This page is the directory for the rest of the Ohio guide. It lists the sections of the Ohio Revised Code that the other pages quote, each one linked...
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This page is the directory for the rest of the Ohio guide. It lists the sections of the Ohio Revised Code that the other pages quote, each one linked to the state's own page for that section, and it lists the state and county pages that publish Ohio concealed carry material. Read the linked page yourself before you rely on what any guide, ours included, says about it.
Each row links to the page the state publishes for that section at codes.ohio.gov.
| Statute | What it sets |
|---|---|
| R.C. 2923.11(N)(1) | Names the license a concealed handgun license, or a license to carry a concealed handgun |
| R.C. 2923.111(B)(1) | A qualifying adult may carry a concealed handgun that is not a restricted firearm without a license |
| R.C. 2923.12(A) | Carrying concealed weapons is knowingly carrying or having a deadly weapon, a handgun or a dangerous ordnance concealed on the person or concealed ready at hand |
| R.C. 2923.125(B) | The application goes to the sheriff of the county where the applicant lives, the county where an applicant from another state is employed in Ohio, or any adjacent county |
| R.C. 2923.126(D) | A holder of a recognized out-of-state license has the same right to carry, and the same restrictions, as an Ohio licensee |
| R.C. 2923.128(A)(1) | A temporary protection order suspends the license from the date the order issues until the court terminates it |
| R.C. 2923.13(B) | Having weapons while under disability is a felony of the third degree |
| R.C. 2923.16(C) | A person outside the license exemption may carry a firearm in a motor vehicle only unloaded and stowed the way the section lists |
| R.C. 2923.17(D) | Unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance is a felony of the fifth degree |
| R.C. 2923.18(F) | A dangerous ordnance license holder may use the ordnance anywhere in the state, and a temporary permit holder only within the issuing authority's territorial jurisdiction |
| R.C. 2923.19(A) | We found no Ohio duty here to secure an ordinary firearm, only a duty to take proper precautions to secure dangerous ordnance |
| R.C. 2923.20(A)(7) | A person must report the loss or theft of a firearm or dangerous ordnance to law enforcement forthwith |
| R.C. 2923.25 | A federally licensed firearms dealer must offer the buyer a lock appropriate to the firearm for sale at the time of the sale |
| R.C. 2923.26(B) | An owner, or a person the owner authorizes, may store a firearm with a federally licensed firearms dealer or a law enforcement agency |
| R.C. 2901.05(B)(1) | Once the evidence tends to support self-defense, defense of another or defense of residence, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused did not act in that defense |
| R.C. 2901.09(B) | A person lawfully present has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another or defense of residence |
| R.C. 9.68(A) | Ohio preempts local regulation of firearms, their components, ammunition and knives, and a conflicting local ordinance is void |
A course offered under the competency route at R.C. 2923.125(B)(3)(b) must use qualified instructors certified by a national gun advocacy organization, by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, or by a governmental official or entity of another state. The commission's academy publishes its course catalog.
The attorney general must publish each determination that another state's license is substantially comparable, in the same manner that written reciprocity agreements are published, under R.C. 109.69(C). These are the Attorney General pages this guide read.
These are among the county and state pages this guide read.
A sheriff's page tells you what that office wants from an applicant. The statute pages above tell you what the law says. When the two read differently, ask the sheriff's office and read the statute page yourself.
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