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Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.281 (2026)

Restitution

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July 7, 2023
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Senate Bill 16 - 135th General Assembly
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(A) In determining the amount of restitution at the time of sentencing under this section, the court shall order full restitution for any expenses related to a victim's economic loss due to the criminal offense. The amount of restitution shall be reduced by any payments to the victim for economic loss made or due under a policy of insurance or governmental program.

Economic loss includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) Full or partial payment for the value of stolen or damaged property. The value of stolen or damaged property shall be the replacement cost of the property or the actual cost of repairing the property when repair is possible.

(2) Medical expenses;

(3) Mental health counseling expenses;

(4) Wages or profits lost due to injury or harm to the victim as determined by the court. Lost wages include commission income as well as base wages. Commission income shall be established by evidence of commission income during the twelve-month period prior to the date of the crime for which restitution is being ordered, unless good cause for a shorter time period is shown.

(5) Expenses related to making a vehicle or residence accessible to the victim if the victim is partially permanently disabled or totally permanently disabled as a direct result of the crime.

(B) Upon notification by the court, if provided, money owed by the state or by a political subdivision of the state to an offender who is required to make restitution under this section, including any tax refund owed to the offender, shall be assigned to the discharge of the offender's outstanding restitution obligation, subject to any superseding federal statutes or regulations, including court-ordered support obligations.

(C) If an offender is required to make restitution under this section in the form of monetary payments to more than one victim, the offender shall make the payments to the victims in the following order of priority:

(1) Individuals;

(2) Nonprofit organizations;

(3) Business entities;

(4) Governmental entities.

(D) A court that imposes restitution on an offender as part of the offender's sentence under this section shall not suspend that part of the offender's sentence if the victim or the victim's attorney, if applicable, objects to the suspension of the restitution part of the sentence.

(E) Pursuant to division (D) of section 2929.18 and division (E) of section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, a court order for restitution imposed under this section may be reduced to a certificate of judgment in favor of the victim. If the order is reduced to such a judgment, the person required to pay the restitution under the order is the judgment debtor.

(F) The supreme court shall create a standardized form to be made publicly available that provides guidance for victims and victims' representatives regarding the compilation of evidence to demonstrate losses for the purpose of this section.

(G) On the request of the victim, if a judge determines that, under the circumstances, it is appropriate and the victim has not been coerced, a victim may accept a settlement that is less than the full restitution order.

Last updated September 7, 2023 at 12:49 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 2024–2026 · leading case: State v. Dunn, 2026 Ohio 241 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
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State v. Dunn, 2026 Ohio 241 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “R.C. 2929.281(A)’s reductions for insurance payments {¶29} R.”
State v. Lang, 2024 Ohio 3157 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 3× “shall sentence the offender to make restitution pursuant to this section and [R.C. 2929.281]. . . . Financial sanctions .”
State v. Scott, 2024 Ohio 2274 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “343 addressed a victim’s constitutional right to restitution by creating R.C. 2929.281. But that statute has no application to this case because it took effect after Mr.”
State v. T.O., 2025 Ohio 15 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “” R.C. 2929.281. {¶ 13} When sentencing a defendant for a felony offense, before a trial court imposes a financial sanction, which includes restitution, the trial court “shall consider the offender’s present and future ability to pay the amount of the sanction or fine.”
State v. Langston, 2024 Ohio 5069 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “That order set forth that Langston pleaded guilty, his guilty plea was accepted by the trial court, he was 3R.C. 2929.281, effective July 7, 2023 provides in detail the types of damages now available in determining the amount of restitution at the time of sentencing.”
State v. Patterson, 2025 Ohio 4933 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 5× “If the court grants the motion, it may modify the payment terms as it determines appropriate but shall not reduce the amount of restitution ordered, except as provided in division (A) of section 2929.281 of the Revised Code. {¶12} Pursuant to this statute, at a time when the…”
State v. Haskett, 2024 Ohio 5933 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “1 At the time of the 1 Effective April 2023, R.C. 2929.281(A) provides, “In determining the amount of restitution at the time of sentencing under this section, the court shall order full restitution for any expenses related to a victim’s economic loss due to the criminal offense.”
State v. M.A.C., 2026 Ohio 1863 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 10× “281(A) requires restitution to be reduced by any payment made to the victim by a governmental fund, we note at the outset that R.C. 2929.281 was not in effect when the trial court initially imposed restitution or when it issued its August 2022 order terminating community control.”
State v. Penty, 2024 Ohio 5397 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “343 addressed a victim’s constitutional right to restitution by creating R.C. 2929.281. In relevant part, R.C. 2929.”
State v. Reynolds, 2026 Ohio 1397 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “28(A) and R.C. 2929.281. R.C. 2929.28(A). R.C. 2929.”
State v. Holden, 2025 Ohio 1481 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “18 and R.C. 2929.281. In deciding the amount of restitution, “the court shall order full restitution for any expenses related to a victim's economic loss due to the criminal offense.”
State v. Benjamin, 2025 Ohio 5544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “01(L); R.C. 2929.281(A)(1). “The value of stolen or damaged property shall be the replacement cost of the property or the actual cost of repairing the property when repair is possible.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.281(A) — 7 cases
State v. Dunn, 2026 Ohio 241 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). “R.C. 2929.281(A)’s reductions for insurance payments {¶29} R.”
State v. Lang, 2024 Ohio 3157 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “shall sentence the offender to make restitution pursuant to this section and [R.C. 2929.281]. . . . Financial sanctions .”
State v. Haskett, 2024 Ohio 5933 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024). “1 At the time of the 1 Effective April 2023, R.C. 2929.281(A) provides, “In determining the amount of restitution at the time of sentencing under this section, the court shall order full restitution for any expenses related to a victim’s economic loss due to the criminal offense.”
State v. Patterson, 2025 Ohio 4933 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “If the court grants the motion, it may modify the payment terms as it determines appropriate but shall not reduce the amount of restitution ordered, except as provided in division (A) of section 2929.281 of the Revised Code. {¶12} Pursuant to this statute, at a time when the…”
State v. M.A.C., 2026 Ohio 1863 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). “281(A) requires restitution to be reduced by any payment made to the victim by a governmental fund, we note at the outset that R.C. 2929.281 was not in effect when the trial court initially imposed restitution or when it issued its August 2022 order terminating community control.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.281(A)(1) — 1 case
State v. Benjamin, 2025 Ohio 5544 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “01(L); R.C. 2929.281(A)(1). “The value of stolen or damaged property shall be the replacement cost of the property or the actual cost of repairing the property when repair is possible.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.281(A)(2) — 1 case
State v. Reynolds, 2026 Ohio 1397 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026). “28(A) and R.C. 2929.281. R.C. 2929.28(A). R.C. 2929.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.281(E) — 1 case
State v. Kettering, 2025 Ohio 54 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
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