Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06 (2026)

Criminal damaging or endangering

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(A) No person shall cause, or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person's consent:

(1) Knowingly, by any means;

(2) Recklessly, by means of fire, explosion, flood, poison gas, poison, radioactive material, caustic or corrosive material, or other inherently dangerous agency or substance.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal damaging or endangering, a misdemeanor of the second degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal damaging or endangering is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the property involved in a violation of this section is an aircraft, an aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, or any other equipment or implement used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft and if the violation creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal damaging or endangering is a felony of the fifth degree. If the property involved in a violation of this section is an aircraft, an aircraft engine, propeller, appliance, spare part, or any other equipment or implement used or intended to be used in the operation of an aircraft and if the violation creates a substantial risk of physical harm to any person or if the property involved in a violation of this section is an occupied aircraft, criminal damaging or endangering is a felony of the fourth degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 297 cases (134 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: State v. Krowiak, 2022-Ohio-413.
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State v. Krowiak, 2022-Ohio-413. · cites it 20× “162 and R.C. 2909.06. See State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist.”
State v. Canankamp, 2023-Ohio-43. · cites it 4× “R.C. 2909.06 provides, in its relevant part, that “[n]o person shall cause, or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person’s consent” “[k]nowingly, by any means.”
State v. Groves, 2019-Ohio-5025. · cites it 2× “21(A)(1) and (A)(3) respectively), Criminal Damaging (R.C. 2909.06(A)(1)), Criminal Trespass (R.”
State v. Taflinger, 2018-Ohio-456. · cites it 2× “02(A)(1); fifteen counts of criminal damaging in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1); seventeen counts of petty theft in violation of R.”
State v. Keith, 2016-Ohio-5234. “CR-15-595077-A to criminal damaging in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1), a second-degree misdemeanor, and domestic violence in violation of R.”
State v. Picklesimer, 2012-Ohio-1282. · cites it 2× “13, and one count of criminal damaging, a second degree misdemeanor in violation of R.C. 2909.06. On appeal, Appellant contends that 1) the State of Ohio failed to prove each and every element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt, claiming that as such the guilty…”
State v. Mendez, 2020-Ohio-3031. · cites it 4× “A first- degree misdemeanor conviction under R.C. 2909.06 requires that the defendant created “a risk of physical harm to any person.”
State v. Jones, 2017-Ohio-413. · cites it 2× “{¶ 4} Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pled guilty to one count of criminal damaging, R.C. 2909.06(A)(2) and (B), a misdemeanor in the first degree.”
State v. Schoeneman, 2017-Ohio-7472. · cites it 3× “{¶1} Appellant Charles Schoeneman appeals a judgment of the Canton Municipal Court convicting him of criminal damaging or endangering in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1). Appellee is the State of Ohio.”
State v. Wells, 2021-Ohio-2585. “01(A)(1) (Count 7); criminal damaging or endangering in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1) (Count 8); aggravated burglary in violation of R.”
State v. Flanagan, 2015-Ohio-5528. · cites it 4× “{¶2} On June 27, 2014, a complaint was filed charging appellant with one count of criminal damaging, a misdemeanor of the second degree, in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1), and one count of domestic violence, a misdemeanor of the first degree, in violation of R.”
State v. Henley, 740 N.E.2d 1113 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 2000). · cites it 5× “03 and its corresponding state code section, R.C. 2909.06, do not specifically enumerate the affirmative defense of self-defense, such a defense does exist via R.”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A): 21 cases
State v. Shropshire, 2020-Ohio-6853.
State v. Schwendeman, 2018-Ohio-240, 104 N.E.3d 44.
State v. Frederick, 2020-Ohio-714, 152 N.E.3d 884.
State v. Beauchamp, 2022-Ohio-738.
State v. Beckwith, 2022-Ohio-2362.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(1): 226 cases
State v. Taflinger, 2018-Ohio-456. “02(A)(1); fifteen counts of criminal damaging in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1); seventeen counts of petty theft in violation of R.”
State v. Canankamp, 2023-Ohio-43. “R.C. 2909.06 provides, in its relevant part, that “[n]o person shall cause, or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person’s consent” “[k]nowingly, by any means.”
State v. Keith, 2016-Ohio-5234. “CR-15-595077-A to criminal damaging in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1), a second-degree misdemeanor, and domestic violence in violation of R.”
State v. Groves, 2019-Ohio-5025. “21(A)(1) and (A)(3) respectively), Criminal Damaging (R.C. 2909.06(A)(1)), Criminal Trespass (R.”
State v. Schoeneman, 2017-Ohio-7472. “{¶1} Appellant Charles Schoeneman appeals a judgment of the Canton Municipal Court convicting him of criminal damaging or endangering in violation of R.C. 2909.06(A)(1). Appellee is the State of Ohio.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(1)(B): 4 cases
State v. George, 2018-Ohio-4906.
State v. Ali, 2019-Ohio-3192.
State v. Brooks, 2023-Ohio-1631.
State v. Shriver, 2025-Ohio-1756.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(2): 5 cases
State v. Krowiak, 2022-Ohio-413. “162 and R.C. 2909.06. See State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist.”
State v. Jones, 2017-Ohio-413. “{¶ 4} Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pled guilty to one count of criminal damaging, R.C. 2909.06(A)(2) and (B), a misdemeanor in the first degree.”
State v. Kassen, 486 N.E.2d 170 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 1984).
Henderson v. Parin, No. 3:22-cv-00228, 2023 WL 369954 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 24, 2023).
State v. Cabrera, 2023-Ohio-770.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(4): 1 case
State v. Frankowski, 2023-Ohio-110.
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(l): 1 case
State v. Groves, 2019-Ohio-5025. “21(A)(1) and (A)(3) respectively), Criminal Damaging (R.C. 2909.06(A)(1)), Criminal Trespass (R.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(B): 8 cases
State v. Davenport, 2019-Ohio-2297.
State v. Sims, 2015-Ohio-4996.
State v. McRae, 2011-Ohio-6157.
State v. Henley, 740 N.E.2d 1113 (Ohio Ct. App. 9th Dist. 2000). “03 and its corresponding state code section, R.C. 2909.06, do not specifically enumerate the affirmative defense of self-defense, such a defense does exist via R.”
State v. Wesemann, 2012-Ohio-247.
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