(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.
(1964 Code, § 537.22)
Statutory reference:
Abuse of a corpse, see R.C. § 2927.01