Effective: May 9, 2000
Latest Legislation: House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly
The funeral director employed to perform the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code shall use the blanks provided by this section, specifying what the funeral director is to furnish for the service. The contract shall be signed by the funeral director and a copy thereof left with the veterans service commission with which it is made. Such contract shall read as follows:
"I ________________, funeral director, residing at _________________ hereby agree to furnish the following items for the burial or cremation (circle one) of _______________, who resided at ___________________, and died ______________, _________, which shall consist of:
(A) One casket, nicely covered with a good quality of black cloth, lined with a good quality of white satin or other material, and trimmed on the outside with handles of a fair quality in keeping with the casket;
(B) One burial robe of a good quality of material;
(C) One plain box appropriate for receiving the coffin or urn containing cremated remains inside the grave;
(D) Payment for digging the grave, in the place designated by the friends of the deceased or as otherwise provided, and for filling the grave in a proper manner;
(E) Furnishing a funeral car for conveying the remains to the place of burial or crematory;
(F) Preparing the body for burial when so requested;
(G) Furnishing necessary transportation for the use of the family, friends, and pallbearers, which people shall be returned to their respective homes or to the place where the funeral services were held;
(H) Furnishing a decent, respectable funeral, for the sum of ______ dollars."
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.