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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2744 | Political Subdivision Tort Liability › Section 2744.10 | Immunity as to Year 2000 Compliant Claims.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) Computer services,computer,computer system,computer network,computer program,computer software, and data have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) Information technology system or product includes a computer service, computer, computer system, computer network, or computer program, computer software, and data and also includes, but is not limited to, any software, firmware, microcode, hardware, embedded chips, or other system or product or any combination of those items that creates, reads, writes, calculates, compares, sequences, or otherwise processes date data.
(3) State and political subdivision have the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.
(4) Year 2000 compliant means a computer system or systems that are, or will be, capable of accurately processing, storing, providing and receiving date and time data from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the years 1999 and 2000, and leap-year calculations, when used on a stand-alone basis or in combination with other hardware, firmware, or software, without creating new errors or side effects. The processing of date and time data includes, but is not limited to, calculating, comparing, projecting, and sequencing.
(B) The state or a political subdivision shall not be liable in any civil action or proceedings for any damages caused by the failure of any information technology system or product provided or used by the state or the political subdivision to be year 2000 compliant, unless the claimant proves, by clear and convincing evidence, that both of the following apply:
(1) The failure of the information technology system or product to be year 2000 compliant is the proximate cause of the damages alleged.
(2) The state or the political subdivision failed to make a good faith effort, prior to January 1, 2000, to become year 2000 compliant.
(C) An action for damages against the state under this section shall be filed in the court of claims pursuant to Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2744 | Political Subdivision Tort Liability › Section 2744.11 | Assumption of Liability in Shared Equipment Service Agreements.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 131st General Assembly
If a shared equipment service agreement is entered into by a contracting lender state agency or political subdivision to lend its capital equipment to a contracting recipient political subdivision for the temporary use by the recipient political subdivision in the performance of a governmental or proprietary function, the agreement may provide that the recipient political subdivision and its officers and employees, as the case may be, assume any potential liability under this chapter in a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by an act or omission of the recipient political subdivision or its officers or employees resulting from the use of the equipment in the performance of the recipient political subdivision's governmental or proprietary functions. This chapter applies insofar as the recipient political subdivision under the agreement or any of its officers or employees is engaged in the use of the equipment covered by the agreement in the performance of a governmental or proprietary function.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2745 | Employment Intentional Tort › Section 2745.01 | Liability of Employer for Intentional Tort - Intent to Injure Required - Exceptions.

