Ohio Code § 1721.19
Ohio Code § 1721.19. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1721.19.
(A) No person shall violate a bylaw, rule, or regulation adopted by the trustees, directors,
or other officers of a cemetery company or association, or by a board of township
trustees having charge of township cemeteries, with reference to the protection, good
order, and preservation of cemeteries, and the trees, shrubbery, structures, and adornments
therein. (B)(1) A watchperson, superintendent, gardener, or agent of a cemetery company or association
who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated division (A) of this
section may detain the person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of
time within the property of the cemetery company or association for the purpose of
recovering any property involved in the violation, causing an arrest to be made by
a peace officer, or obtaining a warrant of arrest. (2) A watchperson, superintendent, gardener, or agent acting under division (B)(1) of
this section shall not search the person detained, search or seize any property belonging
to the person detained without the person's consent, or use undue restraint upon the
person detained. (3) Any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code , may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe
has committed any act in violation of division (A) of this section that also is a
violation of law and shall make the arrest within a reasonable time after the commission
of the act in violation of division (A) of this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1721.19
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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