Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 109.51 (2026)

Bureau of criminal identification and investigation created

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There is hereby created in the office of the attorney general, a bureau of criminal identification and investigation to be located at the site of the London correctional institution. The attorney general shall appoint a superintendent of said bureau. The superintendent shall appoint, with the approval of the attorney general, such assistants as are necessary to carry out the functions and duties of the bureau as contained in sections 109.51 to 109.63, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1968–2023 · leading case: State v. Crager, 2007-Ohio-6840, 879 N.E.2d 745.
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State v. Crager, 2007-Ohio-6840, 879 N.E.2d 745. · cites it 2× “R.C. 109.51. BCI is called upon by the General Assembly to “aid law enforcement officers in solving crimes and controlling criminal activity.”
United States v. Laub Baking Co., 283 F. Supp. 217 (N.D. Ohio 1968). · cites it 6× “They assert that Section 109.51 et seq., Ohio Revised Code, is the source of an Ohio sheriff’s power to fingerprint, and that it gives the sheriffs power to fingerprint only persons arrested for felonies.”
Peoples Rights Org., Inc. v. Montgomery, 756 N.E.2d 127 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 2001). “The trial court engaged in a thorough discussion of relevant statutes delineating the powers of the BCI&I and the Superintendent: R.C. 109.51, 109.52, 109.55, and 109.57. The trial court found that, with regard to the release of any records maintained by the BCI&I, R.”
Conley v. Shearer, 1992 Ohio 133 (Ohio 1992). “R.C. 109.51. 2 Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution provides: "All courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him in his land, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and shall have justice administered without denial or…”
Berry v. Greene, 87 Ohio St. 3d 1235 (1999). · cites it 2× “See R.C. 109.51. Therefore, for purposes of clarity, I shall refer to the BCI as the second respondent throughout the remainder of my concurrence.”
State ex rel. Cmty. Journal v. Reed, 2014-Ohio-5745, 26 N.E.3d 286. · cites it 2× “Pursuant to R.C. 109.51, the bureau of criminal identification and investigation was created within the office of the attorney general.”
Peroli v. Medina Cty. Prosecutor, 2023-Ohio-1858. “See R.C. 109.51 (“There is hereby created in the office of the attorney general, a bureau of criminal identification and investigation *** The attorney general shall appoint a superintendent of said bureau.”
Berry v. Greene, 87 Ohio St. 3d 1235 (1999). “See R.C. 109.51. Therefore, for purposes of clarity, I shall refer to the BCI as the second respondent throughout the remainder of my concurrence.”
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