Effective:
April 7, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 498 - 125th General Assembly
(A) In an action brought against an employer by an employee, or by the dependent survivors of a deceased employee, for damages resulting from an intentional tort committed by the employer during the course of employment, the employer shall not be liable unless the plaintiff proves that the employer committed the tortious act with the intent to injure another or with the belief that the injury was substantially certain to occur.
(B) As used in this section, "substantially certain" means that an employer acts with deliberate intent to cause an employee to suffer an injury, a disease, a condition, or death.
(C) Deliberate removal by an employer of an equipment safety guard or deliberate misrepresentation of a toxic or hazardous substance creates a rebuttable presumption that the removal or misrepresentation was committed with intent to injure another if an injury or an occupational disease or condition occurs as a direct result.
(D) This section does not apply to claims arising during the course of employment involving discrimination, civil rights, retaliation, harassment in violation of Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code, intentional infliction of emotional distress not compensable under Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code, contract, promissory estoppel, or defamation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.03 | Fees and Costs in Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, or Court of Claims.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01 and 2746.02 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, the supreme court, a court of appeals, or the court of claims shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services rendered or as compensation for the following persons or any other of the following fees that are applicable in a particular case:
(A) In the supreme court, filing fees, as provided in section 2503.17 of the Revised Code;
(B) In a court of appeals:
(1) Fees collectible by the clerk of a court of common pleas when acting as the clerk of the court of appeals of the county, as provided in section 2303.03 of the Revised Code;
(2) Additional filing fees or charges for special projects, programs, or services, as provided in section 2501.16 of the Revised Code;
(3) Sheriffs or other officers who serve process, as provided in section 2501.19 of the Revised Code;
(4) Reporters, as provided in section 2501.17 of the Revised Code;
(5) The expense of preparing and transcribing the record in an appeal to the tenth district court of appeals from a ruling of the director of health under the certificate of need program, as provided in section 3702.60 of the Revised Code.
(C) In the court of claims:
(1) The fees provided for in section 2743.09 of the Revised Code;
(2) Witness fees and mileage, as provided in section 2743.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.05 | Fees and Costs in Juvenile Court.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01, 2746.02, and 2746.04 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, a juvenile court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services or as compensation for the following persons:
(A) The fees provided for in section 2151.54 of the Revised Code;
(B) Additional fees to computerize the court, make available computerized legal research services, and computerize the office of the clerk of the court, as provided in sections 2151.541, 2153.081, and 2301.031 of the Revised Code;
(C) The costs of house arrest with electronic monitoring, as provided in section 2152.19 of the Revised Code;
(D) Witness fees, as provided in section 2151.28 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.06 | Fees and Costs in Probate Court.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01, 2746.02, and 2746.04 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, and subject to any waiver of fees for combat zone casualties under section 2101.164 of the Revised Code and any reduction of fees under section 2101.20 of the Revised Code, a probate court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services rendered or as compensation for the following persons or any other of the following fees that are applicable in a particular case:
(A) The fees provided for in sections 2101.16, 2101.17, 2101.18, and 2101.32 of the Revised Code;
(B) Additional fees to computerize the court, make available computerized legal research services, and computerize the office of the clerk of the court, as provided in section 2101.162 of the Revised Code;
(C) In a proceeding upon the assignment of property in trust for the benefit of creditors, the fees provided for in section 1313.52 of the Revised Code;
(D) The fees allowable to a special master commissioner under section 2101.07 of the Revised Code;
(E) In a proceeding filed pursuant to dispute resolution procedures established by rule of the probate judge, a filing fee, as provided in section 2101.163 of the Revised Code;
(F) Costs incident to the appointment of a fiduciary, as provided in section 2101.21 of the Revised Code;
(G) A fee for solemnizing a marriage, as provided in section 2101.27 of the Revised Code;
(H) The additional marriage license fee provided for in section 3113.34 of the Revised Code;
(I) The fee for deposit of a will provided for in section 2107.07 of the Revised Code;
(J) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for an alleged incompetent, physicians and other qualified persons to examine, investigate, or represent the alleged incompetent, as provided in section 2111.031 of the Revised Code;
(K) In an action to obtain authority to sell real estate, the fees for failure to enter a release and satisfaction provided for in section 2127.19 of the Revised Code;
(L) In a proceeding in aid of execution, the fees provided for in section 2333.26 and 2333.27 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.07 | Fees and Costs in Municipal Court.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01, 2746.02, and 2746.04 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, a municipal court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services or as compensation for the following persons:
(A) The fees and costs provided for in section 1901.26 of the Revised Code;
(B) Additional fees to computerize the court, make available computerized legal research services, and computerize the office of the clerk of the court, as provided in section 1901.261 of the Revised Code;
(C) Jurors, as provided in section 1901.25 of the Revised Code;
(D) In proceedings in the small claims division, the fees and costs provided for in sections 1925.02, 1925.04, 1925.05, 1925.11, and 1925.15 of the Revised Code;
(E) In a case in which an accused is brought before the court pursuant to a warrant to keep the peace, an appeal bond, as provided in section 2933.06 of the Revised Code;
(F) In a proceeding filed pursuant to dispute resolution procedures established by rule of the court, a filing fee, as provided in section 1901.262 of the Revised Code;
(G) In a case in which the clerk of the Cleveland municipal court files a copy of a defendant's bond with the county recorder, the recording fees and charges, as provided in section 1901.21 of the Revised Code;
(H) In a criminal case, the expenses of an evaluation of the defendant's competence to stand trial or the defendant's mental condition at the time of the commission of the offense, as provided in section 2945.37 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.08 | Fees and Costs in County Court.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any applicable fees or costs set forth in sections 2746.01, 2746.02, and 2746.04 of the Revised Code or any other applicable provision of law, a county court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of fees for the following services rendered or as compensation for the following persons or such other of the following fees as are applicable in a particular case:
(A) The fees and costs provided for in section 1907.24 of the Revised Code;
(B) Additional fees to computerize the court, make available computerized legal research services, and computerize the office of the clerk of the court, as provided in section 1907.261 of the Revised Code;
(C) Arbitrators, as provided in section 1907.42 of the Revised Code;
(D) Jurors, as provided in section 1907.28 of the Revised Code;
(E) Performing a marriage ceremony, as provided in section 1907.26 of the Revised Code;
(F) Witnesses, as provided in section 1907.27 of the Revised Code;
(G) In proceedings in the small claims division, the fees and costs provided for in sections 1925.02, 1925.04, 1925.05, 1925.11, and 1925.15 of the Revised Code;
(H) In a case in which an accused is brought before the court pursuant to a warrant to keep the peace, an appeal bond, as provided in section 2933.06 of the Revised Code;
(I) In a proceeding filed pursuant to dispute resolution procedures established by rule of the court, a filing fee, as provided in section 1907.262 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.09 | Additional Costs, Fees, or Expenses.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
In addition to any other applicable fees or costs set forth in this chapter, a court shall tax as costs or otherwise require the payment of the following fees, costs, or expenses:
(A) The costs and expenses of a receiver allowed by the court under section 323.49 of the Revised Code in a proceeding brought by a county treasurer to be appointed receiver for the purposes of collecting taxes and assessments charged upon real estate;
(B) The expenses of a referee or receiver allowed by the court under section 1334.08 of the Revised Code in an action brought by the attorney general pursuant to that section for a violation of the business opportunity plans act;
(C) The expenses of a referee or receiver allowed by the court under section 1345.07 of the Revised Code in an action brought by the attorney general pursuant to that section for a violation of the consumer sales practices act;
(D) The expenses of a master or receiver allowed by the court under section 5311.27 of the Revised Code in an action brought by the attorney general pursuant to that section for a violation of the condominium act;
(E) Fees to which a receiver appointed under section 2715.20 or 2735.01 of the Revised Code may be entitled;
(F) Fees allowed to a receiver under any applicable rule of court.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies › Chapter 2746 | Court Costs and Fees › Section 2746.10 | Indigent Litigants.

