(a) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as willfully to elude or flee a police officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a police officer to bring his or her motor vehicle to a stop.
(c) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.
(2) A violation of subsection (a) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (c)(4) and (5) hereof, a violation of subsection (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (c)(5) hereof, a violation of subsection (b) hereof is a felony to be prosecuted by appropriate state law, provided that the jury or judge, as trier of fact finds by proof beyond a reasonable doubt that, in committing the offense, the offender was fleeing immediately after the commission of a felony.
(5) A. A violation of subsection (b) hereof is a felony to be prosecuted by appropriate state law if the jury or judge as trier of fact finds any of the following by proof beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. The operation of the motor vehicle by the offender was a proximate cause of serious physical harm to persons or property.
2. The operation of the motor vehicle by the offender caused a substantial risk of serious physical harm to persons or property.
B. If a police officer pursues an offender who is violating subsection (b) hereof and subsection (c)(5)A. applies, the sentencing court, in determining the seriousness of an offender's conduct for purposes of sentencing the offender for a violation of subsection (b) hereof, shall consider, along with the factors set forth in Ohio R.C. 2929.12 and 2929.13 that are required to be considered, all of the following:
1. The duration of the pursuit;
2. The distance of the pursuit;
3. The rate of speed at which the offender operated the motor vehicle during the pursuit;
4. Whether the offender failed to stop for traffic lights or stop signs during the pursuit;
5. The number of traffic lights or stop signs for which the offender failed to stop during the pursuit;
6. Whether the offender operated the motor vehicle during the pursuit without lighted lights during a time when lighted lights are required;
7. Whether the offender committed a moving violation during the pursuit;
8. The number of moving violations the offender committed during the pursuit;
9. Any other relevant factors indicating that the offender's conduct is more serious than conduct normally constituting the offense.
(d) In addition to any other sanction imposed for a violation of division (a) of this section or a misdemeanor violation of division (b) of this section, the court shall impose a class five suspension from the range specified in Ohio R.C. 4510.02(A)(5). If the offender previously has been found guilty of an offense under this section or under Ohio R.C. 2921.331 or any other substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, in addition to any other sanction imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a class one suspension as described in Ohio R.C. 4510.02(A)(1). The court may grant limited driving privileges to the offender on a suspension imposed for a misdemeanor violation of this section as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4510.021. No judge shall suspend any portion of the suspension under a class one suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this division.
(e) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) “Moving violation.” Has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2743.70.
(2) “Police officer.” Has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
(ORC 2921.331(A) - (C), (E), (F))