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(a) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.
(b) In addition to the penalty provided in division (c) of this section, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.
(R.C. § 901.51)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 901.99(A))
(a) No person, without privilege to do so, shall purposely deface, damage, pollute or otherwise physically mistreat any of the following:
(1) Any public monument;
(2) Any historical or commemorative marker, or any structure, Indian mound or earthwork, cemetery, thing or site of great historical or archeological interest;
(3) A place of worship, its furnishings or religious artifacts or sacred texts within the place of worship or within the grounds upon which the place of worship is located;
(4) A work of art or museum piece;
(5) Any other object of reverence or sacred devotion.
(b) As used in this section, “cemetery” means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of desecration. A violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(4) or (a)(5) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (a)(3) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2927.11)
(a) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any property of another without the other person’s consent;
(2) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any property of the offender or another, with purpose to defraud;
(3) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to the statehouse or a courthouse, school building, or other building or structure that is owned or controlled by the state, any political subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or a political subdivision, and that is used for public purposes;
(4) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm, through the offer or the acceptance of an agreement for hire or other consideration, to any property of another without the other person’s consent or to any property of the offender or another with purpose to defraud;
(5) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any park, preserve, wildlands, brush-covered land, cut-over land, forest, timberland, greenlands, woods, or similar real property that is owned or controlled by another person, the state, or a political subdivision without the consent of the other person, the state, or the political subdivision;
(6) With purpose to defraud, cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any park, preserve, wildlands, brush-covered land, cut-over land, forest, timberland, greenlands, woods, or similar real property that is owned or controlled by the offender, another person, the state, or a political subdivision.
(b) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any structure of another that is not an occupied structure;
(2) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm, through the offer or the acceptance of an agreement for hire or other consideration, to any structure of another that is not an occupied structure;
(3) Cause, or create a substantial risk of, physical harm to any structure that is not an occupied structure and that is in or on any park, preserve, wildlands, brush-covered land, cut-over land, forest, timberland, greenlands, woods, or similar real property that is owned or controlled by another person, the state, or a political subdivision.
(c) (1) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section that the defendant acted with the consent of the other person.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (b)(3) of this section that the defendant acted with the consent of the other person, the state, or the political subdivision.
(d) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of arson.
(2) A violation of division (a)(1) or (b)(1) of this section is one of the following:
A. Except as otherwise provided in division (d)(2)B. of this section, a misdemeanor of the first degree;
B. If the value of the property or the amount of the physical harm involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(3) A violation of division (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (b)(2) or (b)(3) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2909.03)
Statutory reference:
Aggravated arson, felony provisions, see R.C. § 2909.02
Arson, felony provisions generally, see R.C. § 2909.03
Convicted arsonist to make restitution to public agency, see R.C. § 2929.28
(a) The following criteria shall be used in determining the value of property or amount of physical harm involved in a violation of § 642.06:
(1) If the property is an heirloom, memento, collector’s item, antique, museum piece, manuscript, document, record or other thing that is either irreplaceable or is replaceable only on the expenditure of substantial time, effort, or money, the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is the amount that would compensate the owner for its loss.
(2) If the property is not covered under division (a)(1) of this section, and the physical harm is such that the property can be restored substantially to its former condition, the amount of physical harm involved is the reasonable cost of restoring the property.
(3) If the property is not covered under division (a)(1) of this section, and the physical harm is such that the property cannot be restored substantially to its former condition, the value of the property, in the case of personal property, is the cost of replacing the property with new property of like kind and quality, and in the case of real property or real property fixtures, is the difference in the fair market value of the property immediately before and immediately after the offense.
(b) As used in this section, “fair market value” has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2913.61.
(c) Prima facie evidence of the value of property, as provided in R.C. § 2913.61(D), may be used to establish the value of property pursuant to this section.
(R.C. § 2909.11(B) - (D))
(a) Criminal damaging or endangering.
(1) No person shall cause or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person’s consent:
A. Knowingly, by any means; or
B. Recklessly, by means of fire, explosion, flood, poison gas, poison, radioactive material, caustic or corrosive material, or other inherently dangerous agency or substance.
(2) Whoever violates this division (a) is guilty of criminal damaging or endangering, a misdemeanor of the second degree. If violation of this division (a) creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal damaging or endangering is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the property involved in a violation of this division (a) is an aircraft, an aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part or any other equipment or implement used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft and if the violation creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal damaging or endangering is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. If the property involved in a violation of this division (a) is an aircraft, an aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part or any other equipment or implement used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft and if the violation creates a substantial risk of physical harm to any person or if the property involved in a violation of this division (a) is an occupied aircraft, criminal damaging or endangering is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2909.06)
(b) Vehicular vandalism.
(1) For the purpose of this division (b), the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
A. “Alley,” “street,” and “vehicle.” Have the same meanings as in R.C. § 4511.01.
B. “Highway.” Any highway as defined in R.C. § 4511.01 or any lane, road, street, alley, bridge or overpass.
C. “Vessel” and “waters in this state.” Have the same meanings as in R.C. § 1546.01.
(2) No person shall knowingly, and by any means, drop or throw any object at, onto or in the path of any of the following:
A. Any vehicle on a highway;
B. Any boat or vessel on any of the waters in this state.
(3) Whoever violates this division (b) is guilty of vehicular vandalism. Except as otherwise provided in this division (b)(3), vehicular vandalism is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the violation of this division (b) creates a substantial risk of physical harm to any person or the violation of this division (b) causes serious physical harm to property, vehicular vandalism is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law. If the violation of this division (b) causes physical harm to any person or serious physical harm to any person, vehicular vandalism is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2909.09)
Statutory reference:
Disrupting public services, felony offense, see R.C. § 2909.04
Railroad grade crossing device vandalism, see R.C. § 2909.101
Railroad vandalism, see R.C. § 2909.10
Vandalism, felony offense, see R.C. § 2909.05
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