1721.19 Violation of bylaw, rule or regulation - detention or arrest.
1721.19 Violation of bylaw, rule or regulation - detention or arrest.
(A) No person shall violate a bylaw, rule, or regulation adopted by the trustees, directors, or other officers of a cemetery company or association, or by a board of township trustees having charge of township cemeteries, with reference to the protection, good order, and preservation of cemeteries, and the trees, shrubbery, structures, and adornments therein.
(B)(1) A watchperson, superintendent, gardener, or agent of a cemetery company or association who has probable cause to believe that a person has violated division (A) of this section may detain the person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time within the property of the cemetery company or association for the purpose of recovering any property involved in the violation, causing an arrest to be made by a peace officer, or obtaining a warrant of arrest.
(2) A watchperson, superintendent, gardener, or agent acting under division (B)(1) of this section shall not search the person detained, search or seize any property belonging to the person detained without the person’s consent, or use undue restraint upon the person detained.
(3) Any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed any act in violation of division (A) of this section that also is a violation of law and shall make the arrest within a reasonable time after the commission of the act in violation of division (A) of this section.
Effective Date: 03-23-2000