Ohio Code § 2945.32
Ohio Code § 2945.32. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2945.32.
When an order has been entered by the court of common pleas in any criminal cause,
directing the jurors to be kept in charge of the officers of the court, the following
oath shall be administered by the clerk of the court of common pleas to said officers:
“You do solemnly swear that you will, to the best of your ability, keep the persons
sworn as jurors on this trial, from separating from each other; that you will not
suffer any communications to be made to them, or any of them, orally or otherwise;
that you will not communicate with them, or any of them, orally or otherwise, except
by the order of this court, or to ask them if they have agreed on their verdict, until
they shall be discharged, and that you will not, before they render their verdict
communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict they have
agreed upon, so help you God.” Any officer having taken such oath who willfully violates the same, or permits the
same to be violated, is guilty of perjury and shall be imprisoned not less than one
nor more than ten years.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2945.32
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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