Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 3761 · 12 active provisions
As used in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Mob" means a collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to anyone, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law.(B) "Lynching" means an…
A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, missles, or in any other manner, may recover from the county in which the assault is made, damages not to exceed one thousand dollars.
A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such assault is made, a sum of not to exceed five hundred dollars; or, if the injury received therefrom is serious, a sum of not to exceed one thousand dollars; or, if such injury results in permanent disability to earn a livelihood by manual…
Sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply to a person suffering death or injury from a mob while it is attempting to lynch another person. Such person, or his legal representatives, shall have a like right of action as one purposely injured or killed by such mob.
When a recovery is had under sections 3761.02 to 3761.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court shall include as a part of its judgment an order requiring the board of county commissioners to include the amount of the judgment in the next succeeding tax levy for such county.
The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover from any of the persons composing a mob the amount of a judgment and costs rendered against it, under sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in favor of the legal representatives of a person killed or seriously injured by such mob. A person prese…
If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner brought from such county for safekeeping, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs, rendered against it under sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of th…
Actions for the recoveries provided in sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, must be commenced, within two years from the date of the lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault.
Sections 3761.01 to 3761.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not relieve a person concerned in such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein.
No person shall unite with two or more others to commit a misdemeanor while wearing white caps, masks, or other disguise.
(A) As used in this section, "mob" has the same meaning as in section 3761.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The chief administrative officer of a political subdivision with police powers, when engaged in suppressing a riot or a mob or when there is a clear and present danger of a riot or a mob, may cordon off any area or ar…
Whoever violates section 3761.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.