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Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.17 (2026)

Hunting without permission

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Effective:
June 1, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 103 - 122nd General Assembly
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(A) No person shall hunt or trap upon any lands, pond, lake, or private waters of another, except water claimed by riparian right of ownership in adjacent lands, or shoot, shoot at, catch, kill, injure, or pursue a wild bird, wild waterfowl, or wild animal thereon without obtaining written permission from the owner or the owner's authorized agent.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant of any lands, pond, lake, or private waters upon which a person violates division (A) of this section is not liable in damages to any person in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises during or incidental to the violation. For the purposes of this division, a finding that a person violated division (A) of this section is not dependent upon the person being charged with or convicted of a violation of division (A) of this section. This division does not apply to civil claims based upon alleged willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct of the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant. This division does not create a new cause of action or a substantive legal right against the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant, and does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.

(C) A person who obtains the permission required under division (A) of this section shall carry it with the person at all times during which the person is engaged in an activity for which the permission is required and shall exhibit it upon request of a wildlife officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, other law enforcement officer, or the owner of the lands, pond, lake, or private waters on which the person is hunting or trapping or the owner's authorized agent.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1995–2019 · leading case: Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Nat. Resources, Ohio Div. of Wildlife (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 3731 (Ohio 2015).
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Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Nat. Resources, Ohio Div. of Wildlife (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 3731 (Ohio 2015). · cites it 4× “{¶ 6} In January 2011, Risner was charged with hunting without permission, a violation of R.C. 1533.17. The next month, he pled no contest.”
State v. Shepard, 2019 Ohio 3995 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “99(C), a misdemeanor of the first degree (Count 6); hunting without permission in violation of R.C. 1533.17(A) and R.C. 1533.99(A), a misdemeanor of the third degree (Count 7); and failure to report knowledge 3 of a death in violation of R.”
Johnson v. Wolgemuth, 257 F. Supp. 2d 1013 (S.D. Ohio 2003). · cites it 2× “In that case, the facts revealed that an ODNR officer had actively pursued a hunter for hunting on private lands without permission of the owner, in violation of Ohio Rev.Code § 1533.17. The hunter actively avoided the officer to elude a citation.”
Div. of Wildlife v. Freed, 656 N.E.2d 694 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “This is an appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Findlay, Ohio finding defendant-appellant, Terry Freed, guilty of hunting without permission in violation of R.C. 1533.17. On December 2, 1992, Game Protector James Abrams and Deputy Sheriff Timothy Graydon were…”
Wilhelm v. Ohio Dept. of Nat. Resources, 2009 Ohio 7061 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2009). · cites it 3× “” R.C. 1533.17(A) prohibits anyone from hunting on private property without obtaining written permission from the owner or the owner’s authorized agent.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.17(A) — 3 cases
Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Nat. Resources, Ohio Div. of Wildlife (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 3731 (Ohio 2015). “{¶ 6} In January 2011, Risner was charged with hunting without permission, a violation of R.C. 1533.17. The next month, he pled no contest.”
State v. Shepard, 2019 Ohio 3995 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “99(C), a misdemeanor of the first degree (Count 6); hunting without permission in violation of R.C. 1533.17(A) and R.C. 1533.99(A), a misdemeanor of the third degree (Count 7); and failure to report knowledge 3 of a death in violation of R.”
Wilhelm v. Ohio Dept. of Nat. Resources, 2009 Ohio 7061 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2009). “” R.C. 1533.17(A) prohibits anyone from hunting on private property without obtaining written permission from the owner or the owner’s authorized agent.”
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