Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 4767.01 to 4767.11 of the Revised Code: (A) “Cemetery,” “interment,” “burial right,” “entombment right,” “columbarium right,” and “human remains” have the same meanings as in section 1721.21 of the Revised Code. (B) “Political subdivision” means one or more […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, no person, church, religious society, established fraternal organization, or political subdivision of the state shall own, operate, or maintain a cemetery unless the cemetery is registered pursuant to section 4767.03 of […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly The Ohio cemetery dispute resolution commission or the superintendent of the division of real estate in the department of commerce may compel, by order or subpoena, the production of any book, paper, or document in relation to any matter over which the […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) The owner or the person responsible for the operation and maintenance of a cemetery shall apply to the division of real estate in the department of commerce to register the cemetery on forms prescribed by the division. With the application, the […]
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The owner or the person responsible for the operation of each cemetery required to register under section 4767.03 of the Revised Code shall provide the division of real estate in the department of commerce, on a form prescribed by the division, […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) To qualify a cemetery for a certificate of registration, the applicant shall submit to the division of real estate the following information: (1) The name of the cemetery; (2) The street address, city, village, or township, and county where the cemetery […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio cemetery dispute resolution commission, which shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: (1) One member shall be the management authority of […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly The Ohio cemetery dispute resolution commission shall perform all of the following duties: (A) Adopt, amend, and rescind such rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as are necessary in carrying out sections 4767.02 to 4767.11 of the Revised […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Any person may file a complaint regarding the activity, practice, policy, or procedure of, or regarding an alleged violation of section 1721.19, 1721.20, 1721.21, 1721.211, 4735.02, 4767.02, or 4767.09 of the Revised Code by, any person operating or maintaining a cemetery […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The superintendent of the division of real estate in the department of commerce or the Ohio cemetery dispute resolution commission, on the superintendent’s or commission’s own motion or as a result of a complaint received pursuant to section 4767.07 of the […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The owner or person responsible for the operation of a cemetery registered with the division of real estate in the department of commerce shall provide reasonable maintenance of the cemetery property and of all lots, graves, mausoleums, scattering grounds, and columbaria […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The cemetery grant fund is created in the state treasury. The division of real estate in the department of commerce shall deposit into the fund one dollar of each two dollars and fifty cents portion of the burial permit fee received […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 168 – 132nd General Assembly Upon receipt of information that the owner or person responsible for the operation of a registered cemetery or a cemetery that was required to be registered has ceased operation of that cemetery, the division of real estate in the department of commerce […]
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly Whoever violates division (A) of section 4767.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
