{"id":38844,"date":"2013-05-21T05:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T10:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=38844"},"modified":"2013-05-21T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T10:06:15","slug":"state-agency-seeks-cemetery-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/05\/21\/state-agency-seeks-cemetery-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"State agency seeks cemetery concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ohio Department of Commerce news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Thousands of Ohioans will visit cemeteries on or around Memorial Day to pay their respects to loved ones and the nation\u2019s veterans.\u00a0Memorial Day is Monday, May 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cherish our cemeteries because they are an important part of our history and they serve as the final resting place of our veterans and loved ones,\u201d said Andre T. Porter, director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Porter said that occasionally Ohioans might have a concern about an issue involving a cemetery.\u00a0 In those cases, they should first bring the matter to the attention of the cemetery\u2019s management.\u00a0 If the issue cannot be resolved, Ohioans may file a complaint with the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission receives cemetery complaints involving registered cemeteries and works to resolve disputes that arise between a concerned party and a cemetery.\u00a0 Common examples of complaints include the cemetery\u2019s maintenance, how the cemetery is managed, or sales issues such as the purchase of interment rights, burial containers, markers or other items.<\/p>\n<p>Once a complaint is filed, a copy is sent to the cemetery operator.\u00a0 If it is not resolved, the complainant and the cemetery operator will receive a notice to appear before the Commission.\u00a0 The commissioners \u2013 many of whom are experienced cemetery operators, as well as public members \u2013 will suggest possible ways to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The cemetery complaint form is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.com.ohio.gov\/real\/docs\/real_COM3660CemeteryComplaintForm.pdf\">http:\/\/www.com.ohio.gov\/real\/docs\/real_COM3660CemeteryComplaintForm.pdf<\/a> or by calling 614.466.4100.<\/p>\n<p>To assist Ohioans in understanding cemetery issues, the department\u2019s Division of Real Estate &amp; Professional Licensing has a brochure titled \u201cOhio Cemeteries: A Consumer Guide\u201d available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.com.ohio.gov\/real\/docs\/real_CemeteryConsumerBrochure.pdf\">http:\/\/www.com.ohio.gov\/real\/docs\/real_CemeteryConsumerBrochure.pdf<\/a> or by calling the above number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Department of Commerce news COLUMBUS &#8212; Thousands of Ohioans will visit cemeteries on or around Memorial Day to pay their respects to loved ones and the nation\u2019s veterans.\u00a0Memorial Day is Monday, May 27. \u201cWe cherish our cemeteries because they are an important part of our history and they serve as the final resting place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 14:26:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}