Effective:
March 22, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 595 - 132nd General Assembly
If with respect to the filing of any civil action or proceeding or of a responsive action by a defendant in any court of record, a party qualifies as an indigent litigant as set forth in section 2323.311 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall receive and file the civil action or proceeding or the defendant's responsive action and the court shall waive any advance deposit or security for filing of the civil action or proceeding or the defendant's responsive action, any payment in advance for any taxable costs, including fees for publication or service of process by other means, and any payment in advance of any fee required in connection with prosecuting or advancing the civil action or proceeding or the defendant's responsive action.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.011 | Reagan Tokes Law.

Effective:
April 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly
The amendments to sections 109.42, 121.22, 149.43, 2903.06, 2903.08, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2905.01, 2905.32, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 2907.07, 2919.22, 2919.25, 2921.321, 2921.36, 2923.132, 2925.01, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.041, 2925.11, 2929.01, 2929.14, 2929.142, 2929.15, 2929.19, 2929.191, 2929.20, 2929.61, 2930.16, 2943.032, 2953.08, 2967.01, 2967.021, 2967.03, 2967.13, 2967.191, 2967.193, 2967.26, 2967.28, 2971.03, 3719.99, 5120.021, 5120.53, 5120.66, and 5120.80 and to former section 2967.19 and the enactment of sections 2901.011, 2929.144, 2967.271, and 5120.038 of the Revised Code by S.B. 201 of the 132nd general assembly constitute the Reagan Tokes Law.
Last updated March 8, 2023 at 11:15 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.02 | Classification of Crimes.

Effective:
September 23, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 129th General Assembly
As used in the Revised Code:
(A) Offenses include aggravated murder, murder, felonies of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth degree, misdemeanors of the first, second, third, and fourth degree, minor misdemeanors, and offenses not specifically classified.
(B) Aggravated murder when the indictment or the count in the indictment charging aggravated murder contains one or more specifications of aggravating circumstances listed in division (A) of section 2929.04 of Revised Code, and any other offense for which death may be imposed as a penalty, is a capital offense.
(C) Aggravated murder and murder are felonies.
(D) Regardless of the penalty that may be imposed, any offense specifically classified as a felony is a felony, and any offense specifically classified as a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor.
(E) Any offense not specifically classified is a felony if imprisonment for more than one year may be imposed as a penalty.
(F) Any offense not specifically classified is a misdemeanor if imprisonment for not more than one year may be imposed as a penalty.
(G) Any offense not specifically classified is a minor misdemeanor if the only penalty that may be imposed is one of the following:
(1) For an offense committed prior to January 1, 2004, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars;
(2) For an offense committed on or after January 1, 2004, a fine not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars, community service under division (D) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code, or a financial sanction other than a fine under section 2929.28 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.03 | Abrogation of Common Law Offenses.

Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
(A) No conduct constitutes a criminal offense against the state unless it is defined as an offense in the Revised Code.
(B) An offense is defined when one or more sections of the Revised Code state a positive prohibition or enjoin a specific duty, and provide a penalty for violation of such prohibition or failure to meet such duty.
(C) This section does not affect any power of the general assembly under Section 8 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, nor does it affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law to enforce an order, civil judgment, or decree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.04 | Rules of Construction for Statutes and Rules of Procedure.

Effective:
September 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 146 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, sections of the Revised Code defining offenses or penalties shall be strictly construed against the state, and liberally construed in favor of the accused.
(B) Rules of criminal procedure and sections of the Revised Code providing for criminal procedure shall be construed so as to effect the fair, impartial, speedy, and sure administration of justice.
(C) Any provision of a section of the Revised Code that refers to a previous conviction of or plea of guilty to a violation of a section of the Revised Code or of a division of a section of the Revised Code shall be construed to also refer to a previous conviction of or plea of guilty to a substantially equivalent offense under an existing or former law of this state, another state, or the United States or under an existing or former municipal ordinance.
(D) Any provision of the Revised Code that refers to a section, or to a division of a section, of the Revised Code that defines or specifies a criminal offense shall be construed to also refer to an existing or former law of this state, another state, or the United States, to an existing or former municipal ordinance, or to an existing or former division of any such existing or former law or ordinance that defines or specifies, or that defined or specified, a substantially equivalent offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.06 | Battered Woman Syndrome Evidence.

Effective:
November 5, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 484 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The general assembly hereby declares that it recognizes both of the following, in relation to the "battered woman syndrome:"
(1) That the syndrome currently is a matter of commonly accepted scientific knowledge;
(2) That the subject matter and details of the syndrome are not within the general understanding or experience of a person who is a member of the general populace and are not within the field of common knowledge.
(B) If a person is charged with an offense involving the use of force against another and the person, as a defense to the offense charged, raises the affirmative defense of self-defense, the person may introduce expert testimony of the "battered woman syndrome" and expert testimony that the person suffered from that syndrome as evidence to establish the requisite belief of an imminent danger of death or great bodily harm that is necessary, as an element of the affirmative defense, to justify the person's use of the force in question. The introduction of any expert testimony under this division shall be in accordance with the Ohio Rules of Evidence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.08 | Effect of Adjudication of Delinquency or Juvenile Traffic Offender.

Effective:
September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 97 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If a person is alleged to have committed an offense and if the person previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender for a violation of a law or ordinance, except as provided in division (B) of this section, the adjudication as a delinquent child or as a juvenile traffic offender is a conviction for a violation of the law or ordinance for purposes of determining the offense with which the person should be charged and, if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense, the sentence to be imposed upon the person relative to the conviction or guilty plea.
(B) A previous adjudication of a person as a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender for a violation of a law or ordinance is not a conviction for a violation of the law or ordinance for purposes of determining any of the following:
(1) Whether the person is a repeat violent offender, as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code, or whether the person should be sentenced as a repeat violent offender under division (B)(2) of section 2929.14 and section 2941.149 of the Revised Code ;
(2) Whether the person is a violent career criminal as defined in section 2923.132 of the Revised Code, whether the person has committed unlawful use of a weapon by a violent career criminal in violation of section 2923.132 of the Revised Code or should be sentenced for that offense under that section, or whether the person should be sentenced under division (K) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code as a violent career criminal who had a firearm on or about the person's person or under the person's control while committing a violent felony offense and displayed or brandished the firearm, indicated that the offender possessed a firearm, or used the firearm to facilitate the offense.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.09 | No Duty to Retreat in Residence or Vehicle.

