§ 3797.01 Childhood sexual abuse registration and community notification definitions
§ 3797.02 Personal registration required in counties of residence and employment
§ 3797.03 Notice of change in residence or employment required
§ 3797.04 Annual verification of residence and employment address
§ 3797.05 Confirmation of registered residence address by premises owner
§ 3797.06 Notice to be provided to neighbors of registrant – hearing
§ 3797.07 Attorney general to prescribe forms
§ 3797.08 Attorney general to adopt rules – internet civil registry
§ 3797.09 Materials supplied by registrants are public records
§ 3797.10 Failure to comply a felony – affirmative defense
§ 3797.11 Registrant not to reside within 1000 feet of school premises
§ 3797.12 Persons immune from civil liability for acts or omissions
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Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3797 - Childhood Sexual Abuse Registration and Community Notification

  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Internet: means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02