Ohio Code § 2921.11
Ohio Code § 2921.11. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2921.11.
(A) No person, in any official proceeding, shall knowingly make a false statement under
oath or affirmation, or knowingly swear or affirm the truth of a false statement previously
made, when either statement is material. (B) A falsification is material, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, if it can
affect the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense to a charge under this section that the offender mistakenly believed
a falsification to be immaterial. (C) It is no defense to a charge under this section that the oath or affirmation was
administered or taken in an irregular manner. (D) Where contradictory statements relating to the same material fact are made by the
offender under oath or affirmation and within the period of the statute of limitations
for perjury, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove which statement was
false, but only that one or the other was false. (E) No person shall be convicted of a violation of this section where proof of falsity
rests solely upon contradiction by testimony of one person other than the defendant. (F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of perjury, a felony of the third degree.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2921.11
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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