Ohio Code § 2927.11

§ 2927.11.

(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall purposely deface, damage, pollute, or

otherwise physically mistreat any of the following: (1) The flag of the United States or of this state; (2) Any public monument; (3) Any historical or commemorative marker, or any structure, Indian mound or earthwork,

cemetery, thing, or site of great historical or archaeological interest; (4) A place of worship, its furnishings, or religious artifacts or sacred texts within

the place of worship or within the grounds upon which the place of worship is located; (5) A work of art or museum piece; (6) Any other object of reverence or sacred devotion. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of desecration.  A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), (5), or (6) of this section is a misdemeanor

of the second degree.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, a violation of division (A)(4) of

this section is a felony of the fifth degree that is punishable by a fine of up to

two thousand five hundred dollars in addition to the penalties specified for a felony

of the fifth degree in sections 2929.13 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code .  If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved in a violation

of division (A)(4) of this section is five thousand dollars or more but less than

one hundred thousand dollars, a violation of that division is a felony of the fourth

degree.  If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved in a violation

of division (A)(4) of this section is one hundred thousand dollars or more, a violation

of that division is a felony of the third degree. (C) As used in this section, “ cemetery ” means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian

burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains.