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Ohio Rev. Code § 2963.11 (2026)

Fugitives from justice

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Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly
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When, on the oath of a credible person before any judge or magistrate of this state, any person within this state is charged with the commission of any crime in any other state and with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of the person's bail or parole or violated the conditions of a community control sanction or post-release control sanction, or whenever complaint has been made before any judge or magistrate in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in the other state and that the accused has been charged in that state with the commission of the crime, and has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge or magistrate shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer, commanding the peace officer to apprehend the person named in the warrant, wherever the person may be found in this state, and to bring the person before the same or any other judge, magistrate, or court that may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.

This section does not apply to cases arising under section 2963.06 of the Revised Code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1959–2016 · leading case: State v. Haynes, 456 N.E.2d 1279 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982).
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State v. Haynes, 456 N.E.2d 1279 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 4× “When so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest, as provided in section 2963.11 of the Revised Code. Thereafter his answer shall be heard…”
Cuyahoga Cnty. Hosp. v. City of Cleveland, 472 N.E.2d 757 (Ohio Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “The Cleveland Police arrested the fugitive under the authority of R.C. 2963.11, which allows for warrants to be issued for the arrest of those “fle[eing] from justice.”
State v. Adkins, 610 N.E.2d 1143 (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “The Wayne County, Ohio Sheriff’s Department arrested Adkins in Wayne County and charged him with being a fugitive from justice pursuant to R.C. 2963.11. An extradition hearing was set for August 15, but because the extradition documents had not arrived, the hearing was continued…”
State v. Scahel, 2016 Ohio 18 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “See R.C. 2963.11. {¶23} In Boso, the Fourth District succinctly set forth the procedure when a foreign state arrests an individual: Basically, the statutes provide that when a complaint is made before a judge in a foreign state, stating that a crime has been committed in another…”
State v. Dickey, 599 N.E.2d 763 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). “11(A)(5) and being a fugitive from justice in violation of R.C. 2963.11. According to the complaint, "appellant had charges outstanding in Indiana for reckless homicide and aggravated battery.”
Harris v. Sweeney, 170 Ohio St. (N.S.) 151 (Ohio 1959). · cites it 2× “By specific provision of Section 2963.11, Revised Code, the fugitive section of the act does not apply to cases arising under Section 2963.”
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