CHAPTER 509
Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
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   Interference with school activities prohibited.
509.11   Noise.
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
509.01 RIOT.
   (a)   No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Ohio R.C. 2917.11 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance:
      (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 the institution.
   (b)   No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with unlawful force or violence, even though the act might otherwise be lawful.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2917.03)
   (d)   For the purposes of prosecuting violations of this section, the prosecution is not required to allege or prove that the offender expressly agreed with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation this section prior to or while committing those acts.
(ORC 2917.031)
509.011 INCITING TO VIOLENCE.
   (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. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a felony, inciting to violence is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2917.01) (Ord. 95-96. Passed 7-15-96.)
509.02 FAILURE TO DISPERSE.
   (a)   Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of Ohio R.C. 2917.11 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, 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 the other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey the 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 division (c)(3) of this section, 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 division (a) of this section 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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