Ohio Revised Code|Section 2152.85 | Petition for reclassification or declassification.

                                                
(A) Regardless of when the delinquent  child  was classified a juvenile offender registrant, upon the  expiration of the  applicable period of time specified in division  (B)(1), (2), or  (3) of this section, a delinquent child who  has  been classified  pursuant to this section or section 2152.82 or  2152.83 of the  Revised Code a juvenile  offender registrant  may petition the  judge who made the classification, or that  judge's successor in  office, to do one of the following: 
(1) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant  classification also includes a determination by the juvenile court  judge that the delinquent child is a tier III sex  offender/child-victim offender, to enter, as applicable, an order  that contains a determination that reclassifies the child as  either a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier I  sex offender/child-victim offender, the reason or reasons for that  reclassification, and a determination that the child remains a  juvenile offender registrant, or an order that contains a  determination that the child no longer is a juvenile offender  registrant and no longer has a duty to comply with sections  2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code;
(2) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant  classification also includes a determination by the juvenile court  judge that the delinquent child is a tier II sex  offender/child-victim offender, to enter, as applicable, an order  that contains a determination that reclassifies the child as a  tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, the reason or reasons  for that reclassification, and a determination that the child  remains a juvenile offender registrant, or an order that contains  a determination that the child no longer is a juvenile offender  registrant and no longer has a duty to comply with sections  2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code;
(3) If the order containing the juvenile offender registrant  classification also includes a determination by the juvenile court  judge  that the delinquent child is a tier I sex  offender/child-victim  offender, to enter an order that contains a determination that the child no longer is a juvenile offender registrant and no longer has a duty to  comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) A delinquent child who has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing on or after  January 1, 2002, a sexually  oriented offense or a  child-victim oriented offense and who has  been classified a juvenile offender registrant  relative to that  offense may file a petition under division (A) of  this section  requesting reclassification or declassification as described in  that division after the expiration of one of the following periods  of time:
(1) The delinquent child initially may file a petition not earlier than three years after the entry of the juvenile court judge's order after the mandatory hearing conducted under section 2152.84 of the Revised Code.
(2) After the delinquent child's initial filing of a petition  under division (B)(1) of this section, the child may file a second  petition not earlier than three years after the judge has entered  an order deciding the petition under division (B)(1) of this  section.
(3) After the delinquent child's filing of a petition under division (B)(2) of this section, thereafter, the delinquent child may file a petition under this division upon the expiration of five years after the judge has entered an order deciding the petition under division (B)(2) of this section or the most recent petition the delinquent child has filed under this division.
(C) Upon the filing of a petition under division  (A) of this  section, the judge may review the prior  classification or  determination in question and, upon  consideration of all relevant  factors and information, including,  but not limited to the  factors  listed in division (D) of  section 2152.83 of the Revised  Code, the judge, in the judge's  discretion, shall do one of the  following:
(1) Enter an order denying the petition;
(2) Issue an  order that reclassifies or declassifies the delinquent child in  the requested manner.
(D) If a judge issues an order under division (C)(1) of this section that denies a petition, the prior classification of the delinquent child as a juvenile offender registrant, and the prior  determination that the child is a tier I sex offender/child-victim  offender, a tier II  sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier  III sex  offender/child-victim offender, whichever is applicable,  shall  remain in effect.
A judge may issue an order under division (C)(2) of this  section that contains a determination that  reclassifies a child  from a tier III sex offender/child-victim  offender classification  to a tier II sex offender/child-victim  offender classification or  to a tier I  sex offender/child-victim  offender classification.
A judge may issue an order under division (C)(2) of this  section that contains a determination that reclassifies a child  from a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender classification  to a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender classification.
If a judge issues an order under this division that contains  a determination that reclassifies a child, the judge shall provide  a copy of the order to the delinquent child and the bureau of  criminal identification and investigation, and the bureau, upon  receipt of the copy of the order, promptly shall notify the  sheriff with whom the child most recently registered under section  2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code of the determination and  reclassification.
If a judge issues an order under division (C)(2) of this  section that declassifies the delinquent child, the order also  terminates all prior determinations that the child is a tier I sex  offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex  offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex  offender/child-victim offender, whichever is applicable. If a  judge issues an order under division (C)(2) of this section that  declassifies the delinquent child, the judge shall provide a copy  of the order to the bureau of criminal identification and  investigation, and the bureau, upon receipt of a copy of the  order, promptly shall notify the sheriff with whom the child most  recently registered under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the  Revised Code of the declassification.
(E) If a judge issues an order under division (C)(1) or (2)  of this section, the judge shall provide to the delinquent child  and to the delinquent child's parent, guardian, or custodian a  copy of the order and, if applicable, a notice containing the  information described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 2950.03  of the Revised Code. The judge shall provide the notice at the  time of the issuance of the order and shall comply with divisions  (B) and (C) of that section regarding that notice and the  provision of it.
(F) An order issued under division (C) of this section shall remain in effect for the period of time specified in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code, subject to a further modification or   future termination of the order under this section. If an order is issued under division (C) of this  section, the child's attainment of eighteen or twenty-one years of  age does not affect or terminate the order, and the order remains  in effect for the period of time described in this division.
(G) The provisions of this section do not apply to a  delinquent child who is classified as both a juvenile offender  registrant and a public registry-qualified juvenile offender  registrant pursuant to section 2152.86 of the Revised Code.