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.

Ohio — Registry Profile

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.