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Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41 (2026)

Definitions related to violent offender database

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March 20, 2019
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Senate Bill 231 - 132nd General Assembly
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As used in sections 2903.41 to 2903.44 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Violent offender" means any of the following:

(1) A person who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted of or pleads guilty to any of the following:

(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2905.01 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 2905.02 of the Revised Code that is a felony of the second degree;

(b) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or complicity in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.

(2) A person who on the effective date of this section has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in division (A)(1) of this section and is confined in a jail, workhouse, state correctional institution, or other institution, serving a prison term, term of imprisonment, or other term of confinement for the offense.

(B) "Community control sanction," "jail," and "prison" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) "Out-of-state violent offender" means a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a violation of any existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the United States, or any existing or former law applicable in a military court or in an Indian tribal court, that is or was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (A)(1) of this section.

(D) "Qualifying out-of-state violent offender" means an out-of-state violent offender who is aware of the existence of the violent offender database.

(E) "Post-release control sanction" and "supervised release" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.

(F) "Change of address" means a change to a violent offender's or out-of-state violent offender's residence address, employment address, or school or institution of higher education address.

(G) "Violent offender database" means the database of violent offenders and out-of-state violent offenders that is established and maintained by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation under division (F)(2) of section 2903.43 of the Revised Code, that is operated by sheriffs under sections 2903.42 and 2903.43 of the Revised Code, and for which sheriffs obtain information from violent offenders and out-of-state violent offenders pursuant to sections 2903.42 and 2903.43 of the Revised Code.

(H) "Violent offender database duties" and "VOD duties" mean the duty to enroll, duty to re-enroll, and duty to provide notice of a change of address imposed on a violent offender or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender under section 2903.42, 2903.421, 2903.43, or 2903.44 of the Revised Code.

(I) "Ten-year enrollment period" means, for a violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant to section 2903.42 of the Revised Code or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant to section 2903.421 of the Revised Code, ten years from the date on which the offender initially enrolls in the violent offender database.

(J) "Extended enrollment period" means, for a violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant to section 2903.42 of the Revised Code or a qualifying out-of-state violent offender who has violent offender database duties pursuant to section 2903.421 of the Revised Code, the offender's enrollment period as extended pursuant to division (D)(2) of section 2903.43 of the Revised Code.

(K) "Prosecutor" means one of the following:

(1) As used in section 2903.42 of the Revised Code, the office of the prosecuting attorney who handled a violent offender's underlying case or the office of that prosecutor's successor.

(2) As used in sections 2903.421, 2903.43, and 2903.44 of the Revised Code, the office of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a violent offender resides or of the county in which an out-of-state violent offender resides or occupies a dwelling.

