PROOF OF CONCEPT — full quality-of-life profile for Ohio, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the registrant's perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.
Weighted burden index 51.3/100 · rank 18 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.
Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.
| Dimension | Rating | Detail | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration length | 🟠 moderate | Offense-based tiers (adult offenders): Tier I 15 years / Tier II 25 years / Tier III life — lifetime | 2950.07(B) ✓ |
| Removal / petition off | 🔴 restrictive | Only Tier I may petition (after 10 yrs, treatment, discretionary); Tier II and Tier III have no termination path — ⚑ needs human review | 2950.15 ✓ |
| Individualized risk assessment | 🔴 restrictive | Not now — offense-based tiers since 2007 (AWA); risk-based system used pre-2007 | 2950.031 |
| In-person reporting frequency | 🟠 moderate | Tiered in-person: every 90 days / 180 days / yearly | 2950.06 B. |
| Registration fee | 🟠 moderate | Yes — sheriff-set fee, capped $25/yr (most offenders) or $100/yr (Tier III); county-administered, waived below 125% poverty | § 311.171 ✓ |
| Residency restriction | 🔴 restrictive | 1,000 ft from any school, preschool, child care, children's crisis care, or residential infant care premises; applies broadly to anyone convicted of a sexually oriented or child-victim oriented offense — 1000 ft | 2950.034 ✓ |
| Employment restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — Ohio's SOR law imposes no employment restriction (no distance-from-minors or occupational bar) on registrants | n/a ✓ |
| Presence / loitering restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — Ohio's only spatial restriction is the 1,000-ft residency rule (2950.034); no separate statewide presence/loitering (child safety zone) statute | 2950.034 ✓ |
| Visitor registration trigger | 🔴 restrictive | Within 3 days if 'temporarily domiciled' for 3 days | 2950.04 (A)(4) |
| Internet identifiers required | 🔴 restrictive | Required — 2950.04(C)(10) requires 'any email addresses, internet identifiers, or telephone numbers registered to or used by' the offender | 2950.04 C. ✓ |
| Civil commitment | 🟢 favorable | No civil commitment | n/a |
| Public website exposure | 🔴 restrictive | eSORN public internet database covers all tiers (I, II, III) with no categorical exclusion; only certain juvenile records restricted | 2950.13 ✓ |
| Halloween / holiday restriction | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday restriction statute located in Ch. 2950 | n/a |
| Marked driver's license / ID | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license / state ID is NOT branded or coded for registrants | n/a ✓ |
| Community notification (& who pays) | 🔴 restrictive | Active — sheriff mails written notice to neighbors within 1,000 ft plus schools, child care, and agencies for Tier III / public-registry-qualified registrants; registrant does not pay | 2950.11 ✓ |
| Age of consent (context) | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (13–15 y/o victim; offense is a misdemeanor if actor is less than 4 years older) | 2907.04 ✓ |
Source wiki page: Ohio · compare with others via the index. Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.