Ohio Code § 5901.29

Ohio Code § 5901.29. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5901.29.

The funeral director employed to perform the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code shall use the blanks provided by this section, specifying what the funeral director

is to furnish for the service.  The contract shall be signed by the funeral director and a copy thereof left with

the veterans service commission with which it is made.  Such contract shall read as follows: “I __________, funeral director, residing at __________ hereby agree to furnish the following items for the burial or cremation (circle one)

of __________, who resided at __________, and died __________, __________, which shall consist of: (A) One casket, nicely covered with a good quality of black cloth, lined with a good

quality of white satin or other material, and trimmed on the outside with handles

of a fair quality in keeping with the casket; (B) One burial robe of a good quality of material; (C) One plain box appropriate for receiving the coffin or urn containing cremated remains

inside the grave; (D) Payment for digging the grave, in the place designated by the friends of the deceased

or as otherwise provided, and for filling the grave in a proper manner; (E) Furnishing a funeral car for conveying the remains to the place of burial or crematory; (F) Preparing the body for burial when so requested; (G) Furnishing necessary transportation for the use of the family, friends, and pallbearers,

which people shall be returned to their respective homes or to the place where the

funeral services were held; (H) Furnishing a decent, respectable funeral, for the sum of _____ dollars.”

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5901.29
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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