Ohio Code § 2913.041
Ohio Code § 2913.041. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2913.041.
(A) No person shall knowingly possess any device, including any instrument, apparatus,
computer chip, equipment, decoder, descrambler, converter, software, or other device
specially adapted, modified, or remanufactured for gaining access to cable television
service, without securing authorization from or paying the required compensation to
the owner or operator of the system that provides the cable television service. (B) No person shall knowingly sell, distribute, or manufacture any device, including
any instrument, apparatus, computer chip, equipment, decoder, descrambler, converter,
software, or other device specially adapted, modified, or remanufactured for gaining
access to cable television service, without securing authorization from or paying
the required compensation to the owner or operator of the system that provides the
cable television service. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of possession of an unauthorized
device, a felony of the fifth degree. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of sale of an unauthorized
device, a felony of the fourth degree. (D) A person commits a separate violation of this section with regard to each device
that is sold, distributed, manufactured, or possessed in violation of division (A)
or (B) of this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2913.041
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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