Ohio Code § 2921.21
Ohio Code § 2921.21. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2921.21.
(A) No person shall knowingly demand, accept, or agree to accept anything of value in
consideration of abandoning or agreeing to abandon a pending criminal prosecution. (B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section when both of the following
apply: (1) The pending prosecution involved is for a violation of section 2913.02 or 2913.11 , division (B)(2) of section 2913.21 , or section 2913.47 of the Revised Code , of which the actor under this section was the victim. (2) The thing of value demanded, accepted, or agreed to be accepted, in consideration
of abandoning or agreeing to abandon the prosecution, did not exceed an amount that
the actor reasonably believed due him as restitution for the loss caused him by the
offense. (C) When a prosecuting witness abandons or agrees to abandon a prosecution under division
(B) of this section, the abandonment or agreement in no way binds the state to abandoning
the prosecution. (D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of compounding a crime, a misdemeanor of
the first degree.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2921.21
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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