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...In any township in which there is a cemetery owned or partly owned by such township, if in the opinion of the board of township trustees, it is desirable to add to the area of such cemetery by the purchase of additional grounds, and if suitable lands cannot be procured by contract on reasonable terms, the board may appropriate lands, not exceeding ten acres, by proceedings in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22...

...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 located to transfer the ownership of the cemetery to the petitioner. If the court determines that the petitioner has met all of the following conditions, the court shall transfer the ownership of the cemetery to the petitioner and shall order the boa...

...ociation of persons who are acting as a cemetery association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and have purchased and improved land for cemetery purposes, the welfare of all concerned in the lands purchased and improved would be subserved by transferring such lands and improvements and other assets of such association to another association incorporated under the laws of this state for cemetery purposes, said ...

...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 Code, including rules relative to the following: (1) Transacting the commission's business and managing its affairs; (2) Establishing procedures for receivi...

... (3) Any person who receives a township cemetery lot or right by gift, inheritance, or any other means other than the original conveyance shall, within one year after receiving the interest, give written notice of the person's name and address to the board having control of the cemetery, and shall notify the board of any subsequent changes in the person's name or address. (C) The terms of sale and any deed for any...

...ownship trustees may create a permanent cemetery endowment fund for the purpose of maintaining, improving, and beautifying township cemeteries and burial lots in township cemeteries. The fund shall consist of money arising from the following sources: (A) Gifts, devises, or bequests received for the purpose of maintaining, improving, or beautifying township cemeteries; (B) Charges added to the price regularly charge...

...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 municipal corporation, and such municipal corporation has failed to protect or keep the cemetery enclosed with fences for two years, any five freeholders whose property is in ...

...te such land for the establishment of a cemetery or for the enlargement of any existing cemetery, within two hundred yards of such house, by making the owner of the house a party to all proceedings and actions for such appropriation. The appropriation shall be made according to sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the amount of damages to which such owner is entitled by reason of locating a ...

...public property or on the property of a cemetery association may be sold or otherwise disposed of by any person. (2) No person may purchase a war relic in violation of this section. (3) No war relic that is located on public property or on the property of a cemetery association may be destroyed, altered, or otherwise disturbed by any person, except that the person having responsibility for maintaining the war rel...

...The trustees of a cemetery association whose cemetery is within the limits of a municipal corporation which by ordinance has prohibited interments in such municipal corporations, whose cemetery is abandoned as a place for the burial of the dead, or which is involved in debt it is unable to pay, may apply, by petition to the court of common pleas of the county in which such cemetery is located, for the sale of the who...

..., funeral director, crematory operator, cemetery operator, cemetery organization, or other person asked to assist with a declarant's or deceased person's funeral, burial, cremation, or other manner of final disposition shall not be liable for damages of any kind for refusing to accept the remains, refusing to inter, cremate, or otherwise dispose of the remains, or refusing to complete funeral or other arrangements pe...

..., funeral director, crematory operator, cemetery operator, cemetery organization, or other person asked to assist with a declarant's or deceased person's funeral, burial, cremation, or other manner of final disposition brings a legal action for purposes of section 2108.83 or 2108.84 of the Revised Code, the funeral home, funeral director, crematory operator, cemetery operator, cemetery organization, or other person m...

...ho is eligible for burial in a national cemetery under the control of the national cemetery administration and that the secretary agrees to provide for the cost of the transportation and burial of the unclaimed cremated remains in a national cemetery, the crematory facility or funeral home shall follow the directions of the secretary and arrange for the burial of the unclaimed remains in the national cemetery at the ...

..., any person operating or maintaining a cemetery registered, or a cemetery that is not registered but is required to be registered pursuant to section 4767.03 of the Revised Code that adversely affects or may adversely affect the interest of an owner or family member of the owner of a cemetery lot or burial, entombment, or columbarium right. All complaints shall be in writing and submitted to the division of real est...

...The board of township trustees shall provide for the protection and preservation of cemeteries under its jurisdiction, and shall prohibit interments therein when new grounds have been procured for township cemeteries or burial grounds. Where such old cemeteries are in or near village plats, and the public health is liable to be injured by further interments therein, the board shall institute suits to recover possessi...

...When a public cemetery, located on or near a township line, is used by the people of two or more townships for burying purposes, the boards of township trustees of such townships shall jointly take possession thereof, and care for and keep it in repair, as in the case of cemeteries belonging to a township. The board of each township shall levy taxes needed for such cemetery, not to exceed one-fourth per cent in any y...

... 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 permanent buildings upon such cemetery grounds. Such tax, when it has been assessed and collected, shall be paid to the officers of such cemetery association, and shall be applied by them to the erection o...

...rustees, the trustees or directors of a cemetery association, or the other officers having control and management of the cemetery in which the remains of the decedent are interred or to the officer of a municipal corporation who has control and management of a municipal cemetery in which the remains of the decedent are interred. The notice shall indicate that an application for disinterment of the remains of the dece...

...corporation may sell any portion of the cemetery grounds owned by it and not used for the burial of the dead, which grounds are unsuitable for burial purposes, and may purchase with the proceeds thereof other suitable lands lying contiguous thereto. No such sale shall be made until the legislative authority has contracted for an equal or greater quantity of land suitable for burial purposes. For the purpose of paying...

...ority of a village which has title to a cemetery fails to take proper care thereof, and the township in which the village is located desires to control such cemetery, the village may, by ordinance, transfer any real property acquired for cemetery purpose to the board of township trustees, upon such terms as are agreed to between the village and the board. The board may receive and accept transfer, and receive and ac...

...n the establishment and management of a cemetery under section 759.27 of the Revised Code, by an affirmative vote of a majority of each legislative authority and board, may form a union cemetery district comprised of all of the territory within the united municipal corporation and township for the purpose of levying taxes within the territory of the district for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the ce...

...rustees may transfer to an incorporated cemetery association the lands, lots, and improvements of a cemetery owned and controlled by the municipal corporation or township for cemetery purposes. The association shall assume all legal debts on the cemeteries so transferred.

...ation owning a public burial ground or cemetery, whether within or without the municipal corporation, may pass and provide for the enforcement of ordinances for the burial, re-interment, or disinterment of the product of a fetal death in that public burial ground or cemetery. (C) With regard to the product of a fetal death, on the request of the mother and in compliance with the public burial ground or cemet...

... Any person desiring to operate any pet cemetery which is organized or developed on or after the effective date of this section shall, before selling or offering to sell any burial right in such pet cemetery, establish an endowment care fund, as required by division (B) of this section, and place a deposit in the fund of at least twelve thousand dollars in cash, or in bonds of the United States, this state, or any co...

...n 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A cemetery company or association may prescribe rules for the burial, re-interment, or disinterment of the product of a fetal death. (C) With regard to the product of a fetal death, on the request of the mother and in compliance with cemetery company or association rules, a cemetery company or association shall inter the product of the fetal death in accordance with one ...