Effective: September 30, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No person, knowing the person has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface, or mutilate any writing, computer software, data, or record;
(2) Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been tampered with as provided in division (A)(1) of this section.
(B)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records.
(2) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, if the offense does not involve data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) If division (B)(2)(b) of this section does not apply, a misdemeanor of the first degree;
(b) If the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense, a felony of the fifth degree.
(3) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, if the offense involves a violation of division (A) of this section involving data or computer software, tampering with records is whichever of the following is applicable:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3)(b), (c), or (d) of this section, a misdemeanor of the first degree;
(b) If the value of the data or computer software involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is one thousand dollars or more and is less than seven thousand five hundred dollars, a felony of the fifth degree;
(c) If the value of the data or computer software involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more and is less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, a felony of the fourth degree;
(d) If the value of the data or computer software involved in the offense or the loss to the victim is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more or if the offense is committed for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services and the value of the property or services or the loss to the victim is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more, a felony of the third degree.
(4) If the writing, data, computer software, or record is kept by or belongs to a local, state, or federal governmental entity, a felony of the third degree.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2913 | Theft and Fraud
Section 2913.01 | Theft and Fraud General Definitions.
Section 2913.03 | Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle.
Section 2913.04 | Unauthorized Use of Property - Computer, Cable, or Telecommunication Property.
Section 2913.041 | Possession or Sale of Unauthorized Cable Television Device.
Section 2913.05 | Telecommunications Fraud.
Section 2913.06 | Unlawful Use of Telecommunications Device.
Section 2913.07 | Motion Picture Piracy.
Section 2913.11 | Passing Bad Checks.
Section 2913.21 | Misuse of Credit Cards.
Section 2913.30 | Counterfeiting.
Section 2913.32 | Criminal Simulation.
Section 2913.33 | Making or Using Slugs.
Section 2913.34 | Trademark Counterfeiting.
Section 2913.40 | Medicaid Fraud.
Section 2913.401 | Medicaid Eligibility Fraud.
Section 2913.41 | Defrauding a Rental Agency or Hostelry.
Section 2913.42 | Tampering With Records.
Section 2913.43 | Securing Writings by Deception.
Section 2913.44 | Personating an Officer.
Section 2913.441 | Unlawful Display of Law Enforcement Emblem.
Section 2913.45 | Defrauding Creditors.
Section 2913.46 | Illegal Use of Food Stamps or Wic Program Benefits.
Section 2913.47 | Insurance Fraud.
Section 2913.48 | Workers' Compensation Fraud.
Section 2913.49 | Identity Fraud.
Section 2913.51 | Receiving Stolen Property.
Section 2913.61 | Finding of Value of Stolen Property as Part of Verdict.
Section 2913.71 | Felony of Fifth Degree Regardless of the Value of the Property.
Section 2913.72 | Evidence of an Intent to Commit Theft of Rented Property.
Section 2913.73 | Evidence That Victim Lacked Capacity to Give Consent.