Ohio Revised Code

Juvenile

2151.27 Complaint involving child.

Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, any person having knowledge of a child who appears to have violated section 2151.87 of the Revised Code or to be a juvenile traffic offender or to be an unruly, abused, neglected, or dependent child may file a sworn complaint with respect to that child…

2151.271 Transfer to juvenile court of child’s residence.

Except in a case in which the child is alleged to be a serious youthful offender under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code, if the child resides in a county of the state and the proceeding is commenced in a juvenile court of another county, that court, on its own motion or a motion of a party…

2151.31 Taking child into custody.

A child may be taken into custody in any of the following ways:
Pursuant to an order of the court under this chapter or pursuant to an order of the court upon a motion filed pursuant to division (B) of section 2930.05 of the Revised Code…

2151.312 Facilities for holding unruly, neglected, abused or dependent child.

A child alleged to be or adjudicated an unruly child may be held only in the following places:
A certified family foster home or a home approved by the court…

2151.354 Orders of disposition of unruly child.

If the child is adjudicated an unruly child, the court may:
Make any of the dispositions authorized under section 2151.353 of the Revised Code…

2151.355 Sealing of juvenile court records – definitions.

As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code:

“Expunge” means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record’s physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable…

2151.356 Sealing of juvenile court records.

The records of a case in which a person was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2907.02 of the Revised Code shall not be sealed under this section…

2152.02 Delinquent children – juvenile traffic offender definitions.

As used in this chapter:

“Act charged” means the act that is identified in a complaint, indictment, or information alleging that a child is a delinquent child…

2152.021 Complaint of delinquency or juvenile traffic offender.

Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, any person having knowledge of a child who appears to be a juvenile traffic offender or to be a delinquent child may file a sworn complaint with respect to that child in the juvenile court…

2152.11 Dispositions for child adjudicated delinquent.

A child who is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult is eligible for a particular type of disposition under this section if the child was not transferred under section 2152.12 of the Revised Code…

2152.12 Transfer of cases.

After a complaint has been filed alleging that a child is a delinquent child for committing an act that would be aggravated murder, murder, attempted aggravated murder, or attempted murder if committed by an adult…

2152.13 Serious youthful dispositional sentence and serious youthful offender dispositional sentence.

A juvenile court shall impose a serious youthful dispositional sentence on a child when required under division (B)(3) of section 2152.121 of the Revised Code. In such a case, the remaining provisions of this division and divisions (B) and (C) do not apply to the child, and the court shall impose the mandatory serious youthful dispositional sentence…

2152.16 Committing delinquent child to youth services department for secure confinement.

If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, the juvenile court may commit the child to the legal custody of the department of youth services for secure confinement…

2152.17 Committing delinquent child to youth services department if guilty of specification.

Subject to division (D) of this section, if a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act, other than a violation of section 2923.12 of the Revised Code, that would be a felony if committed by an adult and if the court determines that, if the child was an adult, the child would be guilty of a specification of the type set forth in…

2152.20 Authorized dispositions for delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender.

If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender, the court may order any of the following dispositions, in addition to any other disposition authorized or required by this chapter:
Impose a fine in accordance with the following schedule…
For an act that would be a minor misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor if committed by an adult, a fine not to exceed fifty dollars…