operating in the state shall comply with any court-issued search warrant or interception warrant issued for wire communications, electronic communications, an electronic communications…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.53 Application for interception warrant

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(A) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which an interception is to take place or in which an interception device is to be installed, or an assistant to the prosecuting attorney of that county who is specifically designated by the prosecuting attorney to exercise authority …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.54 Findings for issuing interception warrant

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(A) A judge of a court of common pleas to whom an application for an interception warrant is made under section 2933.53 of the Revised Code may issue an interception warrant if the judge determines, on the basis of the facts submitted by the person who made the application and al…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.55 Application for extension of interception warrant

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(A) At any time prior to the expiration of an interception warrant, the person who made the application for the warrant may apply for an extension of the warrant. The person shall file the application for extension with a judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.56 Contents - sealing application - disclosure - retention

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(A) Any interception warrant or extension of an interception warrant that is issued pursuant to sections 2933.53 to 2933.55 of the Revised Code shall contain all of the following:(1) The name and court of the judge who issued the warrant and the jurisdiction of that court;(2) If …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.57 Oral order for interception without warrant of wire, oral, or electronic communication

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(A) A judge of the court of common pleas may grant an oral order for an interception without a warrant of a wire, oral, or electronic communication. Upon receipt of an application under this division, the judge of the court of common pleas to whom the application is made may gran…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.58 Prosecutor's instructions to investigative officers

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(A) Upon the issuance of an interception warrant pursuant to section 2933.54 of the Revised Code and prior to the execution of the warrant or upon a grant of an oral order for an interception under section 2933.57 of the Revised Code, the prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.581 Information, facilities or technical assistance to officer intercepting communications

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(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a provider of wire or electronic communication service, an officer, employee, or agent of a provider of that type, and a landlord, custodian, or other person is authorized to provide information, facilities, or technical assistance …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.59 Executing interception warrant or oral order

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(A) An investigative officer who is, or a member of the law enforcement agency that is, authorized by an interception warrant or a grant of an oral order for an interception pursuant to section 2933.57 of the Revised Code to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications or a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.591 Giving warning of possible surveillance

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(A) No person who knows that an application for an interception warrant has been authorized or made under section 2933.53 of the Revised Code, that an interception warrant has been issued under section 2933.54 of the Revised Code, that an application for an extension of an interc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.60 Reports of interception warrants by judges and prosecutors,

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(A) Within thirty days after the expiration of an interception warrant, the expiration of an extension of an interception warrant, or the denial of an application for an interception warrant, the judge of a court of common pleas who issued the warrant or extension or denied the a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.61 Serving inventory of interception warrant

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(A) Within a reasonable time not later than ninety days after the filing of an application for an interception warrant that is denied or after the termination of the period of an interception warrant or any extensions of an interception warrant, the judge of a court of common ple…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.62 Receiving evidence from intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

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(A) No part of the contents, and no evidence derived from the contents, of any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication shall be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceedings in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.63 Motion to suppress evidence from intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication

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(A) Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of this state or of a political subdivision of this state, other than a grand jury, may request the involved court, department, o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.64 Training in legal and technical aspects of wiretapping and electronic surveillance

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The attorney general and the Ohio peace officer training commission, pursuant to Chapter 109. of the Revised Code, shall establish a course of training in the legal and technical aspects of wiretapping and electronic surveillance, shall establish regulations that they find necess…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.65 Civil and criminal actions for wiretapping and electronic surveillance violations

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(A) A person whose wire, oral, or electronic communications are intercepted, disclosed, or intentionally used in violation of sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the Revised Code may bring a civil action to recover from the person or entity that engaged in the violation any relief tha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.66 Conform proceedings or issuance of order to federal and state constitutions

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Notwithstanding any provision of sections 2933.51 to 2933.65 of the Revised Code, a judge of a court of common pleas to whom an application for an interception warrant, an extension of an interception warrant, an oral order for an interception, or another purpose is made pursuant…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.75 Medicaid fraud lien notice

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(A) Upon the institution of any criminal proceeding charging a medicaid fraud offense, the state, at any time during the pendency of the proceeding, may file a medicaid fraud lien notice with the county recorder of any county in which forfeitable property subject to forfeiture ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.76 Application for pen register or trap and trace device to obtain information in connection with criminal investigation

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(A) As used in this section and section 2933.77 of the Revised Code, "electronic communication," "electronic communication service," "investigative officer," "judge of a court of common pleas," "pen register," "trap and trace device," and "wire communication" have the same meanin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.77 Information, facilities or technical assistance to officer as to installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device

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(A) If an order issued under section 2933.76 of the Revised Code authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device directs a provider of wire or electronic communication service, landlord, custodian, or other person to furnish information, faciliti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.81 Electronic recording during custodial interrogation

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Custodial interrogation" means any interrogation involving a law enforcement officer's questioning that is reasonably likely to elicit incriminating responses and in which a reasonable person in the subject's position would consider self to be in…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.82 Retention of biological evidence

