Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2901 - General Provisions

• Section 2901.01 - General Provisions Definitions.
  (A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Force" means any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any means upon or against a...
• Section 2901.02 - Classification Of Crimes.
  As used in the Revised Code: (A) Offenses include aggravated murder, murder, felonies of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth degree, misdemeanors of...
• Section 2901.03 - Abrogation Of Common Law Offenses.
  (A) No conduct constitutes a criminal offense against the state unless it is defined as an offense in the Revised Code. (B) An offense...
• Section 2901.04 - Rules Of Construction For Statutes And Rules Of Procedure.
  (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, sections of the Revised Code defining offenses or penalties shall be...
• Section 2901.05 - Burden Of Proof - Reasonable Doubt - Self-defense.
  (A) Every person accused of an offense is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the burden of proof for all...
• Section 2901.06 - Battered Woman Syndrome Evidence.
  (A) The general assembly hereby declares that it recognizes both of the following, in relation to the "battered woman syndrome:" (1) That the syndrome...
• Section 2901.07 - Dna Specimen Collection Procedure.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "DNA analysis" and "DNA specimen" have the same meanings as in section 109.573 of the Revised Code....
• Section 2901.08 - Effect Of Adjudication Of Delinquency Or Juvenile Traffic Offender.
  (A) If a person is alleged to have committed an offense and if the person previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child or juvenile...
• Section 2901.09 - No Duty To Retreat In Residence Or Vehicle.
  (A) As used in this section, "residence" and "vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 2901.05 of the Revised Code. (B) For purposes...
• Section 2901.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2901.11 - Jurisdiction For Criminal Acts.
  (A) A person is subject to criminal prosecution and punishment in this state if any of the following occur: (1) The person commits an...
• Section 2901.12 - Venue Of Criminal Cases.
  (A) The trial of a criminal case in this state shall be held in a court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, and, except...
• Section 2901.13 - Statute Of Limitations For Criminal Offenses.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) , (3), or (4) of this section or as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution...
• Section 2901.14 To 2901.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2901.20 - New Criminal Offenses; Degree Of Mental Culpability Required.
  (A) Every act enacted on or after the effective date of this section that creates a new criminal offense shall specify the degree of...
• Section 2901.21 - Criminal Liability, Culpability.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person is not guilty of an offense unless both of the following apply:...
• Section 2901.22 - Degrees Of Culpability Attached To Mental States.
  (A) A person acts purposely when it is the person's specific intention to cause a certain result, or, when the gist of the offense...
• Section 2901.23 - Criminal Liability Of Organizations.
  (A) An organization may be convicted of an offense under any of the following circumstances: (1) The offense is a minor misdemeanor committed by...
• Section 2901.24 - Personal Liability For Organizational Conduct.
  (A) An officer, agent, or employee of an organization as defined in section 2901.23 of the Revised Code may be prosecuted for an offense...
• Section 2901.241 To 2901.29 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2901.30 - Missing Child Report.
  (A) As used in sections 2901.30 to 2901.32 of the Revised Code: (1) "Information" means information that can be integrated into the computer system...
• Section 2901.31 - Cooperation With Federal Government.
  Law enforcement agencies in this state shall cooperate fully with the United States attorney general in the collection of information that would assist in...
• Section 2901.32 - Guilty Of Improper Solicitation Of Contributions For Missing Children.
  (A) No organization shall solicit contributions for the purpose of distributing materials containing information relating to missing children unless it complies with all of...
• Section 2901.33 To 2901.40 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2901.41 - Missing Person Reports Policies.
  (A) As used in this section and section 2901.42 of the Revised Code, "missing person" means an individual who is eighteen years of age...
• Section 2901.42 - Missing Person Report Indicating Foul Play.
  (A) If a law enforcement agency receives an initial report or receives additional information for the report that a person who is at least...
• Section 2901.43 - Notice Of Charges To Be Sent To Retirement Plan.
  (A) (1) As used in this section: (a) "Public retirement system," "alternative retirement plan," and "prosecutor" have the same meanings as in section 2907.15...
• Section 2901.431 - Notice Of Felony Charges Filed Against Member.
  On the filing of charges against a person who is a member of the public employees retirement system alleging that the person committed a...
• Section 2901.44 To 2901.45 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974

Last modified: October 10, 2016