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..., including, but not limited to, communications from citizens, police dispatches, and personal observations by peace officers of inherently dangerous situations that demand an immediate response on the part of a peace officer. (B) "Employee" means an officer, agent, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated or full-time or part-time, who is authorized to act and is acting within the scope of the officer's, ag...

...(A)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the functions of political subdivisions are hereby classified as governmental functions and proprietary functions. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a political subdivision is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission of the political subdivision or an employee of the polit...

...(4) A joint self-insurance pool may allocate the costs of funding the pool among the funds or accounts in the treasuries of the political subdivisions on the basis of their relative exposure and loss experience. A joint self-insurance program may require any deductible under the program to be paid from funds or accounts in the treasury of the political subdivision from which a loss was directly attributable. (B) Two...

...(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 ...

...he following: (1) The person's communication in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding; (2) The person's communication on an issue under consideration or review in a legislative, executive, judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding; (3) The person's exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and ...

...he cause of action is based on a communication or action described in division (B) of section 2747.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The responding party fails to establish that this chapter does not apply to the cause of action due to an exception in division (C) of section 2747.01 of the Revised Code. (3) Either the responding party fails to establish a prima-facie case for each essential element of the cause of acti...

...ted 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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Charged or convicted criminal offender" means any woman to whom both of the following apply: (a) The woman is charged with a crime or, with respect to a crime, is being tried, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty, or is serving a sentence. (b) The woman is, following arrest, transportation, and routine processing and booking, in custody of any law enforcement, court, or corr...

...er system, computer network, telecommunication, telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service, causes or knowingly permits any writing, data, image, or other telecommunication to be disseminated or transmitted into this state in violation of the law of this state. (B) In homicide, the element referred to in division (A)(1) of this section includes the act that causes death, the physi...

...tem. (D) As used in this section, indicators that a person was a victim of "foul play" include, but are not limited to, evidence that the person's home or car is in disarray, evidence of a struggle between the person and another person, or evidence a law enforcement agency determines to be foul play through the written policy the law enforcement agency develops and adopts pursuant to division (B) of section 2901.41...

...e with the guidelines and design specifications established by the director under section 5501.27 of the Revised Code. The failure to erect signs of that nature in a particular construction zone in accordance with those guidelines and design specifications does not limit or affect the application of division (A)(1), (A)(2)(a), (A)(3)(a), or (A)(4) of section 2903.06 or division (A)(1) or (2)(b) of section 2903.08 of ...

...(A)(1) No person shall knowingly cause another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the person or property of the other person, the other person's unborn, or a member of the other person's immediate family. In addition to any other basis for the other person's belief that the offender will cause physical harm to the person or property of the other person, the other person's unborn, or a member of ...

...(A) No person who owns, operates, or administers, or who is an agent or employee of, a care facility shall do any of the following: (1) Commit abuse against a resident or patient of the facility; (2) Commit gross neglect against a resident or patient of the facility; (3) Commit neglect against a resident or patient of the facility. (B)(1) A person who relies upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone,...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Developmental disabilities caretaker" means any developmental disabilities employee or any person who assumes the duty to provide for the care and protection of a person with a developmental disability on a voluntary basis, by contract, through receipt of payment for care and protection, as a result of a family relationship, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. "Develo...

...n a school for which the director of education and workforce prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, the other person, or one of the other persons, is enrolled in or attends that school, and the offender is not enrolled in and does not attend that school. (8) The other person, or one of the other persons, is a minor, the offender is a teacher, administrator, coa...

...(A) No person shall have sexual contact with another; cause another to have sexual contact with the offender; or cause two or more other persons to have sexual contact when any of the following applies: (1) The offender purposely compels the other person, or one of the other persons, to submit by force or threat of force. (2) For the purpose of preventing resistance, the offender substantially impairs the judgme...

...on to believe that the person is communicating with the minor with purpose to do either of the following: (1) Entice, coerce, or solicit the minor to engage in sexual activity, and when the person's purpose in engaging in the pattern of conduct is to entice, coerce, or solicit the minor to engage in sexual activity with the person or a third person; (2) Prepare the minor to engage in sexual activity, and when the...

...nvicted of or pleads guilty to a specification as described in section 2941.1422 of the Revised Code that was included in the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense, the court shall sentence the offender to a mandatory prison term as provided in division (B)(7) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code and shall order the offender to make restitution as provided in division (B)(8) of se...

...(A) No person shall knowingly solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire in exchange for the person receiving anything of value from the other person. (B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in conduct in violation of division (A) of this section. (C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this...

...(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire. (B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in sexual activity for hire. (C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of prostitution, a misdemeanor of the third degree. (2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of eng...

...ls, or partitioned portions of a room located in the commercial establishment for the purpose of viewing visual materials or performances depicting sexual conduct unless both of the following apply: (1) The inside of each booth, stall, or partitioned room is visible from, and at least one side of each booth, stall, or partitioned room is open to, a continuous and contiguous main aisle or hallway that is open to the ...

...specified anatomical areas and still be categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store. The existence of other principal business purposes does not exempt an establishment from being categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store so long as one of its principal business purposes is offering for sale or rental, for some form of consideration, such materials t...

...(A) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person other than the offender; (2) Cause physical harm to any occupied structure; (3) Create, through the offer or acceptance of an agreement for hire or other consideration, a substantial risk of physical harm to any occupied structure. (B)(1) Whoever violates this...

...(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. (...

...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...