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 […]
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 517.072 | Reinterment or Disinterment of Product of Fetal Death.
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 175 – 127th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, re-interment or disinterment of the product of a fetal death buried in accordance with division (C)(2) of section 517.071 of the Revised Code is not subject to section 517.24 of the Revised Code if […]
Section 517.073 | Authority for Reentry for Unused Lots or Rights.
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 454 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The board of township trustees may reenter a lot for which the terms of sale or deed was executed before July 24, 1986, or an entombment, including a mausoleum, columbarium, or other interment right for which the terms of sale or […]
Section 517.08 | Expenditure of Proceeds – Exception.
Effective: September 28, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 413 – 131st General Assembly The proceeds arising from the sale of cemetery lots under section 517.07 of the Revised Code shall be used in maintaining, improving, beautifying, and embellishing such grounds, and for maintaining and improving entombments, including mausoleums, columbariums, and other interment rights, except that […]
Section 517.09 | No Levy on Lots.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No lot held by any individual in a cemetery, shall, in any case, be levied on or sold on execution.
Section 517.10 | Title to Certain Burial Grounds Vested in Board of Township Trustees.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The title to, right of possession, and control of all public cemeteries located outside any municipal corporation, which have been set apart and dedicated as public cemeteries, and any grounds which have been used as such by the public, but not expressly […]