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Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82 (2026)

Juvenile sex offender registration as part of dispositional order

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Effective:
January 1, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 10 - 127th General Assembly
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(A) The court that adjudicates a child a delinquent child shall issue as part of the dispositional order an order that classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant and specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply:

(1) The act for which the child is adjudicated a delinquent child is a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense that the child committed on or after January 1, 2002.

(2) The child was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen years of age at the time of committing the offense.

(3) The court has determined that the child previously was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense, regardless of when the prior offense was committed and regardless of the child's age at the time of committing the offense.

(4) The court is not required to classify the child as both a juvenile offender registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant under section 2152.86 of the Revised Code.

(B) An order required under division (A) of this section shall be issued at the time the judge makes the order of disposition for the delinquent child. Prior to issuing the order required by division (A) of this section, the judge shall conduct a hearing under section 2152.831 of the Revised Code to determine whether the child is a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender. If the court determines that the delinquent child to whom the order applies is a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender and the child is not a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the judge may impose a requirement subjecting the child to the victim and community notification provisions of sections 2950.10 and 2950.11 of the Revised Code. When a judge issues an order under division (A) of this section, all of the following apply:

(1) The judge shall include in the order a statement that, upon completion of the disposition of the delinquent child that was made for the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense upon which the order is based, a hearing will be conducted, and the order and any determinations included in the order are subject to modification or termination pursuant to sections 2152.84 and 2152.85 of the Revised Code.

(2) The judge shall provide to the delinquent child and to the delinquent child's parent, guardian, or custodian the notice required under divisions (A) and (B) of section 2950.03 of the Revised Code and shall provide as part of that notice a copy of the order.

(3) The judge shall include the order in the delinquent child's dispositional order and shall specify in the dispositional order that the order issued under division (A) of this section was made pursuant to this section.

(4) If the court determines that the delinquent child to whom the order applies is a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender, if the child is not a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, and if the judge imposes a requirement subjecting the child to the victim and community notification provisions of sections 2950.10 and 2950.11 of the Revised Code, the judge shall include the requirement in the order.

(5) The court shall include in the order its determination made at the hearing held under section 2151.831 of the Revised Code as to whether the delinquent child is a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.

(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an order issued under division (A) of this section and any determinations included in the order shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code, subject to a modification or termination of the order under section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, and section 2152.851 of the Revised Code applies regarding the order and the determinations. If an order is issued under division (A) of this section, the child's attainment of eighteen or twenty-one years of age does not affect or terminate the order, and the order remains in effect for the period of time described in this division.

(D) If a court issues an order under division (A) of this section before January 1, 2008, not later than February 1, 2008, the court shall terminate the order and issue a new order that reclassifies the child as both a juvenile offender registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant pursuant to section 2152.86 of the Revised Code if the court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code and if the act that was the basis of the classification of the delinquent child as a juvenile offender registrant and is the basis of the serious youthful offender dispositional sentence is any of the following:

(1) Committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in committing a violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code, division (B) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, or section 2907.03 of the Revised Code if the victim of the violation was less than twelve years of age;

