Ohio Code § 1721.02
Ohio Code § 1721.02. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1721.02.
If it is necessary for a cemetery company or association, for cemetery purposes, to
acquire lands by appropriation, such proceedings shall be taken therefor as are provided
for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code . No lands shall be appropriated until the probate court or court of common pleas
is satisfied that suitable premises cannot be obtained by contract upon reasonable
terms, and no lands shall be appropriated upon which there is a dwelling house, farm
building, orchard, nursery, valuable mineral spring or other medicinal spring, or
well actually yielding oil or salt water, unless such lands adjoin a cemetery already
in use on the same or opposite side of a public highway.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1721.02
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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