Charges and penalties

How offenses are graded, jail ranges, fines, and repeat offense steps.

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The Theft LadderORC 2913.02 — where a number turns a misdemeanor into a felony
How a Judge DecidesORC 2929.13 — the difference between a range and a sentence
If There Is a WarrantORC 2937.43 — what an open warrant actually is
Getting a LawyerCrim.R. 44 — when one is appointed, and how to ask
Bail and BondCrim.R. 46 — getting out before the case is decided
The Registration CalendarORC 2950.05 — the twenty days that run before a move, not after
A Community Control ViolationOhio Crim.R. 32.3 — a hearing, and not a trial
When You Cannot PayORC 2947.14 — a hearing before anyone goes to jail over a fine
When It Is a ChildORC 2152 — a different court, a different vocabulary, one door out of it
Protection OrdersORC 2919.27 — five ways to get one, one way to break any of them
When They Take Your PropertyORC 2981 — forfeiture, and the clock nobody mentions
The Grand JuryOhio Crim.R. 6 — nine people, seven votes, and no defense in the room
The Clock on Your CaseORC 2945.71 — the day counts, and the one that runs triple
Asking for a JuryOhio Crim.R. 23 — the demand that has to be in writing
No Contest, Guilty, and What SurvivesOhio Crim.R. 11 and 12 — the plea is a choice about what carries forward
Voting After a ConvictionORC 2961.01 — the right comes back on release, not on discharge
What They Have to Hand OverOhio Crim.R. 16 and Brady — one runs on a demand, the other does not
After the AppealORC 2953.21 — the year that starts before anybody mentions it
The Deadline on a MotionOhio Crim.R. 12 — thirty five days, or seven before trial, whichever is earlier
Competent to Stand TrialORC 2945.37 — a question about now, not a question about then
Degrees of a ChargeORC 2901.02 — every degree, with the range that comes with it
Sealing a Juvenile RecordORC 2151.356 — and the expungement that arrives on its own
When You Are the VictimOhio Const. art. I, § 10a — rights in the constitution, not in a policy
Told to LeaveORC 2911.21 — four ways to commit it, and the notice that turns a stay into one
How Long They Have to Charge YouORC 2901.13 — six years, two years, six months, and the offenses with no clock at all
HazingORC 2903.31 — the offense after Collin's Law, and ORC 2903.311 — the duty to report it
Earned Time and ReleaseORC 2967.194 — credit for programs, and when release comes
Parole and SupervisionORC 2967.15 — conditions, an arrest, and a hearing
Deadlines After a ConvictionORC 2953.21 — 365 days for a postconviction petition
Drinking Under Twenty OneORC 4301.69 — what is an offense, the parent exception, and what a fake ID costs
The Age of ConsentORC 2907.04 — sixteen, and the age gaps that set the degree
The Open ContainerORC 4301.62 — an open container is not an OVIalso here
Calling for an OverdoseORC 2925.11 — the immunity written for the phone callalso here
Bulk AmountORC 2925.01 — the number every drug charge turns onalso here
Possession by AmountORC 2925.11 — what each quantity actually carriesalso here
Trafficking by AmountORC 2925.03 — one degree up, and the enhancements on topalso here
Intervention in LieuORC 2951.041 — the route that can end without a convictionalso here
The OVI NumbersORC 4511.19 — thresholds, tiers, and what a first offense carriesalso here
After an OVI ArrestORC 4511.191 — the suspension that starts immediatelyalso here
ParaphernaliaORC 2925.14 — the charge people do not expectalso here
Recording in CourtSup.R. 12 — the one building with its own rulebookalso here
Who Cannot CarryORC 2923.13 — the disability that outranks everything elsealso here
After an ArrestOhio Crim.R. 4, 5 and 46 — the first daysalso here
Free Speech, and Where It StopsOhio Const. art. I, § 11 — free to speak, and responsible for the abuse of the rightalso here
After a CrashORC 4549.02 — the duty that is absolutealso here
