Ohio Code § 2913.41
Ohio Code § 2913.41. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2913.41.
In a prosecution of a person for a theft offense that alleges that the person, with
purpose to defraud or knowing that the person was facilitating a fraud, hired or rented
an aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse,
buggy, or other property or equipment, kept or operated any of the same that has been
hired or rented, or engaged accommodations at a hotel, motel, inn, campground, or
other hostelry, it is prima-facie evidence of purpose to defraud if the person did
any of the following: (A) Used deception to induce the rental agency to furnish the person with the aircraft,
motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper, trailer, horse, buggy, or
other property or equipment, or used deception to induce the hostelry to furnish the
person with accommodations; (B) Hired or rented any aircraft, motor vehicle, motorcycle, motorboat, sailboat, camper,
trailer, horse, buggy, or other property or equipment, or engaged accommodations,
knowing the person was without sufficient means to pay the hire or rental; (C) Absconded without paying the hire or rental; (D) Knowingly failed to pay the hire or rental as required by the contract of hire or
rental, without reasonable excuse for such failure; (E) Knowingly failed to return hired or rented property as required by the contract of
hire or rental, without reasonable excuse for the failure.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2913.41
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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