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Indigent Burial - Information Only | Ohio Attorney General'S Office

30 E Broad St., 14th Flr., Columbus, OH 43215

Eligibility

These guidelines may be handled differently from one municipality to another and depending on the situation. In general, there is no guarantee of service.

Required documents

None

Hours

Generally, free to qualifying individuals or households.

Application process

Caller should contact the local government (township, village, or city - city hall would be a good place to start) in which the deceased once lived for more information.

Fees

Free

Service area

Ohio

Description

The Ohio Revised Code contains rules concerning burial or cremation of deceased indigent persons (those with no savings that could pay for the burial or cremation and with no next of kin to provide these services) at the expense of townships or other municipal corporations such as villages and cities. In lieu of burying or cremating the unclaimed body of a deceased person, a board of township trustees may donate the body to a college (for research and/or dissection) or to the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors (for the purpose of education on embalming).

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Providing organization

Ohio Attorney General'S Office

Acts as attorney for the State of Ohio and its departments, boards, and agencies and is responsible for the collection of debts owed to the state. The Attorney General's Office has enforcement authority in areas empowered by the General Assembly. These areas include: consumer protection, charitable solicitation, antitrust actions, and organized crime. The office works with local law enforcement agencies at their request and occasionally, at the invitation of local prosecutors, the Office will serve as special prosecutors in criminal cases.