Effective: September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in this section, lands appropriated and set apart as burial grounds, either for public or for private use, and recorded or filed as such in the office of the county recorder of the county where they are situated, and any burial ground that has been used as such for fifteen years are exempt from sale on execution on a judgment, dower, and compulsory partition; but land appropriated and set apart as a private burial ground is not so exempt if it exceeds in value the sum of fifty dollars.
The lien for taxes against such burial grounds may be enforced in the same manner prescribed for abandoned lands under sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code except that the burial ground may be transferred only to a municipal corporation, county, or township under division (D) of section 323.74 of the Revised Code. No burial ground that is otherwise exempt from sale or execution under this section shall be offered for sale at public auction.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships
Chapter 1721 | Cemetery Associations
Section 1721.01 | Acquisition, Holding, and Sale of Exempt Property by Cemetery Associations.
Section 1721.02 | Appropriation of Land for Cemetery Purposes.
Section 1721.03 | Proximity to Dwellings.
Section 1721.04 | Associations Prohibited From Appropriation.
Section 1721.05 | Land for Entrance.
Section 1721.06 | Use of Income - Debt Restrictions.
Section 1721.07 | Sale of Lots.
Section 1721.071 | Rules Governing Product of Fetal Death.
Section 1721.072 | Reinterment or Disinterment of Product of Fetal Death.
Section 1721.08 | Sale of Land for Public Monument.
Section 1721.09 | Plat and Use of Grounds.
Section 1721.10 | Exemptions of Burial Grounds.
Section 1721.11 | Acting as Soldiers' Monumental Association.
Section 1721.12 | Acceptance and Execution of Certain Trusts.
Section 1721.13 | Incorporation When Holding Land Within a Village.
Section 1721.14 | Cemetery Policemen.
Section 1721.15 | Sale of Grounds by Certain Associations.
Section 1721.16 | Sinking Fund.
Section 1721.17 | Transfer From One Association to Another.
Section 1721.18 | Crematory Associations and Morgues.
Section 1721.19 | Violation of Bylaw, Rule or Regulation - Detention or Arrest.
Section 1721.20 | Charge for Delivery or Installation of Burial Vault.
Section 1721.21 | Establishment of Endowment Care Trust.
Section 1721.211 | Preneed Cemetery Merchandise and Services Contract.
Section 1721.23 | Cancellation of Contract for Sale of Mausoleum Space.