Ohio has three types of Homestead Exemptions: (1) senior and disabled persons, (2) disabled veterans, and (3) surviving spouses of public safety personnel killed in the line of duty.
Can You Bury a Body at Home? There are no state laws in Ohio that prohibit home burial, and state law allows family cemeteries.
Who is eligible for the Homestead Exemption program? Those eligible must be 65 years of age or older or be permanently or totally disabled, meet annual state set income requirements, and own the home where they live as of January 1st or the year in which they apply.
Can You Bury a Body at Home? There are no state laws in Ohio that prohibit home burial, and state law allows family cemeteries.
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing, registers Ohio cemeteries operated by a company or person, church, religious society, established fraternal organization, or political subdivision.
When discussing the preservation of cemeteries, the first question that must be answered is, “who owns the cemetery?” There are basically three types of ownership in Ohio: township, municipal and private.