(A) No person shall recklessly violate any of the following:
(1) A protection order issued or consent agreement approved pursuant to R.C. § 2919.26 or R.C. § 3113.31;
(2) A protection order issued pursuant to R.C. § 2903.213 or R.C. § 2903.214;
(3) A protection order issued by a court of another state.
(B) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of violating a protection order.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) (3) or (4) of this section, violating a protection order is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of a protection order issued pursuant to R.C. § 2903.213 or R.C. § 2903.214, two or more violations of R.C. §§ 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, or 2911.211, or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, that involved the same person who is the subject of the protection order or consent agreement, or one or more violations of this section or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, violating a protection order is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(4) If the offender violates a protection order or consent agreement while committing a felony offense, violating a protection order is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(C) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (A)(3) of this section that the protection order issued by a court of another state does not comply with the requirements specified in 18 USC 2265(b) for a protection order that must be accorded full faith a credit by a court of this state or that it is not entitled to full faith and credit under 18 USC 2265(c).
(D) As used in this section, PROTECTION ORDER ISSUED BY A COURT OF ANOTHER STATE means an injunction or another order issued by a criminal court of another state for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to another person including a temporary order, and means an injunction or order of that nature issued by a civil court of another state, including a temporary order and a final order issued in an independent action or as a pendente lite order in a proceeding for other relief, if the court issued it in response to a complaint, petition or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking protection. The term does not include an order for support or for custody of a child issued pursuant to the divorce and child custody laws of another state, except to the extent that the order for support or for custody of a child is entitled to full faith and credit under the laws of the United States.
(R.C. § 2919.27)
Cross-reference:
Jurisdictional limitation on Mayor regarding violations of this section, see § 33.01(E)
Statutory reference:
Mental evaluations of defendants, see R.C. § 2903.215