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PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 606: GENERAL PROVISIONS; ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 612: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 618: ANIMALS
CHAPTER 624: DRUGS
CHAPTER 630: GAMBLING
CHAPTER 636: OFFENSES RELATING TO PERSONS
CHAPTER 642: OFFENSES RELATING TO PROPERTY
CHAPTER 648: PEACE DISTURBANCES
CHAPTER 654: RAILROADS
CHAPTER 660: SAFETY, SANITATION AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 666: SEX RELATED OFFENSES
CHAPTER 672: WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES
CHAPTER 674: WEED CONTROL
CHAPTER 676: REGISTRATION OF CONVICTED PERSONS
CHAPTER 678: TRUANCY
CHAPTER 680: GRAFFITI ABATEMENT
CHAPTER 682: SALE, USE AND POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 684: CHRONIC NUISANCE PREMISES
CHAPTER 698: PENALTIES AND SENTENCING
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
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§ 642.07 DESECRATION.
   (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), (2), (4) or (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.
(ORC § 2927.11)
§ 642.08 REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM REAL PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person having an interest in real property, buyer, lessee, tenant or occupant of real property, knowing that such real property is mortgaged or the subject of a land contract, shall remove, or cause or permit the removal of any improvement or fixture from such real property without the consent of the mortgagee, vendor under the land contract or other person authorized to give such consent.
(ORC § 5301.61)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC § 5301.99(B))
§ 642.09 ARSON.
   (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 $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.
(ORC § 2909.03)
Statutory reference:
   Restitution to public agencies, see Ohio R.C. § 2929.28
§ 642.10 CRIMINAL DAMAGING OR ENDANGERING; VEHICULAR VANDALISM.
   (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.
(ORC § 2909.06)
   (b)   Vehicular vandalism.
      (1)   As used in this division (b):
         A.   ALLEY, STREET, and VEHICLE. Have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. § 4511.01.
         B.   HIGHWAY. Means any highway as defined in Ohio 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 Ohio 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.
(ORC § 2909.09)
Statutory reference:
   Disrupting public services, felony offense, see Ohio R.C. § 2909.04
   Railroad grade crossing device vandalism, see Ohio R.C. § 2909.101
   Railroad vandalism, see Ohio R.C. § 2909.10
   Vandalism, felony offense, see Ohio R.C. § 2909.05
§ 642.11 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
   (a)   No person shall:
      (1)   Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy, or otherwise improperly tamper with the either of the following:
         A.   The property of another;
         B.   One’s own residential real property with the purpose to decrease the value of or enjoyment of the residential real property, if both of the following apply:
            1.   The residential real property is subject to a mortgage.
            2.   The person has been served with a summons and complaint in a pending residential mortgage loan foreclosure action relating to that real property. As used in this division, “pending” includes the time between judgment entry and confirmation of sale.
      (2)   With purpose to interfere with the use or enjoyment of property of another, employ a tear gas device, stink bomb, smoke generator, or other device releasing a substance that is harmful or offensive to persons exposed, or that tends to cause public alarm;
      (3)   Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy, or otherwise improperly tamper with a bench mark, triangulation station, boundary marker, or other survey station, monument, or marker;
      (4)   Without privilege to do so, knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy, or otherwise improperly tamper with any safety device, the property of another, or the property of the offender when required or placed for the safety of others, so as to destroy or diminish its effectiveness or availability for its intended purpose;
      (5)   With purpose to interfere with the use or enjoyment of the property of another, set a fire on the land of another or place personal property that has been set on fire on the land of another, which fire or personal property is outside and apart from any building, other structure, or personal property that is on that land;
      (6)   Without privilege to do so, and with intent to impair the functioning of any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or computer program, knowingly do any of the following:
         A.   In any manner or by any means, including but not limited to, computer hacking, alter, damage, destroy, or modify a computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or computer program or data contained in a computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or computer program;
         B.   Introduce a computer contaminant into a computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, or computer program.
      (7)   Without privilege to do so, knowingly destroy or improperly tamper with a critical infrastructure facility.
   (b)   As used in this section:
      CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY. Has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. § 2911.21.
      IMPROPERLY TAMPER. Means to change the physical location or the physical condition of the property.
