Ohio

Confirmed directly from the official Ohio Revised Code site: §2923.12 regulates only carrying a weapon 'concealed on the person's person or concealed ready at hand' — open carry is untouched by this statute and has never required a license in Ohio. Concealed carry itself became permitless under SB 215, effective June 13, 2022.

Ohio Rev. Code §2923.126 makes a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship off-limits to a CHL holder UNLESS that place of worship posts or otherwise permits carrying. Opt-in model (default no) similar to Georgia/Michigan/Missouri, not mere silent property discretion.

R.C. § 2923.121 bans possessing a firearm in any room where beer or intoxicating liquor is being consumed on a D-permit premises, but a valid concealed handgun license holder is exempt as long as they are not themselves consuming alcohol or under the influence. No separate rule distinguishes a restaurant's dining room from a bar room.

Ohio has a specific statute directly on point: ORC § 1547.69 bars loaded/accessible firearms and improperly stowed unloaded firearms on a vessel, but expressly exempts a person 'carrying a valid concealed handgun license,' unless the person is in a place on the vessel described in ORC § 2923.126(B) (e.g., a bar area on the vessel licensed to sell alcohol, or other locations from Ohio's standard CHL-restricted-places list). So a CHL holder may carry a loaded, accessible handgun on a boat in Ohio outside those narrow carve-outs — one of the clearest, most explicit state confirmations found in this research.

ORC §2923.126 bars a CHL from authorizing carry into a courthouse or any building containing a courtroom — an absolute ban with no opt-in. For OTHER government facilities of the state or a political subdivision (excluding shelters, restrooms, parking, and rest facilities), the statute's default is also prohibited UNLESS the governing body that controls the building has affirmatively enacted a statute, ordinance, or policy permitting licensees to carry there — so an ordinary DMV or city hall is off-limits by default and only becomes carry-friendly if that specific government body has opted in.

Ohio SB 199 (signed Dec. 19, 2017, effective ~March 2018) removed the state's blanket campus-carry ban and made it opt-in: each public or private institution's board sets its own rule. Most Ohio public universities (Ohio State, Toledo, Cleveland State, Youngstown State, Central State) allow only locked-vehicle storage; Kent State allows non-affiliated members of the public but not its own students/faculty/staff. Genuinely varies campus by campus.

Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.126(C) requires a proprietor to post a conspicuous, statutorily-described sign to prohibit concealed carry; absent proper signage, carry is presumptively lawful.

No OH statute requires advance owner consent; owners may post to exclude concealed-handgun-license holders (R.C. 2923.126), and general trespass law (R.C. 2911.21) otherwise requires notice — opt-out default.

Ohio Revised Code § 2923.126(B)(1), read directly from the official Ohio Laws code site, restricts a licensee only from 'any area of an airport passenger terminal that is beyond a passenger or property screening checkpoint or to which access is restricted through security measures by the airport authority or a public agency.' Public non-secure terminal areas are explicitly not covered.

Ohio has general permitless (constitutional) concealed carry since House Bill 227 (effective June 13, 2022) — no license needed to carry concealed on the person. BUT the vehicle-specific rule is a real trap: ORC §2923.16(B) separately bars a LOADED firearm in a vehicle that is 'accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle,' and the exemption from that rule in §2923.16(F)(5) is limited to people who hold a valid concealed handgun license (or qualifying active-duty military) — it does NOT extend to unlicensed permitless carriers. So an unlicensed carrier's loaded gun in the car must be kept genuinely inaccessible (e.g., unloaded, or stored somewhere requiring the person to exit the vehicle) even though they need no license to carry on their body. Confirmed directly from the current official Ohio Revised Code text.

No Ohio statute prohibits firearms in hospitals generally; a separate, narrower rule applies to facilities operated by the Ohio Department of Mental Health.

