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...shall dismiss with prejudice a cause of action, or part of a cause of action, if all of the following apply: (1) The moving party establishes that the 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 sectio...

...(A) If the court grants a motion for expedited relief under section 2747.04 of the Revised Code, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses to the moving party. The court shall not fail to award, or reduce an award of, attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses under this division on the grounds that the representation of the mov...

... the United States Constitution and the Ohio Constitution. (C) In construing and applying sections 2747.01 to 2747.06 of the Revised Code, a court shall consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact a substantially similar law.

...(A) No person shall knowingly engage in conduct designed to urge or incite another to commit any offense of violence, when either of the following apply: (1) The conduct takes place under circumstances that create a clear and present danger that any offense of violence will be committed; (2) The conduct proximately results in the commission of any offense of violence. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of...

...(A) No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code: (1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony; (2) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of any offense of violence; (3) When the offender or any participant to the knowledge of the offender has on or about the offender's or participant'...

...into taking or refraining from official action, or with purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct a function of government; (3) With purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct the orderly process of administration or instruction at an educational institution, or to interfere with or disrupt lawful activities carried on at such institution. (B) No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act ...

... with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation of either section prior to or while committing those acts.

...rm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order. (B) Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled for a lawful purpose. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to di...

...A law enforcement officer or fireman, engaged in suppressing riot or in protecting persons or property during riot: (A) Is justified in using force, other than deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters; (B) Is justified in using force, including deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is nec...

...e with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender; (5) Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender. (B) No person, while voluntarily intoxicated, shall do either of the following: (1) In a public place or in ...

...o either of the following: (1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession, or gathering; (2) Make any utterance, gesture, or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as otherwise provided in this division, disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the fourth degre...

...ncy of any kind; (2) Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person's duties in an emergency facility; (3) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the law enforcement officer's duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit acc...

...highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply: (1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emer...

...r intends to cause damage to or destroy public or private property, and the recipient, any member of the recipient's family, or any other person who resides at the premises to which the telecommunication is made owns, leases, resides, or works in, will at the time of the destruction or damaging be near or in, has the responsibility of protecting, or insures the property that will be destroyed or damaged; (5) Knowing...

...mage is disseminated for another lawful public purpose. (6) If the person in the image or fabricated sexual image is eighteen years of age or older, the person in the image or fabricated sexual image is knowingly and willingly in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act and is knowingly and willingly in a location in which the person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. (7) The image or fabricat...

...pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, and except as otherwise provided in division (C)(5), (7), or (8) of this section, inducing panic is a felony of the fourth degree. (7) If the violation pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, and except as otherwise provided in division (C)(5) of this section, if a violation of this secti...

...pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony of the third degree. (5) If a violation of this section results in economic harm of seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars and if division (C)(4) of this section does not apply, making false alarms is a felony of the fourth degree. (6) If a viola...

...fety, or property of any person. (2) "Public safety answering point" and "emergency service provider" have the same meanings as in section 128.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Telecommunications device" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No person by means of a telecommunications device or telecommunications service shall report or cause to be repo...

... without privilege to do so, shall manufacture, possess, sell, deliver, display, use, threaten to use, attempt to use, conspire to use, or make readily accessible to others a hoax weapon of mass destruction with the intent to deceive or otherwise mislead one or more persons into believing that the hoax weapon of mass destruction will cause terror, bodily harm, or property damage. (B) This section does not apply to a...

...ht thousand tickets are offered to the public; (b) A concert that is not exempted under division (D) of this section and for which more than three thousand tickets are offered to the public. (2) No person shall advertise any live entertainment performance as described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section or any concert as described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, unless the advertisement contains the ...

...ke, eat, or drink in any area where the activity is clearly marked as being prohibited; (3) Expectorate upon a person, facility, or vehicle. (D) No person shall write, deface, draw, or otherwise mark on any facility or vehicle of a public transportation system. (E) No person shall fail to comply with a lawful order of a public transportation system police officer, and no person shall resist, obstruct, or abuse a p...

...ice services in the state department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.62 of the Revised Code unless authorized in accordance with that section, any rule adopted pursuant to that section, or former section 3313.206 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on April 8, 2019. (D) No person, with intent to identify a home or building as a mcgruff house program home or building, shall display a symbol that false...

...ervices, or investigation of disease by public health agencies. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of improperly handling infectious agents, a felony of the second degree.

...ate person or entity pursuant to a contract entered into under division (E) of section 311.29 of the Revised Code or division (B) of section 5149.03 of the Revised Code. For a person confined in a county jail who participates in a county jail industry program pursuant to section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, "detention" includes time spent at an assigned work site and going to and from the work site. (F) "Deten...

...A) No person, with purpose to corrupt a public servant or party official, or improperly to influence a public servant or party official with respect to the discharge of the public servant's or party official's duty, whether before or after the public servant or party official is elected, appointed, qualified, employed, summoned, or sworn, shall promise, offer, or give any valuable thing or valuable benefit. (B) No ...