{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2909.23","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2909.23","heading":"Making terroristic threat.","body":"(A) No person shall threaten to commit or threaten to cause to be committed a specified offense when both of the following apply:\n(1) The person makes the threat with purpose to do any of the following:\n(a) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;\n(b) Influence the policy of any government by intimidation or coercion;\n(c) Affect the conduct of any government by the threat or by the specified offense.\n(2) As a result of the threat, the person causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of the specified offense.\n(B) It is not a defense to a charge of a violation of this section that the defendant did not have the intent or capability to commit the threatened specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject of the threatened specified offense.\n(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making a terroristic threat, a felony of the third degree. Section 2909.25 of the Revised Code applies regarding an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section.","path":["Title 29 Crimes-Procedure","Chapter 2909 Arson and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2909.23","current_through":"2002-05-15 (Senate Bill 184 - 124th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"b6363f0d7f67dd35fa055f47e251ccc06e13685a6b4c42e57480c5ee3944bfd0","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2909.22","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2909.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}