Effective: August 5, 1998
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly
The board of county commissioners shall require the veterans service commission, upon application and with the approval of the family or friends of the deceased, to contract, at a fair and reasonable price, with the funeral director selected by the family or friends, and cause to be interred or cremated in a decent and respectable manner the body of any veteran, or the parent, spouse, or surviving spouse of any such veteran, who dies without the means to defray the necessary funeral or cremation expenses. Such a burial may be made in any cemetery or burial ground within the state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers and criminals.
Structure 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 5901.20 | 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 5901.26 | 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 5901.32 | 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.