Ohio Other Gun Laws for Permit Holders

Other Ohio gun rules

This page carries the Ohio rules the rest of the guide does not: what a carrying concealed weapons conviction costs, what a weapon in a courthouse costs, and what notice a sheriff owes a licensee before taking a license back. Read the linked statute page yourself before you rely on what any guide, ours included, says about it.

What a carrying concealed weapons conviction costs

A violation of division (A) is a felony of the fourth degree if the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of that section or of any offense of violence, if the weapon involved is a firearm that is either loaded or for which the offender has ammunition ready at hand, or if the weapon involved is dangerous ordnance, R.C. 2923.12(F)(1). A violation committed aboard an aircraft, or with purpose to carry a concealed weapon aboard an aircraft, is a felony of the third degree regardless of the weapon involved, R.C. 2923.12(F)(1).

Two of the penalties turn on producing a license after the arrest. A person arrested for a violation of division (A)(2) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor if, within ten days after the arrest, the person presents to the law enforcement agency that employs the arresting officer a concealed handgun license that was valid at the time of the arrest, and if at the time of the arrest the person was not knowingly in a restricted location, R.C. 2923.12(F)(2)(a). A person whose concealed handgun license expired within the two years immediately preceding the arrest is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined five hundred dollars if, within forty-five days after the arrest, the person presents a concealed handgun license to that agency and waives in writing the right to a speedy trial, and if at the time of the commission of the offense the person was not knowingly in a restricted location, R.C. 2923.12(F)(2)(b).

A weapon in a courthouse

A first violation of illegally possessing or having under your control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a courthouse is a felony of the fifth degree, R.C. 2923.123(D)(2). If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (A) or (B) of that section, illegal possession or control of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a courthouse is a felony of the fourth degree, R.C. 2923.123(D)(2).

What a sheriff owes you before a revocation

Before revoking a license, the sheriff who issued it must notify the licensee, by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the licensee's last known residence address, that the license is subject to revocation and that the licensee may come to the sheriff's office and contest the proposed revocation within fourteen days of the date on which the notice was mailed, R.C. 2923.128(B)(2).

The rest of the Ohio rules, and the statutes they rest on, are on the other pages of this guide.