Ohio Code § 2950.14
Ohio Code § 2950.14. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2950.14.
(A) Prior to releasing an offender who is under the custody and control of the department
of rehabilitation and correction and who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
committing, either prior to, on, or after January 1, 1997, any sexually oriented offense
or any child-victim oriented offense, the department of rehabilitation and correction
shall provide all of the information described in division (B) of this section to
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation regarding the offender and
to the sheriff of the county in which the offender's anticipated future residence
is located. Prior to releasing a delinquent child who is in the custody of the department of
youth services who has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any sexually
oriented offense or any child-victim oriented offense, regardless of when the offense
was committed, and who has been classified a juvenile offender registrant based on
that adjudication, the department of youth services shall provide all of the information
described in division (B) of this section to the bureau of criminal identification
and investigation regarding the delinquent child. (B) The department of rehabilitation and correction and the department of youth services
shall provide all of the following information to the bureau of criminal identification
and investigation regarding an offender or delinquent child described in division
(A) of this section: (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name and any aliases used by the offender or
delinquent child; (2) All identifying factors concerning, and a physical description of, the offender or
delinquent child; (3) The offender's or delinquent child's anticipated future residence; (4) The offense and delinquency history and the terms and conditions of release of the
offender or delinquent child; (5) Whether the offender or delinquent child was treated for a mental abnormality or
personality disorder while under the custody and control of the department; (6) Any other information that the bureau indicates is relevant and that the department
possesses. (C) Upon receipt of the information described in division (B) of this section regarding
an offender or delinquent child, the bureau immediately shall enter the information
into the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders that the bureau
maintains pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised Code and into the records that the bureau maintains pursuant to division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code . Upon receipt of that information regarding an offender, the bureau immediately shall
enter the information on the sex offender and child-victim offender database it establishes
and operates on the internet pursuant to division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code . (D) Upon receipt of the information described in division (B) of this section regarding
an offender, a sheriff who has established on the internet a sex offender and child-victim
offender database for the public dissemination of information regarding such offenders
shall enter that information on the database.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2950.14
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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