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Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.03 (2026)

Riot

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Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
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(A) No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code:

(1) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a misdemeanor, other than disorderly conduct;

(2) With purpose to intimidate a public official or employee into taking or refraining from official action, or with purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct a function of government;

(3) With purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct the orderly process of administration or instruction at an educational institution, or to interfere with or disrupt lawful activities carried on at such institution.

(B) No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with unlawful force or violence, even though such act might otherwise be lawful.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: State v. LaSalle, 96 Ohio St. 3d 178 (2002).
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State v. LaSalle, 96 Ohio St. 3d 178 (2002). · cites it 2× “35 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: {¶ 9} “* * * {¶ 10} “(C) Convictions of an offense of violence when the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree or a felony and when the offense is not a violation of section 2917.03 of the Revised Code and is not…”
State v. LaSalle, 2002-Ohio-4009, 772 N.E.2d 1172. · cites it 2× “35 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: {¶9} “* * * {¶10} “(C) Convictions of an offense of violence when the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree or a felony and when the offense is not a violation of section 2917.03 of the Revised Code and is not a…”
Otero v. Wood, 316 F. Supp. 2d 612 (S.D. Ohio 2004). · cites it 4× “10 See O.R.C. § 2917.03 (rioting only a misdemeanor).”
State v. T.D., 2022-Ohio-3741. · cites it 3× “Nevertheless, this court previously interpreted this same language in a former version of the statute and concluded that it “conjunctively excepts four specific violent offenses from the general preclusion: riot (R.C. 2917.03), and misdemeanor violations of assault (R.”
State v. Blatnik, 478 N.E.2d 1016 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 1984). “02 (aggravated riot), R.C. 2917.03 (riot), R.C. 2917.31 (inducing panic), R.”
City of Dayton v. P.D., 778 N.E.2d 648 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2002). · cites it 2× “That statute provides that expungement is precluded for: {¶ 4} “Convictions of an offense of violence when the offense is a misdemean- or of the first degree or a felony and when the offense is not a violation of section 2917.03 [riot] of the Revised Code and is not a violation…”
State v. Klempay, 2011-Ohio-2643. · cites it 3× “{¶14} However, subsection (C) then conjunctively excepts four specific violent offenses from the general preclusion: riot (R.C. 2917.03), and misdemeanor violations of assault (R.”
City of Euclid v. El-Zant, 758 N.E.2d 700 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 2001). “However, subsection (C) then conjunctively excepts four specific violent offenses from the general preclusion: riot (R.C. 2917.03), and misdemeanor violations of assault (R.”
State v. McLandrich, 2021-Ohio-1016. · cites it 2× “61 of the Revised Code; {¶48} “(3) Convictions of an offense of violence when the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree or a felony and when the offense is not a violation of section 2917.03 of the Revised Code and is not a violation of section 2903.”
State v. N.V., 2021-Ohio-3868. · cites it 2× “61 of the Revised Code; (3) Convictions of an offense of violence when the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree or a felony and when the offense is not a violation of section 2917.03 of the Revised Code and is not a violation of section 2903.”
State v. D.G., 2016-Ohio-7609. · cites it 3× “36(C) do not apply because attempted aggravated assault is not a violation of R.C. 2917.03 nor is it a misdemeanor violation.”
State v. Kimbrough, 2020-Ohio-3175. · cites it 2× “02(B)(2), aggravated rioting, provides that “[no] person, being an inmate in a detention facility, shall violate division (A)(2) of this section or section 2917.03 [governing riots] of the Revised Code.”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 2917.03(A)(1): 2 cases
State v. Vannatta, 2011-Ohio-5074.
State v. Pacheco, 2023-Ohio-4208.
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