Ohio Code § 517.06
Ohio Code § 517.06. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 517.06.
The board of township trustees shall have the cemetery laid out in lots, avenues,
and paths, shall number the lots, and shall have a suitable plat of the lots made,
which plat shall be carefully kept by the township fiscal officer. The board shall make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the division
of the cemetery into lots, for the allotment of lots to families or individuals, and
for the care, supervision, and improvement of the lots. The board also may make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for burial,
interment, reinterment, or disinterment. The board shall require the grass and weeds in the cemetery to be cut and destroyed
at least twice each year. Suitable provision shall be made in the cemetery for persons whose burial is at
the expense of the township.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 517.06
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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