648.01 Riot.
648.02 Failure to disperse.
648.03 Justifiable use of force to suppress riot.
648.04 Disorderly conduct.
648.05 Disturbing a lawful meeting.
648.06 Misconduct at an emergency
648.07 Inducing panic.
648.08 Making false alarms.
648.09 Loitering.
648.10 Noise disturbances.
648.11 Inciting to violence.
648.12 Impeding public passage of an emergency service responder.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Power to regulate peace disturbances - see Ohio R.C. 715.49
Cordoning off riot areas; prohibiting sales of firearms and explosives - see Ohio R.C. 3761.16
Suspension of beer and liquor sales during emergency - see Ohio R.C. 4301.251
Riot and civil disorder assistance by State Highway Patrol - see Ohio R.C. 5503.02
“Peeling”; cracking exhaust noises - see TRAF. 432.35
Sirens, whistles and bells on motor vehicles - see TRAF. 438.20
Noisy mufflers - see TRAF. 438.21
Definitions generally - see GEN. OFF. 606.01
“Deadly force” defined - see GEN. OFF. 606.01
“Force” defined - see GEN. OFF. 606.01
Resisting arrest - see GEN. OFF. 606.16
Interfering with civil rights - see GEN. OFF. 606.20
Detention of shoplifters and those committing motion picture piracy; arrest without warrant - see GEN. OFF. 606.23
Liquor sale to intoxicated person - see GEN. OFF. 612.03
Barking or howling dogs - see GEN. OFF. 618.07
Menacing - see GEN. OFF. 636.04 et seq.
Desecration - see GEN. OFF. 642.07
Arson - see GEN. OFF. 642.09
Pointing and discharging firearms and other weapons - see GEN. OFF. 672.12
Emergency alarm systems - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1074
(a) No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Ohio R.C. 2917.11 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance:
(1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a misdemeanor, other than disorderly conduct;
(2) With purpose to intimidate a public official or employee 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 the institution.
(b) No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with unlawful force or violence, even though the act might otherwise be lawful.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2917.03)
(d) For the purposes of prosecuting violations of this section, the prosecution is not required to allege or prove that the offender expressly agreed with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation this section prior to or while committing those acts.
(ORC 2917.031)
Statutory reference:
Aggravated riot, felony provisions, see Ohio R.C. 2917.02
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