Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2907 - Sex Offenses

• Section 2907.01 - Sex Offenses General Definitions.
  As used in sections 2907.01 to 2907.38 of the Revised Code: (A) "Sexual conduct" means vaginal intercourse between a male and female; anal intercourse,...
• Section 2907.02 - Rape.
  (A) (1) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another who is not the spouse of the offender or who is the spouse...
• Section 2907.021 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2907.03 - Sexual Battery.
  (A) No person shall engage in sexual conduct with another, not the spouse of the offender, when any of the following apply: (1) The...
• Section 2907.04 - Unlawful Sexual Conduct With Minor.
  (A) No person who is eighteen years of age or older shall engage in sexual conduct with another, who is not the spouse of...
• Section 2907.05 - Gross Sexual Imposition.
  (A) No person shall have sexual contact with another, not the spouse of the offender; cause another, not the spouse of the offender, to...
• Section 2907.06 - Sexual Imposition.
  (A) No person shall have sexual contact with another, not the spouse of the offender; cause another, not the spouse of the offender, to...
• Section 2907.07 - Importuning.
  (A) No person shall solicit a person who is less than thirteen years of age to engage in sexual activity with the offender, whether...
• Section 2907.08 - Voyeurism.
  (A) No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the person's self, shall commit trespass or otherwise surreptitiously invade the privacy of...
• Section 2907.081, 2907.082 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2907.09 - Public Indecency.
  (A) No person shall recklessly do any of the following, under circumstances in which the person's conduct is likely to be viewed by and...
• Section 2907.10 - Preliminary Polygraph Test Of Sex Offense Victim.
  (A) (1) A peace officer, prosecutor, or other public official shall not ask or require a victim of an alleged sex offense to submit...
• Section 2907.11 - Suppression Of Names Of Victim And Offender And Details Of The Alleged Offense.
  Upon the request of the victim or offender in a prosecution under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.07 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 2907.12 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-03-1996
• Section 2907.121 To 2907.145 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2907.15 - Withholding Moneys Needed For Restitution To Crime Victims From State Retirement Funds.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system,...
• Section 2907.16 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2907.17 - Notice Of Indictment Of Mental Health Professional Sent To Regulatory Or Licensing Board Or Agency.
  If a mental health professional is indicted or charged and bound over to the court of common pleas for trial for an alleged violation...
• Section 2907.171 - Prosecutor's Failure To Give Notice.
  The failure of the prosecuting attorney to give the notice required by section 2907.17 of the Revised Code does not give rise to a...
• Section 2907.18 - Notice Of Conviction Of Mental Health Professional Sent To Regulatory Or Licensing Board Or Agency.
  If a mental health professional is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A)(10) of section 2907.03 or division (A)(5) of...
• Section 2907.19 - Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertisement for sexual activity for hire" or "advertisement" means any advertisement or offer in electronic or print...
• Section 2907.21 - Compelling Prostitution.
  (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Compel another to engage in sexual activity for hire; (2) Induce, procure, encourage,...
• Section 2907.22 - Promoting Prostitution.
  (A) No person shall knowingly: (1) Establish, maintain, operate, manage, supervise, control, or have an interest in a brothel or any other enterprise a...
• Section 2907.23 - Enticement Or Solicitation To Patronize A Prostitute; Procurement Of A Prostitute For Another.
  (A) No person, knowingly and for gain, shall do either of the following: (1) Entice or solicit another to patronize a prostitute or brothel;...
• Section 2907.24 - Soliciting - After Positive Hiv Test - Driver's License Suspension.
  (A) (1) No person shall solicit another who is eighteen years of age or older to engage with such other person in sexual activity...
• Section 2907.241 - Loitering To Engage In Solicitation - Solicitation After Positive Hiv Test.
  (A) No person, with purpose to solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire and while in or near a public place, shall...
• Section 2907.25 - Prostitution - After Positive Hiv Test.
  (A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire. (B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier...
• Section 2907.26 - Rules Of Evidence In Brothel And Prostitution Cases.
  (A) In any case in which it is necessary to prove that a place is a brothel, evidence as to the reputation of such...
• Section 2907.27 - Testing And Treatment For Venereal Diseases And Hiv.
  (A) (1) If a person is charged with a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.24, 2907.241, or 2907.25 of the Revised Code or...
• Section 2907.28 - Payment For Medical Examination And Test Of Any Victim Or Accused.
  (A) Any cost incurred by a hospital or emergency medical facility in conducting a medical examination of a victim of an offense under any...
• Section 2907.29 - Hospital Emergency Services For Victims Of Sexual Offenses.
  Every hospital of this state that offers organized emergency services shall provide that a physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified...
• Section 2907.30 - Interview Of Victim By Crisis Intervention Trained Officer.
  (A) A victim of a sexual offense cognizable as a violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code who is interviewed by a law...
• Section 2907.31 - Disseminating Matter Harmful To Juveniles.
  (A) No person, with knowledge of its character or content, shall recklessly do any of the following: (1) Directly sell, deliver, furnish, disseminate, provide,...
• Section 2907.311 - Displaying Matter Harmful To Juveniles.
  (A) No person who has custody, control, or supervision of a commercial establishment, with knowledge of the character or content of the material involved,...
• Section 2907.32 - Pandering Obscenity.
  (A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following: (1) Create, reproduce, or...
• Section 2907.321 - Pandering Obscenity Involving A Minor.
  (A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following: (1) Create, reproduce, or...
• Section 2907.322 - Pandering Sexually Oriented Matter Involving A Minor.
  (A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved, shall do any of the following: (1) Create, record, photograph,...
• Section 2907.323 - Illegal Use Of Minor In Nudity-oriented Material Or Performance.
  (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Photograph any minor who is not the person's child or ward in a state...
• Section 2907.33 - Deception To Obtain Matter Harmful To Juveniles.
  (A) No person, for the purpose of enabling a juvenile to obtain any material or gain admission to any performance which is harmful to...
• Section 2907.34 - Compelling Acceptance Of Objectionable Materials.
  (A) No person, as a condition to the sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery of any material or goods of any kind, shall require the...
• Section 2907.35 - Presumptions In Obscenity Cases.
  (A) An owner or manager, or agent or employee of an owner or manager, of a bookstore, newsstand, theater, or other commercial establishment engaged...
• Section 2907.36 - Declaratory Judgment Action.
  (A) Without limitation on the persons otherwise entitled to bring an action for a declaratory judgment pursuant to Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code,...
• Section 2907.37 - Injunction - Nuisance.
  (A) Where it appears that section 2907.31 or 2907.32 of the Revised Code is being or is about to be violated, the chief legal...
• Section 2907.38 - Permitting Unlawful Operation Of Viewing Booths Depicting Sexual Conduct.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Commercial establishment" means an entity that is open to the public and to which either of the...
• Section 2907.39 - Permitting Juvenile On Premises Of Adult Entertainment Establishment - Use Of False Information To Gain Entry.
  (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,...
• Section 2907.40 - Illegally Operating Sexually Oriented Business.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Adult bookstore" or "adult video store" means a commercial establishment that has as a significant or substantial...
• Section 2907.41 - Person Charged With Subsequent Sexual Offense - Setting Of Bail.
  (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, a person who is charged with the commission of any sexually oriented offense or with a...
• Section 2907.42 To 2907.48 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974

Last modified: October 10, 2016