In all inactive cases involving one or more criminal offenses or delinquent acts for which the statute of limitations is longer than three years, the law enforcement agency investigating the criminal offense or delinquent act shall provide the victim and victim’s representative, if applicable, with notice as to whether an inactive case is reopened or closed, unless the victim has waived the right to notifications.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 2930.042

  • Case: means a delinquency proceeding and all related activity or a criminal prosecution and all related activity. See Ohio Code 2930.01
  • Criminal offense: means an alleged act or omission committed by a person that is punishable by incarceration and is not eligible to be disposed of by the traffic violations bureau. See Ohio Code 2930.01
  • Delinquent act: means an alleged act committed by a child, regardless of whether the child is competent, that does any of the following and is not disposed of by the juvenile traffic violations bureau serving the court under Traffic Rule 13. See Ohio Code 2930.01
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Last updated March 10, 2023 at 10:02 AM