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(A) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Biological evidence" means any of the following: (i) The contents of a sexual assault examination kit; (ii) Any item that contains blood, semen, hair, saliva, skin tissue, fingernail scrapings, bone, bodily fluids, or any other identifiable bi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.821 Annual summary report on sexual assault examination kits

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(A) As used in this section, "governmental evidence-retention entity" has the same meaning as in section 2933.82 of the Revised Code. (B) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter, all governmental evidence-retention entities…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.83 Administration of photo or live lineups

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Administrator" means the person conducting a photo lineup or live lineup.(2) "Blind administrator" means the administrator does not know the identity of the suspect. "Blind administrator" includes an administrator who conducts a photo lineup thro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2933.831 Rules and regulations regarding lineups and showups; jury instructions

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(A) The General Assembly hereby requests the Attorney General to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing specific procedures to be followed for the administration by law enforcement agencies and criminal justice entities in this state of photo lineups…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.01 Arrest, citation, and disposition alternatives definitions

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As used in this chapter: (A) "Magistrate" has the same meaning as in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Peace officer" includes, except as provided in section 2935.081 of the Revised Code, a sheriff; deputy sheriff; marshal; deputy marshal; member of the organized police d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.011 Officer or employee of bureau of criminal identification and investigation included as peace officer

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If an officer or employee of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation is included as a "peace officer" under division (B) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, both of the following apply:(A) Division (D)(2) of section 109.541 applies to the officer or employee w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.02 Accused may be arrested in any county

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If an accused person flees from justice, or is not found in the county where a warrant for his arrest was issued, the officer holding the same may pursue and arrest him in any county in this state, and convey him before the magistrate or court of the county having cognizance of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.03 Authority to arrest without warrant - pursuit outside jurisdiction

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(A)(1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.031 Motor vehicle pursuit policy

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(A) As used in this section, "law enforcement entity" means an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state that employs a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer, member of a metropolitan housing authority police force, state…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.032 Written policy and procedure for responding to domestic violence incidents or protection order violations

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(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, each agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision that is served by any peace officer described in division (B)(1) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code shall adopt, in accordance with division (E) o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.033 Peace officer may assist federal officer under Patriot Act

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(A) Any peace officer may render assistance to any federal law enforcement officer who has arrest authority under the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001," Pub. L. No. 107-056…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.04 When any person may arrest

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When a felony has been committed, or there is reasonable ground to believe that a felony has been committed, any person without a warrant may arrest another whom he has reasonable cause to believe is guilty of the offense, and detain him until a warrant can be obtained.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.041 Detention and arrest of shoplifters - detention of persons in library, museum, or archival institution

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(A) A merchant, or an employee or agent of a merchant, who has probable cause to believe that items offered for sale by a mercantile establishment have been unlawfully taken by a person, may, for the purposes set forth in division (C) of this section, detain the person in a reaso…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.05 Filing affidavit where arrest without warrant

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When a person named in section 2935.03 of the Revised Code has arrested a person without a warrant, he shall, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction of the offense, and shall file or cause to be filed an affidavit desc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.06 Private person making arrest

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A private person who has made an arrest pursuant to section 2935.04 of the Revised Code or detention pursuant to section 2935.041 of the Revised Code shall forthwith take the person arrested before the most convenient judge or clerk of a court of record or before a magistrate, or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.07 Person arrested without warrant shall be informed of cause of arrest

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When an arrest is made without a warrant by an officer, he shall inform the person arrested of such officer's authority to make the arrest and the cause of the arrest.When an arrest is made by a private person, he shall, before making the arrest, inform the person to be arrested …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.08 Issuance of warrant

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Upon the filing of an affidavit or complaint as provided in sections 2935.05 or 2935.06 of the Revised Code such judge, clerk, or magistrate shall forthwith issue a warrant to the peace officer making the arrest, or if made by a private person, to the most convenient peace office…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.081 Peace officer to administer oath or take acknowledgment

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(A) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, except that "peace officer" does not include, for any purpose, the superintendent or any trooper of the state highway patrol.(B) A peace officer who has completed a course…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.09 Person having knowledge of offense to file affidavit - official review before complaint filed

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(A) As used in this section, "reviewing official" means a judge of a court of record, the prosecuting attorney or attorney charged by law with the prosecution of offenses in a court or before a magistrate, or a magistrate.(B) In all cases not provided by sections 2935.02 to 2935.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.10 Filing of affidavit or complaint procedure

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(A) Upon the filing of an affidavit or complaint as provided by section 2935.09 of the Revised Code, if it charges the commission of a felony, such judge, clerk, or magistrate, unless the judge, clerk, or magistrate has reason to believe that it was not filed in good faith, or th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.11 Failure to appear in response to summons

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If the person summoned to appear as provided in division (B) of section 2935.10 of the Revised Code fails to appear without just cause and personal service of the summons was had upon him, he may be found guilty of contempt of court, and may be fined not to exceed twenty dollars …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2935.12 Nonconsensual, forcible entry

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(A) When making an arrest or executing an arrest warrant or summons in lieu of an arrest warrant, or when executing a search warrant, the peace officer, law enforcement officer, or other authorized individual making the arrest or executing the warrant or summons may break down an…