Ohio Code § 1.03

§ 1.03.

As used in any section of the Revised Code for the violation of which there is provided

a penalty or forfeiture, unless the context otherwise requires, “ anything of value ” includes: (A) Money, bank bills or notes, United States treasury notes, and other bills, bonds,

or notes issued by lawful authority and intended to pass and circulate as money; (B) Goods and chattels; (C) Promissory notes, bills of exchange, orders, drafts, warrants, checks, or bonds given

for the payment of money; (D) Receipts given for the payment of money or other property; (E) Rights in action; (F) Things which savor of the realty and are, at the time they are taken, a part of the

freehold, whether they are of the substance or produce thereof or affixed thereto,

although there may be no interval between the severing and taking away; (G) Any interest in realty, including fee simple and partial interests, present and future,

contingent or vested interests, beneficial interests, leasehold interests, and any

other interest in realty; (H) Any promise of future employment; (I) Every other thing of value.