(2) Committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in committing a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2905.01 of the Revised Code that was committed with a purpose to gratify the sexual needs or desires of the child.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 88 cases (22 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: In Re D.S., 2016 Ohio 1027 (Ohio 2016).
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In Re D.S., 2016 Ohio 1027 (Ohio 2016). · cites it 22× “es that he or she was at least 14 years old at the time the offenses were committed and age cannot be established from the undisputed allegations in the complaint, the juvenile court must make a determination of age eligibility before or during the sex-offender classification…”
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 8× “Instead, if the juvenile court finds that the child is a JOR under R.C. 2152.82(A), the court holds a hearing to determine the JOR’s tier classification.”
State v. Buttery (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 2998 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 6× “” {¶ 23} For a defendant like Buttery, the duty to register as a sex offender is imposed after a hearing, which the juvenile court conducts to determine whether registration is appropriate for a juvenile already adjudicated as delinquent.”
State ex rel. Jean-Baptiste v. Kirsch, 2012 Ohio 5697 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 8× “82(C) (if an order classifying a child as a juvenile-offender registrant is issued, “the child’s attainment of eighteen or twenty-one years of age does not affect or terminate the order”); see also R.”
In re P.C., 2019 Ohio 2603 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 14× “argues that the juvenile court committed plain error in classifying him as a Tier III juvenile offender registrant (1) under R.C. 2152.82 when he did not have a prior adjudication for a sexually-oriented offense, and (2) as part of the dispositional order instead of upon his…”
In re J.W., 2020 Ohio 4065 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 7× “has a prior adjudication for committing a sexually oriented offense, and that the conditions of R.C. 2152.82 were met. Therefore, mandatory classification was required by R.”
State v. Martin, 2016 Ohio 922 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “He argues that there are “reasonable alternative means” under R.C. 2152.82 through 2152.85, which are applied to juvenile sex offenders in juvenile court, that should also be applied to him.”
In re D.R., 2022 Ohio 4493 (Ohio 2022). · cites it 4× “See R.C. 2152.82 through 2152.86. When a juvenile court orders a juvenile offender to be classified as a juvenile- offender registrant, it must conduct an initial hearing to determine the juvenile’s classification level—Tier I, II, or III.”
In re D.J., 2018 Ohio 569 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR V THE JUVENILE COURT ERRED WHEN IT CLASSIFIED D.”
In re R.B. (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 5476 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “See generally R.C. 2152.82 2 January Term, 2020 through 2152.”
In re T.U., 2016 Ohio 7104 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 33× “requested that the court “decline to classify him as a juvenile offender registrant because classification was required at disposition pursuant to R.C. 2152.82, classifying [T.U.] at this time violates his right to be free of successive punishments, and imposing a punishment…”
In re D.F., 2018 Ohio 1792 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 8× “CONSTITUTION; AND, ARTICLE I, SECTION 10, OHIO CONSTITUTION. {¶ 7} We sustained the first assignment of error, finding the court erred in failing to appoint a guardian ad litem for Appellant.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(A) — 14 cases
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “Instead, if the juvenile court finds that the child is a JOR under R.C. 2152.82(A), the court holds a hearing to determine the JOR’s tier classification.”
In re J.W., 2020 Ohio 4065 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “has a prior adjudication for committing a sexually oriented offense, and that the conditions of R.C. 2152.82 were met. Therefore, mandatory classification was required by R.”
State v. Martin, 2016 Ohio 922 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “He argues that there are “reasonable alternative means” under R.C. 2152.82 through 2152.85, which are applied to juvenile sex offenders in juvenile court, that should also be applied to him.”
In re N.Z., 2014 Ohio 157 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
In re T.U., 2016 Ohio 7104 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “requested that the court “decline to classify him as a juvenile offender registrant because classification was required at disposition pursuant to R.C. 2152.82, classifying [T.U.] at this time violates his right to be free of successive punishments, and imposing a punishment…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(A)(1) — 1 case
In re Antwon C., 912 N.E.2d 182 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(A)(2) — 1 case
In re J.M., 2010 Ohio 2700 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(A)(3) — 3 cases
In re P.C., 2019 Ohio 2603 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “argues that the juvenile court committed plain error in classifying him as a Tier III juvenile offender registrant (1) under R.C. 2152.82 when he did not have a prior adjudication for a sexually-oriented offense, and (2) as part of the dispositional order instead of upon his…”
In re J.M., 2010 Ohio 2700 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010).
In re C.P., 2022 Ohio 4087 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(B) — 10 cases
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “Instead, if the juvenile court finds that the child is a JOR under R.C. 2152.82(A), the court holds a hearing to determine the JOR’s tier classification.”
In Re D.S., 2016 Ohio 1027 (Ohio 2016). “es that he or she was at least 14 years old at the time the offenses were committed and age cannot be established from the undisputed allegations in the complaint, the juvenile court must make a determination of age eligibility before or during the sex-offender classification…”
State v. Martin, 2016 Ohio 922 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “He argues that there are “reasonable alternative means” under R.C. 2152.82 through 2152.85, which are applied to juvenile sex offenders in juvenile court, that should also be applied to him.”
In re D.R., 2022 Ohio 4493 (Ohio 2022). “See R.C. 2152.82 through 2152.86. When a juvenile court orders a juvenile offender to be classified as a juvenile- offender registrant, it must conduct an initial hearing to determine the juvenile’s classification level—Tier I, II, or III.”
In re J.W., 2020 Ohio 4065 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “has a prior adjudication for committing a sexually oriented offense, and that the conditions of R.C. 2152.82 were met. Therefore, mandatory classification was required by R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(B)(1) — 2 cases
In re T.U., 2016 Ohio 7104 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “requested that the court “decline to classify him as a juvenile offender registrant because classification was required at disposition pursuant to R.C. 2152.82, classifying [T.U.] at this time violates his right to be free of successive punishments, and imposing a punishment…”
In re J.O., 2014 Ohio 2813 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(B)(4) — 1 case
In re B.T., 2011 Ohio 5299 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(B)(5) — 1 case
In re C.R., 2021 Ohio 2456 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(C) — 8 cases
In Re D.S., 2016 Ohio 1027 (Ohio 2016). “es that he or she was at least 14 years old at the time the offenses were committed and age cannot be established from the undisputed allegations in the complaint, the juvenile court must make a determination of age eligibility before or during the sex-offender classification…”
State ex rel. Jean-Baptiste v. Kirsch, 2012 Ohio 5697 (Ohio 2012). “82(C) (if an order classifying a child as a juvenile-offender registrant is issued, “the child’s attainment of eighteen or twenty-one years of age does not affect or terminate the order”); see also R.”
State ex rel. N.A. v. Cross, 2010 Ohio 1471 (Ohio 2010).
In re N.Z., 2014 Ohio 157 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
In re A.R.R., 2011 Ohio 1186 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(D)(4) — 1 case
In re A.J., 2022 Ohio 2669 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(D)(5) — 1 case
In re A.J., 2022 Ohio 2669 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.82(F)(2) — 1 case
In re M.D., 2012 Ohio 31 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
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