Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Sex offender evictions

An Enquirer article this morning reports that “more than three dozen sex offenders in Cincinnati will find themselves in court later this month if they refuse to move from neighborhoods that are too close to schools.”

SB 5 (2003) established the rule prohibiting sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of a school, and gave landlords the right to evict those who did, back in 2003. (See ORC §5321.051 and 5321.03 ).
Earlier this year, HB 473, which became effective April 29th., extended those eviction rights, “granting to prosecuting attorneys, municipal & township chief legal officers, and officials designated as prosecutors in a municipal corporation a cause of action for injunctive relief when an offender required to register under that Law violates its prohibition …”

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