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Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86 (2026)

Juvenile offender registrants - dispositional orders

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March 22, 2013
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Senate Bill 160 - 129th General Assembly
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(A)(1) The court that, on or after January 1, 2008, adjudicates a child a delinquent child for committing an act shall issue as part of the dispositional order an order that classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant, specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant if the child was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen years of age at the time of committing the act, the court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code, and the child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in committing any of the following acts:

(a) 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;

(b) 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;

(c) A violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the Revised Code.

(2) Upon a child's release, on or after January 1, 2008, from the department of youth services, the court shall issue an order that classifies the child a juvenile offender registrant, specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant if all of the following apply:

(a) The child was adjudicated a delinquent child, and a juvenile court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code for committing one of the acts described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section or for committing on or after the effective date of this amendment a violation of division (B) of section 2903.03 of the Revised Code.

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

(c) The court did not issue an order classifying the child as both a juvenile offender registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section.

(3) If a court issued an order classifying a child a juvenile offender registrant pursuant to section 2152.82 or 2152.83 of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 2008, not later than February 1, 2008, the court shall issue a new order that reclassifies the child as a juvenile offender registrant, specifies that the child has a duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and additionally classifies the child a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant if all of the following apply:

(a) The sexually oriented offense that was the basis of the previous order that classified the child a juvenile offender registrant was an act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.

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

(c) The court imposed on the child a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code for the act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.

(B)(1) If an order is issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the classification of tier III sex offender/child-victim offender automatically applies to the delinquent child based on the sexually oriented offense the child committed, subject to a possible reclassification pursuant to division (D) of this section for a child whose delinquent act was committed prior to January 1, 2008. If an order is issued under division (A)(2) of this section regarding a child whose delinquent act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section was committed prior to January 1, 2008, or if an order is issued under division (A)(3) of this section regarding a delinquent child, the order shall inform the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, that the child has a right to a hearing as described in division (D) of this section and inform the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian of the procedures for requesting the hearing and the period of time within which the request for the hearing must be made. Section 2152.831 of the Revised Code does not apply regarding an order issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.

(2) The judge that issues an order under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section shall provide to the delinquent child who is the subject of the order 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 required under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. 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)(1), (2), or (3) of this section was made pursuant to this section.

(C) An order issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code as it exists on and after January 1, 2008, subject to a judicial termination of that period of time as provided in section 2950.15 of the Revised Code, subject to a possible reclassification of the child pursuant to division (D) of this section if the child's delinquent act was committed prior to January 1, 2008. If an order is issued under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) 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. If an order is issued under division (A)(3) of this section, the duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code based upon that order shall be considered, for purposes of section 2950.07 of the Revised Code and for all other purposes, to be a continuation of the duty to comply with those sections imposed upon the child prior to January 1, 2008, under the order issued under section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 and Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) If an order is issued under division (A)(2) of this section regarding a delinquent child whose delinquent act described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section was committed prior to January 1, 2008, or if an order is issued under division (A)(3) of this section regarding a delinquent child, except as otherwise provided in this division, the child may request as a matter of right a court hearing to contest the court's classification in the order of the child as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant. To request the hearing, not later than the date that is sixty days after the delinquent child is provided with the copy of the order, the delinquent child shall file a petition with the juvenile court that issued the order.

If the delinquent child requests a hearing by timely filing a petition with the juvenile court, the delinquent child shall serve a copy of the petition on the prosecutor who handled the case in which the delinquent child was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense that resulted in the delinquent child's registration duty under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code. The prosecutor shall represent the interest of the state in the hearing. In any hearing under this division, the Rules of Juvenile Procedure apply except to the extent that those Rules would by their nature be clearly inapplicable. The court shall schedule a hearing and shall provide notice to the delinquent child and the delinquent child's parent, guardian, or custodian and to the prosecutor of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

If the delinquent child requests a hearing in accordance with this division, until the court issues its decision at or subsequent to the hearing, the delinquent child shall comply with Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code as it exists on and after January 1, 2008. If a delinquent child requests a hearing in accordance with this division, at the hearing, all parties are entitled to be heard, and the court shall consider all relevant information and testimony presented relative to the issue of whether the child should be classified a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant. Notwithstanding the court's classification of the delinquent child as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the court may terminate that classification if it determines by clear and convincing evidence that the classification is in error.

If the court decides to terminate the court's classification of the delinquent child as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the court shall issue an order that specifies that it has determined that the child is not a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and that it has terminated the court's classification of the delinquent child as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant. The court promptly shall serve a copy of the order upon the sheriff with whom the delinquent child most recently registered under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and upon the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. The delinquent child and the prosecutor have the right to appeal the decision of the court issued under this division.

