Effective: September 8, 2016 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 293 – 131st General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Crime” means any of the following: (1) A felony; (2) A violation of section 2903.05, 2903.06, 2903.13, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, 2907.06, 2919.25, or 2921.04 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2903.07 of the Revised […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) If a victim is a minor or is incapacitated, incompetent, or deceased, or if the victim chooses to designate another person, a member of a victim’s family or another person may exercise the rights of the victim under this chapter as […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 160 – 129th General Assembly (A) A person or entity required or authorized under this chapter to give notice to a victim shall give the notice to the victim by any means reasonably calculated to provide prompt actual notice. Except when a provision requires that notice is […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly (A) After its initial contact with a victim of a crime, the law enforcement agency responsible for investigating the crime promptly shall give to the victim, in writing, all of the following information: (1) An explanation of the victim’s rights under this […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Within a reasonable period of time after the arrest or detention of a defendant or an alleged juvenile offender for a crime or specified delinquent act, the law enforcement agency that investigates the crime or specified delinquent act shall give the […]
Effective: March 22, 2013 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 160 – 129th General Assembly (A) The prosecutor in a case, to the extent practicable, shall confer with the victim in the case before pretrial diversion is granted to the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case, before amending or dismissing an indictment, information, or complaint […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) If a person is charged in a complaint, indictment, or information with any crime or specified delinquent act or with any other violation of law, and if the case involves a victim that the prosecutor in the case knows is a […]
Effective: May 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 108 – 126th General Assembly A victim described in division (H)(2) of section 2930.01 of the Revised Code may provide the prosecutor, or if it is a delinquency proceeding and a prosecutor is not involved in the case may provide the court, in the victim’s case with […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) If the prosecutor in a case determines that there are reasonable grounds for the victim in a case to be apprehensive regarding acts or threats of violence or intimidation by the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case or at […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly If a motion, request, or agreement between counsel is made in a case and the motion, request, or agreement might result in a substantial delay in the prosecution of the case, the prosecutor in the case, to the extent practicable and if […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly A victim in a case may be present whenever the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case is present during any stage of the case against the defendant or alleged juvenile offender that is conducted on the record, other than a […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The court in which a criminal prosecution or delinquency proceeding is held shall make a reasonable effort to minimize any contact between the victim in the case, members of the victim’s family, the victim’s representative, or witnesses for the prosecution and […]
Effective: July 1, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 241 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code, the law enforcement agency responsible for investigating a crime or specified delinquent act shall promptly return to the victim of the crime or specified delinquent act […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly At the request of the victim in a criminal prosecution, the prosecutor shall give the victim notice of the defendant’s acquittal or conviction. At the request of the victim in a delinquency proceeding, the prosecutor shall give the victim notice of the […]
Effective: October 9, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 137 – 126th General Assembly (A) If the court orders the preparation of a victim impact statement pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 2152.19 or section 2947.051 of the Revised Code, the victim in the case may make a written or oral statement regarding the impact of […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Before imposing sentence upon, or entering an order of disposition for, a defendant or alleged juvenile offender for the commission of a crime or specified delinquent act, the court shall permit the victim of the crime or specified delinquent act to […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) If a defendant is convicted of committing a crime against a victim or an alleged juvenile offender is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a specified delinquent act against a victim, if the victim requests notice of the filing of an […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 201 – 132nd General Assembly (A) If a defendant is incarcerated, a victim in a case who has requested to receive notice under this section shall be given notice of the incarceration of the defendant. If an alleged juvenile offender is committed to the temporary custody of […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) In determining whether to grant a judicial release to a defendant from a prison term pursuant to section 2929.20 of the Revised Code at a time before the defendant’s stated prison term expires, in determining whether to grant a release to […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly No employer of a victim shall discharge, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against the victim, a member of the victim’s family, or a victim’s representative for participating, at the prosecutor’s request, in preparation for a criminal or delinquency proceeding or for attendance, pursuant […]
