This indigent burial policy is enacted to comply with the provisions of R.C. § 9.15 pertaining to the burial of indigent persons found within the village who are not claimed by any person for private interment or cremation at the person’s own expense, or interment or cremation when the body of an indigent person is claimed by an indigent person. The purpose of this policy is to provide for the burial of indigents, or the burial of an indigent person claimed by an indigent person, for reasons of public health and sensibilities.
(Ord. 15-16, passed 10-17-2017)