Last updated May 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60 cases (47 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
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State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 26× “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Morgan, 2020 Ohio 3955 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 21× “41(A) {¶9} Before addressing Morgan’s assignment of error, we address whether he meets the statutory definition of a violent offender.”
State v. Jarvis, 2020 Ohio 1127 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “Counsel requested a hearing “pursuant to ORC 2903.41 et al on the issue of whether the defendant shall be required to register with the Violent Offender Database.”
State v. Beard, 2021 Ohio 2512 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 8× “” See R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44. He contends the VOD registry set forth in Sierah’s Law is an unconstitutionally retroactive law prohibited by Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution.”
State v. Wright, 2021 Ohio 4107 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 11× “Retroactive Application of Sierah’s Law {¶ 9} In his first assignment of error, Wright claims that “[t]he Trial Court’s application of Ohio’s Violent Offender Registry provisions of ORC 2903.41 is unconstitutional because the offenses occurred prior to March 20, 2019.”
State v. Hall, 2021 Ohio 1894 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “{¶ 26} On March 20, 2019, R.C. 2903.41 et seq., commonly known as Sierah's Law, became effective.”
State v. Rike, 2020 Ohio 4690 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “The Violent Offender Registry {¶53} In his eighth assignment of error, Rike contends that the violent offender registration (“VOR”) scheme set forth in R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44 is unconstitutional as it violates Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution, which 17 OHIO…”
State v. Baker, 2021 Ohio 4544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 10× “{¶3} R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44, commonly known as "Sierah's Law," became effective on March 20, 2019.”
State v. Walker, 2021 Ohio 580 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 5× “42 On March 20, 2019, R.C. 2903.41 et seq., commonly known as Sierah’s Law, became effective.”
State v. Irvin, 2020 Ohio 4847 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “The trial court also informed Irvin that the murder conviction was a qualifying violent offender offense under R.C. 2903.41 and, as a result, he would be required to register as a violent offender.”
State v. Barrett, 2021 Ohio 3956 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 17× “{¶6} R.C. 2903.41 et seq. (“Sierah’s Law”) became effective on March 20, 2019.”
State v. Jackson, 2020 Ohio 4115 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “" See R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44. Jackson believes he is entitled to a de novo sentencing hearing because of that requirement.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A) — 18 cases
State v. Morgan, 2020 Ohio 3955 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “41(A) {¶9} Before addressing Morgan’s assignment of error, we address whether he meets the statutory definition of a violent offender.”
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Jackson, 2022 Ohio 3449 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
State v. Irvin, 2020 Ohio 4847 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “The trial court also informed Irvin that the murder conviction was a qualifying violent offender offense under R.C. 2903.41 and, as a result, he would be required to register as a violent offender.”
State v. Jarvis, 2020 Ohio 1127 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “Counsel requested a hearing “pursuant to ORC 2903.41 et al on the issue of whether the defendant shall be required to register with the Violent Offender Database.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(1) — 10 cases
State v. Morgan, 2020 Ohio 3955 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “41(A) {¶9} Before addressing Morgan’s assignment of error, we address whether he meets the statutory definition of a violent offender.”
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Baker, 2021 Ohio 4544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “{¶3} R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44, commonly known as "Sierah's Law," became effective on March 20, 2019.”
State v. Barrett, 2021 Ohio 3956 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “{¶6} R.C. 2903.41 et seq. (“Sierah’s Law”) became effective on March 20, 2019.”
State v. Rike, 2020 Ohio 4690 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “The Violent Offender Registry {¶53} In his eighth assignment of error, Rike contends that the violent offender registration (“VOR”) scheme set forth in R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44 is unconstitutional as it violates Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution, which 17 OHIO…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(1)(2) — 1 case
Klein v. Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary (S.D. Ohio 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(1)(a) — 13 cases
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Wright, 2021 Ohio 4107 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “Retroactive Application of Sierah’s Law {¶ 9} In his first assignment of error, Wright claims that “[t]he Trial Court’s application of Ohio’s Violent Offender Registry provisions of ORC 2903.41 is unconstitutional because the offenses occurred prior to March 20, 2019.”
State v. Rike, 2020 Ohio 4690 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “The Violent Offender Registry {¶53} In his eighth assignment of error, Rike contends that the violent offender registration (“VOR”) scheme set forth in R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44 is unconstitutional as it violates Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution, which 17 OHIO…”
State v. Cross, 2022 Ohio 2094 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
State v. Misch, 2021 Ohio 756 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(1)(a)(b) — 1 case
State v. Windsor, 2026 Ohio 1075 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(1)(b) — 1 case
State v. Baker, 2021 Ohio 4544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “{¶3} R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44, commonly known as "Sierah's Law," became effective on March 20, 2019.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(A)(2) — 11 cases
State v. Morgan, 2020 Ohio 3955 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “41(A) {¶9} Before addressing Morgan’s assignment of error, we address whether he meets the statutory definition of a violent offender.”
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Klein, 2020 Ohio 6948 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Rike, 2020 Ohio 4690 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “The Violent Offender Registry {¶53} In his eighth assignment of error, Rike contends that the violent offender registration (“VOR”) scheme set forth in R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44 is unconstitutional as it violates Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution, which 17 OHIO…”
State v. Beard, 2021 Ohio 2512 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “” See R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44. He contends the VOD registry set forth in Sierah’s Law is an unconstitutionally retroactive law prohibited by Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio Constitution.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(C) — 1 case
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(D) — 1 case
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(F) — 1 case
State v. Morgan, 2020 Ohio 3955 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “41(A) {¶9} Before addressing Morgan’s assignment of error, we address whether he meets the statutory definition of a violent offender.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(H) — 3 cases
State v. Hubbard, 2020 Ohio 856 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “231, the language of R.C. 2903.41 indicated the violent offender statutes were applicable to appellant.”
State v. Baker, 2021 Ohio 4544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “{¶3} R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44, commonly known as "Sierah's Law," became effective on March 20, 2019.”
State v. Brown, 2021 Ohio 4130 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.41(I) — 1 case
State v. Tanksley, 2021 Ohio 2900 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
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