Ohio § 2905.05

§ 2905.05.

(A) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly 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, if both of the following apply: (1) The actor does not have the express or implied permission of the parent, guardian,

or other legal custodian of the child in undertaking the activity. (2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, firefighter, or other person who

regularly provides emergency services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer

acting under the direction of, any board of education, or the actor is any of such

persons, but, at the time the actor undertakes the activity, the actor is not acting

within the scope of the actor's lawful duties in that capacity. (B) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of this section. (C) No person, for any unlawful purpose other than, or in addition to, that proscribed

by division (A) of this section, shall engage in any activity described in division

(A) of this section. (D) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (A) of this section 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. (E) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is guilty of criminal

child enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree.  If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, section

2907.02 or 2907.03 or former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, or section 2905.01 or 2907.05 of the Revised Code 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 of the fifth degree. (F) As used in this section: (1) “Sexual motivation” has the same meaning as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code . (2) “Vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code . (3) “Vessel” has the same meaning as in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code .