Ohio Code § 1721.06
Ohio Code § 1721.06. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1721.06.
After paying for its land, a cemetery company or association shall apply all its receipts
and income, whether from sale of lots, from donations, or otherwise, exclusively to
laying out, preserving, protecting, and embellishing the cemetery and avenues within
it or leading to it, to the erection of buildings necessary or appropriate for cemetery
purposes, and to paying the necessary expenses of the cemetery company or association. No debts shall be incurred by the cemetery company or association except for purchasing,
laying out, inclosing, and embellishing the ground, buildings necessary or appropriate
for cemetery purposes, and avenues, for which purposes it may contract debts to be
paid out of future receipts. For purposes of this section, buildings appropriate for cemetery purposes include,
but are not limited to, buildings for crematory facilities, funeral homes, and other
buildings intended to produce income for the cemetery company or association. No part of the funds of a cemetery company or association, or of the proceeds of land
sold by it, shall ever be divided among its stockholders or lot owners, and all its
funds shall be used exclusively for the purposes of the company or association as
specified in this section, or invested in a fund the income of which shall be so used
and appropriated.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1721.06
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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