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Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.43 (2026)

Property used or occupied by a criminal gang

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Effective:
January 1, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 122nd General Assembly
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Any building, premises, or real estate, including vacant land, that is used or occupied by a criminal gang on more than two occasions within a one-year period to engage in a pattern of criminal gang activity constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to sections 3767.01 to 3767.11 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–2002 · leading case: State v. Bennett, 782 N.E.2d 101 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist. 2002).
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State v. Bennett, 782 N.E.2d 101 (Ohio Ct. App. 1st Dist. 2002). “Code Ann. 97-44-3; Mo.Ann.Slat. 578.421 to 578.”
Hammond v. Brown, 323 F. Supp. 326 (N.D. Ohio 1971). · cites it 2× “Six persons, including two plaintiffs, are indicted for the offense of interfering with firemen at scene of a fire, a misdemeanor (Ohio Rev.Code § 2923.43). One person, a plaintiff, is indicted for the offense of throwing stones at another, a misdemeanor (Ohio Rev.”
State v. Perry, 278 N.E.2d 50 (Ohio Ct. App. 4th Dist. 1972). · cites it 4× “Ohio Revised Code, Section 2923.43 is invalid in that it violates Article I of the Ohio Constitution and the due process clause of the Four- ! couth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
Rose v. Mayfield, 486 N.E.2d 197 (Ohio Ct. App. 8th Dist. 1984). “43 or any other statute, the assailant must negative every reasonable, conceivable basis which might support the statute attacked, and point out the particular provision that has been violated and the ground on which it has been violated. Its invalidity must be made to appear…”
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