Ohio Code § 517.28
Ohio Code § 517.28. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 517.28.
Where a cemetery is located outside a municipal corporation, and not further therefrom
than one mile, and the title to and possession thereof is in such municipal corporation,
or such cemetery is under the control of any of the authorities of a municipal corporation,
and such municipal corporation has failed to protect or keep the cemetery enclosed
with fences for two years, any five freeholders whose property is in the vicinity
of such cemetery may apply, by petition, to the probate court of such county, stating
in their petition that the municipal corporation has failed to protect such cemetery,
and asking for its abandonment or removal. In such action the municipal corporation shall be made defendant and served with
summons as in other actions. If it appears to the court upon final hearing, to be to the public interest to have
such cemetery abandoned and removed, it shall so order.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 517.28
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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