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118C Theft and Fraud 545.99 545.19 POSSESSION OF CRIMINAL TOOLS. (a) No person shall possess or have under the person's control any substance, device, instrument, or article, with purpose to use it criminally. (b) Each of the following constitutes prima-facie evidence of criminal purpose: (1) Possession or control of any dangerous ordnance, or the materials or parts for making dangerous ordnance, in the absence of circumstances indicating the dangerous ordnance, materials, or parts are intended for legitimate use; (2) Possession or control of any substance, device, instrument, or article designed or specially adapted for criminal use; (3) Possession or control of any substance, device, instrument, or article , commonly used for criminal purposes, under circumstances indicating the item is intended for criminal use. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing criminal tools, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the circumstances indicate that the substance, device, instrument, or article involved in the offense was intended for use in the commission of a felony, possessing criminal tools is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. (ORC 2923.24) 545.20 FORGERY OF IDENTIFICATION CARDS. (a) No person shall knowingly do either of the following: (1) Forge an identification card; (2) Sell or otherwise distribute a card that purports to be an identification card, knowing it to have been forged. (3) As used in this section, "identification card" means a card that includes personal information or characteristics of an individual, a purpose of which is to establish the identity of the bearer described on the card, whether the words "identity," "identification," "identification card" or other similar words appear on the card. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, forging or selling or distributing forged identification cards is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section or Ohio R.C. 2913.31 (B), forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards is a misdemeanor of the first degree and, in addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). (ORC 2913.31) 545.21 IDENTITY FRAUD. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Section 545.21 has been deleted from the Codified Ordinances. Ohio R.C. 2913.49, from which Section 545.21 was derived, has been reclassified from a misdemeanor to a felony offense.) 545.99 PENALTY. (EDITOR' S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.) 2006 Replacement