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Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.33 (2026)

Deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles

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Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
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(A) No person, for the purpose of enabling a juvenile to obtain any material or gain admission to any performance which is harmful to juveniles, shall do either of the following:

(1) Falsely represent that he is the parent, guardian, or spouse of such juvenile;

(2) Furnish such juvenile with any identification or document purporting to show that such juvenile is eighteen years of age or over or married.

(B) No juvenile, for the purpose of obtaining any material or gaining admission to any performance which is harmful to juveniles, shall do either of the following:

(1) Falsely represent that he is eighteen years of age or over or married;

(2) Exhibit any identification or document purporting to show that he is eighteen years of age or over or married.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of deception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles, a misdemeanor of the second degree. A juvenile who violates division (B) of this section shall be adjudged an unruly child, with such disposition of the case as may be appropriate under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2016 · leading case: State v. Magnone, 2016-Ohio-7100.
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State v. Magnone, 2016-Ohio-7100. “322, which proscribes “[p]andering sexually oriented matter involving a minor,” and followed by § 2907.33, which proscribes “[d]eception to obtain matter harmful to juveniles.”
Bookfriends, Inc. v. Taft, 223 F. Supp. 2d 932 (S.D. Ohio 2002). · cites it 2× “34 and division (A) of section 2907.33 of the Revised Code do not apply to a person solely because the person provided access or connection to or from a computer facility, system, or network not under that person’s control, including having provided transmission, downloading,…”
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