Ohio

TITLE XXIX [29] CRIMES--PROCEDURE CHAPTER 2913: THEFT AND FRAUD

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

2913.81 Denying access to a computer.

      (A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly deny or cause the denial of a computer

          system or computer services to an authorized user of a computer system or computer services that, in

          whole or in part, are owned by, under contract to, operated for, or operated in conjunction with another

          person.



      (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of denying access to a computer, a felony of the fourth

          degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a theft offense, denying access to a computer is

          a felony of the third degree. 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 one hundred thousand dollars or more, denying access to a computer is a felony of the second

          degree.

2913.04 Unauthorized use of property.

      (A) No person shall knowingly use or operate the property of another without the consent of the

          owner or person authorized to give consent.



      (B) No person shall knowingly gain access to, attempt to gain access to, or cause access to be

          gained to any computer, computer system, or computer network without the consent of, or beyond the

          scope of the express or implied consent of, the owner of the computer, computer system, or computer

          network or other person authorized to give consent by the owner.



      (C) The affirmative defenses contained in division (C) of section 2913.03 of the Revised Code are

          affirmative defenses to a charge under this section.



      (D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unauthorized use of property. If the offense involves

          a violation of division (A) of this section and does not involve any computer, computer system, computer

          network, computer software, or data, unauthorized use of property is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

          If the offense involves a violation of division (A) of this section and involves any computer, computer

          system, computer network, computer software, or data or if the offense involves a violation of division (B)

          of this section, unauthorized use of property is whichever of the following is applicable:



             (1) If division (D)(2) or (3) of this section does not apply, a felony of the fourth degree;



             (2) If division (D)(3) of this section does not apply and the offender previously has been

                 convicted of a theft offense, a felony of the third degree;



             (3) 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 one hundred thousand dollars or more, a felony of the second degree.