Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 517 | Cemeteries
Section 517.25 | Writ of Mandamus.

Effective: November 24, 1995
Latest Legislation: House Bill 328 - 121st General Assembly
If the board of township trustees, the trustees or board of a cemetery association, or the other officers in charge of a cemetery refuse to disinter or grant permission for disinterment after a surviving spouse makes application under sections 517.23 and 517.24 of the Revised Code, the probate court of the county in which the decedent is buried shall issue a writ of mandamus requiring the officers to disinter the remains or to grant permission for their disinterment.

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 5 | Townships

Chapter 517 | Cemeteries

Section 517.01 | Acquisition or Appropriation of Land.

Section 517.02 | Public Road to Cemetery.

Section 517.03 | Levy and Taxes for Expenses.

Section 517.04 | Vote on Establishment of Cemetery.

Section 517.05 | Notice of Election - Ballots.

Section 517.06 | Cemetery Plat.

Section 517.07 | Sale of Cemetery Lots.

Section 517.071 | Rules Governing Product of Fetal Death.

Section 517.072 | Reinterment or Disinterment of Product of Fetal Death.

Section 517.073 | Authority for Reentry for Unused Lots or Rights.

Section 517.08 | Expenditure of Proceeds - Exception.

Section 517.09 | No Levy on Lots.

Section 517.10 | Title to Certain Burial Grounds Vested in Board of Township Trustees.

Section 517.11 | Care of Cemetery.

Section 517.12 | Regulating Hours of Access to Cemeteries.

Section 517.13 | Additions to Cemetery Grounds.

Section 517.14 | Public Cemetery on Township Lines - Joint Township Cemetery.

Section 517.15 | Cemetery Endowment Fund.

Section 517.19 | Tax Levy for Buildings Upon Grounds of Cemetery - Bond Issue.

Section 517.20 | Appointment of Directors of Township Cemetery.

Section 517.21 | Abandonment or Discontinuance of Cemetery - Removal of Bodies and Stones.

Section 517.22 | Public Sale of Cemetery.

Section 517.23 | Disinterment of Body Buried in Cemetery.

Section 517.24 | Form of Application for Disinterment.

Section 517.25 | Writ of Mandamus.

Section 517.26 | Removal of Dead.

Section 517.27 | Transfer of Cemeteries to Board of Township Trustees.

Section 517.271 | Transfer of Cemetery Ownership Rights to Most Recent Owner.

Section 517.28 | Abandonment of Cemetery Owned by Municipal Corporation.

Section 517.29 | Neglect of Order by Municipal Corporation Shall Cause Execution Sale.

Section 517.30 | Trustees May Erect Monument Commemorating Members of Armed Forces.

Section 517.31 | Care of Monument.

Section 517.32 | Enclosure of Abandoned Cemetery.