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 517.28 | 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 517.19 | Tax Levy for Buildings Upon Grounds of Cemetery – Bond Issue.
Effective: May 13, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 114th General Assembly Where the township owns a burial place within the grounds of a cemetery association, the board of township trustees may levy a tax, not exceeding five mills on the dollar of the tax duplicate of the township, for the purpose of erecting […]
Section 517.20 | Appointment of Directors of Township Cemetery.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees may appoint three directors to take charge of any cemetery in the township, the control of which is vested in such board. The first appointments shall be for one, two, and three years respectively. The order appointing […]
Section 517.21 | Abandonment or Discontinuance of Cemetery – Removal of Bodies and Stones.
Effective: November 24, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 – 121st General Assembly When a public or private cemetery has been abandoned, or when the board of township trustees or the trustees or directors of a cemetery association are of the opinion that the further use for burial purposes of a cemetery will be detrimental […]
Section 517.22 | Public Sale of Cemetery.
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The board of township trustees or the trustees or directors of a cemetery association, after notice has first been given in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, may dispose of, at public sale, and convey any cemetery under their control […]
Section 517.23 | Disinterment of Body Buried in Cemetery.
Effective: October 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 18 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Subject to divisions (B), (D), and (E) of this section, the board of township trustees, the trustees or directors of a cemetery association, or the other officers having control and management of a cemetery or the officer of a municipal corporation […]