Ohio Code § 2950.05

§ 2950.05.

(A) If an offender or delinquent child is required to register pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code , the delinquent child if not a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant

shall provide written notice of any change of residence address, and the offender

and public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant shall provide notice of

any change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment

address, to the sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child most recently registered

the address under division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code or under division (B) of this section.  A written notice of a change of school, institution of higher education, or place

of employment address also shall include the name of the new school, institution of

higher education, or place of employment.  Except as otherwise specified in this division, the delinquent child if not a public

registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant shall provide the written notice at

least twenty days prior to changing the residence address, and the offender and public

registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant shall provide the written notice at

least twenty days prior to changing the address of the residence, school, or institution

of higher education and not later than three days after changing the address of the

place of employment.  They shall provide the written notices during the period they are required to register.  If a residence address change is not to a fixed residence address, the offender

or delinquent child shall include in that notice a detailed description of the place

or places at which the offender or delinquent child intends to stay for the next thirty

days.  Until the offender or delinquent child has a fixed residence address, every thirty

days the offender or delinquent child shall include in that notice a detailed description

of the place or places at which the offender or delinquent child intends to stay for

the following thirty days.  Not later than the end of the first business day immediately following the day on

which the person obtains a fixed residence address, the offender or delinquent child

shall provide that sheriff written notice of that fixed residence address.  If a person whose residence address change is not to a fixed residence address describes

in a notice under this division the place or places at which the person intends to

stay, for purposes of divisions (C) to (I) of this section, sections 2950.06 to 2950.13 of the Revised Code , and sections 311.171 and 2919.24 of the Revised Code , the place or places so described in the notice shall be considered the person's

residence address and registered residence address until the person provides the written

notice of a fixed residence address as described in this division. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if an offender or public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrant is required to provide notice of a residence, school,

institution of higher education, or place of employment address change under division

(A) of this section, or a delinquent child who is not a public registry-qualified

juvenile offender registrant is required to provide notice of a residence address

change under that division, the offender or delinquent child, at least twenty days

prior to changing the residence, school, or institution of higher education address

and not later than three days after changing the place of employment address, as applicable,

also shall register the new address in the manner, and using the form, described in

divisions (B) and (C) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code , whichever is applicable, with the sheriff of the county in which the offender's

or delinquent child's new address is located, subject to division (C) of this section.  If a residence address change is not to a fixed residence address, the offender

or delinquent child shall include in the registration a detailed description of the

place or places at which the offender or delinquent child intends to stay for the

next thirty days.  Until the offender or delinquent child has a fixed residence address, every thirty

days the offender or delinquent child shall include in that written notice a detailed

description of the place or places at which the offender or delinquent child intends

to stay for the following thirty days.  Not later than the end of the first business day immediately following the day on

which the person obtains a fixed residence address, the offender or delinquent child

shall register with that sheriff that fixed residence address.  If a person whose residence address change is not to a fixed residence address describes

in a registration under this division the place or places at which the person intends

to stay, for purposes of divisions (C) to (I) of this section, sections 2950.06 to 2950.13 of the Revised Code , and sections 311.171 and 2919.24 of the Revised Code , the place or places so described in the registration shall be considered the person's

residence address and registered residence address, until the person registers a fixed

residence address as described in this division. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section apply to a person who is required to register

pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code regardless of whether the new residence, school, institution of higher education,

or place of employment address is in this state or in another state.  If the new address is in another state, the person shall register with the appropriate

law enforcement officials in that state in the manner required under the law of that

state and within the earlier of the period of time required under the law of that

state or at least seven days prior to changing the address. (D) If an offender or delinquent child who is a public registry-qualified juvenile offender

registrant is required to register pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code , the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant shall provide

written notice, within three days of the change, of any change in vehicle information,

email addresses, internet identifiers, or telephone numbers registered to or used

by the offender or registrant to the sheriff with whom the offender or registrant

has most recently registered under division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code . (E)(1) Upon receiving from an offender or delinquent child pursuant to division (A) of this

