(a) No person, by any means, shall knowingly and for an unlawful purpose solicit, coax, entice or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle, or onto any vessel, whether or not the offender knows the age of the child.
(b) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate subsection (a) of this section.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (a) hereof that the actor undertook the activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or that the actor undertook the activity in a reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety or welfare of the child.
(d) Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of criminal child enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, Ohio R.C. 2905.05, 2907.02, or 2907.03, or former Ohio R.C. 2907.12, or Ohio R.C. 2905.01 or 2907.05 when the victim of that prior offense was under seventeen years of age at the time of the offense, criminal child enticement is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Sexual motivation” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2971.01.
(2) “Vehicle” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
(3) “Vessel” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 1546.01.
Statutory reference:
Criminal child enticement, see R.C. § 2905.05