3797.02 Personal registration required in counties of residence and employment. - Ohio Statutes

3797.02 Personal registration required in counties of residence and employment.

(A)(1) A registrant shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the registrant resides and with the sheriff of any county in which the registrant is employed.

(2) A registrant who is registered in one or more counties and who establishes a new residence or place of employment in a county in which the registrant is not registered shall register personally with the sheriff of the county in which the new residence or place of employment is located immediately upon coming into that county.

(B) A registrant shall obtain from the sheriff a registration form prescribed by the attorney general pursuant to section 3797.07 of the Revised Code, complete and sign the form, and return the form to the sheriff. The sheriff shall sign the form and indicate on the form the date on which it is returned. The registration required under this division is complete when the registrant returns the form, containing the requisite information, signature, and date, to the sheriff.

(C) The duty to register pursuant to division (A) of this section commences on the date a declaratory judgment against the registrant is entered and continues unless and until the registrant is removed pursuant to section 2721.21 of the Revised Code from the civil registry established under section 3797.08 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 08-03-2006