§ 131.24 INJURY TO PROPERTY BY HUNTERS.

   (A)   No person in the act of hunting, pursuing, taking, or killing a wild animal shall act in a negligent, careless, or reckless manner so as to injure property.

(R.C. § 1533.171(A))

   (B)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(R.C. § 1533.99(C))

Statutory reference:

   Violation, license revocation, see R.C. § 1533.171(B) through (E)

§ 131.25 EVIDENCE OF INTENT TO COMMIT THEFT OF RENTED PROPERTY OR RENTAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE OF LACK OF CAPACITY TO CONSENT.

   (A)   Evidence of intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services.

      (1)   As used in this division (A):

         RENTER. Means a person who owns rented property.

         RENTEE. Means a person who pays consideration to a renter for the use of rented property.

      (2)   Each of the following shall be considered evidence of intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services:

         (a)   At the time of entering into the rental contract, the rentee presented the renter with identification that was materially false, fictitious, or not current with respect to name, address, place of employment, or other relevant information.

         (b)   After receiving a notice demanding the return of the rented property as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the rentee neither returned the rented property nor made arrangements acceptable with the renter to return the rented property.

      (3)   (a)   To establish that a rentee has an intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services under division (A)(2)(b) above, a renter may issue a notice to a rentee demanding the return of the rented property.

         (b)   The renter shall mail the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the rentee at the address the rentee gave when the rental contract was executed, or to the rentee at the last address the rentee or the rentee’s agent furnished in writing to the renter.

      (4)   (a)   A demand for the return of the rented property is not a prerequisite for the prosecution of a rentee for theft of rented property or rental services.

         (b)   The evidence specified in division (A)(2) above does not constitute the only evidence that may be considered as evidence of intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services.

(R.C. § 2913.72)

   (B)   Evidence of lack of capacity to consent.

      (1)   In a prosecution for any alleged violation of § 131.08 through 131.20, 131.23, 131.25 through 131.29, or 132.11, if the lack of consent of the victim is an element of the provision that allegedly was violated, evidence that, at the time of the alleged violation, the victim lacked the capacity to give consent is admissible to show that the victim did not give consent.

      (2)   As used in this section, LACKS THE CAPACITY TO CONSENT means being impaired for any reason to the extent that the person lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make and carry out reasonable decisions concerning the person or the person’s resources.

(R.C. § 2913.73)

§ 131.26 FORGERY OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

   (A)   No person shall knowingly do either of the following:

      (1)   Forge an identification card.

      (2)   Sell or otherwise distribute a card that purports to be an identification card, knowing it was forged.

   (B)   As used in this section, IDENTIFICATION CARD means a card that includes personal information or characteristics of an individual, a purpose of which is to establish the identity of the bearer described on the card, whether the words “identity,” “identification,” “identification card,” or other similar words appear on the card.

   (C)   (1)   (a)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards.

         (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

         (c)   If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (A) of this section or a substantially equivalent state law or municipal ordinance, forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards is a misdemeanor of the first degree and, in addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine not less than $250.

      (2)    If the victim of a violation of this section is an elderly person, R.C. § 2913.31(C)(2)(b) applies and the offense shall be prosecuted under R.C. § 2913.31.

(R.C. § 2913.31(B), (C)(2))

Statutory reference:

   Forgery, felony provisions, see R.C. § 2913.31(A) and (C)(1)

   Forgery of originating address or other routing information in connection with the transmission of an electronic mail advertisement, felony provisions, see R.C. § 2307.64

§ 131.27 CRIMINAL SIMULATION.

   (A)   No person, with purpose to defraud, or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:

      (1)   Make or alter any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, curiosity, source, or authorship, which it does not in fact possess.

      (2)   Practice deception in making, retouching, editing, or reproducing any photograph, movie film, video tape, phonograph record, or recording tape.

      (3)   Falsely or fraudulently make, simulate, forge, alter, or counterfeit any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, falsely or fraudulently cause to be made, simulated, forged, altered, or counterfeited any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, or use more than once any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Liquor Control Commission under R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303.

      (4)   Offer, or possess with the purpose to offer, any object that the person knows to have been simulated as provided in divisions (A)(1), (A)(2) or (A)(3) of this section.

   (B)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal simulation. Except as otherwise provided in this division, criminal simulation is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the loss to the victim is $1,000 or more, criminal simulation is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.

(R.C. § 2913.32)

§ 131.28 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.

(R.C. § 2913.44)