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Ohio Revised Code Title XXIX. Crimes Procedure § 2950.042

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(A) By January 1, 2008, the department of rehabilitation and correction, the adult parole authority, and the department of youth services shall adopt rules to require parole officers to verify within three days of an offender's or delinquent child's release that the offender or delinquent child has registered as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 2950.04 of the Revised Code or in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 2950.041 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable.

(B) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall provide notice of an offender's impending release as soon as practicable to the sheriff of the county in which the offender is to be released if all of the following apply:

(1) The offender is under the supervision of the adult parole authority.

(2) The offender has a duty to register imposed pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code.

(3) The offender had been placed into a halfway house in a county that was not the county in which the offender was originally confined or the county of the offender's residence.

(4) The offender will be returned to the county in which the offender had been originally confined or the county of the offender's residence upon release.

(5) The offender does not have a fixed residence address.

(6) The sheriff of the county in which the offender is to be released has opted in to notification for qualifying releases.

(C) The department of rehabilitation and correction shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that specify how a sheriff may opt in to notification under division (B) of this section for qualifying releases and how the department will provide each sheriff with information about requesting such a notice.

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