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Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.35 (2026)

Aiding escape or resistance to lawful authority

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Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
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(A) No person, with purpose to promote or facilitate an escape or resistance to lawful authority, shall convey into a detention facility, or provide anyone confined therein with any instrument or thing which may be used for such purposes.

(B) No person who is confined in a detention facility, and with purpose to promote or facilitate an escape or resistance to lawful authority, shall make, procure, conceal, unlawfully possess, or give to another inmate, any instrument or thing which may be used for such purposes.

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of aiding escape or resistance to lawful authority, a felony of the fourth degree.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1983–2014 · leading case: Mayer v. Bristow, 2000 Ohio 109 (Ohio 2000).
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Mayer v. Bristow, 2000 Ohio 109 (Ohio 2000). · cites it 4× “98-CR-54 to three felonies: Aiding an Escape in violation of R.C. § 2921.35(A) and two counts of Harassment by Inmate in violation of R.”
State v. Blatnik, 478 N.E.2d 1016 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). “34 (escape), R.C. 2921.35 (aiding escape or resistance to authority), R.”
City of Hamilton v. Adkins, 461 N.E.2d 319 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “34, or division (B) of section 2921.35 of the Revised Code; “(3) When it is imposed for a new felony committed by a probationer, parolee, or escapee.”
State v. Hamilton, 2014 Ohio 3171 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “11, one count of aiding escape or resistance to authority in violation of R.C. 2921.35, one count of vandalism in violation of R.”
Mayer v. Bristow, 2000 Ohio 109 (Ohio 2000). · cites it 2× “98-CR-54 to three felonies: Aiding an Escape in violation of R.C. § 2921.35(A) and two counts of Harassment by Inmate in violation of R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.35(A) — 2 cases
Mayer v. Bristow, 2000 Ohio 109 (Ohio 2000). “98-CR-54 to three felonies: Aiding an Escape in violation of R.C. § 2921.35(A) and two counts of Harassment by Inmate in violation of R.”
Mayer v. Bristow, 2000 Ohio 109 (Ohio 2000). “98-CR-54 to three felonies: Aiding an Escape in violation of R.C. § 2921.35(A) and two counts of Harassment by Inmate in violation of R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.35(B) — 1 case
State v. Hamilton, 2014 Ohio 3171 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). “11, one count of aiding escape or resistance to authority in violation of R.C. 2921.35, one count of vandalism in violation of R.”
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