Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10, House Bill 431 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, sections 2953.31 to 2953.35 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (1) Convictions when the offender is subject to a mandatory prison term; […]
Effective: June 13, 2022 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 215 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Expunge” means to destroy, delete, and erase a record as appropriate for the record’s physical or electronic form or characteristic so that the record is permanently irretrievable. (2) “Official records” has the same meaning as […]
Effective: April 8, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 425 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Expunge” means to destroy, delete, or erase a record as appropriate for the record’s physical or electronic form or characteristic so that the record is permanently irretrievable. (2) “Prosecutor” has the same meaning as in […]
Effective: April 7, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10 – 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 2953.51 to 2953.56 of the Revised Code: (A) “No bill” means a report by the foreperson or deputy foreperson of a grand jury that an indictment is not found by the grand jury against a person who has […]
Effective: August 6, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 268 – 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Any person, who is found not guilty of an offense by a jury or a court or who is the defendant named in a dismissed complaint, indictment, or information, may apply to the court for an order to seal the person’s […]
Effective: September 28, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 4 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “expunge” has the same meaning as in section 2953.38 of the Revised Code. (B) Any person who is found not guilty of an offense by a jury or a court or who is the defendant named […]
Effective: April 8, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 425 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The court shall send notice of any order to seal official records issued pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 2953.52 of the Revised Code to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and shall send notice of any order issued pursuant […]
Effective: April 7, 2021 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 10 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an order by a court under division (B) of section 2953.52 of the Revised Code directing that all official records pertaining to a case be sealed […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) In any application for employment, license, or any other right or privilege, any appearance as a witness, or any other inquiry, a person may not be questioned with respect to any record that has been sealed pursuant to section 2953.52 of […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly Violations of sections 2953.31 to 2953.61 of the Revised Code shall not provide the basis to exclude or suppress any of the following evidence that is otherwise admissible in a criminal proceeding, delinquent child proceeding, or other legal proceeding: (A) DNA records […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) A court that enters a judgment that vacates and sets aside the conviction of a person because of DNA testing that was performed under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code or under section 2953.82 of the Revised Code shall […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) The court shall send notice of an order to seal official records issued pursuant to section 2953.57 of the Revised Code to any public office or agency that the court knows or has reason to believe may have any record of […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code, upon the issuance of an order by a court under section 2953.57 of the Revised Code directing that all official records pertaining to a case be sealed and that the […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) In any application for employment, license, or any other right or privilege, any appearance as a witness, or any other inquiry, a person may not be questioned with respect to any record that has been sealed pursuant to section 2953.57 of […]
Effective: July 1, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 53 – 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, a person charged with two or more offenses as a result of or in connection with the same act may not apply to the court pursuant to section 2953.32 or 2953.52 of […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly As used in sections 2953.71 to 2953.83 of the Revised Code: (A) “Application” or “application for DNA testing” means a request through postconviction relief for the state to do DNA testing on biological material from the case in which the offender was […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) Any eligible offender who wishes to request DNA testing under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code shall submit an application for the testing to the court of common pleas specified in section 2953.73 of the Revised Code, on a […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) An eligible offender who wishes to request DNA testing to be conducted under sections 2953.71 to 2953.81 of the Revised Code shall submit an application for DNA testing on a form prescribed by the attorney general for this purpose and shall […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code and a prior definitive DNA test has been conducted regarding the same biological evidence that the offender seeks to have tested, the court shall […]
Effective: July 6, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 77 – 128th General Assembly (A) If an eligible offender submits an application for DNA testing under section 2953.73 of the Revised Code, the court shall require the prosecuting attorney to use reasonable diligence to determine whether biological material was collected from the crime scene or victim […]
