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Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24 (2026)

Disclosure of confidential information

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Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 141 - 126th General Assembly
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(A) No officer or employee of a law enforcement agency or court, or of the office of the clerk of any court, shall disclose during the pendency of any criminal case the home address of any peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, or youth services employee who is a witness or arresting officer in the case.

(B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, or youth services employee from disclosing the peace officer's, parole officer's, prosecuting attorney's, assistant prosecuting attorney's, correctional employee's, or youth services employee's own home address, and does not apply to any person who discloses the home address of a peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, or youth services employee pursuant to a court-ordered disclosure under division (C) of this section.

(C) The court in which any criminal case is pending may order the disclosure of the home address of any peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, or youth services employee who is a witness or arresting officer in the case, if the court determines after a written request for the disclosure that good cause exists for disclosing the home address of the peace officer, parole officer, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, or youth services employee.

(D) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of disclosure of confidential information, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(E) As used in this section:

(1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Correctional employee" and "youth services employee" have the same meanings as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2023 · leading case: State ex rel. Nat'l Broad. Co. v. City of Cleveland, 611 N.E.2d 838 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1992).
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State ex rel. Nat'l Broad. Co. v. City of Cleveland, 611 N.E.2d 838 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1992). · cites it 4× “Police Addresses and Telephone Numbers The city contends that police officers’ addresses and telephone numbers should be redacted because (1) the General Assembly has prohibited the disclosure of police officers’ home addresses in R.C. 2921.24 and 2921.25, (2) *212 the city and…”
Kallstrom v. City of Columbus, 165 F. Supp. 2d 686 (S.D. Ohio 2001). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs’ state law cause of action, arising under Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 2921.24 and 102.03(B), was dismissed by this Court.”
State v. Coe, 790 N.E.2d 1222 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2003). “We hereby reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this matter for further proceedings. Judgment reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings.”
State v. Vertrees, 2021-Ohio-1239. · cites it 2× “{¶2} On March 2, 2020, Vertrees was charged by complaint with one count of contributing to unruliness or delinquency in violation of R.C. 2921.24(A)(2), a first-degree misdemeanor.”
State ex rel. Bates v. Pub. Emps. Ret. Bd., 2014-Ohio-1183. “{¶ 92} In rejecting this court's determination, the Supreme Court of Ohio noted the following: (1) the record was devoid of any evidence of a contract between Kura and FCPDO and (2) even if a contract between Kura and the FCPDO did exist, the court found that the contract would…”
Rogers v. Horwitz, No. 1:20-cv-02568, 2023 WL 6383796 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 29, 2023). · cites it 2× “” Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24(A). Plaintiffs allege that Calta violated this statute by publicly disclosing “Plaintiff Rogers’s home address and phone number to the Cleveland Jewish News” during the “pendency of Jaquan Jones’s criminal case,” and that Mr.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24(A): 1 case
Rogers v. Horwitz, No. 1:20-cv-02568, 2023 WL 6383796 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 29, 2023). “” Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24(A). Plaintiffs allege that Calta violated this statute by publicly disclosing “Plaintiff Rogers’s home address and phone number to the Cleveland Jewish News” during the “pendency of Jaquan Jones’s criminal case,” and that Mr.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24(A)(1): 1 case
State v. Coe, 790 N.E.2d 1222 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2003). “We hereby reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this matter for further proceedings. Judgment reversed and cause remanded for further proceedings.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.24(A)(2): 1 case
State v. Vertrees, 2021-Ohio-1239. “{¶2} On March 2, 2020, Vertrees was charged by complaint with one count of contributing to unruliness or delinquency in violation of R.C. 2921.24(A)(2), a first-degree misdemeanor.”
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