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525.14 USING SHAM LEGAL PROCESS.
   (a)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
      (1)   "Lawfully issued." Adopted, issued, or rendered in accordance with the United States Constitution, the constitution of a state, and the applicable statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances of the United States, a state, and the political subdivisions of a state.
      (2)   "Political subdivisions." Municipal corporations, townships, counties, school districts, and all other bodies corporate and politic that are organized under state law and are responsible for governmental activities only in geographical areas smaller than that of a state.
      (3)   "Sham legal process." An instrument that meets all of the following conditions:
         A.   It is not lawfully issued.
         B.   It purports to do any of the following:
            1.   To be a summons, subpoena, judgment, or order of a court, a law enforcement officer, or a legislative, executive or administrative body.
            2.   To assert jurisdiction over or determine the legal or equitable status, rights, duties, powers, or privileges of any person or property.
            3.   To require or authorize the search, seizure, indictment, arrest, trial, or sentencing of any person or property.
         C.   It is designed to make another person believe that it is lawfully issued.
      (4)   "State." A state of the United States, including without limitation the state legislature, the highest court of the state that has statewide jurisdiction, 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 the political subdivisions of the state.
   (b)   No person shall, knowing the sham legal process to be a sham legal process, do any of the following:
      (1)   Knowingly issue, display, deliver, distribute, or otherwise use sham legal process.
      (2)   Knowingly use sham legal process to arrest, detain, search or seize any person or the property of another person.
      (3)   Knowingly commit or facilitate the commission of an offense using sham legal process.
      (4)   Knowingly commit a felony by using sham legal process.
   (c)   It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (b)(1) or (2) of this section that the use of sham legal process was for a lawful purpose.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of using sham legal process. A violation of division (b)(1) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A violation of division (b)(2) or (b)(3) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree, except that if the purpose of a violation of division (b)(3) of this section is to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony, a violation of division (b)(3) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law. A violation of division (b)(4) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2921.52(A) - (D))
525.15 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 a law enforcement officer who reasonably suspects either of the following:
      (1)   The person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a criminal offense.
      (2)   The person witnessed any of the following:
         A.   An offense of violence that would constitute a felony under the laws of this State;
         B.   A felony offense that causes or results in, or creates a substantial risk of, serious physical harm to another person or property;
         C.   Any attempt or conspiracy to commit, or complicity in committing, any offenses identified in division (a)(2)A. or (a)(2)B. of this section;
         D.   Any conduct reasonably indicating that any offense identified in division (a)(2)A. or (a)(2)B. of this section or any attempt, conspiracy, or complicity described in division (a)(2)C. of this section has been, is being, or is about to be committed.
   (b)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of failure to disclose one’s personal information, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
   (c)   Nothing in division (a) of this section requires a person to answer any questions beyond that person’s name, address, or date of birth. Nothing in division (a) of this section authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest a person for not providing any information beyond the person’s name, address, or date of birth or for refusing to describe the offense observed.
   (d)   It is not a violation of division (a) of this section to refuse to answer a question that would reveal a person’s age or date of birth if age is an element of the crime that the person is suspected of committing.
(ORC 2921.29)
   (e)   No person entering an airport, train station, port, or other similar critical transportation infrastructure site shall refuse to show identification when requested by a law enforcement officer when there is a threat to security and the law enforcement officer is requiring identification of all persons entering the site.
   (f)   A law enforcement officer may prevent any person who refuses to show identification when asked under the circumstances described in division (e) of this section from entering the critical transportation infrastructure site.
(ORC 2909.31)
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