Crime and Traffic
Offenses of violence that cannot be sealed
In Ohio, certain offenses of violence are not eligible for record sealing. Read the list below to find out if your conviction is an ineligible offense of violence.
In order to determine whether you qualify to have your record sealed, you must determine whether you have a conviction for an offense of violence that cannot be sealed if it is a felony. In Ohio, these offenses include:
- Abduction. (R.C. 2905.02)
- Aggravated arson. (R.C. 2909.02)
- Aggravated assault. (R.C. 2903.12)
- Aggravated burglary. (R.C. 2911.11)
- Aggravated menacing. (R.C. 2903.21)
- Aggravated murder. (R.C. 2903.01)
- Aggravated riot. (R.C. 2917.02)
- Aggravated robbery. (R.C. 2911.01)
- Arson. (R.C. 2909.03)
- Assault. (R.C. 2903.13)
- Burglary. (R.C. 2911.12(A)(1), (2), or (3))
- Domestic violence. (R.C. 2919.25)
- Endangering children. (R.C. 2919.22(B)(1), (2), (3), or (4))
- Escape. (R.C. 2921.34)
- Extortion. (R.C. 2905.11)
- Felonious assault. (R.C. 2903.11)
- Improperly discharging firearm. (R.C. 2923.161)
- Inciting to violence (R.C.2917.01)
- Intimidation. (R.C. 2921.03)
- Intimidation of attorney, victim or witness. (R.C. 2921.04)
- Involuntary manslaughter. (R.C. 2903.04)
- Kidnapping. (R.C. 2905.01)
- Menacing. (R.C. 2903.22)
- Menacing by stalking. (R.C. 2903.211)
- Murder. (R.C. 2903.02)
- Patient abuse or neglect. (R.C. 2903.34(A)(1))
- Permitting child abuse. (R.C. 2903.15)
- Rape. (R.C. 2907.02)
- Robbery. (R.C. 2911.02)
- Sexual battery. (R.C. 2907.03)
- Strangulation (R.C. 2903.18)
- Terrorism. (R.C. 2909.24)
- Trafficking in persons. (R.C. 2905.32)
- Voluntary manslaughter. (R.C. 2903.03)
- Attempt, conspiracy or complicity of any listed offense