{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2705.02","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2705.02","heading":"Acts in contempt of court.","body":"A person guilty of any of the following acts may be punished as for a contempt:\n(A) Disobedience of, or resistance to, a lawful writ, process, order, rule, judgment, or command of a court or officer;\n(B) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in the performance of official duties, or in official transactions;\n(C) A failure to obey a subpoena duly served, or a refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness, when lawfully required;\n(D) The rescue, or attempted rescue, of a person or of property in the custody of an officer by virtue of an order or process of court held by the officer;\n(E) A failure upon the part of a person recognized to appear as a witness in a court to appear in compliance with the terms of the person's recognizance;\n(F) A failure to comply with an order issued pursuant to section 3109.19 or 3111.81 of the Revised Code;\n(G) A failure to obey a subpoena issued by the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, or a child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 5101.37 of the Revised Code;\n(H) A willful failure to submit to genetic testing, or a willful failure to submit a child to genetic testing, as required by an order for genetic testing issued under section 3111.41 of the Revised Code.","path":["Title 27 Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies","Chapter 2705 Contempt Of Court"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2705.02","current_through":"2025-01-01 (House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"e8a229d2dcccbb98723beb72730cd39dd7aed44fd60c038c16aa62486987a9dd","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2705.01","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2705.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}