If the delinquent child fails to request a hearing in accordance with this division within the applicable sixty-day period specified in this division, the failure constitutes a waiver by the delinquent child of the delinquent child's right to a hearing under this division, and the delinquent child is bound by the court's classification of the delinquent child as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant.

(2) An order issued under division (D)(1) of this section is independent of any order of a type described in division (F) of section 2950.031 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 2950.032 of the Revised Code, and the court may issue an order under both division (D)(1) of this section and an order of a type described in division (F) of section 2950.031 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 2950.032 of the Revised Code. A court that conducts a hearing under division (D)(1) of this section may consolidate that hearing with a hearing conducted for the same delinquent child under division (F) of section 2950.031 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 2950.032 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 67 cases (16 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012).
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In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 133× “2010-0731—Submitted February 16, 2011—Decided April 3, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No.”
In Re D.S., 2016 Ohio 1027 (Ohio 2016). · cites it 6× “83(B), classification is discretionary for juvenile offenders who are 14 or 15 years of age at the time the offense was committed and who are not subject to R.”
State v. Stidam, 2016 Ohio 7906 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 11× “, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that “[t]o the extent that it imposes automatic, lifelong registration and notification requirements on juvenile sex offenders tried within the juvenile system, R.C. 2152.86 violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual…”
In re W.Z., 957 N.E.2d 367 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 12× “Because we conclude that R.C. 2152.86 is unconstitutional, we reverse and remand as to that part of the trial court’s judgment stating that appellant is automatically required to register as a sexual offender.”
State v. Blankenship (Slip Opinion), 2015 Ohio 4624 (Ohio 2015). · cites it 4× “We examined each separately, and in holding that R.C. 2152.86 violated the Ohio Constitution, we stated, S.”
State v. Martin, 2016 Ohio 922 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 5× “{¶23} The Ohio Supreme Court has also similarly held that certain provisions under R.C. 2152.86 (enacted under S.B. 10, Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act), requiring “automatic, lifelong registration and notification requirements on juvenile sex offenders tried within the juvenile system,”…”
State ex rel. Jean-Baptiste v. Kirsch, 2012 Ohio 5697 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 4× “82 of the Revised Code or as both a juvenile offender registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant under section 2152.86 of the Revised Code. 16 January Term, 2012 {¶ 39} Jean-Baptiste failed to raise this claim in his complaint and did not seek leave…”
In re D.R., 2014 Ohio 588 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 8× “13CA27 8 (PRQJOR) under R.C. 2152.86 (dealing with a juvenile who commits certain crimes and is labeled a serious youthful offender).”
In re D.F., 2018 Ohio 1792 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 11× “The court classified Appellant a tier III, Public Registry Qualified Juvenile Offender Registrant (PRQJOR), pursuant to R.C. 2152.86. The parties and the trial court acknowledged all juvenile dispositions terminated upon the imposition of an adult sentence, but "waived any…”
In re D.R., 2021 Ohio 1797 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “at ¶ 71, quoting D.H. at ¶ 44. The court noted that in requiring the imposition of a lifetime punishment with no chance of reconsideration for 25 years, R.”
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF T.B., Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, 489 P.3d 752 (Colo. 2021). · cites it 2× “300 ( 2021 ) ; Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2152.86 (A) (West 2021 ) ; Okla.”
In re Raheem L., 2013 Ohio 2423 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “2d 729 , syllabus, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the automatic, lifelong registration and notification requirements, placed on more serious juvenile sex offenders by R.C. 2152.86, violate the constitutional proscription against cruel and unusual punishment, and violate the…”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86(A)(1) — 2 cases
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “2010-0731—Submitted February 16, 2011—Decided April 3, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No.”
In re J.M., 2010 Ohio 2700 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86(A)(1)(a) — 1 case
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “2010-0731—Submitted February 16, 2011—Decided April 3, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86(A)(2) — 1 case
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “2010-0731—Submitted February 16, 2011—Decided April 3, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86(B)(1) — 1 case
In re C.P., 2012 Ohio 1446 (Ohio 2012). “2010-0731—Submitted February 16, 2011—Decided April 3, 2012.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Athens County, No.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.86(D) — 1 case
In re W.Z., 957 N.E.2d 367 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011). “Because we conclude that R.C. 2152.86 is unconstitutional, we reverse and remand as to that part of the trial court’s judgment stating that appellant is automatically required to register as a sexual offender.”
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