Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.25 (2026)

Prostitution - after positive HIV test

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(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.

(B) No person, with knowledge that the person has tested positive as a carrier of a virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, shall engage in sexual activity for hire.

(C)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of prostitution, a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of engaging in prostitution after a positive HIV test. If the offender commits the violation prior to July 1, 1996, engaging in prostitution after a positive HIV test is a felony of the second degree. If the offender commits the violation on or after July 1, 1996, engaging in prostitution after a positive HIV test is a felony of the third degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: State v. Parrish, 465 N.E.2d 873 (Ohio 1984).
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State v. Parrish, 465 N.E.2d 873 (Ohio 1984). · cites it 7× “) R.C. 2907.25 defines the crime of “prostitution” as follows: “(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.”
State v. Johnson, 2010 Ohio 6301 (Ohio 2010). · cites it 2× “2d 873 (R.C. 2907.25(A)); State v. O’Brien (1987), 30 Ohio St.”
State v. Lester, 2009 Ohio 4225 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2× “2d 873 (because the statute does not expressly differentiate degrees of culpability, “the participants in the crime of prostitution addressed in R.C. 2907.25(A) must 16 January Term, 2009 possess some degree of criminal intent to be found guilty of either the principal offense…”
State v. Wallace, 2012 Ohio 6270 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “This is the same definition of “sexual contact” used in the prostitution statute, R.C. 2907.25. The federal district court in J.”
Seo v. Austintown Twp., 722 N.E.2d 1090 (Ohio Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 3× “R.C. 2907.25 (prostitution) states: “(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.”
State v. Satterfield, 2017 Ohio 5616 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “Initially, we note that Jennifer failed to argue in the proceedings before the trial court that she should have been charged with procuring prostitution rather than promoting prostitution. Jennifer argued in her post-trial memorandum that "the State proved at trial * * * that…”
State v. Andrews, 870 N.E.2d 775 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007). “” The Anderson court determined that the offense of soliciting was nothing more than *339 an attempt to engage in the offense of prostitution, defined by R.C. 2907.25 as engaging in sexual activity for hire.”
City of Cleveland v. Huff, 470 N.E.2d 934 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “(R.C. 2907.25.) Eight establishments were allegedly under police investigation.”
State v. Yu, 2024 Ohio 3083 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “{¶3} In November 2018, in the cases numbered 18CRB-29828A and 18CRB- 29828B, Yu was charged with two counts of prostitution in violation of R.C. 2907.25, 1 We use Yu’s name rather than her initials in this opinion because neither party sought to identify Yu using a pseudonym…”
State v. Ziko, 595 N.E.2d 1019 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “” Parrish held that prostitution, R.C. 2907.25, is not a strict liability offense.”
State v. Jacob, 2015 Ohio 4760 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “” Despite this, Jacob argues that he should have been charged with prostitution under R.C. 2907.25 instead of solicitation under R.”
Matthews v. Pernell, 582 N.E.2d 1075 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). “R.C. 2907.25. Promoting prostitution, through operating a brothel or supervising or managing the activities of a prostitute, is also prohibited by law.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.25(A) — 6 cases
State v. Johnson, 2010 Ohio 6301 (Ohio 2010). “2d 873 (R.C. 2907.25(A)); State v. O’Brien (1987), 30 Ohio St.”
State v. Lester, 2009 Ohio 4225 (Ohio 2009). “2d 873 (because the statute does not expressly differentiate degrees of culpability, “the participants in the crime of prostitution addressed in R.C. 2907.25(A) must 16 January Term, 2009 possess some degree of criminal intent to be found guilty of either the principal offense…”
State v. Wallace, 2012 Ohio 6270 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). “This is the same definition of “sexual contact” used in the prostitution statute, R.C. 2907.25. The federal district court in J.”
State v. Parrish, 465 N.E.2d 873 (Ohio 1984). “) R.C. 2907.25 defines the crime of “prostitution” as follows: “(A) No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.”
Shannon Graves v. Mahoning Cnty. (6th Cir. 2016).
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