Ohio Code § 5503.101
Ohio Code § 5503.101. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5503.101.
(A) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code or rule of procedure to the contrary,
a defendant's traffic or criminal record contained in the law enforcement automated
data system, also known as LEADS, may be disclosed to the defendant and the defendant's
counsel when formally requested pursuant to the rules of discovery in a traffic or
criminal case. (B) Copies of information obtained from the law enforcement automated data system pursuant
to division (A) of this section may be provided to the defendant and the defendant's
counsel when formally requested pursuant to the rules of discovery in a traffic or
criminal case. (C) Upon a motion made by a prosecutor, the court hearing a traffic or criminal case
may order the redaction from information to be disclosed or provided pursuant to division
(A) or (B) of this section pursuant to the rules of discovery in the case of the residential
address, date of birth, social security number, and photograph of any witness, law
enforcement officer, or prosecutor. (D) Notwithstanding section 2913.04 or 2923.129 of the Revised Code , no prosecutor or person assisting a prosecutor in providing discovery shall be held
civilly or criminally liable for disclosing information from the law enforcement automated
data system in the manner authorized by this section. (E) The superintendent of the state highway patrol or any person employed by the superintendent
to carry out the purposes of section 5503.10 of the Revised Code shall not sanction or deny access to the law enforcement automated data system to
any person or entity because that person or entity provided discovery information
in the manner authorized by this section. (F) The defendant's counsel may disclose, copy, and provide to the defendant any information
about the defendant's own traffic or criminal record obtained by discovery from the
law enforcement automated data system. (G) The fact that information sought in discovery is contained in the law enforcement
automated data system shall not be cited or accepted as a reason for denying discovery
to the defendant of the defendant's own traffic or criminal record.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5503.101
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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