(a) No person who is the owner, operator or person in charge of a locomotive, watercraft, aircraft or other vehicle, as defined in R.C. § 4501.01, shall knowingly permit the vehicle to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense.
(b) No person, who is the owner, lessee or occupant, or who has custody, control or supervision of premises, or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit his or her premises, or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense by another person.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of permitting drug abuse.
(1) Except as provided in division (c)(2) of this section, permitting drug abuse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) Permitting drug abuse is a felony, and punishable under appropriate state law, if the felony drug abuse offense in question is a violation of R.C. § 2925.02 or § 2925.03.
(d) In addition to any prison term authorized or required by division (c) of this section and R.C. §§ 2929.13 and 2929.14, and in addition to any other sanction imposed for the offense under this section or R.C. §§ 2929.11 through 2929.18, the court that sentences a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (a) of this section shall do all of the following that are applicable regarding the offender:
(1) The court shall suspend for not less than six months nor more than five years the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit.
(2) If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction imposed for a violation of this section, the court immediately shall comply with R.C. § 2925.38.
(e) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of R.C. § 3719.21, the Clerk of Court shall pay a fine imposed for a violation of this section pursuant to R.C. § 2929.18(A) in accordance with and subject to the requirements of R.C. § 2925.03(F). The agency that receives the fine shall use the fine as specified in R.C. § 2925.03(F).
(f) Any premises or real estate that is permitted to be used in violation of division (b) of this section constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to R.C. Chapter 3767.
(R.C. § 2925.13)