Ohio § 2950.13

§ 2950.13.

(A) The attorney general shall do all of the following: (1) No later than July 1, 1997, establish and maintain a state registry of sex offenders

and child-victim offenders that is housed at the bureau of criminal identification

and investigation and that contains all of the registration, change of residence,

school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address, and verification

information the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code regarding each person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of,

or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense

and each person who is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a

sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a juvenile

offender registrant or is an out-of-state juvenile offender registrant based on that

adjudication, all of the information the bureau receives pursuant to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code , and any notice of an order terminating or modifying an offender's or delinquent

child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code the bureau receives pursuant to section 2152.84 , 2152.85 , or 2950.15 of the Revised Code .  For a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the sexually oriented offense

or child-victim related offense, the registry also shall indicate whether the person

was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense in a criminal prosecution or in

a serious youthful offender case.  The registry shall not be open to inspection by the public or by any person other

than a person identified in division (A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised Code .  In addition to the information and material previously identified in this division,

the registry shall include all of the following regarding each person who is listed

in the registry: (a) A citation for, and the name of, all sexually oriented offenses or child-victim oriented

offenses of which the person was convicted, to which the person pleaded guilty, or

for which the person was adjudicated a delinquent child and that resulted in a registration

duty, and the date on which those offenses were committed; (b) The text of the sexually oriented offenses or child-victim oriented offenses identified

in division (A)(1)(a) of this section as those offenses existed at the time the person

was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing

those offenses, or a link to a database that sets forth the text of those offenses; (c) A statement as to whether the person is a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender,

a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex offender/child-victim

offender for the sexually oriented offenses or child-victim oriented offenses identified

in division (A)(1)(a) of this section; (d) The community supervision status of the person, including, but not limited to, whether

the person is serving a community control sanction and the nature of any such sanction,

whether the person is under supervised release and the nature of the release, or regarding

a juvenile, whether the juvenile is under any type of release authorized under Chapter

2152. or 5139. of the Revised Code and the nature of any such release; (e) The offense and delinquency history of the person, as determined from information

gathered or provided under sections 109.57 and 2950.14 of the Revised Code ; (f) The bureau of criminal identification and investigation tracking number assigned

to the person if one has been so assigned, the federal bureau of investigation number

assigned to the person if one has been assigned and the bureau of criminal identification

and investigation is aware of the number, and any other state identification number

assigned to the person of which the bureau is aware; (g) Fingerprints and palmprints of the person; (h) A DNA specimen, as defined in section 109.573 of the Revised Code , from the person; (i) Whether the person has any outstanding arrest warrants; (j) Whether the person is in compliance with the person's duties under this chapter. (2) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and no later than July

1, 1997, adopt rules that contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this

chapter; (3) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives, adopt rules for the implementation

and administration of the provisions contained in section 2950.11 of the Revised Code that pertain to the notification of neighbors of an offender or a delinquent child

who has committed a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and

is in a category specified in division (F)(1) of that section and rules that prescribe

a manner in which victims of a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented

offense committed by an offender or a delinquent child who is in a category specified

in division (B)(1) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code may make a request that specifies that the victim would like to be provided the notices

described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code; (4) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and through the bureau

of criminal identification and investigation, prescribe the forms to be used by judges

and officials pursuant to section 2950.03 or 2950.032 of the Revised Code to advise offenders and delinquent children of their duties of filing a notice of

intent to reside, registration, notification of a change of residence, school, institution

of higher education, or place of employment address and registration of the new school,

institution of higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, and

address verification under sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code , and prescribe the forms to be used by sheriffs relative to those duties of filing

a notice of intent to reside, registration, change of residence, school, institution

of higher education, or place of employment address notification, and address verification; (5) Make copies of the forms prescribed under division (A)(4) of this section available

to judges, officials, and sheriffs; (6) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, provide the notifications,

the information and materials, and the documents that the bureau is required to provide

to appropriate law enforcement officials and to the federal bureau of investigation

pursuant to sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code ; (7) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, maintain the verification

forms returned under the address verification mechanism set forth in section 2950.06 of the Revised Code ; (8) In consultation with representatives of the officials, judges, and sheriffs, adopt

procedures for officials, judges, and sheriffs to use to forward information, photographs,

and fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant

to the requirements of sections 2950.03 , 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , 2950.06 , and 2950.11 of the Revised Code ; (9) In consultation with the director of education, the director of children and youth,

and the director of rehabilitation and correction, adopt rules that contain guidelines

to be followed by boards of education of a school district, chartered nonpublic schools

or other schools not operated by a board of education, preschool programs, child care

centers, type A family child care homes, licensed type B family child care homes,

and institutions of higher education regarding the proper use and administration of

information received pursuant to section 2950.11 of the Revised Code relative to an offender or delinquent child who has committed a sexually oriented

offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is in a category specified in division

(F)(1) of that section; (10) In consultation with local law enforcement representatives and no later than July

1, 1997, adopt rules that designate a geographic area or areas within which the notice

described in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code must be given to the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (8) and (A)(10) of

that section; (11) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, not later than January

