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Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.12 (2026)

Reception facilities for convicted felons

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Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 130 - 127th General Assembly
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Unless the execution of sentence is suspended or the convicted felon has less than thirty days to serve in prison and the department of rehabilitation and correction, the county sheriff, and the court agree otherwise, a convicted felon who is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a state correctional institution shall be conveyed, within five days after sentencing, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, by the sheriff of the county in which the conviction was had to the facility that is designated by the department of rehabilitation and correction for the reception of convicted felons. The sheriff shall deliver the convicted felon into the custody of the managing officer of the reception facility and, at that time, unless the department and the sheriff have agreed to electronically processed prisoner commitment, shall present the managing officer with a copy of the convicted felon's sentence that clearly describes each offense for which the felon was sentenced to a correctional institution, designates each section of the Revised Code that the felon violated and that resulted in the felon's conviction and sentence to a correctional institution, designates the sentence imposed for each offense for which the felon was sentenced to a correctional institution, and, pursuant to section 2967.191 of the Revised Code, specifies the total number of days, if any, that the felon was confined for any reason prior to conviction and sentence. The sheriff, at that time, also shall present the managing officer with a copy of the indictment. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall furnish the copies of the sentence and indictment. In the case of a person under the age of eighteen years who is certified to the court of common pleas by the juvenile court, the clerk of the court of common pleas also shall attach a copy of the certification to the copy of the indictment.

The convicted felon shall be assigned to an institution or designated to be housed in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, if authorized pursuant to section 5120.161 of the Revised Code, shall be conveyed to the institution, jail, or workhouse, and shall be kept within the institution, jail, or workhouse until the term of the felon's imprisonment expires, the felon is pardoned, paroled, or placed under a post-release control sanction, or the felon is transferred under laws permitting the transfer of prisoners. If the execution of the felon's sentence is suspended, and the judgment thereafter affirmed, the felon shall be conveyed, in the same manner as if the execution of the felon's sentence had not been suspended, to the reception facility as soon as practicable after the judge directs the execution of sentence. The trial judge or other judge of the court, in the judge's discretion and for good cause shown, may extend the time of the conveyance.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 43 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Jonathan Jones v. Hamilton Cty. Sheriff, 838 F.3d 782 (6th Cir. 2016).
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Jonathan Jones v. Hamilton Cty. Sheriff, 838 F.3d 782 (6th Cir. 2016). · cites it 3× “We therefore look to Ohio law to determine whether “sheriffs,, when executing their duties” under Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.12 “represent the State” of Ohio.”
State, Ex Rel. Corder v. Wilson, 589 N.E.2d 113 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “In addition, R.C. 2949.12 provides that: “ * * * [A] convicted felon who is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution shall be conveyed * * * by the sheriff * * * to the facility that is designated by the department of rehabilitation and correction *…”
State v. Gregory, 670 N.E.2d 547 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “12 states that: *268 “The sheriff shall deliver the convicted felon into the custody of the managing officer of the reception facility, and at that time, shall present the managing officer with a copy of the convicted felon’s sentence that clearly * * * specifies the total…”
Corder v. Ohio Dep't of Rehab. & Corr., 640 N.E.2d 879 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “In addition, R.C. 2949.12 provides that: “ ‘ * * * [A] convicted felon who is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution shall be conveyed * * * by the sheriff * * * to the facility that is designated by the department of rehabilitation and correction…”
State v. Vaughn, 667 N.E.2d 82 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “R.C. 2949.12 governs the period within which a defendant who has been convicted of a felony must be conveyed to prison and provides in part as follows: “Unless the execution of sentence is suspended, a convicted felon who is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a state…”
State v. Williams, 2018 Ohio 1297 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “See R.C. 2949.12; Ohio Adm.Code 5120-2-04(B).”
State v. White, 2016 Ohio 5878 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Further, R.C. 2949.12 provides that upon the conveyance of a convicted felon to a state correctional facility, the institution is provided with a copy of the convicted felon's sentence that clearly describes each offense for which the felon was sentenced to a correctional…”
State v. Daniels, 2013 Ohio 358 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). “” R.C. 2949.12. “[The] information is required to be included within the sentence itself.”
State v. Smith, 593 N.E.2d 402 (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). “See R.C. 2949.12. Accordingly, the trial court had a duty to credit the appropriate jail time against appellant’s sentence.”
Jones v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2016 Ohio 5425 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “{¶ 17} Pursuant to R.C. 2949.12, a convicted felon "shall be kept within the institution, jail, or workhouse until the term of the felon's imprisonment expires, the felon is pardoned, paroled, or placed under a post-release control sanction, or the felon is transferred under…”
McIntyre v. Hooks (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 3529 (Ohio 2020). “3 {¶ 20} In short, McIntyre was ostensibly ordered on September 9, 1991, to serve an aggregate prison sentence of 22 to 46 years and was presumably delivered into the custody of the designated state correctional institution at that time pursuant to R.C. 2949.12. But McIntyre did…”
State v. Collier, 920 N.E.2d 416 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009). “12 (addressing the calculation of time, conveyance, and incarceration assignments of convict *254 ed felons and providing that a prisoner’s sentencing judgment should reflect “the total number of days, if any, that the felon was confined for any reason prior to conviction and…”
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