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Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless otherwise defined in any section in this chapter:

(A) "Criminal offense" means an alleged act or omission committed by a person that is punishable by incarceration and is not eligible to be disposed of by the traffic violations bureau.

(B) "Custodial agency" means one of the following:

(1) The entity that has custody of a defendant or an alleged juvenile offender who is incarcerated for a criminal offense, is under detention for the commission of a delinquent act, or who is detained after a finding of incompetence to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity relative to a criminal offense, including any of the following:

(a) The department of rehabilitation and correction or the adult parole authority;

(b) A county sheriff;

(c) The entity that administers a jail, as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code;

(d) The entity that administers a community-based correctional facility and program or a district community-based correctional facility and program;

(e) The department of mental health and addiction services or other entity to which a defendant found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity is committed.

(2) The entity that has custody of an alleged juvenile offender pursuant to an order of disposition of a juvenile court, including the department of youth services or a school, camp, institution, or other facility operated for the care of delinquent children.

(C) "Defendant" means a person who is alleged to be the perpetrator of a criminal offense in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a criminal offense and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution and subsequent proceedings to which this chapter makes reference.

(D) "Member of the victim's family" means a spouse, child, stepchild, sibling, parent, stepparent, grandparent, or other relative of a victim but does not include a person who is charged with, convicted of, or adjudicated to be a delinquent child for the criminal offense or delinquent act against the victim or another criminal offense or delinquent act arising from the same conduct, criminal episode, or plan.

(E) "Prosecutor" means one of the following:

(1) With respect to a criminal case, it has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code and also includes the attorney general and, when appropriate, the employees of any person listed in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code or of the attorney general.

(2) With respect to a delinquency proceeding, it includes any person listed in division (C) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code or an employee of a person listed in that division who prosecutes a delinquency proceeding.

(F) "Public agency" means an office, agency, department, bureau, or other governmental entity of the state or of a political subdivision of the state.

(G) "Public official" has the same meaning as in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code.

(H) "Victim" has the same meaning as in Section 10a of Article I of the Ohio Constitution.

(I) "Victim's representative" means a member of the victim's family or another person who pursuant to the authority of section 2930.02 of the Revised Code exercises the rights of a victim under this chapter.

(J) "Court" means a court of common pleas, juvenile court, municipal court, or county court.

(K) "Delinquency proceeding" means all proceedings in a juvenile court that are related to a case in which a complaint has been filed alleging that a child is a delinquent child.

(L) "Case" means a delinquency proceeding and all related activity or a criminal prosecution and all related activity.

(M) The "defense" means the defense against criminal charges in a criminal prosecution or the defense against a delinquent child complaint in a delinquency proceeding.

(N) The "prosecution" means the prosecution of criminal charges in a criminal prosecution or the prosecution of a delinquent child complaint in a delinquency proceeding.

(O) "Delinquent act" means an alleged act committed by a child, regardless of whether the child is competent, that does any of the following and is not disposed of by the juvenile traffic violations bureau serving the court under Traffic Rule 13.1 or is not a minor misdemeanor juvenile traffic offense:

(1) Violates any law of this state or the United States, or any ordinance of a political subdivision of the state, that would be an offense if committed by an adult;

(2) Violates any lawful order of the court made under this chapter, including a child who violates a court order regarding the child's prior adjudication as an unruly child for being an habitual truant;

(3) Violates any lawful order of the court made under Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code other than an order issued under section 2151.87 of the Revised Code;

(4) Violates division (C) of section 2907.39, division (A) of section 2923.211, or division (C)(1) or (D) of section 2925.55 of the Revised Code.

(P)(1) "Alleged juvenile offender" means a child who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act in a police report or in a complaint in juvenile court that charges the commission of a delinquent act and that provides the basis for the delinquency proceeding and all subsequent proceedings to which this chapter makes reference.

(2) As used in divisions (O) and (P)(1) of this section, "child" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011 of the Revised Code.

(Q) "Motor vehicle accident" means any accident involving a motor vehicle.

(R) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4509.01 of the Revised Code.

(S) "Aircraft" has the same meaning as in section 4561.01 of the Revised Code.

(T) "Aquatic device" means any vessel, or any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device.

(U) "Vehicle," "streetcar," and "trackless trolley" have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

(V) "Vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, aquatic device, or aircraft accident" means any accident involving a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, aquatic device, or aircraft.

(W) "Vessel" has the same meaning as in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code.

(X) "Victim advocate" means a person employed or authorized by a public or private entity who provides support and assistance for a victim of a criminal offense or delinquent act in relation to criminal, civil, administrative, and delinquency cases or proceedings and recovery efforts related to the criminal offense or delinquent act.

(Y) "Victim's attorney" means an attorney retained by the victim for the purpose of asserting the victim's constitutional and statutory rights.

(Z) "Prosecutor's designee" means any person or entity designated by the prosecuting attorney but does not include a court or court employee.

(AA) "Suspect" means a person who is alleged to be the perpetrator of a criminal offense.

