Ohio Rev. Code » Chapter 2923
Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.19 (2026)

Failure to secure dangerous ordnance

✓ laws through the 2026 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORCcodes.ohio.gov (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
Effective:
January 1, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly
PDF:
Download Authenticated PDF
 

(A) No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using any dangerous ordnance, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions:

(1) To secure the dangerous ordnance against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or incompetent person;

(2) To insure the safety of persons and property.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to secure dangerous ordnance, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1989–2019 · leading case: Ciotto v. Hinkle, 2019-Ohio-3809, 145 N.E.3d 1013.
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Ciotto v. Hinkle, 2019-Ohio-3809, 145 N.E.3d 1013. · cites it 2× “See R.C. 2923.19 (“No person * * * shall negligently fail to take proper precautions [t]o secure the dangerous ordnance * * * against is acquisition of use by any unauthorized or incompetent person.”
Pavlides v. Niles Gun Show, Inc., 637 N.E.2d 404 (Ohio Ct. App. 5th Dist. 1994). “R.C. 2923.19 provides: "(A) No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using any dangerous ordnance, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions: "(1) To secure the dangerous ordnance against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or…”
Bilicic v. Brake, 581 N.E.2d 586 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1989). “The appellants go on to state that: “Ohio also has a statute requiring owners and possessers [sic] of dangerous ordinances [sic ] to take specific precautions to insure that said weapons do not fall into the hands of juveniles (R.C. 2923.19).” R.C. 2923.21 does not contain…”
State v. Skaggs, 646 N.E.2d 190 (Ohio Ct. App. 11th Dist. 1994). · cites it 3× “This construction is supported by a reading of R.C. 2923.19, which provides: “(A) No person, * * * possessing * * * any dangerous ordnance, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions: “(1) To secure the dangerous ordnance against * * * its acquisition or use by any…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.