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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals » Chapter 3761 | Assemblies; Mobs

Section 3761.01 | Assemblies – Mob Definitions.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly As used in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) “Mob” means a collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to anyone, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons […]

Section 3761.02 | Damages in Case of Assault.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, missles, or in any other manner, may recover from the county in which the assault is made, damages not to exceed one thousand dollars.

Section 3761.03 | Damages in Case of Lynching.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such assault is made, a sum of not to exceed five hundred dollars; or, if the injury received therefrom is serious, a sum of not to exceed […]

Section 3761.06 | Order to Include Amount of Judgment.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a recovery is had under sections 3761.02 to 3761.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court shall include as a part of its judgment an order requiring the board of county commissioners to include the amount of the judgment in the […]

Section 3761.07 | County’s Right of Action Against Member of Mob.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover from any of the persons composing a mob the amount of a judgment and costs rendered against it, under sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in favor of the legal […]

Section 3761.08 | County’s Right of Action Against Another County.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner brought from such county for safekeeping, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and […]

Section 3761.09 | Limitations of Action.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Actions for the recoveries provided in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, must be commenced, within two years from the date of the lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault.

Section 3761.16 | Areas Threatened by Riot May Be Cordoned Off.

Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly The chief administrative officer of a political subdivision with police powers, when engaged in suppressing a riot or when there is a clear and present danger of a riot, may cordon off any area or areas threatened by the riot and prohibit […]

Section 3761.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly Whoever violates section 3761.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.