Ohio Code § 2917.11

§ 2917.11.

(A) No person shall recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another by

doing any of the following: (1) Engaging in fighting, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in violent or

turbulent behavior; (2) Making unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display

or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to any person; (3) Insulting, taunting, or challenging another, under circumstances in which that conduct

is likely to provoke a violent response; (4) Hindering or preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway,

or right-of-way, or to, from, within, or upon public or private property, so as to

interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable

purpose of the offender; (5) Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk

of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable

purpose of the offender. (B) No person, while voluntarily intoxicated, shall do either of the following: (1) In a public place or in the presence of two or more persons, engage in conduct likely

to be offensive or to cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to persons of ordinary

sensibilities, which conduct the offender, if the offender were not intoxicated, should

know is likely to have that effect on others; (2) Engage in conduct or create a condition that presents a risk of physical harm to

the offender or another, or to the property of another. (C) Violation of any statute or ordinance of which an element is operating a motor vehicle,

locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle while under the influence of alcohol

or any drug of abuse, is not a violation of division (B) of this section. (D) If a person appears to an ordinary observer to be intoxicated, it is probable cause

to believe that person is voluntarily intoxicated for purposes of division (B) of

this section. (E)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disorderly conduct. (2) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (E)(3) and (4) of this section, disorderly

conduct is a minor misdemeanor. (3) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if any of the following

applies: (a) The offender persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning or request to

desist. (b) The offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in a school safety zone. (c) The offense is committed in the presence of any law enforcement officer, firefighter,

rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person

who is engaged in the person's duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster,

riot, or emergency of any kind. (d) The offense is committed in the presence of any emergency facility person who is

engaged in the person's duties in an emergency facility. (4) If an offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more

violations of division (B) of this section, a violation of division (B) of this section

is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (F) As used in this section: (1) “Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency medical services

personnel” as defined in section 2133.21 of the Revised Code . (2) “Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility personnel” as

defined in section 2909.04 of the Revised Code . (3) “Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in section 2909.04 of the Revised Code . (4) “Committed in the vicinity of a school” has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code .