(A) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle or onto any vessel, whether or not the offender knows the age of the child, if both of the following apply:
(1) The actor does not have the express or implied permission of the parent, guardian, or other legal custodian of the child in undertaking the activity.
(2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, firefighter, or other person who regularly provides emergency services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer acting under the direction of, any board of education, or the actor is any of such persons, but, at the time the actor undertakes the activity, the actor is not acting within the scope of the actor's lawful duties in that capacity.
(B) No person, with a sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of this section.
(C) No person, for any unlawful purpose other than, or in addition to, that proscribed by division (A) of this section, shall engage in any activity described in division (A) of this section.
(D) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (A) of this section that the actor undertook the activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or that the actor undertook the activity in a reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety, or welfare of the child.
(E) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is guilty of criminal child enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, section 2907.02 or 2907.03 or former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, or section 2905.01 or 2907.05 of the Revised Code when the victim of that prior offense was under seventeen years of age at the time of the offense, criminal child enticement is a felony of the fifth degree.
(F) As used in this section:
(1) "Sexual motivation" has the same meaning as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Vessel" has the same meaning as in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 49
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: State v. Romage, 2014-Ohio-783, 7 N.E.3d 1156.
State v. Romage, 2014-Ohio-783, 7 N.E.3d 1156. · cites it 78דR.C. 2905.05 was amended effective July 11, 2013.”
State v. Smith, 2016-Ohio-3521. · cites it 18ד{¶1} Defendant-appellant William Smith presents on appeal a single assignment of error challenging the Hamilton County Municipal Court’s judgments overruling his postconviction motions to vacate his 2004 convictions for criminal child enticement in violation of R.C. 2905.05.…”
State v. Chapple, 888 N.E.2d 1121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2008). · cites it 22ד, R.C. 2905.05 provided: {¶ 8} “(A) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle or onto any vessel, whether…”
State v. Whitehead, 2019-Ohio-5141. · cites it 17ד05(B): “No person, with sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of [R.C. 2905.05].” (Emphasis added.) Pursuant to R.”
State v. Howard, 2012-Ohio-5738, 983 N.E.2d 341. · cites it 6ד5 increased the punishment for a violation of R.C. 2905.05, Howard had not yet committed any such violation.”
Jacobson v. Kaforey (Slip Opinion), 2016-Ohio-8434, 75 N.E.3d 203. · cites it 2ד01; and child enticement, R.C. 2905.05. Jacobson alleged that the hospitals and Kaforey—an attorney and registered nurse who had been appointed by the Summit County Probate Court as a conservator to assist Jacobson’s mother in making medical decisions for Jacobson—unlawfully…”
State v. Goode, 2013-Ohio-556. · cites it 25דGoode, charging him with child enticement under R.C. 2905.05. Prior to trial, Mr. Goode argued that R.”
State v. Wright, 2016-Ohio-5894. · cites it 17ד2016CA00028 3 {¶5} Officer Shackle testified on cross-examination that he has had contact with Wright many times and has concerns for Wright’s mental health. (T. at 110).”
State v. Matthews, 2013-Ohio-3482. · cites it 4ד{¶ 2} On April 26, 2012, appellant was indicted on one count of criminal child enticement in violation of R.C. 2905.05 as to N.F., an 11-year-old boy (Count One), one Butler CA2012-09-175 count of criminal child enticement in violation of R.”
State v. Grate (Slip Opinion), 2020-Ohio-5584, 172 N.E.3d 8. “VIII, Grate cites R.C. 2905.05(A) and argues that his death sentence is unconstitutional because the trial court did not evaluate it for proportionality in relation to other heinous crimes.”
State v. Jordan (Slip Opinion), 2021-Ohio-3922, 185 N.E.3d 1051. “In such instances, a police officer still may arrest without a warrant but only if the offense is one of the following: an offense of violence, the offense of criminal child enticement as defined in R.C. 2905.05, the offense of public indecency as defined in R.”
State v. Cobia, 2015-Ohio-331. · cites it 3דCobia on his child-enticement convictions, because the child-enticement statute, R.C. 2905.05(A), is unconstitutional. And we reverse his convictions for sexual battery and impersonating a peace officer, because the admission of evidence concerning Mr.”
State v. Romage, 2014-Ohio-783, 7 N.E.3d 1156. “R.C. 2905.05 was amended effective July 11, 2013.”
State v. Chapple, 888 N.E.2d 1121 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2008). “, R.C. 2905.05 provided: {¶ 8} “(A) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle or onto any vessel, whether…”
State v. Smith, 2016-Ohio-3521. “{¶1} Defendant-appellant William Smith presents on appeal a single assignment of error challenging the Hamilton County Municipal Court’s judgments overruling his postconviction motions to vacate his 2004 convictions for criminal child enticement in violation of R.C. 2905.05.…”
State v. Goode, 2013-Ohio-556. “Goode, charging him with child enticement under R.C. 2905.05. Prior to trial, Mr. Goode argued that R.”
State v. Whitehead, 2019-Ohio-5141. “05(B): “No person, with sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of [R.C. 2905.05].” (Emphasis added.) Pursuant to R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2905.05(A)(1): 7 cases
State v. Romage, 2014-Ohio-783, 7 N.E.3d 1156. “R.C. 2905.05 was amended effective July 11, 2013.”
State v. Wright, 2016-Ohio-5894. “2016CA00028 3 {¶5} Officer Shackle testified on cross-examination that he has had contact with Wright many times and has concerns for Wright’s mental health. (T. at 110).”
State v. Hurd, 598 N.E.2d 72 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1991).
State v. Whitehead, 2019-Ohio-5141. “05(B): “No person, with sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of [R.C. 2905.05].” (Emphasis added.) Pursuant to R.”
State v. Whitehead, 2019-Ohio-5141. “05(B): “No person, with sexual motivation, shall violate division (A) of [R.C. 2905.05].” (Emphasis added.) Pursuant to R.”
State v. Wright, 2016-Ohio-5894. “2016CA00028 3 {¶5} Officer Shackle testified on cross-examination that he has had contact with Wright many times and has concerns for Wright’s mental health. (T. at 110).”
State v. Smith, 2016-Ohio-3521. “{¶1} Defendant-appellant William Smith presents on appeal a single assignment of error challenging the Hamilton County Municipal Court’s judgments overruling his postconviction motions to vacate his 2004 convictions for criminal child enticement in violation of R.C. 2905.05.…”
State v. Goode, 2013-Ohio-556. “Goode, charging him with child enticement under R.C. 2905.05. Prior to trial, Mr. Goode argued that R.”
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