636.12 ABUSE OF A CORPSE.
   (a)   No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that he or she knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities.
   (b)   No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilities.
   (c)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of gross abuse of a corpse, a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2927.01; Ord. 81-73. Passed 12-11-73.)