{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.15","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.15","heading":"Purchase, theft, sale, destruction, or mutilation of petitions.","body":"No person shall purchase, steal, attempt to steal, sell, attempt to sell, or willfully destroy or mutilate any initiative, supplementary, referendum, recall, or nominating petition, or any part of a petition, that is being or has been lawfully circulated; provided that the words \"purchase\" and \"sell\" do not apply to persons paying or receiving pay for soliciting signatures to or circulating a petition or petition paper.\nWhoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.","path":["Title 35 Elections","Chapter 3599 Offenses And Penalties"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3599.15","current_through":"1996-07-01 (Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:34Z","sha256":"85b353b4cf4435071b49dd877d0fc01638e04998ad919675f5434616f789a938","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.14","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3599.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}