Ohio Code 1531.14 – Right of entry on land for research or investigation
Any person regularly employed by the division of wildlife for the purpose of conducting research and investigation of game or fish or their habitat conditions or engaged in restocking game or fish or in any type of work involved in or incident to game or fish restoration projects or in the enforcement of laws or division rules relating to game or fish, or in the enforcement of section 1531.29 or 3767.32 of the Revised Code, other laws prohibiting the dumping of refuse in or along streams, or watercraft laws, while in the normal, lawful, and peaceful pursuit of such investigation, work, or enforcement may enter upon, cross over, be upon, and remain upon privately owned lands for such purposes, and shall not be subject to arrest for trespass while so engaged or for such cause thereafter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1531.14
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Fish: means a cold-blooded vertebrate having fins. See Ohio Code 1531.01
- Game: includes game birds, game quadrupeds, and fur-bearing animals. See Ohio Code 1531.01
- Person: means a person as defined in section 1. See Ohio Code 1531.01
- Tenant: means an individual who resides on land for which the individual pays rent and whose annual income is primarily derived from agricultural production conducted on that land, as "agricultural production" is defined in section 929. See Ohio Code 1531.01
Any such person, upon demand, shall identify himself to the owner, tenant, or manager of such privately owned lands by means of a badge or card bearing his name and certifying his employment by the division.