Ohio is permitless-carry. ORC §2923.126(B)'s prohibited-place list (law enforcement facilities, secured airport areas, school zones, courthouses, D-permit liquor premises, higher-ed campuses unless locked in a vehicle, houses of worship, government buildings) has no rest-area entry. Verified against the statute text directly.

Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.16(E)(1) (confirmed directly via codes.ohio.gov): it is unlawful to "knowingly fail to disclose" that one is carrying a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle "before or at the time" a law enforcement officer asks if the person is carrying. SB 215 (2022) repealed the prior "prompt/immediate" proactive duty; disclosure now need only occur once the officer asks (or you may volunteer it first, but you aren't required to).

ORC § 2923.125(B): a non-Ohio resident may apply, but only "based on Ohio employment," filing with the sheriff of the county of employment (or an adjacent county) rather than county of residence.

Ohio Rev. Code §2923.122(B) bans firearms in a 'school safety zone.' A concealed handgun license holder gets a real exception under §2923.122(D)(3)-(4): they may lawfully be within the zone (e.g., driving past, or on grounds without entering the building) as long as they don't enter school buildings/premises and otherwise comply with federal law, OR they keep the firearm locked in their vehicle. This is the clean buffer-vs-building distinction: CHL carry satisfies the exception outside the actual school building, but not inside it.

Ohio Rev. Code § 2923.126(C)(3)(a) makes it a fourth-degree misdemeanor criminal trespass violation (citing R.C. 2911.21(A)(4)) to knowingly violate a properly posted firearms prohibition on private land or premises — sign alone is sufficient, no personal request to leave is required. However, there is a significant carve-out: if the posted land is 'primarily a parking lot or other parking facility,' violating the posted sign there results only in civil liability, not a criminal charge. So the answer is 'yes, criminal' for the building/premises generally, but 'no, civil only' specifically for posted parking lots — hence marked conditional to capture that split rather than a single yes/no.

ORC § 9.68: the state "preempts, supersedes, and declares null and void" any local license, restriction, or process on firearm possession/carrying/transfer, with a private right of action (damages + attorney's fees) against violating political subdivisions. Repeatedly upheld against Cleveland/Cincinnati/Columbus home-rule challenges, most recently Ohioans for Concealed Carry v. City of Columbus (Ohio Supreme Court 2022).

Ohio's Concealed Handgun License restricted-locations statute (ORC 2923.126(B)) — the standard 'where can't I carry' list for CHL holders (police stations, courthouses, secure airport areas, mental-health facilities, school safety zones, etc.) — does NOT include polling places. The only firearm restriction tied to elections is ORC § 3505.21(B), which bars a person carrying a firearm from being appointed/serving as a poll CHALLENGER, WATCHER, or WITNESS — it does not restrict ordinary voters. So an ordinary CCW permit holder who is simply voting faces no state restriction, while someone serving in one of those specific official election roles does.

No state-level magazine capacity restriction found.

No statewide extreme risk protection order/red flag statute found in Ohio; no evidence of one at the state level as of 2026.

Ohio classifies suppressors, SBR/SBS, and machine guns as 'dangerous ordnance' (felony baseline under ORC 2923.17), but ORC 2923.17(C) excludes owners of dangerous ordnance registered in the national firearms registration and transfer record from the prohibition — an outright statutory exclusion. No extra Ohio permit is required beyond federal NFA paperwork. Caveat: Senate Bill 214, which would remove suppressors from the 'dangerous ordnance' definition entirely, passed the Ohio Senate 31-1 in March 2026 but was still pending in the House as of August 2026 — current law is unchanged as of this research date. Pre-1986 transferable machine guns are legal if NFRTR-registered.

Stand Your Ground by statute since 2021: Ohio Rev. Code § 2901.09, amended by 2021 SB 175 (effective Apr. 6, 2021) — removed the prior duty to retreat before using force in self-defense.

No Ohio statute requires background checks on private firearm transfers; Ohio also strongly preempts local firearm regulation. Confirmed via absence from Giffords' UBC list.