Ohio Code § 2917.04
Ohio Code § 2917.04. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2917.04.
(A) Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in
violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code , and there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the likelihood
of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance,
or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants
and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order. (B) Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled
for a lawful purpose. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to disperse. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3) of this section, failure to disperse
is a minor misdemeanor. (3) Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the failure to obey
the order described in division (A) of this section creates the likelihood of physical
harm to persons or is committed at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot,
or emergency of any kind.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2917.04
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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