Section 517.28 | Abandonment of Cemetery Owned by Municipal Corporation.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Where a cemetery is located outside a municipal corporation, and not further therefrom than one mile, and the title to and possession thereof is in such municipal corporation, or such cemetery is under the control of any of the authorities of a […]
Section 517.29 | Neglect of Order by Municipal Corporation Shall Cause Execution Sale.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly If a municipal corporation fails to remove a cemetery as provided by section 517.28 of the Revised Code for a period of six months after the removal has been ordered by the probate court, the court shall order the premises sold as […]
Section 517.30 | Trustees May Erect Monument Commemorating Members of Armed Forces.
Effective: March 22, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 500 – 132nd General Assembly A board of township trustees may erect a suitable monument to commemorate the members of the armed forces who died in the service of the United States or of this state. The board, by a majority vote, may appropriate and expend not […]
Section 517.31 | Care of Monument.
Effective: April 16, 1993 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 125 – 119th General Assembly In any township in which the board of township trustees has erected a memorial monument as provided by section 517.30 of the Revised Code, or in which the citizens thereof have erected such a monument, either upon the public grounds of such […]
Section 517.32 | Enclosure of Abandoned Cemetery.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Where the board of county commissioners has enclosed with a substantial fence of stone, iron, or posts and boards, all abandoned public cemeteries in the county, from which the remains of the dead have not been removed, the board of township trustees […]
Section 517.24 | Form of Application for Disinterment.
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly (A) An application by a surviving spouse for disinterment under section 517.23 of the Revised Code shall be in writing and shall state that the applicant is the surviving spouse of the decedent, that the applicant is eighteen years of age or […]
Section 517.25 | Writ of Mandamus.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly If the board of township trustees, the trustees or board of a cemetery association, or the other officers in charge of a cemetery refuse to disinter or grant permission for disinterment after a surviving spouse makes application under sections 517.23 and 517.24 […]
Section 517.26 | Removal of Dead.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly When remains laid in a vault or other receptacle become offensive, on the complaint of a householder of the township, the board of township trustees immediately shall issue an order to the sexton or other person in charge of the vault or […]
Section 517.27 | Transfer of Cemeteries to Board of Township Trustees.
Effective: April 12, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 444 – 133rd General Assembly (A) When a public cemetery in a township is not under the control of a municipal corporation, and the title or control is vested in an association or its board of trustees, or is vested in a religious society, whether incorporated or […]
Section 517.271 | Transfer of Cemetery Ownership Rights to Most Recent Owner.
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 517.22 of the Revised Code, the company, association, or religious society that most recently owned and operated a cemetery currently owned by a board of township trustees may petition the probate court of the county in which the cemetery is […]