Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347, Senate Bill 293 – 131st General Assembly (A) Forfeitures under this chapter shall be governed by all of the following purposes: (1) To provide economic disincentives and remedies to deter and offset the economic effect of offenses by seizing and forfeiting contraband, proceeds, and certain instrumentalities; […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 – 132nd General Assembly (A) (1) The following property is subject to forfeiture to the state or a political subdivision under either the criminal or delinquency process in section 2981.04 of the Revised Code or the civil process in section 2981.05 of the Revised Code: (a) […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A)(1) The state or political subdivision acquires provisional title to property subject to forfeiture under this chapter upon a person’s commission of an offense giving rise to forfeiture, subject to third party claims and a final adjudication under section 2981.04 or 2981.05 […]
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Property described in division (A) or (B) of section 2981.02 of the Revised Code may be forfeited under this section only if the defendant is convicted of, or enters intervention in lieu of conviction for, an offense or the juvenile is […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A) After the seizure of property described in division (A) of section 2981.02 of the Revised Code and not sooner than three months after the property owner is deceased as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section, not sooner than three months […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A) Upon the entry of a forfeiture order under section 2981.04 or 2981.05 of the Revised Code, if necessary, the court shall order an appropriate law enforcement officer to seize the forfeited property on conditions that the court considers proper. If necessary, […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall destroy, damage, remove, or transfer property that is subject to forfeiture or otherwise take any action in regard to property that is subject to forfeiture with purpose to do any of the following: (1) Prevent or impair the […]
Effective: July 1, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 241 – 126th General Assembly Parties to a forfeiture action under this chapter have a right to trial by jury as follows: (A) In a criminal forfeiture action, the defendant has the right to trial by jury. (B) In a civil forfeiture action, the defendant, the state […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A) Property may not be forfeited as an instrumentality under this chapter to the extent that the amount or value of the property is disproportionate to the severity of the offense. The state or political subdivision shall have the burden of going […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Any property that has been lost, abandoned, stolen, seized pursuant to a search warrant, or otherwise lawfully seized or forfeited and that is in the custody of a law enforcement agency shall be kept safely by the agency, pending the time […]
Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) Unclaimed or forfeited property in the custody of a law enforcement agency, other than property described in division (A)(2) of section 2981.11 of the Revised Code, shall be disposed of by order of any court of record that has territorial jurisdiction […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, property ordered forfeited as contraband, proceeds, or an instrumentality pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of, used, or sold pursuant to section 2981.12 of the Revised Code. If the property is to be […]
Effective: April 6, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 131st General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, nothing in this chapter precludes the head of a law enforcement agency that seizes property from seeking forfeiture under federal law. If the property is forfeitable under this chapter and federal forfeiture is not […]
