§ 2907.01 Sex offenses general definitions
§ 2907.02 Rape
§ 2907.03 Sexual battery
§ 2907.04 Unlawful sexual conduct with minor
§ 2907.05 Gross sexual imposition
§ 2907.06 Sexual imposition
§ 2907.07 Importuning
§ 2907.08 Voyeurism
§ 2907.09 Public indecency
§ 2907.10 Preliminary polygraph test of sex offense victim
§ 2907.11 Suppression of names of victim and offender and details of the alleged offense
§ 2907.13 Fraudulent assisted reproduction
§ 2907.14 Reporting fraudulent assisted reproduction to professional licensing board
§ 2907.15 Withholding moneys needed for restitution to crime victims from state retirement funds
§ 2907.17 Notice of indictment of mental health professional sent to regulatory or licensing board or agency
§ 2907.171 Prosecutor’s failure to give notice
§ 2907.18 Notice of conviction of mental health professional sent to regulatory or licensing board or agency
§ 2907.19 Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor
§ 2907.21 Compelling prostitution
§ 2907.22 Promoting prostitution
§ 2907.23 Enticement or solicitation to patronize a prostitute; procurement of a prostitute for another
§ 2907.231 Engaging in prostitution
§ 2907.24 Soliciting; solicitation after a positive HIV test
§ 2907.241 Loitering to engage in solicitation – solicitation after positive HIV test
§ 2907.25 Prostitution – after positive HIV test
§ 2907.26 Rules of evidence in brothel and prostitution cases
§ 2907.27 Testing and treatment for venereal diseases and HIV
§ 2907.28 Payment for medical examination and test of any victim or accused
§ 2907.29 Hospital emergency services for victims of sexual offenses
§ 2907.30 Interview of victim by crisis intervention trained officer
§ 2907.31 Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles
§ 2907.311 Displaying matter harmful to juveniles
§ 2907.32 Pandering obscenity
§ 2907.321 Pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person
§ 2907.322 Pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person
§ 2907.323 Illegal use of minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance
§ 2907.33 Deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles
§ 2907.34 Compelling acceptance of objectionable materials
§ 2907.35 Presumptions in obscenity cases
§ 2907.36 Declaratory judgment action
§ 2907.37 Injunction – nuisance
§ 2907.38 Permitting unlawful operation of viewing booths depicting sexual conduct
§ 2907.39 Permitting juvenile on premises of adult entertainment establishment – use of false information to gain entry
§ 2907.40 Illegally operating sexually oriented business
§ 2907.41 Person charged with subsequent sexual offense – setting of bail
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Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 2907 - Sex Offenses

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • anything of value: includes :

    (A) Money, bank bills or notes, United States treasury notes, and other bills, bonds, or notes issued by lawful authority and intended to pass and circulate as money;

    (B) Goods and chattels;

    (C) Promissory notes, bills of exchange, orders, drafts, warrants, checks, or bonds given for the payment of money;

    (D) Receipts given for the payment of money or other property;

    (E) Rights in action;

    (F) Things which savor of the realty and are, at the time they are taken, a part of the freehold, whether they are of the substance or produce thereof or affixed thereto, although there may be no interval between the severing and taking away;

    (G) Any interest in realty, including fee simple and partial interests, present and future, contingent or vested interests, beneficial interests, leasehold interests, and any other interest in realty;

    (H) Any promise of future employment;

    (I) Every other thing of value. See Ohio Code 1.03

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Certified nurse practitioner: means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723 of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse practitioner in accordance with section 4723. See Ohio Code 1.64
  • Certified nurse-midwife: means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723 of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse-midwife in accordance with section 4723. See Ohio Code 1.64
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Clinical nurse specialist: means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723 of the Revised Code and is designated as a clinical nurse specialist in accordance with section 4723. See Ohio Code 1.64
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mistrial: An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4730 of the Revised Code to provide services as a physician assistant to patients under the supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians. See Ohio Code 1.64
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.