Ohio Code § 2929.24

§ 2929.24.

(A) Except as provided in section 2929.22 or 2929.23 of the Revised Code or division (E) of this section and unless another term is required or authorized

pursuant to law, if the sentencing court imposing a sentence upon an offender for

a misdemeanor elects or is required to impose a jail term on the offender pursuant

to this chapter, the court shall impose a definite jail term that shall be one of

the following: (1) For a misdemeanor of the first degree, not more than one hundred eighty days; (2) For a misdemeanor of the second degree, not more than ninety days; (3) For a misdemeanor of the third degree, not more than sixty days; (4) For a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, not more than thirty days. (B)(1) A court that sentences an offender to a jail term under this section may permit the

offender to serve the sentence in intermittent confinement or may authorize a limited

release of the offender as provided in division (B) of section 2929.26 of the Revised Code .  The court retains jurisdiction over every offender sentenced to jail to modify the

jail sentence imposed at any time, but the court shall not reduce any mandatory jail

term. (2)(a) If a prosecutor, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code , has filed a notice with the court that the prosecutor wants to be notified about

a particular case and if the court is considering modifying the jail sentence of the

offender in that case, the court shall notify the prosecutor that the court is considering

modifying the jail sentence of the offender in that case.  The prosecutor may request a hearing regarding the court's consideration of modifying

the jail sentence of the offender in that case, and, if the prosecutor requests a

hearing, the court shall notify the eligible offender of the hearing. (b) If the prosecutor requests a hearing regarding the court's consideration of modifying

the jail sentence of the offender in that case, the court shall hold the hearing before

considering whether or not to release the offender from the offender's jail sentence. (C) If a court sentences an offender to a jail term under this section and the court

assigns the offender to a county jail that has established a county jail industry

program pursuant to section 5147.30 of the Revised Code , the court shall specify, as part of the sentence, whether the offender may be considered

for participation in the program.  During the offender's term in the county jail, the court retains jurisdiction to

modify its specification regarding the offender's participation in the county jail

industry program. (D) If a person is sentenced to a jail term pursuant to this section, the court may impose

as part of the sentence pursuant to section 2929.28 of the Revised Code a reimbursement sanction, and, if the local detention facility in which the term

is to be served is covered by a policy adopted pursuant to section 307.93 , 341.14 , 341.19 , 341.21 , 341.23 , 753.02 , 753.04 , 753.16 , 2301.56 , or 2947.19 of the Revised Code and section 2929.37 of the Revised Code , both of the following apply: (1) The court shall specify both of the following as part of the sentence: (a) If the person is presented with an itemized bill pursuant to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code for payment of the costs of confinement, the person is required to pay the bill in

accordance with that section. (b) If the person does not dispute the bill described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section

and does not pay the bill by the times specified in section 2929.37 of the Revised Code , the clerk of the court may issue a certificate of judgment against the person as

described in that section. (2) The sentence automatically includes any certificate of judgment issued as described

in division (D)(1)(b) of this section. (E)(1) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor violation of section 2907.23 , 2907.24 , 2907.241 , or 2907.25 of the Revised Code and to a specification of the type described in section 2941.1421 of the Revised Code and if the court imposes a jail term on the offender for the misdemeanor violation,

the court may impose upon the offender an additional definite jail term as follows: (a) Subject to division (E)(1)(b) of this section, an additional definite jail term of

not more than sixty days; (b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more

misdemeanor or felony violations of section 2907.22 , 2907.23 , 2907.24 , 2907.241 , or 2907.25 of the Revised Code and also was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a specification of the type described

in section 2941.1421 of the Revised Code regarding one or more of those violations, an additional definite jail term of not

more than one hundred twenty days. (2) In lieu of imposing an additional definite jail term under division (E)(1) of this

section, the court may directly impose on the offender a sanction that requires the

offender to wear a real-time processing, continual tracking electronic monitoring

device during the period of time specified by the court.  The period of time specified by the court shall equal the duration of an additional

jail term that the court could have imposed upon the offender under division (E)(1)

of this section.  A sanction imposed under this division shall commence on the date specified by the

court, provided that the sanction shall not commence until after the offender has

served the jail term imposed for the misdemeanor violation of section 2907.23 , 2907.24 , 2907.241 , or 2907.25 of the Revised Code and any residential sanction imposed for the violation under section 2929.26 of the Revised Code .  A sanction imposed under this division shall be considered to be a community control

sanction for purposes of section 2929.25 of the Revised Code , and all provisions of the Revised Code that pertain to community control sanctions

shall apply to a sanction imposed under this division, except to the extent that they

would by their nature be clearly inapplicable.  The offender shall pay all costs associated with a sanction imposed under this division,

including the cost of the use of the monitoring device. (F) If an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor violation of section 2903.13 of the Revised Code and also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification of the type described

in section 2941.1423 of the Revised Code that charges that the victim of the violation was a woman whom the offender knew

was pregnant at the time of the violation, the court shall impose on the offender

a mandatory jail term that is a definite term of at least thirty days. (G) If a court sentences an offender to a jail term under this section, the sentencing

court retains jurisdiction over the offender and the jail term.  Upon motion of either party or upon the court's own motion, the court, in the court's

sole discretion and as the circumstances warrant, may substitute one or more community

control sanctions under section 2929.26 or 2929.27 of the Revised Code for any jail days that are not mandatory jail days.