Ohio Code § 5321.051

§ 5321.051.

(A)(1) No tenant of any residential premises located within one thousand feet of any school

premises, preschool or child care center premises, children's crisis care facility

premises, or residential infant care center premises shall allow any person to occupy

those residential premises if both of the following apply regarding the person: (a) The person's name appears on the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim

offenders maintained under section 2950.13 of the Revised Code . (b) The state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders indicates that the

person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to either a sexually oriented offense that

is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented

offense in a criminal prosecution and was not sentenced to a serious youthful offender

dispositional sentence for that offense. (2) If a tenant allows occupancy in violation of this section or a person establishes

a residence or occupies residential premises in violation of section 2950.034 of the Revised Code , the landlord for the residential premises that are the subject of the rental agreement

or other tenancy may terminate the rental agreement or other tenancy of the tenant

and all other occupants. (B) If a landlord is authorized to terminate a rental agreement or other tenancy pursuant

to division (A) of this section but does not so terminate the rental agreement or

other tenancy, the landlord is not liable in a tort or other civil action in damages

for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly results from that

decision. (C) As used in this section, “children's crisis care facility premises” and “residential

infant care center premises” have the same meanings as in section 2950.034 of the Revised Code .