Ohio Code § 2907.32

§ 2907.32.

(A) No person, with knowledge of the character of the material or performance involved,

shall do any of the following: (1) Create, reproduce, or publish any obscene material, when the offender knows that

the material is to be used for commercial exploitation or will be publicly disseminated

or displayed, or when the offender is reckless in that regard; (2) Promote or advertise for sale, delivery, or dissemination;  sell, deliver, publicly

disseminate, publicly display, exhibit, present, rent, or provide;  or offer or agree

to sell, deliver, publicly disseminate, publicly display, exhibit, present, rent,

or provide, any obscene material; (3) Create, direct, or produce an obscene performance, when the offender knows that it

is to be used for commercial exploitation or will be publicly presented, or when the

offender is reckless in that regard; (4) Advertise or promote an obscene performance for presentation, or present or participate

in presenting an obscene performance, when the performance is presented publicly,

or when admission is charged; (5) Buy, procure, possess, or control any obscene material with purpose to violate division

(A)(2) or (4) of this section. (B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section, that the material or

performance involved was disseminated or presented for a bona fide medical, scientific,

educational, religious, governmental, judicial, or other proper purpose, by or to

a physician, psychologist, sociologist, scientist, teacher, person pursuing bona fide

studies or research, librarian, clergyman, prosecutor, judge, or other person having

a proper interest in the material or performance. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of pandering obscenity, a felony of the fifth

degree.  If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or

of section 2907.31 of the Revised Code , then pandering obscenity is a felony of the fourth degree.