1, 2004, establish and operate on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender

database that contains information for every offender who has committed a sexually

oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and registers in any county in

this state pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and for every delinquent child who has committed a sexually oriented offense, is

a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, and registers in any county

in this state pursuant to either such section.  The bureau shall not include on the database the identity of any offender's or public

registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's victim, any offender's or public

registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's social security number, the name

of any school or institution of higher education attended by any offender or public

registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the name of the place of employment

of any offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, any tracking

or identification number described in division (A)(1)(f) of this section, or any information

described in division (C)(7) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code .  The bureau shall provide on the database, for each offender and each public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrant, at least the information specified in divisions (A)(11)(a)

to (h) of this section.  Otherwise, the bureau shall determine the information to be provided on the database

for each offender and public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and shall

obtain that information from the information contained in the state registry of sex

offenders and child-victim offenders described in division (A)(1) of this section,

which information, while in the possession of the sheriff who provided it, is a public

record open for inspection as described in section 2950.081 of the Revised Code .  The database is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code , and it shall be searchable by offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender

registrant name, by county, by zip code, and by school district.  The database shall provide a link to the web site of each sheriff who has established

and operates on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database that

contains information for offenders and public registry-qualified juvenile offender

registrants who register in that county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code , with the link being a direct link to the sex offender and child-victim offender

database for the sheriff.  The bureau shall provide on the database, for each offender and public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrant, at least the following information: (a) The information described in divisions (A)(1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section

relative to the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant; (b) The address of the offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's

school, institution of higher education, or place of employment provided in a registration

form; (c) The information described in division (C)(6) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code ; (d) A chart describing which sexually oriented offenses and child-victim oriented offenses

are included in the definitions of tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, tier

II sex offender/child-victim offender, and tier III sex offender/child-victim offender; (e) Fingerprints and palmprints of the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile

offender registrant and a DNA specimen from the offender or public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrant; (f) The information set forth in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code ; (g) Any outstanding arrest warrants for the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile

offender registrant; (h) The offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's compliance

status with duties under this chapter. (12) Develop software to be used by sheriffs in establishing on the internet a sex offender

and child-victim offender database for the public dissemination of some or all of

the information and materials described in division (A) of section 2950.081 of the Revised Code that are public records under that division, that are not prohibited from inclusion

by division (B) of that section, and that pertain to offenders and public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrants who register in the sheriff's county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and for the public dissemination of information the sheriff receives pursuant to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code and, upon the request of any sheriff, provide technical guidance to the requesting

sheriff in establishing on the internet such a database; (13) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, not later than January

1, 2004, establish and operate on the internet a database that enables local law enforcement

representatives to remotely search by electronic means the state registry of sex offenders

and child-victim offenders described in division (A)(1) of this section and any information

and materials the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , 2950.06 , and 2950.14 of the Revised Code .  The database shall enable local law enforcement representatives to obtain detailed

information regarding each offender and delinquent child who is included in the registry,

including, but not limited to the offender's or delinquent child's name, aliases,

residence address, name and address of any place of employment, school, institution

of higher education, if applicable, license plate number of each vehicle identified

in division (C)(5) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code to the extent applicable, victim preference if available, date of most recent release

from confinement if applicable, fingerprints, and palmprints, all of the information

and material described in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (h) of this section regarding the

offender or delinquent child, and other identification parameters the bureau considers

appropriate.  The database is not a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be available only to law enforcement representatives as described in this

division.  Information obtained by local law enforcement representatives through use of this

database is not open to inspection by the public or by any person other than a person

identified in division (A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised Code . (14) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, maintain a list

of requests for notice about a specified offender or delinquent child or specified

geographical notification area made pursuant to division (J) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code and, when an offender or delinquent child changes residence to another county, forward

any requests for information about that specific offender or delinquent child to the

appropriate sheriff; (15) Through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, establish and operate

a system for the immediate notification by electronic means of the appropriate officials

in other states specified in this division each time an offender or delinquent child

registers a residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment

address under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code or provides a notice of a change of address or registers a new address under division (A) or (B) of section 2950.05 of the Revised Code .  The immediate notification by electronic means shall be provided to the appropriate

officials in each state in which the offender or delinquent child is required to register

a residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address.  The notification shall contain the offender's or delinquent child's name and all

of the information the bureau receives from the sheriff with whom the offender or

delinquent child registered the address or provided the notice of change of address

or registered the new address. (B) The attorney general in consultation with local law enforcement representatives,

may adopt rules that establish one or more categories of neighbors of an offender

or delinquent child who, in addition to the occupants of residential premises and

other persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code , must be given the notice described in division (B) of that section. (C) No person, other than a local law enforcement representative, shall knowingly do

any of the following: (1) Gain or attempt to gain access to the database established and operated by the attorney

general, through the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, pursuant

to division (A)(13) of this section. (2) Permit any person to inspect any information obtained through use of the database

described in division (C)(1) of this section, other than as permitted under that division. (D) As used in this section, “ local law enforcement representatives ” means representatives of the sheriffs of this state, representatives of the municipal

chiefs of police and marshals of this state, and representatives of the township constables

and chiefs of police of the township police departments or police district police

forces of this state.