Ohio Code 2308.04 – Penalty
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(A) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in violation of division (A)(1) of section 2909.07 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2308.04
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(1) The person knowingly and with purpose to diminish the value or enjoyment of the residential real property moves, defaces, damages, destroys, or otherwise improperly tampers with the person’s own residential real property.
(2) The residential real property is subject to a mortgage.
(3) The person has been served with a summons and complaint in a pending residential mortgage loan foreclosure action relating to that residential real property.
(B) As used in this section, “pending” includes the time between the filing of the foreclosure action and confirmation of sale.