Effective:
April 6, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 175 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "residence" has the same meaning as in section 2901.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) For purposes of any section of the Revised Code that sets forth a criminal offense, a person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be.
(C) A trier of fact shall not consider the possibility of retreat as a factor in determining whether or not a person who used force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence reasonably believed that the force was necessary to prevent injury, loss, or risk to life or safety.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.20 | New Criminal Offenses; Degree of Mental Culpability Required.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Every act enacted on or after the effective date of this section that creates a new criminal offense shall specify the degree of mental culpability required for commission of the offense. A criminal offense for which no degree of mental culpability is specified that is enacted in an act in violation of this division is void.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to the amendment of a criminal offense that existed on the effective date of this section, but it does apply to a new criminal offense added to a statute that existed on the effective date of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.21 | Criminal Liability, Culpability.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person is not guilty of an offense unless both of the following apply:
(1) The person's liability is based on conduct that includes either a voluntary act, or an omission to perform an act or duty that the person is capable of performing;
(2) The person has the requisite degree of culpability for each element as to which a culpable mental state is specified by the language defining the offense.
(B) When the language defining an offense does not specify any degree of culpability, and plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict criminal liability for the conduct described in the section, then culpability is not required for a person to be guilty of the offense. The fact that one division of a section plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict liability for an offense defined in that division does not by itself plainly indicate a purpose to impose strict criminal liability for an offense defined in other divisions of the section that do not specify a degree of culpability.
(C)(1) When language defining an element of an offense that is related to knowledge or intent or to which mens rea could fairly be applied neither specifies culpability nor plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict liability, the element of the offense is established only if a person acts recklessly.
(2) Division (C)(1) of this section does not apply to offenses defined in Title XLV of the Revised Code.
(3) Division (C)(1) of this section does not relieve the prosecution of the burden of proving the culpable mental state required by any definition incorporated into the offense.
(E) Voluntary intoxication may not be taken into consideration in determining the existence of a mental state that is an element of a criminal offense. Voluntary intoxication does not relieve a person of a duty to act if failure to act constitutes a criminal offense. Evidence that a person was voluntarily intoxicated may be admissible to show whether or not the person was physically capable of performing the act with which the person is charged.
(F) As used in this section:
(1) Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procured or received the thing possessed, or was aware of the possessor's control of the thing possessed for a sufficient time to have ended possession.
(2) Reflexes, convulsions, body movements during unconsciousness or sleep, and body movements that are not otherwise a product of the actor's volition, are involuntary acts.
(3) "Culpability" means purpose, knowledge, recklessness, or negligence, as defined in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Intoxication" includes, but is not limited to, intoxication resulting from the ingestion of alcohol, a drug, or alcohol and a drug.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.22 | Degrees of Culpability Attached to Mental States.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 130th General Assembly
(A) A person acts purposely when it is the person's specific intention to cause a certain result, or, when the gist of the offense is a prohibition against conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what the offender intends to accomplish thereby, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in conduct of that nature.
(B) A person acts knowingly, regardless of purpose, when the person is aware that the person's conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature. A person has knowledge of circumstances when the person is aware that such circumstances probably exist. When knowledge of the existence of a particular fact is an element of an offense, such knowledge is established if a person subjectively believes that there is a high probability of its existence and fails to make inquiry or acts with a conscious purpose to avoid learning the fact.
(C) A person acts recklessly when, with heedless indifference to the consequences, the person disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the person's conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is likely to be of a certain nature. A person is reckless with respect to circumstances when, with heedless indifference to the consequences, the person disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such circumstances are likely to exist.
(D) A person acts negligently when, because of a substantial lapse from due care, the person fails to perceive or avoid a risk that the person's conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a certain nature. A person is negligent with respect to circumstances when, because of a substantial lapse from due care, the person fails to perceive or avoid a risk that such circumstances may exist.
(E) When the section defining an offense provides that negligence suffices to establish an element thereof, then recklessness, knowledge, or purpose is also sufficient culpability for such element. When recklessness suffices to establish an element of an offense, then knowledge or purpose is also sufficient culpability for such element. When knowledge suffices to establish an element of an offense, then purpose is also sufficient culpability for such element.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.23 | Criminal Liability of Organizations.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) An organization may be convicted of an offense under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The offense is a minor misdemeanor committed by an officer, agent, or employee of the organization acting in its behalf and within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or employee's office or employment, except that if the section defining the offense designates the officers, agents, or employees for whose conduct the organization is accountable or the circumstances under which it is accountable, those provisions shall apply.
(2) A purpose to impose organizational liability plainly appears in the section defining the offense, and the offense is committed by an officer, agent, or employee of the organization acting in its behalf and within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or employee's office or employment, except that if the section defining the offense designates the officers, agents, or employees for whose conduct the organization is accountable or the circumstances under which it is accountable, those provisions shall apply.
(3) The offense consists of an omission to discharge a specific duty imposed by law on the organization.
(4) If, acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for the commission of the offense, its commission was authorized, requested, commanded, tolerated, or performed by the board of directors, trustees, partners, or by a high managerial officer, agent, or employee acting in behalf of the organization and within the scope of such a board's or person's office or employment.
(B) If strict liability is imposed for the commission of an offense, a purpose to impose organizational liability shall be presumed, unless the contrary plainly appears.
(C) In a prosecution of an organization for an offense other than one for which strict liability is imposed, it is a defense that the high managerial officer, agent, or employee having supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the offense exercised due diligence to prevent its commission. This defense is not available if it plainly appears inconsistent with the purpose of the section defining the offense.
(D) As used in this section, "organization" means a corporation for profit or not for profit, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, unincorporated nonprofit association, estate, trust, or other commercial or legal entity. "Organization" does not include an entity organized as or by a governmental agency for the execution of a governmental program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.24 | Personal Liability for Organizational Conduct.

Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
(A) An officer, agent, or employee of an organization as defined in section 2901.23 of the Revised Code may be prosecuted for an offense committed by such organization, if he acts with the kind of culpability required for the commission of the offense, and any of the following apply:
(1) In the name of the organization or in its behalf, he engages in conduct constituting the offense, or causes another to engage in such conduct, or tolerates such conduct when it is of a type for which he has direct responsibility;
(2) He has primary responsibility to discharge a duty imposed on the organization by law, and such duty is not discharged.
(B) When a person is convicted of an offense by reason of this section, he is subject to the same penalty as if he had acted in his own behalf.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.31 | Cooperation With Federal Government.

Effective:
April 9, 1985
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 321 - 115th General Assembly
Law enforcement agencies in this state shall cooperate fully with the United States attorney general in the collection of information that would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased persons and information that would assist in the location of missing persons under the "Federal Missing Children Act of 1982," 96 Stat. 1259, 28 U.S.C.A. 534, as amended.
Law enforcement agencies in this state that are investigating missing children cases shall utilize the records and information compiled by the United States attorney general pursuant to that act when the circumstances of an investigation indicate that the records and information may be of assistance and when the act authorizes it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.32 | Guilty of Improper Solicitation of Contributions for Missing Children.

Effective:
November 7, 1990
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 486 - 118th General Assembly
(A) No organization shall solicit contributions for the purpose of distributing materials containing information relating to missing children unless it complies with all of the following requirements:
(1) It has been incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code or the nonprofit corporation law of another state for a period of two years prior to the time of the solicitation of contributions.
(2) It has been exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 68A Stat. 3, 26 U.S.C. 1, as now or hereafter amended, for a period of two years prior to the time of the solicitation of contributions.
(3) It does not use fund-raising counsel, professional solicitors, commercial co-venturers, or other charitable organizations, as these terms are defined in section 1716.01 of the Revised Code, to solicit such contributions.
(B) No organization that solicits contributions for the purpose of distributing materials containing information relating to missing children shall expressly state or imply in any way that it is affiliated with, or is soliciting contributions on behalf of, an organization established to assist in the location of missing children without the express written consent of that organization.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of improper solicitation of contributions for missing children, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.41 | Missing Person Reports Policies.

Effective:
April 5, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 571 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 2901.42 of the Revised Code, "missing person" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older, whose temporary or permanent residence is in Ohio, and who meets one of the following characteristics:
(1) The individual has a physical or mental disability.
(2) The individual is missing under circumstances indicating that the individual's safety may be in danger.
(3) The individual is missing under circumstances indicating that the individual's disappearance was not voluntary.
(B) The attorney general shall publish and distribute to all law enforcement agencies in this state a best practices protocol for addressing reports of missing persons. Upon receipt of the best practices protocol from the attorney general, each law enforcement agency in this state shall develop and adopt a written policy establishing reasonable procedures to be followed by the law enforcement agency when the agency is informed that a person is or may be a missing person.
(C) After a law enforcement agency adopts a written policy as required by division (B) of this section, the peace officers that are employed by that agency shall make a good faith effort to follow the procedures contained in the policy.
(D) The requirements of this section do not create a private cause of action for damages against the state or any law enforcement agency, political subdivision, peace officer, or other person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.43 | Notice of Charges to Be Sent to Retirement Plan.

