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2025 Ohio Revised Code
Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships
Chapter 1713 | Educational Corporations
Section 1713.39 | Liability for Having Unlawful Possession of Body.
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OH Rev Code § 1713.39 (2025)
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Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A person, association, or company, having unlawful possession of the body of a deceased person shall be jointly and severally liable with any other persons, associations, and companies that have had unlawful possession of such body, in any sum not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, to be recovered at the suit of the personal representative of the deceased in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased.
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