Ohio Code § 2901.20
Ohio Code § 2901.20. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2901.20.
(A) Every act enacted on or after the effective date of this section that creates a new
criminal offense shall specify the degree of mental culpability required for commission
of the offense. A criminal offense for which no degree of mental culpability is specified that is
enacted in an act in violation of this division is void. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to the amendment of a criminal offense
that existed on the effective date of this section, but it does apply to a new criminal
offense added to a statute that existed on the effective date of this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2901.20
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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