Students and SchoolNew Jersey v. T.L.O. — a lower bar inside the buildingalso here
Points and SuspensionORC 4510.036 — how a license is actually lostalso here
Handing Over a FirearmORC 2923.20 — the person passing it can be the one chargedalso here
When They GarnishORC 2329.66 — the ceiling on what a judgment can reachalso here
What They Cannot TakeORC 2329.66 — the exemptions, and the five days to claim themalso here
When a Business Rips You OffORC 1345.09 — what a consumer may recover, and the file that trebles italso here
Before Any Custody OrderORC 3109.042 and 2919.23 — who has the child until a court says, and taking a child from that parentalso here
When Someone Uses Your NameORC 2913.49 — and why the police report is the document that mattersalso here
If There Are ChildrenORC 2151.31 — the other custody that is not an arrestalso here
Disciplining a ChildORC 2919.22(B) — where the statute draws the line on physical disciplinealso here
What Parents Answer ForORC 3109.09, 3109.10 and 2919.24 — a child's damage, a child's assault, and contributingalso here
The Insurance SuspensionORC 4509.101 — the suspension with no date on italso here
Driving During a SuspensionORC 4510.021 — limited privileges, and the window where nobody can helpalso here
When Your Landlord Comes InORC 5321.04 — the other door question, and a different chapteralso here
Questions About StatusORC 2921.29 — three bodies of law at one roadside, and people collapse themalso here
When Police Are Called to a HouseORC 2919.25 — the encounter the legislature wrote its own rules foralso here
Towed from a Private LotORC 4513.601 — no officer, a sign, and a statute most people never hear aboutalso here
Taken in for an EvaluationORC 5122 — custody that is not an arrestalso here
KnivesORC 2923.12(H) — the test changed from what it is to what you did with italso here
The Ticket in the MailORC 4511.0910 — a camera ticket is not a traffic ticketalso here
Filing a Complaint YourselfORC 2935.09 — the second door into a charging decisionalso here
A Minor Misdemeanor Is a CitationORC 2935.26 — the officer shall not arrest, with four exceptionsalso here
Being a WitnessOhio Crim.R. 17 — the paper that is not a requestalso here
On a BicycleORC 4511.52 — a bicycle is a vehicle, and the ticket is the same ticketalso here
The Speed LimitORC 4511.21 — three different rules wearing one numberalso here
An Interpreter in CourtORC 2311.14 — an obligation on the court, not a request you have to know how to makealso here
Working with a RecordORC 2953.25 — the order that turns an automatic bar into a decisionalso here
Sealing Your RecordORC 2953.32 — what can come off, and whenalso here
Turning EighteenORC 3109.01 — one sentence, and the things it does not movealso here
Leaving Home Before EighteenORC 3109.01 — and the emancipation section Ohio does not havealso here
The Background CheckORC 109.57 — and the sealed record a check can still reachalso here
A Motion Is Not an OrderORC 2705.02 — what binds while a request waits, and what disobeying it can costalso here
Fireworks in the YardORC 3743.45 — lawful on named days, at named hours, unless your town says otherwisealso here
Control and RecklessnessORC 4511.202 and 4511.20 — the charge after a crash, and the one that says willful or wantonalso here
The Messages That Will Not StopORC 2917.21 and 2903.211 — harassment by phone, text or post, stalking as a pattern, and the image shared to hurtalso here
Handing One Over for MoneyORC 2923.20 — the private sale, and who the charge lands onalso here
A Parent in PrisonORC 3119.05 — incarceration is not voluntary unemploymentalso here
Coming HomeORC 2967.16 — the rights restored at the end of a sentencealso here
LitteringORC 3767.32 — on foot, from a car, and in somebody else's dumpsteralso here
Odd Laws Still on the BooksDyed chicks, carrier pigeons, horse tails and studded tires: real Ohio sections, still the lawalso here

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