      SAFETY DEVICE. Means any fire extinguisher, fire hose, or fire axe, or any fire escape, emergency exit, or emergency escape equipment, or any life line, life-saving ring, life preserver, or life boat or raft, or any alarm, light, flare, signal, sign, or notice intended to warn of danger or emergency, or intended for other safety purposes, or any guard railing or safety barricade, or any traffic sign or signal, or any railroad grade crossing sign, signal, or gate, or any first aid or survival equipment, or any other device, apparatus, or equipment intended for protecting or preserving the safety of persons or property.
   (c)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal mischief, and shall be punished as provided in division (c)(2), (c)(3), or (c)(4) of this section.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is a misdemeanor of the third degree. Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the property involved in the violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is an aircraft, an aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, fuel, lubricant, hydraulic fluid, any other equipment, implement, or material used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft, or any cargo carried or intended to be carried in an aircraft and if the violation creates any risk of physical harm to any person, or if the aircraft in question is an occupied aircraft, criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), or (a)(5) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (3)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(6) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the value of the computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data involved in the violation of division (a)(6) of this section or the loss to the victim resulting from the violation is $1,000 or more, or if the computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data involved in the violation of division (a)(6) is used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft and the violation creates any risk of physical harm to any person, or if the aircraft in question is an occupied aircraft, criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(6) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (4)   Criminal mischief committed in violation of division (a)(7) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2909.07)
§ 642.12 CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another;
      (2)   Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another, the use of which is lawfully restricted to certain persons, purposes, modes, or hours, when the offender knows the offender is in violation of any such restriction or is reckless in that regard;
      (3)   Recklessly enter or remain on the land or premises of another, as to which notice against unauthorized access or presence is given by actual communication to the offender, or in a manner prescribed by law, or by posting in a manner reasonably calculated to come to the attention of potential intruders, or by fencing or other enclosure manifestly designed to restrict access;
      (4)   Being on the land or premises of another, negligently fail or refuse to leave upon being notified by signage posted in a conspicuous place or otherwise being notified to do so by the owner or occupant, or the agent or servant of either.
      (5)   Knowingly enter or remain on a critical infrastructure facility.
   (b)   It is no defense to a charge under this section that the land or premises involved was owned, controlled, or in custody of a public agency.
   (c)   It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offender was authorized to enter or remain on the land or premises involved, when the authorization was secured by deception.
   (d)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal trespass. Criminal trespass in violation of division (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Criminal trespass in violation of division (a)(5) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   Notwithstanding Ohio R.C. § 2929.28, if the person, in committing the violation of this section, used a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the court shall impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation.
      (3)   If an offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section, Ohio R.C. § 2911.21 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, and the offender, in committing each violation, used a snowmobile, off- highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the court, in addition to or independent of all other penalties imposed for the violation, may impound the certificate of registration of that snowmobile or off-highway motorcycle or the certificate of registration and license plate of that all-purpose vehicle for not less than 60 days. In such a case, Ohio R.C. § 4519.47 applies.
   (e)   Notwithstanding any provision of the Ohio Revised Code, if the offender, in committing the violation of this section, used an all-purpose vehicle, the Clerk of the Court shall pay the fine imposed pursuant to this section to the State Recreational Vehicle Fund created by Ohio R.C. § 4519.11.
   (f)   As used in divisions (a) through (e) of this section:
      ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE, OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE, and SNOWMOBILE. Have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. § 4519.01.
      CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY. Means:
         A.   One of the following, if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders, or if clearly marked with signs that are reasonably likely to come to the attention of potential intruders and that indicate entry is forbidden without site authorization:
            1.   A petroleum or alumina refinery;
            2.   An electric generating facility, substation, switching station, electrical control center, or electric transmission and distribution lines and associated equipment;
            3.   A chemical, polymer, or rubber manufacturing facility;
            4.   A water intake structure, water treatment facility, waste water facility, drainage facility, water management facility, or any similar water or sewage treatment system and its water and sewage piping;
            5.   A natural gas company facility or interstate natural gas pipeline, including a pipeline interconnection, a natural gas compressor station and associated facilities, city gate or town border station, metering station, above-ground piping, regulator station, valve site, delivery station, fabricated assembly, or any other part of a natural gas storage facility involved in the gathering, storage, transmission, or distribution of gas;
            6.   A telecommunications central switching office or remote switching facility or an equivalent network facility that serves a similar purpose;
            7.   Wireline or wireless telecommunications infrastructure, including telecommunications towers and telephone poles and lines, including fiber optic lines;
            8.   A port, trucking terminal, or other freight transportation facility;
            9.   A gas processing plant, including a plant used in the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural gas or natural gas liquids;
            10.   A transmission facility used by a federally licensed radio or television station;
            11.   A steel-making facility that uses an electric arc furnace to make steel;
            12.   A facility identified and regulated by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program under 6 C.F.R. part 27;
            13.   A dam that is regulated by the state or federal government;
            14.   A crude oil or refined products storage and distribution facility, including valve sites, pipeline interconnections, pump station, metering station, below- or above-ground pipeline, or piping and truck loading or off-loading facility;
            15.   A video service network and broadband infrastructure, including associated buildings and facilities, video service headends, towers, utility poles, and utility lines such as fiber optic lines. As used in this division, "video service network" has the same meaning as in R.C. § 1332.21.
