Ohio Revised Code Search

...As used in this chapter: (A) "State" means the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state. "State" does not include political subdivisions. (B) "Political subdivisions" means municipal corporations, townships, cou...

...As used in sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code: (A) "Claimant" means both of the following categories of persons: (1) Any of the following persons who claim an award of reparations under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code: (a) A victim who was one of the following at the time of the criminally injurious conduct: (i) A resident of the United States; (ii) A resident of a foreign coun...

...(A) As used in this section, notwithstanding the definition of the term set forth in section 2743.51 of the Revised Code, "funeral expenses" means the payment of cremation or burial services of the decedent. (B) Before acting on an application for an award of reparations that has been filed pursuant to section 2743.56 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may make an emergency award for funeral expenses if at ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Goods or services" does not include the creation, dissemination, exhibition, or advertisement, or a similar promotion, of a dramatic, literary, musical, political, journalistic, or artistic work. (2) "Governmental unit" means the government of the United States, the state, a political subdivision of the state, or any department, agency, board, commission, or other instrumentality...

...criminal case, the court shall read the definitions of "reasonable doubt" and "proof beyond a reasonable doubt," contained in division (E) of this section. (D) As used in this section: (1) An "affirmative defense" is either of the following: (a) A defense expressly designated as affirmative; (b) A defense involving an excuse or justification peculiarly within the knowledge of the accused, on which the accused...

...(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 ...

...) of this section, in no case shall the definitions of the terms "unlawful termination of another's pregnancy," "another's unborn," and "such other person's unborn" that are set forth in division (A) of this section be applied or construed in any of the following manners: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in a manner so that the offense prohibits or is construed as prohibiting any ...

...As used in sections 2903.33 to 2903.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Care facility" means any of the following: (1) Any "home" as defined in section 3721.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Any "residential facility" as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code; (3) Any institution or facility operated or provided by the department of mental health and addiction services or by the department of developmental disab...

...As used in sections 2903.41 to 2903.44 of the Revised Code: (A) "Violent offender" means any of the following: (1) A person who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted of or pleads guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2905.01 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 2905.02 of the Revised Code that is a felony of the second degree; (b) Any ...

...As used in sections 2905.21 to 2905.24 of the Revised Code: (A) "To extend credit" means to make or renew any loan, or to enter into any agreement, express or implied, for the repayment or satisfaction of any debt or claim, regardless of whether the extension of credit is acknowledged or disputed, valid or invalid, and however arising. (B) "Creditor" means any person who extends credit, or any person claiming by, u...

...As used in sections 2905.31 to 2905.33 of the Revised Code: (A) "Involuntary servitude" means being compelled to perform labor or services for another against one's will. (B) "Material that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented" and "performance that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 2907.01 to 2907.38 and 2917.211 of the Revised Code: (A) "Sexual conduct" means vaginal intercourse between a male and female; anal intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus between persons regardless of sex; and, without privilege to do so, the insertion, however slight, of any part of the body or any instrument, apparatus, or other object into the vaginal or anal opening of another. Penetration, ...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Bookmaking" means the business of receiving or paying off bets. (B) "Bet" means the hazarding of anything of value upon the result of an event, undertaking, or contingency, but does not include a bona fide business risk. (C) "Scheme of chance" means a slot machine unless authorized under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code, lottery unless authorized under Chapter 3770. of the Revised...

...(A) No charitable organization that conducts bingo shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Own all of the equipment used to conduct bingo or lease that equipment from a charitable organization that is licensed to conduct bingo, or from the landlord of a premises where bingo is conducted, for a rental rate that is not more than is customary and reasonable for that equipment; (2) Except as otherwise provided in ...

...(A) No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following: (1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false; (2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence; (3) Committing any offense, with reckles...

...(A) No person, 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 ...

...As used in sections 2919.16 to 2919.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (B) "Gestational age" or "gestation" means the age of an unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman. (C) "Health care facility" means a hospital, clinic, ambulatory surgical treatment center, other center, medical scho...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 2919.191 to 2919.1910 of the Revised Code: (1) "Conception" means fertilization. (2) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or chemical that prevents conception. (3) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid. (4) "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. (5) "Fetus" means the human...

...As used in sections 2919.20 to 2919.204 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (B) "Medical emergency" means a condition that in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, based upon the facts known to the physician at that time, so complicates the woman's pregnancy as to necessitate the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion in order to...

...As used in sections 2919.223 to 2919.227 of the Revised Code: (A) "Child care," "child care center," "in-home aide," "type A family child care home," and "type B family child care home" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Child care center licensee" means the owner of a child care center licensed pursuant to Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code who is responsible for ensuring the...

...As used in sections 2921.01 to 2921.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers. "Public official" does not include an employee, officer, or governor-appointed member of th...