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Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06 (2026)

Criminal damaging or endangering

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Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
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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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
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State v. Krowiak, 2022 Ohio 413 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 20× “162 and R.C. 2909.06. See State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist.”
State v. Canankamp, 2023 Ohio 43 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · 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. 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Schwendeman, 2018 Ohio 240 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Frederick, 2020 Ohio 714 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Beauchamp, 2022 Ohio 738 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
State v. Beckwith, 2022 Ohio 2362 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(1) — 226 cases
State v. Taflinger, 2018 Ohio 456 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “21(A)(1) and (A)(3) respectively), Criminal Damaging (R.C. 2909.06(A)(1)), Criminal Trespass (R.”
State v. Schoeneman, 2017 Ohio 7472 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Ali, 2019 Ohio 3192 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
State v. Brooks, 2023 Ohio 1631 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
State v. Shriver, 2025 Ohio 1756 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(2) — 5 cases
State v. Krowiak, 2022 Ohio 413 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “162 and R.C. 2909.06. See State v. Jenkins, 8th Dist.”
State v. Jones, 2017 Ohio 413 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶ 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. 1984).
Henderson v. Parin (S.D. Ohio 2023).
State v. Cabrera, 2023 Ohio 770 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(4) — 1 case
State v. Frankowski, 2023 Ohio 110 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.06(A)(l) — 1 case
State v. Groves, 2019 Ohio 5025 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
State v. Sims, 2015 Ohio 4996 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015).
State v. McRae, 2011 Ohio 6157 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Henley, 740 N.E.2d 1113 (Ohio Ct. App. 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 (Ohio Ct. App. 2012).
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