(A) No person who is the owner, operator, or person in charge of a locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle, as defined in division (A) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, shall knowingly permit the vehicle to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense.
(B) No person who is the owner, lessee, or occupant, or who has custody, control, or supervision, of premises or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit the premises or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense by another person.
(C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of permitting drug abuse.
(2) Except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section, permitting drug abuse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3) Permitting drug abuse is a felony of the fifth degree, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender, if either of the following applies:
(a) The felony drug abuse offense in question is a violation of section 2925.02, 2925.03, or 2925.04 of the Revised Code.
(b) The felony drug abuse offense in question is a violation of section 2925.041 of the Revised Code and the offender had actual knowledge, at the time the offender permitted the vehicle, premises, or real estate to be used as described in division (A) or (B) of this section, that the person who assembled or possessed the chemicals in question in violation of section 2925.041 of the Revised Code had assembled or possessed them with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance in schedule I or II in violation of section 2925.04 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) If the offender is a professionally licensed person, in addition to any other sanction imposed for a violation of this section, the court immediately shall comply with section 2925.38 of the Revised Code.
If the offender has a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, section 2929.33 of the Revised Code applies.
(2) Any offender who received a mandatory suspension of the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit under this section prior to September 13, 2016, may file a motion with the sentencing court requesting the termination of the suspension. However, an offender who pleaded guilty to or was convicted of a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance or law of another state or the United States that arose out of the same set of circumstances as the violation for which the offender's license or permit was suspended under this section shall not file such a motion.
Upon the filing of a motion under division (D)(2) of this section, the sentencing court, in its discretion, may terminate the suspension.
(E) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 3719.21 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall pay a fine imposed for a violation of this section pursuant to division (A) of section 2929.18 of the Revised Code in accordance with and subject to the requirements of division (F) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The agency that receives the fine shall use the fine as specified in division (F) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code.
(F) Any premises or real estate that is permitted to be used in violation of division (B) of this section constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Chapter 3767. of the Revised Code.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 114
cases (24 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: State v. Mateo, 565 N.E.2d 590 (Ohio 1991).
State v. Mateo, 565 N.E.2d 590 (Ohio 1991). · cites it 14דAppellee was indicted in count three with a violation of R.C. 2925.13, which, at the time pertinent herein, provided in part: “(A) No person, being the owner, operator, or person in charge of a locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicles as defined in division (A) of…”
State v. Liles, 2015 Ohio 3093 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 7ד03(A)(1), (C)(4)(c), a felony of the fourth degree; Count Two: Permitting Drug Abuse, with a vehicle forfeiture specification, in violation of R.C. 2925.13(A), a felony of the fifth degree; Count Three: Trafficking in Cocaine, with a vehicle forfeiture specification, in…”
State v. Nievas, 700 N.E.2d 339 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 6ד03, one count of permitting drug abuse, in violation of R.C. 2925.13, and one count of possessing criminal tools (pagers, money and a 1975 Toyota), in violation of R.”
State v. Shimits, 461 N.E.2d 1278 (Ohio 1984). · cites it 9ד13, to order an “equitable distribution” of the proceeds generated by the disposition of a vehicle seized *87 pursuant to R.C. 2925.13 once the court has declared the vehicle “forfeited.”
State v. Schatzinger, 2021 Ohio 167 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4ד11(A), a felony of the fifth degree; and one count of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B), a felony of the fifth degree.”
State v. Eafford, 2012 Ohio 2224 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 2ד{¶ 4} A grand jury indicted Eafford on charges of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B); possession of “cocaine or a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance containing cocaine in an amount of less than 5 grams” in violation of R.”
State v. Barr, 620 N.E.2d 242 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2ד03(A)(4), one count of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13, and one count of possession of criminal tools in violation of R.”
State v. Hayes, 2019 Ohio 1629 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2דR.C. 2925.13 provides, in relevant part, (B) No person who is the owner, lessee, or occupant, or who has custody, control, or supervision, of premises or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit the premises or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for…”
State v. Cola, 602 N.E.2d 730 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3ד03(A)(4) and R.C. 2925.13(A). The former statute provides that no person shall knowingly “[pjossess a controlled substance in an amount equal to or exceeding the bulk amount.”
State v. Velez, 596 N.E.2d 545 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 3דThe testimony of these witnesses, if believed by the jury, is sufficient to support a conviction of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13. Appellant’s second assignment of error is overruled.”
State v. Watkins, 2018 Ohio 4722 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5ד12-18-08 Two, Permitting Drug Abuse, in violation of R.C. 2925.13(A), a felony of the fifth degree.”
State v. Norris, 2015 Ohio 5180 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3ד11(A), a felony of the second degree; Count V—Permitting Drug Abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B), a felony of the fifth degree; Counts VI, VII, and VIII—Endangering Children in violation of R.”
State v. Liles, 2015 Ohio 3093 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “03(A)(1), (C)(4)(c), a felony of the fourth degree; Count Two: Permitting Drug Abuse, with a vehicle forfeiture specification, in violation of R.C. 2925.13(A), a felony of the fifth degree; Count Three: Trafficking in Cocaine, with a vehicle forfeiture specification, in…”
State v. Shimits, 461 N.E.2d 1278 (Ohio 1984). “13, to order an “equitable distribution” of the proceeds generated by the disposition of a vehicle seized *87 pursuant to R.C. 2925.13 once the court has declared the vehicle “forfeited.”
State v. Cola, 602 N.E.2d 730 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). “03(A)(4) and R.C. 2925.13(A). The former statute provides that no person shall knowingly “[pjossess a controlled substance in an amount equal to or exceeding the bulk amount.”
State v. Watkins, 2018 Ohio 4722 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “12-18-08 Two, Permitting Drug Abuse, in violation of R.C. 2925.13(A), a felony of the fifth degree.”
State v. Schatzinger, 2021 Ohio 167 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “11(A), a felony of the fifth degree; and one count of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B), a felony of the fifth degree.”
State v. Eafford, 2012 Ohio 2224 (Ohio 2012). “{¶ 4} A grand jury indicted Eafford on charges of permitting drug abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B); possession of “cocaine or a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance containing cocaine in an amount of less than 5 grams” in violation of R.”
State v. Norris, 2015 Ohio 5180 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). “11(A), a felony of the second degree; Count V—Permitting Drug Abuse in violation of R.C. 2925.13(B), a felony of the fifth degree; Counts VI, VII, and VIII—Endangering Children in violation of R.”
State v. Hayes, 2019 Ohio 1629 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “R.C. 2925.13 provides, in relevant part, (B) No person who is the owner, lessee, or occupant, or who has custody, control, or supervision, of premises or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit the premises or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for…”
State v. Shimits, 461 N.E.2d 1278 (Ohio 1984). “13, to order an “equitable distribution” of the proceeds generated by the disposition of a vehicle seized *87 pursuant to R.C. 2925.13 once the court has declared the vehicle “forfeited.”
State v. Mateo, 565 N.E.2d 590 (Ohio 1991). “Appellee was indicted in count three with a violation of R.C. 2925.13, which, at the time pertinent herein, provided in part: “(A) No person, being the owner, operator, or person in charge of a locomotive, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicles as defined in division (A) of…”
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