Effective: July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that the person knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities.
(B) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilities.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of gross abuse of a corpse, a felony of the fifth degree.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2927 | Miscellaneous Offenses
Section 2927.01 | Abuse of a Corpse.
Section 2927.021 | Engaging in Illegal Tobacco or Alternative Nicotine Product Transaction Scan.
Section 2927.022 | Affirmative Defense to Cigarette, Tobacco or Alternative Nicotine Product Charge.
Section 2927.023 | Unlawful Transportation of Tobacco Products.
Section 2927.024 | Furnishing False Information; Penalty.
Section 2927.03 | Injure, Intimidate, or Interfere With Fair Housing Rights.
Section 2927.11 | Desecration.
Section 2927.12 | Ethnic Intimidation.
Section 2927.13 | Selling or Donating Contaminated Blood.
Section 2927.15 | Privilege or Consent to Collect Bodily Substance.
Section 2927.17 | Advertising of Massage Services.
Section 2927.21 | Receiving Proceeds of an Offense Subject to Forfeiture Proceedings.