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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5924.131

Perjury

Effective: September 28, 2012; Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 - 129th General Assembly

Any person subject to this code who, in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under this code, willfully and corruptly does either of the following is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct:

(A) Upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry;

(B) In any declaration, certification, verification, or statement made under penalty of perjury subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.