Effective: June 30, 1999
Latest Legislation: House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) If a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of an offense escapes from a jail or workhouse of a municipal corporation or otherwise escapes from the custody of a municipal corporation, the chief of police or other chief law enforcement officer of that municipal corporation immediately after the escape shall report the escape, by telephone and in writing, to all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the place where the person escaped from custody, to the state highway patrol, to the department of rehabilitation and correction if the escaped person is a prisoner under the custody of the department who is in the jail or workhouse, to the prosecuting attorney of the county, and to a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which part of the municipal corporation is located. The written notice may be by either facsimile transmission or mail. A failure to comply with this requirement is a violation of section 2921.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the apprehension of the escaped person, the chief law enforcement officer shall give notice of the apprehension of the escaped person by telephone and in writing to the persons notified under division (A) of this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Chapter 753 | Reformatory Institutions
Section 753.02 | Sustaining Persons Sentenced to or Confined in Prison.
Section 753.021 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Prison Inmates.
Section 753.03 | Disposition of Prisoners Sentenced for Misdemeanors.
Section 753.04 | Commitment to Workhouse.
Section 753.041 | Submitting Health Insurance Claims for Workhouse Inmates.
Section 753.05 | Employment of Prisoners.
Section 753.06 | Qualified Immunity for Injuries to Work Detail Prisoners.
Section 753.08 | Prompt Commitment - Fees.
Section 753.10 | Parole of Inmates.
Section 753.11 | Violation of Parole.
Section 753.13 | Joint Municipal and County Workhouse.
Section 753.14 | Withdrawal From Support and Maintenance of Joint Workhouse.
Section 753.15 | Workhouses - Management by Joint Board - Privatization.
Section 753.161 | Receiving Prisoners From Out of County or From State.
Section 753.17 | Officers to Have Police Powers.
Section 753.18 | Religious Services in City Jail or Workhouse.
Section 753.21 | Minimum Security Jails.
Section 753.22 | Commissary - Fund.
Section 753.32 | Improper Internet Access - Municipal Facilities.
Section 753.33 | Contracts for Random Drug Testing of Municipal Prisoners.