(A) When the body of a dead person is found within the city and such person was not an inmate of a correctional, benevolent, or charitable institution of this state, and the body is not claimed by any person for private 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 city shall be liable for the cremation expenses, in the amounts set forth herein, if:
(1) The deceased is determined to be an indigent person; and
(2) The person was a legal resident of the City of Van Wert at the time of death.
(B) When the body is claimed by an indigent person simply as that of a loved one, without undertaking to arrange and pay for private internment, the city shall be liable for the cremation 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 City of Van Wert at the time of death; and
(3) The claimant is determined to be an indigent person.
(Ord. 21-08-045, passed 11-8-2021)