Ohio Administrative Code › Title 109:5 - Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation › Chapter 109:5-2 - Registration of Sex Offenders; Notifications › Section 109:5-2-05 - Victim notification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Offender or delinquent child sentenced to
			 serve term of imprisonment in the department of rehabilitation and correction
			 or department of youth services.
(1) If a
			 person subject to victim notification pursuant to section
			  2950.10 
			 of the Revised Code has been sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in the
			 Ohio department of rehabilitation and correction, a victim of said person who
			 desires notification of the person's registration as a sexually oriented or
			 child-victim oriented offender shall send a request in writing to the "Office of Victim Services, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation
			 and Correction, 770 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43222." The request
			 must include the victim's name and address, the offender's name, and the county
			 where the conviction occurred, and may include the victim's telephone number.
			 The request may also include the offender's inmate number, the date or
			 approximate date of conviction and the crime for which the offender was
			 convicted. The victim is responsible for informing the department of
			 rehabilitation and correction in writing of any changes in the victim's
			 address.
(2) If a delinquent child
			 subject to victim notification pursuant to section
			  2950.10 
			 of the Revised Code has been sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in the
			 Ohio department of youth services, a victim of said person who desires
			 notification of the delinquent child's registration as a sexually oriented or
			 child-victim oriented offender shall send a request in writing to the "Office of Victim Services, Ohio Department of Youth
			 Services, 30 W. Spring St., 5th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215." The request
			 must include the victim's name and address, the delinquent child's name, and
			 the county where the adjudication occurred, and may include the victim's
			 telephone number. The request may also include any identifying number used by
			 the department to identify the delinquent child, the date or approximate date
			 of the adjudication of delinquency and the offense for which the delinquent
			 child was adjudicated delinquent. The victim is responsible for informing the
			 department of youth services in writing of any changes in the victim's
			 address.
(3) Upon receipt of a
			 victim's written request for notification, the department of rehabilitation and
			 correction or department of youth services shall maintain that request in the
			 appropriate file. When the offender or delinquent child, in preparation for
			 release, informs the department of their anticipated county of residence, the
			 department shall send the victim written notice, by regular mail, of the county
			 where the offender or delinquent child intends to reside, the address of that
			 county's sheriff, and the date by which the offender or delinquent child must
			 register. The department shall make reasonable and diligent attempts to mail
			 this notice at least a week prior to the offender's or delinquent child's
			 release. If that letter comes back to the department as undeliverable, the
			 department shall have no further responsibilities to notify the
			 victim.