2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2905.05. Criminal child enticement.

§ 2905.05. Criminal child enticement.
 

(A)  No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under fourteen years of age to accompany the person in any manner, including entering into any vehicle or onto any vessel, whether or not the offender knows the age of the child, if both of the following apply: 

(1) The actor does not have the express or implied permission of the parent, guardian, or other legal custodian of the child in undertaking the activity. 

(2) The actor is not a law enforcement officer, medic, firefighter, or other person who regularly provides emergency services, and is not an employee or agent of, or a volunteer acting under the direction of, any board of education, or the actor is any of such persons, but, at the time the actor undertakes the activity, the actor is not acting within the scope of the actor's lawful duties in that capacity. 

(B)  It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (A) of this section that the actor undertook the activity in response to a bona fide emergency situation or that the actor undertook the activity in a reasonable belief that it was necessary to preserve the health, safety, or welfare of the child. 

(C)  Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal child enticement, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.12Å of the Revised Code, or section 2905.01 or 2907.05 of the Revised Code when the victim of that prior offense was under seventeen years of age at the time of the offense, criminal child enticement is a felony of the fifth degree. 

(D)  As used in this section: 

(1) "Vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. 

(2) "Vessel" has the same meaning as in section 1547.01 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 140 v S 321 (Eff 4-9-85); 146 v S 2 (Eff 7-1-96); 148 v S 312. Eff 4-9-2001; 150 v S 160, § 1, eff. 4-11-05.
 

Å Division (C), RC § 2907.12 repealed 9-3-96, but see RC § 2907.01(A). 
 

Not analogous to former RC § 2905.05 (GC § 13444-24; 113 v 123(191), ch 23, § 24; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53), repealed 134 v H 511, § 2, eff 1-1-74.

The effective date is set by section 6 of SB 2. 

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v S 160, effective April 11, 2005, in the introductory language of (A), substituted "or onto any vessel" for "as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code"; and added (D).