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...(A) Without limitation on the persons otherwise entitled to bring an action for a declaratory judgment pursuant to Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code, involving the same issue, the following persons have standing to bring a declaratory judgment action to determine whether particular materials or performances are obscene or harmful to juveniles: (1) The chief legal officer of the jurisdiction in which there is reasona...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult arcade" means any place to which the public is permitted or invited in which coin-operated, slug-operated, or electronically, electrically, or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other image-producing devices are regularly maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and in which the images so displayed ar...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial establishment that has as a significant or substantial portion of its stock in trade or inventory in, derives a significant or substantial portion of its revenues from, devotes a significant or substantial portion of its interior business or advertising to, or maintains a substantial section of its sales or display sp...

...(A) Subject to division (D) of this section, a person who is charged with the commission of any sexually oriented offense or with a violation of section 2907.09 of the Revised Code shall appear before the court for the setting of bail if the person charged previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, a violation of section 2907.09 of the Revised Code, or a violation of an existing or ...

...As used in sections 2909.01 to 2909.07 of the Revised Code: (A) To "create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person" includes the creation of a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any emergency personnel. (B) "Emergency personnel" means any of the following persons: (1) A peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code; (2) A member of a fire department or other firefigh...

...(A) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to an occupied structure or any of its contents. (B)(1) No person shall knowingly cause physical harm to property that is owned or possessed by another, when either of the following applies: (a) The property is used by its owner or possessor in the owner's or possessor's profession, business, trade, or occupation, and the value of the property or the ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Air gun" means a hand pistol or rifle that propels its projectile by means of releasing compressed air, carbon dioxide, or other gas. (2) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Spring-operated gun" means a hand pistol or rifle that propels a projectile not less than four or more than five millimeters in diameter by means of a spring. (...

...(A) When a person is charged with a violation of division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 2909.03 of the Revised Code involving property value or an amount of physical harm of one thousand dollars or more or with a violation of section 2909.05 of the Revised Code involving property value or an amount of physical harm of one thousand dollars or more, the jury or court trying the accused shall determine the value of the pr...

...As used in sections 2909.13 to 2909.15 of the Revised Code: (A) "Arson-related offense" means any of the following violations or offenses committed by a person: (1) A violation of section 2909.02 or 2909.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or complicity in committing either offense listed in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) "Arson offender" means any of the following...

...As used in sections 2909.21 to 2909.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Act of terrorism" means an act that is committed within or outside the territorial jurisdiction of this state or the United States, that constitutes a specified offense if committed in this state or constitutes an offense in any jurisdiction within or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States containing all of the essential eleme...

...(A) No person, by force, stealth, or deception, shall do any of the following: (1) Trespass in an occupied structure or in a separately secured or separately occupied portion of an occupied structure, when another person other than an accomplice of the offender is present, with purpose to commit in the structure or in the separately secured or separately occupied portion of the structure any criminal offense;...

...(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another; (2) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another, the use of which is lawfully restricted to certain persons, purposes, modes, or hours, when the offender knows the offender is in violation of any such restriction or is reckless in that regard; (3) Recklessl...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context requires that a term be given a different meaning: (A) "Deception" means knowingly deceiving another or causing another to be deceived by any false or misleading representation, by withholding information, by preventing another from acquiring information, or by any other conduct, act, or omission that creates, confirms, or perpetuates a false impression in another, inclu...

...(A) No person shall knowingly manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise a counterfeit telecommunications device with purpose to use it criminally. (B) No person shall knowingly manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise a counterfeit telecommunications device with purpose to use that device or to allow that device to be used, or knowing or having reason to know that another per...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part of a motion picture by means of any technology existing on, or developed after, the effective date of this section. (2) "Facility" means a movie theater. (B) No person, without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the facility and of the licensor of the moti...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 2923.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retail property" means any tangible personal property displayed, held, stored, transported, or offered for sale in or by a retail establishment, manufacturer, distributor, or an online marketplace as defined in section 1349.65 of the Revised Code. "Retail property" includes gift cards as defined in s...

...(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Attach, affix, or otherwise use a counterfeit mark in connection with the manufacture of goods or services, whether or not the goods or services are intended for sale or resale; (2) Possess, sell, or offer for sale tools, machines, instruments, materials, articles, or other items of personal property with the knowledge that they are designed for the ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Statement or representation" means any oral, written, electronic, electronic impulse, or magnetic communication that is used to identify an item of goods or a service for which reimbursement may be made under the medicaid program or that states income and expense and is or may be used to determine a rate of reimbursement under the medicaid program. (2) "Provider" means any p...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Medicaid services" has the same meaning as in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Property" means any real or personal property or other asset in which a person has any legal title or interest. (B) No person shall knowingly do any of the following in an application for enrollment in the medicaid program or in a document that requires a disclosure of assets for the purp...

...In a prosecution of a person for a theft offense that alleges that the person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person was facilitating a fraud, hired or rented an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, kept or operated any of the same that has been hired or rented, or engaged accommodations at a hotel, motel, inn, campgroun...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Electronically transferred benefit" means the transfer of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or WIC program benefits through the use of an access device. (b) "WIC program benefits" includes money, coupons, delivery verification receipts, other documents, food, or other property received directly or indirectly pursuant to section 17 of the "Child Nutrition Act...

...(A) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following: (1) Receive workers' compensation benefits to which the person is not entitled; (2) Make or present or cause to be made or presented a false or misleading statement with the purpose to secure payment for goods or services rendered under Chapter 4121., 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revise...

...(A) When a person is charged with a theft offense, or with a violation of division (A)(1) of section 1716.14 of the Revised Code involving a victim who is an elderly person or disabled adult that involves property or services valued at one thousand dollars or more, property or services valued at one thousand dollars or more and less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, property or services valued at one th...

...Regardless of the value of the property involved and regardless of whether the offender previously has been convicted of a theft offense, a violation of section 2913.02 or 2913.51 of the Revised Code is a felony of the fifth degree if the property involved is any of the following: (A) A credit card; (B) A printed form for a check or other negotiable instrument, that on its face identifies the drawer or maker for ...

...(A) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall make a bet or play any game of chance or scheme of chance. (B) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control, or supervision, of a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort s...