City of Cleveland Codified Ordinances, Chapter #233
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PART TWO — HEALTH CODE

Title I — Nuisances And General Provisions

Chapter 233 — Deaths

Complete to December 31, 2007

CROSS REFERENCES

Failure to report a crime or knowledge of death, CO 615.04

Corpse abuse, CO 621.13

233.01     Certification of Death

The death of any person within the City shall be officially certified by the Cuyahoga County Coroner or a physician. No person shall bury, cremate or dispose of any human corpse which has not been officially certified dead, but shall report such fact immediately to the Commissioner of Health, the Chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics or the Cuyahoga County Coroner.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)

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