            16.   Any above-ground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous liquid or chemical pipeline, tank, or other storage facility;
            17.   Any above-ground portion of a well, well pad, or production operation;
            18.   A laydown area or construction site for pipe and other equipment intended for use on an interstate or intrastate natural gas or crude oil pipeline;
            19.   Any mining operation, including any processing equipment, batching operation, or support facility for that mining operation.
         B.   With respect to a video service network or broadband or wireless telecommunications infrastructure, the above-ground portion of a facility installed in a public right-of-way on a utility pole or in a conduit;
         C.   Any railroad property;
         D.   An electronic asset of any of the following:
            1.   An electric light company that is a public utility under Ohio R.C. § 4905.02;
            2.   An electric cooperative, as defined in Ohio R.C. § 4928.01;
            3.   A municipal electric utility, as defined in Ohio R.C. § 4928.01;
            4.   A natural gas company that is a public utility under Ohio R.C. § 4905.02;
            5.   A telephone company that is a public utility under Ohio R.C. § 4905.02;
            6.   A video service provider, including a cable operator, as those terms are defined in Ohio R.C. § 1332.21.
      ELECTRONIC ASSET. Includes, but is not limited to, the hardware, software, and data of a programmable electronic device; all communications, operations, and customer data networks; and the contents of those data networks.
      LAND or PREMISES. Includes any land, building, structure, or place belonging to, controlled by, or in custody of another, and any separate enclosure or room, or portion thereof.
      PRODUCTION OPERATION, WELL, and WELL PAD. Have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. § 1509.01.
(ORC § 2911.21)
§ 642.13 TAMPERING WITH COIN MACHINES.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to commit theft or to defraud, shall knowingly enter, force an entrance into, tamper with, or insert any part of an instrument into any coin machine.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with coin machines, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or of any theft offense as defined in Ohio R.C. § 2913.01, tampering with coin machines is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2911.32)
§ 642.14 PASSING BAD CHECKS.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      CHECK. Includes any form of debit from a demand deposit account, including but not limited to any of the following:
         A.   A check, bill of exchange, draft, order of withdrawal, or similar negotiable or non- negotiable instrument;
         B.   An electronic check, electronic transaction, debit card transaction, check card transaction, substitute check, web check, or any form of automated clearing house transaction.
      ISSUE A CHECK. Causing any form of debit from a demand deposit account.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall issue or transfer or cause to be issued or transferred a check or other negotiable instrument, knowing that it will be dishonored or knowing that a person has ordered or will order stop payment on the check or other negotiable instrument.
   (c)   For purposes of this section, a person who issues or transfers a check or other negotiable instrument is presumed to know that it will be dishonored if either of the following occurs:
      (1)   The drawer has no account with the drawee at the time of issue or the stated date, whichever is later.
      (2)   The check or other negotiable instrument was properly refused payment for insufficient funds upon presentment within 30 days after issue or the stated date, whichever is later, and the liability of the drawer, indorser, or any party who may be liable thereon is not discharged by payment or satisfaction within ten days after receiving notice of dishonor.
   (d)   In determining the value of the payment for purposes of division (e) of this section, the court may aggregate all checks and other negotiable instruments that the offender issued or transferred or caused to be issued or transferred in violation of division (b) of this section within a period of 180 consecutive days.
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of passing bad checks. Except as otherwise provided in this division, passing bad checks is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to a single vendor or single other person for the payment of $1,000 or more, or if the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to multiple vendors or persons for the payment of $1,500 or more, passing bad checks is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2913.11)
§ 642.15 MISUSE OF CREDIT CARDS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Practice deception for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card, when a credit card is issued in actual reliance thereon;
      (2)   Knowingly buy or sell a credit card from or to a person other than the issuer;
      (3)   As an officer, employee, or appointee of a political subdivision or as a public servant as defined under R.C. § 2921.01, knowingly misuse a credit card account held by a political subdivision.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Obtain control over a credit card as security for a debt;
      (2)   Obtain property or services by the use of a credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used in violation of law;
      (3)   Furnish property or services upon presentation of a credit card, knowing that the card is being used in violation of law;
      (4)   Represent or cause to be represented to the issuer of a credit card that property or services have been furnished, knowing that the representation is false.
