Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 3795.04 (2026)

Assisted suicide

✓ current as of May 2026
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(A) Except as provided in section 3795.03 of the Revised Code, no person shall knowingly cause another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide by doing either of the following:

(1) Providing the physical means by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide;

(2) Participating in a physical act by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide.

(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of assisting suicide, a felony of the third degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2025 · leading case: State v. Pribble (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 4808 (Ohio 2019).
State v. Pribble (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 4808 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 2× “470 added assisting suicide, R.C. 3795.04, to the offenses listed in R.”
Moe v. Yost, 2025 Ohio 914 (Ohio Ct. App. 2025). “02; R.C. 3795.04; R.C. 4731.22(B)(36); R.C. 4730.”
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