Ohio Rev. Code § 2921.45 : — CRIMES-PROCEDUREOFFENSES AGAINST JUSTICE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION — Interfering with civil rights TEXT PDF (A) No public servant, under color of the public servant's office, employment, or authority, shall knowingly deprive, or conspire or attempt to deprive any person of a constitutional or statutory right. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of interfering with civil rights, a misdemeanor of the first degree. R.C. § 2921.45 Amended by 134th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 8,§1, eff. 5/17/2021. Amended by 133rd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 1,§1, eff. 4/12/2021. Effective Date: 1/1/1974.