Ohio Code § 2151.142

§ 2151.142.

(A) As used in this section, “public record” and “journalist” have the same meanings

as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code . (B) Both of the following apply to the residential address of each officer or employee

of a public children services agency or a private child placing agency who performs

official responsibilities or duties described in section 2151.14, 2151.141, 2151.33,

2151.353, 2151.412, 2151.413, 2151.414, 2151.415, 2151.416, 2151.417, 2151.421, or

2151.4220 to 2151.4234 or another section of the Revised Code 1 and to the residential address of persons related to that officer or employee by

consanguinity or affinity: (1) Other officers and employees of a public children services agency, private child

placing agency, juvenile court, or law enforcement agency shall consider those residential

addresses to be confidential information.  The officer or employee of the public children services agency or private child

placing agency may waive the confidentiality of those residential addresses by giving

express permission for their disclosure to other officers or employees of a public

children services agency, private child placing agency, juvenile court, or law enforcement

agency. (2) To the extent that those residential addresses are contained in public records kept

by a public children services agency, private child placing agency, juvenile court,

or law enforcement agency, they shall not be considered to be information that is

subject to inspection or copying as part of a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code . (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in the absence of a waiver as

described in division (B)(1) of this section, no officer or employee of a public children

services agency, private child placing agency, juvenile court, or law enforcement

agency shall disclose the residential address of an officer or employee of a public

children services agency or private child placing agency, or the residential address

of a person related to that officer or employee by consanguinity or affinity, that

is confidential information under division (B)(1) of this section to any person, when

the disclosing officer or employee knows that the person is or may be a subject of

an investigation, interview, examination, criminal case, other case, or other matter

with which the officer or employee to whom the residential address relates currently

is or has been associated. (D) If, on or after the effective date of this section, a journalist requests a public

children services agency, private child placing agency, juvenile court, or law enforcement

agency to disclose a residential address that is confidential information under division

(B)(1) of this section, the agency or juvenile court shall disclose to the journalist

the residential address if all of the following apply: (1) The request is in writing, is signed by the journalist, includes the journalist's

name and title, and includes the name and address of the journalist's employer. (2) The request states that disclosure of the residential address would be in the public

interest. (3) The request adequately identifies the person whose residential address is requested. (4) The public children services agency, private child placing agency, juvenile court,

or law enforcement agency receiving the request is one of the following: (a) The agency or juvenile court with which the official in question serves or with which

the employee in question is employed; (b) The agency or juvenile court that has custody of the records of the agency with which

the official in question serves or with which the employee in question is employed. 1

 In 2022 H 4 as passed by the General Assembly, “2151.4220 to 2151.4234 or another

section of the Revised Code” appeared as “2151.4210 to 2151.4224 or another section

of the Revised Code”, but was subsequently changed by the Legislative Service Commission.