   (c)   No person, with purpose to violate this section, shall receive, possess, control, or dispose of a credit card.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misuse of credit cards.
      (1)   Except as otherwise provided in division (d)(3) of this section, a violation of division (a), (b)(1), or (c) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in this division or division (d)(3) of this section, a violation of division (b)(2), (3), or (4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more violations of division (b)(2), (3), or (4) of this section which violations involve one or more credit card accounts and occur within a period of 90 consecutive days commencing on the date of the first violation, is $1,000 or more, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (3)   If the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult, and if the offense involves a violation of division (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2913.21)
§ 642.16 MAKING OR USING SLUGS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine, with purpose to defraud;
      (2)   Make, possess, or dispose of a slug, with purpose of enabling another to defraud by inserting or depositing it in a coin machine.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of making or using slugs, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC § 2913.33)
§ 642.17 PRIMA-FACIE EVIDENCE OF PURPOSE TO DEFRAUD.
   In a prosecution of a person for a theft offense that alleges that the person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she was facilitating a fraud, hired or rented an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, kept or operated any of the same that has been hired or rented, or engaged accommodations at a hotel, motel, inn, campground, or other hostelry, it is prima facie evidence of purpose to defraud if the person did any of the following:
   (a)   Used deception to induce the rental agency to furnish the person with the aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, or used deception to induce the hostelry to furnish the person with accommodations;
   (b)   Hired or rented any aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, or engaged accommodations, knowing that he or she is without sufficient means to pay the hire or rental;
   (c)   Absconded without paying the hire or rental;
   (d)   Knowingly failed to pay the hire or rental as required by the contract of hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for the failure;
   (e)   Knowingly failed to return hired or rented property as required by the contract of hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for the failure.
(ORC § 2913.41)
§ 642.18 TAMPERING WITH RECORDS.
   (a)   No person, knowing that he or she has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface, or mutilate any writing, computer software, data, or record;
      (2)   Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been tampered with as provided in division (a)(1) of this section.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records.
      (1)   Except as provided in division (b)(3) of this section, if the offense does not involve data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
         A.   If division (b)(1)B. of this section does not apply, it is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
         B.   If the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (2)   Except as provided in division (b)(3) of this section, if the offense involves a violation of division (a) of this section involving data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
         A.   Except as otherwise provided in division (b)(2)B. of this section, it is a misdemeanor of the first degree;
         B.   If the value of the data or computer software involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is $1,000 or more or if the offense is committed for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services and the value of the property or services or the loss to the victim is $7,500 or more, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (3)   If the writing, data, computer software, or record is kept by or belongs to a local, state, or federal governmental entity, it is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2913.42)
§ 642.19 SECURING WRITINGS BY DECEPTION.
   (a)   No person, by deception, shall cause another to execute any writing that disposes of or encumbers property, or by which a pecuniary obligation is incurred.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of securing writings by deception. Except as otherwise provided in this division, securing writings by deception is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the value of the property or the obligation involved is $1,000 or more, securing writings by deception is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate to state law. If the victim of the offense is an elderly person, disabled adult, active duty service member, or spouse of an active duty service member, securing writings by deception is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2913.43)
§ 642.20 PERSONATING AN OFFICER.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that he or she is facilitating a fraud, or with purpose to induce another to purchase property or services, shall personate a law enforcement officer, or an inspector, investigator, or agent of any governmental agency.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of personating an officer, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC § 2913.44)
§ 642.21 DEFRAUDING CREDITORS.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud one or more of his or her creditors, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Remove, conceal, destroy, encumber, convey, or otherwise deal with any of his or her property;
      (2)   Misrepresent or refuse to disclose to a fiduciary appointed to administer or manage his or her affairs or estate, the existence, amount, or location of any of his or her property, or any other information regarding the property which he or she is legally required to furnish to the fiduciary.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of defrauding creditors. Except as otherwise provided in this division, defrauding creditors is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the value of the property involved is $1,000 or more, defrauding creditors is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC § 2913.45)
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