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Cemeteries in Ohio that have NOT had any burials during the past 25 calendar years, and family cemeteries, as defined in the Ohio Revised Codes, are NOT eligible to be Registered.
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See (D) Sections 4767.02 to 4767.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to or affect a family cemetery or a cemetery in which there have been no interments during the previous twenty-five calendar years. As used in this division, "family cemetery" means a cemetery containing the human remains of persons, at least three-fourths of whom have a common ancestor or who are the spouse or adopted child of that common ancestor.
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Because of their being deemed ineligible to be Registered, neither cemetery category is eligible for complaints against those responsible for them to be submitted to the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission - the "OCDRC".
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The "OCDRC" only accepts, reviews, and acts upon complaints submitted to them regarding Active and Registered Cemeteries (or cemeteries that are Active and SHOULD BE Registered but are not due to no fault of their own). Please keep this fact in mind.
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A large number of Ohio's cemeteries are older and Inactive, and sadly they are the very ones that visitors would have reasons to file complaints about. However, should they file complaints, the "OCDRC" will reject them for the reasons stated above.
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