Ohio Code § 5901.16

Ohio Code § 5901.16. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5901.16.

Upon application in writing by a veterans organization in any municipal corporation

or township, or upon a petition in writing by five or more veterans in any municipal

corporation or township where no veterans organization exists, the veterans service

commission of any county shall purchase or provide a veterans plot in any cemetery

in such county or municipal corporation where no burial plot is provided, for the

burial, removal, and reinterment of the bodies of neglected and indigent veterans. The expense of such purchase shall be filed with and audited by the county auditor,

who shall issue a warrant for it upon the county treasurer, who shall pay such warrant

from the general fund of the county.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5901.16
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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