509.01 Riot.
509.011 Inciting to violence.
509.02 Failure to disperse.
509.03 Disorderly conduct; intoxication.
509.04 Disturbing a lawful meeting.
509.05 Misconduct at an emergency.
509.06 Inducing panic.
509.07 Making false alarms.
509.08 Minor’s curfew.
509.09 Loitering.
509.10 Begging. (Repealed)
509.11 Loud and disturbing noises prohibited.
509.12 Noise-making and noise-amplifying devices; variances.
509.13 Excessive vehicular sound system amplification prohibited.
509.14 Compulsory school attendance; parental duty imposed.
509.15 Minors suspended or expelled from school to remain under supervision; parental duty imposed.
509.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law.
Use of force to suppress riot - see Ohio R.C. 2917.05
Cordoning off riot areas, prohibiting sales of firearms and explosives - see Ohio R.C. 3761.16
Emergency suspension of permits and sales by Director of Liquor Control - see Ohio R.C 4301.251
Criminal trespass - see GEN. OFF. 541.05
(a) No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Section 509.03:
(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 such institution.
(b) No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with unlawful force or violence, even though such act might otherwise be lawful.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2917.03)
(a) No person shall knowingly engage in conduct designed to urge or incite another to commit any offense of violence, when either of the following apply:
(1) The conduct takes place under circumstances that create a clear and present danger that any offense of violence will be committed;
(2) The conduct proximately results in the commission of any offense of violence.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inciting to violence. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a misdemeanor, inciting to violence is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2917.01)
(a) Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Section 509.03, and there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the likelihood of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order.
(b) Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled for a lawful purpose.
(c) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to disperse.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(3) hereof, failure to disperse is a minor misdemeanor.
(3) Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the failure to obey the order described in subsection (a) hereof, creates the likelihood of physical harm to persons or is committed at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind. (ORC 2917.04)
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