Last updated October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56 cases (16 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: State v. Cartwright, 2017 Ohio 7212 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017).
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State v. Cartwright, 2017 Ohio 7212 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 12× “Chapter 2930 governs victims' rights and the definitions set forth in R.C. 2930.01, including that of a "victim," are specific only to R.”
State v. Adams, 2019 Ohio 3597 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 8× “01(H)(1) defines “victim” as a “person who is identified as the victim of a crime or specified delinquent act in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution * * *.”
State v. Allen (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 4757 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 4× “Under R.C. 2930.01’s express terms, the definitions in the victim’s rights chapter are limited to that chapter and do not govern the provisions 5 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO in R.”
State v. Allen, 2018 Ohio 1529 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 5× “Chapter 2930, as R.C. 2930.01 specifies that the definitions apply to that chapter only.”
State v. Anthony, 2019 Ohio 5410 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “15 BE 0046, 2016-Ohio- 5193, ¶14 (“R.C. 2930.01's definition of ‘victim’ is specific only to that chapter of the revised code”).”
State v. Jones, 2020 Ohio 81 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 4× “18, this court has applied the definition of “victim” found in R.C. 2930.01(H)(1), which defines a “victim” as “[a] person who is identified as the victim of a crime * * * in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and…”
State v. Thornton, 2017 Ohio 4037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “{¶ 15} The victim of the offense is "[a] person who is identified as the victim of a crime * * * in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution * * *.”
State v. Condon, 789 N.E.2d 696 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “19(A), either the victim (as defined in R.C. 2930.01[H]) or the victim’s representative (as defined in R.”
State v. Burgett, 2019 Ohio 5348 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “{¶20} In Allen, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a bank was a victim (and not a third party) for purposes of ordering restitution where the bank cashed a forged check and then recredited the depositor’s account.”
State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward, 715 N.E.2d 1062 (Ohio 1999). “See R.C. 2930.01. . R.C. 2125.02,142 Ohio Laws, Part 1,1669,1670.”
Middleton v. Erie Ins., 2022 Ohio 2486 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “{¶ 13} The Ohio Victim's Rights statute provides crime victims with a number of rights applicable in criminal proceedings, such as the right to be notified of charges against a criminal defendant, the right to confer with prosecution, and the right to be present at proceedings.”
State v. Robinson, 828 N.E.2d 1050 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “rt shall consider the risk that the offender will commit another offense and the need for protecting the public from the risk; the nature and circumstances of the offense; the history, character, and condition of the offender and his need for correctional or rehabilitative…”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(A) — 3 cases
Middleton v. Erie Ins., 2022 Ohio 2486 (Ohio Ct. App. 2022). “{¶ 13} The Ohio Victim's Rights statute provides crime victims with a number of rights applicable in criminal proceedings, such as the right to be notified of charges against a criminal defendant, the right to confer with prosecution, and the right to be present at proceedings.”
State v. Joseph, 2014 Ohio 2733 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Rivera, 2024 Ohio 4530 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(A)(2) — 1 case
State v. Joseph, 2014 Ohio 2733 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(E) — 2 cases
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept., 2025 Ohio 5243 (Ohio 2025).
Pitts v. Heuberger, 2023 Ohio 2794 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(F) — 1 case
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept., 2025 Ohio 5243 (Ohio 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(H) — 17 cases
State v. Anthony, 2019 Ohio 5410 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “15 BE 0046, 2016-Ohio- 5193, ¶14 (“R.C. 2930.01's definition of ‘victim’ is specific only to that chapter of the revised code”).”
State v. Allen (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 4757 (Ohio 2019). “Under R.C. 2930.01’s express terms, the definitions in the victim’s rights chapter are limited to that chapter and do not govern the provisions 5 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO in R.”
State v. Adams, 2019 Ohio 3597 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “01(H)(1) defines “victim” as a “person who is identified as the victim of a crime or specified delinquent act in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution * * *.”
State v. Ritchie, 883 N.E.2d 1092 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007).
State v. Harris, 2020 Ohio 4600 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(H)(1) — 25 cases
State v. Cartwright, 2017 Ohio 7212 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “Chapter 2930 governs victims' rights and the definitions set forth in R.C. 2930.01, including that of a "victim," are specific only to R.”
State v. Adams, 2019 Ohio 3597 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “01(H)(1) defines “victim” as a “person who is identified as the victim of a crime or specified delinquent act in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution * * *.”
State v. Allen, 2018 Ohio 1529 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “Chapter 2930, as R.C. 2930.01 specifies that the definitions apply to that chapter only.”
State v. Jones, 2020 Ohio 81 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “18, this court has applied the definition of “victim” found in R.C. 2930.01(H)(1), which defines a “victim” as “[a] person who is identified as the victim of a crime * * * in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and…”
State v. Thornton, 2017 Ohio 4037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶ 15} The victim of the offense is "[a] person who is identified as the victim of a crime * * * in a police report or in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a crime and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution * * *.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(I) — 1 case
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept., 2025 Ohio 5243 (Ohio 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(K) — 1 case
In re T.A., 2025 Ohio 3079 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(L) — 2 cases
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept., 2025 Ohio 5243 (Ohio 2025).
Pitts v. Heuberger, 2023 Ohio 2794 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 2930.01(N) — 1 case
Pitts v. Heuberger, 2023 Ohio 2794 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023).
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