(A) Unclaimed. When the body of a dead person is found within the village and such person was not an inmate of a correctional, benevolent, or charitable institution of the state; and the body is not claimed by any person for private interment or cremation at the person's own expense; or delivered for the purpose of medical or surgical study or dissection in accordance with R.C. § 1713.34, the village shall be liable for the cremation and interment expenses, in the amounts set forth herein, if:
(1) The deceased is determined to be an indigent person;
(2) The person was a legal resident of the village at the time of death; or
(3) The person was not a resident of the village, but transient in nature and all measures of notification of next of kin have been exhausted.
(B) Claimed. When the body is claimed by an indigent person simply as that of a loved one, without undertaking to arrange and pay for private interment, the village shall be liable for the cremation and interment expenses, in the amounts set forth herein, if:
(1) The deceased is determined to be an indigent person;
(2) The person was a legal resident of the village at the time of death;
(3) The person was not a resident of the village, but transient in nature and all measures of notification of next of kin have been exhausted; or
(4) The claimant is determined to be an indigent person.
(Ord. 3-2017, passed 2-21-17)