Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions
Section 5901.18 | Petition for Burial or Removal and Reinterment.

Effective: July 22, 1994
Latest Legislation: House Bill 448 - 120th General Assembly
A petition may be presented to the county veterans service commission signed by the officers of a local or state veterans organization, or by a majority of a memorial committee of any municipal corporation in which one or more such organizations exist, or by veterans in townships or villages in which no veterans organization exists. Such petition shall contain:
(A) The name of the deceased veteran or veterans whose remains are sought to be buried or removed, and, if known, the company and regiment in which each served;
(B) The name and location of the cemetery in which each is interred, and from which removal is asked to be made;
(C) The name and location of the cemetery to which the remains are desired to be removed and reinterred;
(D) The facts showing the reason for such removal.

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Ohio Revised Code

Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs

Chapter 5901 | Veterans' Services Commissions

Section 5901.01 | Veterans' Services Definitions.

Section 5901.02 | Veterans Service Commission.

Section 5901.021 | Creation of Additional Memberships.

Section 5901.03 | Organization and Duties of Commission.

Section 5901.04 | Payment of Expenses and Compensation of Commissioners.

Section 5901.05 | Veterans Service Committee.

Section 5901.06 | Commission to Employ Executive Director, Investigators and Clerks.

Section 5901.07 | County Veterans Service Officers and Assistants.

Section 5901.08 | Applicants for Financial Assistance.

Section 5901.09 | Statement of Household Income and Property.

Section 5901.11 | Determination of Probable Amount of Funds Needed.

Section 5901.14 | Warrant for Allowance.

Section 5901.15 | Immediate Assistance - Veterans Service Commission Unclaimed Assistance Fund.

Section 5901.16 | Application or Petition for Veterans Plot in Cemetery.

Section 5901.17 | Expense for Care of Graves.

Section 5901.18 | Petition for Burial or Removal and Reinterment.

Section 5901.19 | Order to Maintain Dignified Burial Site or for Removal and Reinterment - Maximum Expense to Be Specified.

Section 5901.20 | Verified Statement of Burial or Removal.

Section 5901.21 | Purchase of Additional Plots.

Section 5901.22 | Contracts With Cemetery Associations for Purchase and Maintenance of Plots.

Section 5901.23 | Plots Open for Burial on Application.

Section 5901.24 | Burial in Cemetery Not Provided With Plot.

Section 5901.25 | Commission to Contract for Burial of Indigent Veteran, Parent, Spouse or Surviving Spouse of Veteran.

Section 5901.26 | Duties of Commission as to Burial of Indigent.

Section 5901.27 | Commission to Determine Indigency - Report to County Commissioners.

Section 5901.28 | Death of Inmate of Home.

Section 5901.29 | Funeral Directors' Blanks.

Section 5901.30 | Presentation of Itemized Bill and Contract to County Auditor.

Section 5901.31 | Savings on Expenses to Remain in County General Fund - Delay Where Additional Funds Coming to Family.

Section 5901.32 | Record - Expenses - Headstone.

Section 5901.34 | Permanent Markers and Temporary Memorial Day Markers for Graves of Veterans.

Section 5901.35 | Care of Graves of Veterans.

Section 5901.36 | County or Municipal Corporation May Provide Land for Veterans' Facilities.

Section 5901.37 | Care of Portion of Cemetery Set Apart for Burial of Veterans.

Section 5901.99 | Misrepresentation of Veteran Status.