Ohio Code § 2152.85

§ 2152.85.

(A) Regardless of when the delinquent child was classified a juvenile offender registrant,

upon the expiration of the applicable period of time specified in division (B)(1),

(2), or (3) of this section, a delinquent child who has been classified pursuant to

this section or section 2152.82 or 2152.83 of the Revised Code a juvenile offender registrant may petition the judge who made the classification,

or that judge's successor in office, to do one of the following: (1) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant classification also includes

a determination by the juvenile court judge that the delinquent child is a tier III

sex offender/child-victim offender, to enter, as applicable, an order that contains

a determination that reclassifies the child as either a tier II sex offender/child-victim

offender or a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, the reason or reasons for

that reclassification, and a determination that the child remains a juvenile offender

registrant, or an order that contains a determination that the child no longer is

a juvenile offender registrant and no longer has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code ; (2) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant classification also includes

a determination by the juvenile court judge that the delinquent child is a tier II

sex offender/child-victim offender, to enter, as applicable, an order that contains

a determination that reclassifies the child as a tier I sex offender/child-victim

offender, the reason or reasons for that reclassification, and a determination that

the child remains a juvenile offender registrant, or an order that contains a determination

that the child no longer is a juvenile offender registrant and no longer has a duty

to comply with sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code ; (3) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant classification also includes

a determination by the juvenile court judge that the delinquent child is a tier I

sex offender/child-victim offender, to enter an order that contains a determination

that the child no longer is a juvenile offender registrant and no longer has a duty

to comply with sections 2950.04 , 2950.041 , 2950.05 , and 2950.06 of the Revised Code . (B) A delinquent child who has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing on

or after January 1, 2002, a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense

and who has been classified a juvenile offender registrant relative to that offense

may file a petition under division (A) of this section requesting reclassification

or declassification as described in that division after the expiration of one of the

following periods of time: (1) The delinquent child initially may file a petition not earlier than three years after

the entry of the juvenile court judge's order after the mandatory hearing conducted

under section 2152.84 of the Revised Code . (2) After the delinquent child's initial filing of a petition under division (B)(1) of

this section, the child may file a second petition not earlier than three years after

the judge has entered an order deciding the petition under division (B)(1) of this

section. (3) After the delinquent child's filing of a petition under division (B)(2) of this section,

thereafter, the delinquent child may file a petition under this division upon the

expiration of five years after the judge has entered an order deciding the petition

under division (B)(2) of this section or the most recent petition the delinquent child

has filed under this division. (C) Upon the filing of a petition under division (A) of this section, the judge may review

the prior classification or determination in question and, upon consideration of all

relevant factors and information, including, but not limited to the factors listed

in division (D) of section 2152.83 of the Revised Code , the judge, in the judge's discretion, shall do one of the following: (1) Enter an order denying the petition; (2) Issue an order that reclassifies or declassifies the delinquent child in the requested

manner. (D) If a judge issues an order under division (C)(1) of this section that denies a petition,

the prior classification of the delinquent child as a juvenile offender registrant,

and the prior determination that the child 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, whichever is applicable, shall remain in effect. A judge may issue an order under division (C)(2) of this section that contains a determination

that reclassifies a child from a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender classification

to a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender classification or to a tier I sex

offender/child-victim offender classification. A judge may issue an order under division (C)(2) of this section that contains a determination

that reclassifies a child from a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender classification

to a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender classification. If a judge issues an order under this division that contains a determination that

reclassifies a child, the judge shall provide a copy of the order to the delinquent

child and the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, and the bureau,

upon receipt of the copy of the order, promptly shall notify the sheriff with whom

the child most recently registered under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code of the determination and reclassification. If a judge issues an order under division (C)(2) of this section that declassifies

the delinquent child, the order also terminates all prior determinations that the

child 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, whichever is applicable.  If a judge issues an order under division (C)(2) of this section that declassifies

the delinquent child, the judge shall provide a copy of the order to the bureau of

criminal identification and investigation, and the bureau, upon receipt of a copy

of the order, promptly shall notify the sheriff with whom the child most recently

registered under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code of the declassification. (E) If a judge issues an order under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, the judge

shall provide to the delinquent child and to the delinquent child's parent, guardian,

or custodian a copy of the order and, if applicable, a notice containing the information

described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 2950.03 of the Revised Code .  The judge shall provide the notice at the time of the issuance of the order and

shall comply with divisions (B) and (C) of that section regarding that notice and

the provision of it. (F) An order issued under division (C) of this section shall remain in effect for the

period of time specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code , subject to a further modification or future termination of the order under this

section.  If an order is issued under division (C) of this section, the child's attainment

of eighteen or twenty-one years of age does not affect or terminate the order, and

the order remains in effect for the period of time described in this division. (G) The provisions of this section do not apply to a delinquent child who is classified

as both a juvenile offender registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender

registrant pursuant to section 2152.86 of the Revised Code .