Ohio's Sexual Offender Registration Notification Law (SORN)
Background
On July 27, 2006, President Bush signed into law a bill known as the Adam Walsh Act. States must comply with this federal legislation by July 27, 2009, or risk losing 10% of a federal law enforcement grant. The Ohio General Assembly chose to implement the Adam Walsh Act this year, and passed Senate Bill 10 and Senate Bill 97 in an effort to comply with the federal legislation.
New tier structure
The Adam Walsh Act and Ohio Senate Bill 10 organize sex offender classification into three Tiers. Classification is based solely on the offense of conviction; a person’s likelihood to reoffend will no longer be considered.
Registration and verification duties:
Tier I : registration duties last 15 years for adults, 10 years for juveniles; in-person verification at the county sheriff’s office is required annually.
Tier II : registration duties last 25 years for adults, 20 years for juveniles; in-person verification is required every 180 days.
Tier III : registration duties last a lifetime for adults and for juveniles; in-person verification is required every 90 days.
Ohio Revised Code Sections 2950.02 and 2950.11 Bill Analysis Summary for Senate Bills 10 & SB97
OHIO OFFENSE TIERS
* Any law from another jurisdiction that is comparable to these offenses shall fall within that same tier. ** This offense should be removed in future. Created by the Special Prosecutions Section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office Revised 8-29-07
Ohio Revised Code Sections
TIER 1
1. 2907.07 Importuning
2. 2907.04 Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor, non-consensual and offender less than 4 years older than victim, not previously convicted of 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04, or former 2907.12 (FSP)**
3. 2907.08 Voyeurism
4. 2907.06 Sexual Imposition
5. 2907.05 (A)(1)-(3), (5) Gross Sexual Imposition
6. 2907.323 (A)(3) Illegal Use of a Minor in Nudity-oriented Material or Performance
7. 2905.05 (B) Child Enticement with sexual motivation {new under SB 10}
8. 2907.32 Pandering Obscenity
9. 2903.211 (A)(3) Menacing by Stalking with sexual motivation {new under SB10}
10. 2905.03(B) Unlawful Restraint with sexual motivation {new under SB 10}
11. Includes an attempt, complicity or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses
12. Child-victim offender not in Tier II or III.
TIER 2
1. 2907.21 Compelling Prostitution
2. 2907.321 Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor
3. 2907.322 Pandering Sexually Oriented Material Involving a Minor
4. 2907.323 (A)(1) and (2) Illegal Use of a Minor in Nudity-oriented Material or Performance
5. 2907.04 when offender is at least 4 years older; or when the offender is less than 4 years older and has prior conviction for 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, or former 2907.12 (FSP)
6. 2907.05 (A)(4) Gross Sexual Imposition victim under 13
7. 2919.22 (B)(5) Child Endangering
8. 2905.01 (A)(1)-(3), (5) Kidnapping with sexual Motivation
9. 2905.01 (A)(4) Kidnapping victim over 18
10. 2905.02 (B) Abduction with sexual motivation {new under SB 10}
11. Any sexual offense that occurs after the offender has been classified as a Tier I offender.
12. Includes an attempt, complicity or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses
13. Pre-AWA Habitual offenders, unless re-classified after hearing under ORC 2950.031 or 2950.032
TIER 3
1. 2907.02 Rape
2. 2907.03 Sexual Battery
3. 2903.01 Agg. Murder with sexual motivation
4. 2903.02 Murder with sexual motivation
5. 2903.04(A) Unlawful Death or termination of pregnancy as a result of committing or attempt to commit a felony with sexual motivation
6. 2905.01 (A)(4) Kidnapping of minor to engage in sexual activity
7. 2905.01 (B) Kidnapping of minor, not by parent
8. 2907.05 (B) {New section of GSI)
9. 2903.11 Felonious Assault with sexual motivation
10. Pre-AWA predators unless re-classified after hearing under ORC 2950.031 or 2950.032
11. Any sexual offense that occurs after the offender is classified as a Tier II or III offender.
12. Automatic classification after SVP specification 2971.03
14. Includes an attempt, complicity or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses
A violation of any former Ohio Law that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed above, including felonious sexual penetration.
An offense under an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the federal government, or a violation under the law applicable in military court that is substantially equivalent to any offense above.
An attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or complicity in committing any of the offenses listed above.