Ohio’s
Concealed Carry Law
page 24
Defense of Property
There must be immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death in order to use deadly force.
Protecting property alone does not allow for the use of deadly force.
A property owner may use reasonable, but never deadly force, when he honestly believes that the force will protect his property from harm.
If a person’s
property is being attacked or threatened, he may not use deadly force unless he reasonably believes it was the only way to protect himself or another from being killed or receiving serious bodily harm.
Deadly force can never be used solely to protect property no matter where the threat to the property occurs.