Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2921 - Offenses Against Justice And Public Administration

• Section 2921.01 - Offenses Against Justice And Public Administration General Definitions.
  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...
• Section 2921.02 - Bribery.
  (A) No person, with purpose to corrupt a public servant or party official, or improperly to influence a public servant or party official with...
• Section 2921.03 - Intimidation.
  (A) No person, knowingly and by force, by unlawful threat of harm to any person or property, or by filing, recording, or otherwise using...
• Section 2921.04 - Intimidation Of Attorney, Victim Or Witness In Criminal Case Or Delinquent Child Action Proceeding.
  (A) No person shall knowingly attempt to intimidate or hinder the victim of a crime or delinquent act in the filing or prosecution of...
• Section 2921.05 - Retaliation.
  (A) No person, purposely and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or property, shall retaliate against a public servant,...
• Section 2921.06 To 2921.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2921.11 - Perjury.
  (A) No person, in any official proceeding, shall knowingly make a false statement under oath or affirmation, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth...
• Section 2921.12 - Tampering With Evidence.
  (A) No person, knowing that an official proceeding or investigation is in progress, or is about to be or likely to be instituted, shall...
• Section 2921.13 - Falsification - In Theft Offense - To Purchase Firearm.
  (A) No person shall knowingly make a false statement, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously made, when any...
• Section 2921.14 - Making Or Causing False Report Of Child Abuse Or Neglect.
  (A) No person shall knowingly make or cause another person to make a false report under division (B) of section 2151.421 of the Revised...
• Section 2921.15 - Making False Allegation Of Peace Officer Misconduct.
  (A) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall...
• Section 2921.16 To 2921.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2921.21 - Compounding A Crime.
  (A) No person shall knowingly demand, accept, or agree to accept anything of value in consideration of abandoning or agreeing to abandon a pending...
• Section 2921.22 - Failure To Report A Crime Or Knowledge Of A Death Or Burn Injury.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person, knowing that a felony has been or is being committed, shall...
• Section 2921.23 - Failure To Aid A Law Enforcement Officer.
  (A) No person shall negligently fail or refuse to aid a law enforcement officer, when called upon for assistance in preventing or halting the...
• Section 2921.24 - Disclosure Of Confidential Information.
  (A) No officer or employee of a law enforcement agency or court, or of the office of the clerk of any court, shall disclose...
• Section 2921.25 - Peace Officer's Home Address Not To Be Disclosed During Trial.
  (A) No judge of a court of record, or mayor presiding over a mayor's court, shall order a peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney,...
• Section 2921.26, 2921.27 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2921.29 - Failure To Disclose Personal Information.
  (A) No person who is in a public place shall refuse to disclose the person's name, address, or date of birth, when requested by...
• Section 2921.31 - Obstructing Official Business.
  (A) No person, without privilege to do so and with purpose to prevent, obstruct, or delay the performance by a public official of any...
• Section 2921.32 - Obstructing Justice.
  (A) No person, with purpose to hinder the discovery, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for crime or to assist another to benefit...
• Section 2921.321 - Assaulting Or Harassing Police Dog Or Horse Or Service Dog.
  (A) No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause, physical harm to a police dog or horse in either of the following circumstances:...
• Section 2921.33 - Resisting Arrest.
  (A) No person, recklessly or by force, shall resist or interfere with a lawful arrest of the person or another. (B) No person, recklessly...
• Section 2921.331 - Failure To Comply With Order Or Signal Of Police Officer.
  (A) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested with authority to direct, control, or...
• Section 2921.34 - Escape.
  (A) (1) No person, knowing the person is under detention, other than supervised release detention, or being reckless in that regard, shall purposely break...
• Section 2921.35 - Aiding Escape Or Resistance To Lawful Authority.
  (A) No person, with purpose to promote or facilitate an escape or resistance to lawful authority, shall convey into a detention facility, or provide...
• Section 2921.36 - Illegal Conveyance Of Weapons, Drugs Or Other Prohibited Items Onto Grounds Of Detention Facility Or Institution.
  (A) No person shall knowingly convey, or attempt to convey, onto the grounds of a detention facility or of an institution, office building, or...
• Section 2921.37 - Arrest Powers Of Person In Charge Of Detention Facility.
  The person in charge of a detention facility shall, on the grounds of the detention facility, have the same power as a peace officer,...
• Section 2921.38 - Harassment By Inmate.
  (A) No person who is confined in a detention facility, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person, shall cause or attempt...
• Section 2921.41 - Theft In Office.
  (A) No public official or party official shall commit any theft offense, as defined in division (K) of section 2913.01 of the Revised Code,...
• Section 2921.42 - Having An Unlawful Interest In A Public Contract.
  (A) No public official shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Authorize, or employ the authority or influence of the public official's office...
• Section 2921.421 - Prosecuting Attorney, Elected Chief Legal Officer, Or Township Law Director Appointment Of Assistants Or Employees.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Chief legal officer" has the same meaning as in section 733.621 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political...
• Section 2921.43 - Soliciting Or Accepting Improper Compensation.
  (A) No public servant shall knowingly solicit or accept, and no person shall knowingly promise or give to a public servant, either of the...
• Section 2921.431 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-23-1995
• Section 2921.44 - Dereliction Of Duty.
  (A) No law enforcement officer shall negligently do any of the following: (1) Fail to serve a lawful warrant without delay; (2) Fail to...
• Section 2921.45 - Interfering With Civil Rights.
  (A) No public servant, under color of his office, employment, or authority, shall knowingly deprive, or conspire or attempt to deprive any person of...
• Section 2921.51 - Impersonation Of Peace Officer Or Private Police Officer.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Peace officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of...
• Section 2921.52 - Using Sham Legal Process.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Lawfully issued" means adopted, issued, or rendered in accordance with the United States constitution, the constitution of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016