Ohio § 2903.41
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 2903.41, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2903.41.
As used in sections 2903.41 to 2903.44 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Violent offender ” means any of the following: (1) A person who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted of or pleads
guilty to any of the following: (a) A violation of section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , 2903.03 , 2905.01 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 2905.02 of the Revised Code that is a felony of the second degree; (b) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or complicity in committing any offense
listed in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. (2) A person who on the effective date of this section has been convicted of or pleaded
guilty to an offense listed in division (A)(1) of this section and is confined in
a jail, workhouse, state correctional institution, or other institution, serving a
prison term, term of imprisonment, or other term of confinement for the offense. (B) “Community control sanction,” “jail,” and “prison” have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code . (C) “ Out-of-state violent offender ” means a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, or
has pleaded guilty to a violation of any existing or former municipal ordinance or
law of another state or the United States, or any existing or former law applicable
in a military court or in an Indian tribal court, that is or was substantially equivalent
to any offense listed in division (A)(1) of this section. (D) “ Qualifying out-of-state violent offender ” means an out-of-state violent offender who is aware of the existence of the violent
offender database. (E) “Post-release control sanction” and “supervised release” have the same meanings as
in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code . (F) “ Change of address ” means a change to a violent offender's or out-of-state violent offender's residence
address, employment address, or school or institution of higher education address. (G) “ Violent offender database ” means the database of violent offenders and out-of-state violent offenders that
is established and maintained by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation
under division (F)(2) of section 2903.43 of the Revised Code , that is operated by sheriffs under sections 2903.42 and 2903.43 of the Revised Code , and for which sheriffs obtain information from violent offenders and out-of-state
violent offenders pursuant to sections 2903.42 and 2903.43 of the Revised Code . (H) “ Violent offender database duties ” and “ VOD duties ” mean the duty to enroll, duty to re-enroll, and duty to provide notice of a change
of address imposed on a violent offender or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender
under section 2903.42 , 2903.421 , 2903.43 , or 2903.44 of the Revised Code . (I) “ Ten-year enrollment period ” means, for a violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant
to section 2903.42 of the Revised Code or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender who has violent offender database duties
pursuant to section 2903.421 of the Revised Code , ten years from the date on which the offender initially enrolls in the violent offender
database. (J) “ Extended enrollment period ” means, for a violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant
to section 2903.42 of the Revised Code or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender who has violent offender database duties
pursuant to section 2903.421 of the Revised Code , the offender's enrollment period as extended pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 2903.43 of the Revised Code . (K) “ Prosecutor ” means one of the following: (1) As used in section 2903.42 of the Revised Code , the office of the prosecuting attorney who handled a violent offender's underlying
case or the office of that prosecutor's successor. (2) As used in sections 2903.421 , 2903.43 , and 2903.44 of the Revised Code , the office of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a violent offender
resides or of the county in which an out-of-state violent offender resides or occupies
a dwelling.
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