Effective:
May 13, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 3 - 127th General Assembly
(A)(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Public retirement system," "alternative retirement plan," and "prosecutor" have the same meanings as in section 2907.15 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Position of honor, trust, or profit" has the same meaning as in section 2929.192 of the Revised Code.
(2) For purposes of divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the effective date of this section" if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or after the effective date of this section.
(B) Upon the filing of charges against a person alleging that the person committed on or after the effective date of this section any violation or offense specified in division (C) of this section, if the person allegedly committed the violation or offense while serving in a position of honor, trust, or profit and if the person is an electing employee participating in an alternative retirement plan or a member of a public retirement system, the prosecutor who is assigned the case shall send written notice that those charges have been filed against that person to the alternative retirement plan in which the person is a participant or the public retirement system in which the person is a member, whichever is applicable. The written notice shall specifically identify the person charged.
(C) Division (B) of this section applies when a person is charged with committing on or after the effective date of this section any offense or violation listed or described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony, in the circumstances specified in the particular division.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2901 | General Provisions › Section 2901.431 | Notice of Felony Charges Filed Against Member.

Effective:
January 7, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly
On the filing of charges against a person who is a member of the public employees retirement system alleging that the person committed a felony on or after the effective date of this section, the prosecutor assigned to the case shall send written notice to the retirement system that the charges have been filed. The notice shall specifically identify the person.
For purposes of this section, a violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is committed on or after the effective date of this section if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the person's accountability for the course of conduct or one or more of the multiple acts continues on or after that date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2903 | Homicide and Assault › Section 2903.01 | Aggravated Murder.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 38 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) No person shall purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.
(B) No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy while committing or attempting to commit, or while fleeing immediately after committing or attempting to commit, kidnapping, rape, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, aggravated burglary, burglary, trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, terrorism, or escape.
(C) No person shall purposely cause the death of another who is under thirteen years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
(D) No person who is under detention as a result of having been found guilty of or having pleaded guilty to a felony or who breaks that detention shall purposely cause the death of another.
(E) No person shall purposely cause the death of a law enforcement officer whom the offender knows or has reasonable cause to know is a law enforcement officer when either of the following applies:
(1) The victim, at the time of the commission of the offense, is engaged in the victim's duties.
(2) It is the offender's specific purpose to kill a law enforcement officer.
(F) No person shall purposely cause the death of a first responder or military member whom the offender knows or has reasonable cause to know is a first responder or military member when it is the offender's specific purpose to kill a first responder or military member.
(G) Whoever violates this section is guilty of aggravated murder, and shall be punished as provided in section 2929.02 of the Revised Code.
(H) As used in this section:
(1) "Detention" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in section 2911.01 of the Revised Code and also includes any federal law enforcement officer as defined in section 2921.51 of the Revised Code and anyone who has previously served as a law enforcement officer or federal law enforcement officer.
(3) "First responder" means an emergency medical service provider, a firefighter, or any other emergency response personnel, or anyone who has previously served as a first responder.
(4) "Military member" means a member of the armed forces of the United States, reserves, or Ohio national guard, a participant in ROTC, JROTC, or any similar military training program, or anyone who has previously served in the military.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2903 | Homicide and Assault › Section 2903.02 | Murder.

Effective:
June 30, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.
(B) No person shall cause the death of another as a proximate result of the offender's committing or attempting to commit an offense of violence that is a felony of the first or second degree and that is not a violation of section 2903.03 or 2903.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to an offense that becomes a felony of the first or second degree only if the offender previously has been convicted of that offense or another specified offense.
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of murder, and shall be punished as provided in section 2929.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 29 | Crimes-Procedure › Chapter 2903 | Homicide and Assault › Section 2903.03 | Voluntary Manslaughter.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 160 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No person, while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.
(B) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of this section.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a felony of the first degree.
(D) As used in this section, "sexual motivation" has the same meaning as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.