Effective: September 23, 2004 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 146 – 125th General Assembly 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” […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 269 – 121st General Assembly (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, […]
Effective: March 21, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 185 – 131st General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 23, 2004 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 146 – 125th General Assembly (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; […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (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) […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 33 – 133rd General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 241 – 126th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: July 20, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 231 – 126th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 8, 2016 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 293 – 131st General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 33 – 133rd General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: April 9, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 124th General Assembly (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 marking. […]
Effective: March 21, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 185 – 131st General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 70 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 70 – 129th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 70 – 129th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: May 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 184 – 124th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: May 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 184 – 124th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 256 – 133rd General Assembly (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 […]