section notice of a change of the offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile

offender registrant's residence, school, institution of higher education, or place

of employment address or the residence address of a delinquent child who is not a

public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, a sheriff promptly shall forward

the new address to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance

with the forwarding procedures adopted pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised Code if the new address is in another state or, if the new address is located in another

county in this state, to the sheriff of that county.  Upon receiving from an offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant

notice of vehicle and identifier changes pursuant to division (D) of this section,

a sheriff promptly shall forward the new information to the bureau of criminal identification

and investigation in accordance with the forwarding procedures adopted pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised Code .  The bureau shall include all information forwarded to it under this division in

the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders established and maintained

under section 2950.13 of the Revised Code and shall forward notice of the offender's or delinquent child's new residence, school,

institution of higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, to

the appropriate officials in the other state. (2) When an offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant registers

a new residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address

or a delinquent child who is not a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant

registers a new residence address pursuant to division (B) of this section, the sheriff

with whom the offender or delinquent child registers and the bureau of criminal identification

and investigation shall comply with division (D) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code , whichever is applicable. (F)(1) No person who is required to notify a sheriff of a change of address pursuant to

division (A) of this section or a change in vehicle information or identifiers pursuant

to division (D) of this section shall fail to notify the appropriate sheriff in accordance

with that division. (2) No person who is required to register a new residence, school, institution of higher

education, or place of employment address with a sheriff or with an official of another

state pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall fail to register with

the appropriate sheriff or official of the other state in accordance with those divisions. (G)(1) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of division (F)(1) of this

section that it was impossible for the person to provide the written notice to the

sheriff as required under division (A) of this section because of a lack of knowledge,

on the date specified for the provision of the written notice, of a residence, school,

institution of higher education, or place of employment address change, and that the

person provided notice of the residence, school, institution of higher education,

or place of employment address change to the sheriff specified in division (A) of

this section as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business

day, after learning of the address change by doing either of the following: (a) The person provided notice of the address change to the sheriff specified in division

(A) of this section by telephone immediately upon learning of the address change or,

if the person did not have reasonable access to a telephone at that time, as soon

as possible, but not later than the end of the first business day, after learning

of the address change and having reasonable access to a telephone, and the person,

as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business day, after providing

notice of the address change to the sheriff by telephone, provided written notice

of the address change to that sheriff. (b) The person, as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business

day, after learning of the address change, provided written notice of the address

change to the sheriff specified in division (A) of this section. (2) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of division (F)(2) of this

section that it was impossible for the person to register the new address with the

sheriff or the official of the other state as required under division (B) or (C) of

this section because of a lack of knowledge, on the date specified for the registration

of the new address, of a residence, school, institution of higher education, or place

of employment address change, and that the person registered the new residence, school,

institution of higher education, or place of employment address with the sheriff or

the official of the other state specified in division (B) or (C) of this section as

soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business day, after learning

of the address change by doing either of the following: (a) The person provided notice of the new address to the sheriff or official specified

in division (B) or (C) of this section by telephone immediately upon learning of the

new address or, if the person did not have reasonable access to a telephone at that

time, as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business day, after

learning of the new address and having reasonable access to a telephone, and the person,

as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business day, after providing

notice of the new address to the sheriff or official by telephone, registered the

new address with that sheriff or official in accordance with division (B) or (C) of

this section. (b) The person, as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the first business

day, after learning of the new address, registered the new address with the sheriff

or official specified in division (B) or (C) of this section, in accordance with that

division. (H) An offender or delinquent child who is required to comply with divisions (A), (B),

and (C) of this section shall do so for the period of time specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code . (I) As used in this section, and in all other sections of the Revised Code that refer

to the duties imposed on an offender or delinquent child under this section relative

to a change in the offender's or delinquent child's residence, school, institution

of higher education, or place of employment address, “ change in address ” includes any circumstance in which the old address for the person in question no

longer is accurate, regardless of whether the person in question has a new address.