Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.24
§ 5309.24. Contents of decree of registration
Status: in_force

October 29, 2003 House Bill NO53 - 125th General Assembly (A) Every decree of registration in land registration cases shall bear the year, month, day, hour, and minute of its entry and shall be signed by the clerk of the probate court. It shall give the place of residence and post-office address of the owner of the land registered, state whether the owner is married or unmarried, and, if the owner is married, state the name of the owner's spouse. If the owner is under disability, the decree shall state the nature of the disability and, if the owner is a minor, shall state the minor's age. The decree shall contain an accurate description and plat of each separate parcel of the land as finally determined and adopted by the probate court, shall set forth the estate of the owner, and, in a manner that shows their relative priority, but subject to division (B) of this section, shall set forth all particular estates, mortgages, easements, liens, attachments, and other encumbrances, including rights of spouses, to which the land or the owner's estate is subject, all suits pending by or against the owner or any of the owner's predecessors in title in any court of record in the county the judgments in which might affect the land or the owner's title to the land, and all suits of that nature elsewhere pending if they were brought to the attention of the probate court by the pleadings or evidence in the case. The decree may contain any other matter properly to be determined by the court under this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code. The decree shall be stated in a form convenient for physical transcription upon, transcription by any of the applicable nonpaper means referred to in division (D) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code upon, or binding in the register of titles described in section 5309.25 of the Revised Code, shall be in a form suitable to constitute the decree as a certificate of title, and shall give insofar as possible the full name, place of residence, and post-office address of each owner and holder of any interest in or lien, charge, or encumbrance upon the lands or any part of the lands, except as provided in division (B) of this section. The clerk, under the direction of the court, shall make and keep indexes of all applications and of all decrees of registration. (B) On and after March 30, 1999, a decree of registration in a land registration case shall not set forth pursuant to division (A) of this section any restrictive covenant that appears to apply to the land or any part of the land, if any inclusion of the restrictive covenant in a transfer, rental, or lease of housing accommodations, any honoring or exercising of the restrictive covenant, or any attempt to honor or exercise the restrictive covenant constitutes an unlawful discriminatory practice under division (H)(9) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.60
§ 5309.60. No registration or certificate of title shall issue upon tax deed except on order of court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A tax deed of registered land, or an interest therein, issued in pursuance of any sale for a tax, assessment, or other imposition, shall have only the effect of an agreement for the transfer of the title upon the register. Before any person dealing with such land is affected by such tax deed such deed must be filed in the county recorder's office and a memorial of such filing be made by the recorder on the registered certificate of title for such land. No registration of title under such tax deed shall be made, or certificate of title issued thereon, unless the tax deed is filed within sixty days after its date, or in any case except upon the order of the probate court or the court of common pleas, on application therefor by petition to which all persons in interest shall be made parties and brought before the court. Any person interested in the land may show, as cause why such certificate shall not issue, any fact that might be shown at law or in equity on his behalf to set aside such tax deed. The party named in the tax deed must show affirmatively that the law entitling him to a deed has been strictly complied with. In such suit the court may decree such deed and tax sale under which the same was issued to be invalid for the purposes of entitling the purchaser or grantee to a transfer of the title to said land and order the same to be canceled upon the payment by any party in interest to said purchaser or grantee of the amount paid by him on such tax sale and subsequently as taxes on the property, together with interest on all such sums.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.031
§ 5311.031. Relocation and reallocation of boundaries
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, the boundaries between adjoining units and appurtenant limited common elements may be relocated and the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to those units may be reallocated by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1)(a) The owners of the adjoining units shall submit to the board of directors of the unit owners association a written application for the relocation and reallocation. The application shall be accompanied by the written consents of the holders of all liens on those units, except liens for real estate taxes and assessments not due and payable. (b) In the application, the owners of the adjoining units may request a specific reallocation of their undivided interests in the common elements allocated to the adjoining units. (2) Unless the board of directors finds any requested reallocation of the undivided interests in the common elements to be unreasonable, within thirty days after the board receives the application, the association shall prepare, at the expense of the owners of the adjoining units, an amendment to the declaration that is executed by the owners of the affected units and that includes all of the following: (a) Identification of the affected units; (b) Words of conveyance between the owners of the units; (c) A specification of the undivided interests in the common elements, the proportionate shares of common surplus and common expenses, and the voting powers of each unit resulting from the relocation and reallocation, the total of which shall equal the interests, shares, and powers of the former adjoining units. (3) At the expense of the owners of the affected units, the association shall record the amendment to the declaration together with both of the following: (a) Any drawing, plat, or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries of the affected units; (b) The dimensions and identifying number of each unit that results from the relocation and reallocation. (B) Existing liens automatically shall attach to each unit that results from the relocation and reallocation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.79
§ 5309.79. References required in instruments transferring title or creating or discharging liens
Status: in_force

June 19, 1974 House Bill 682 - 110th General Assembly Every voluntary instrument intended to be used in transferring any title or estate in registered land, or in creating any lien or charge thereon, or assigning, releasing, or discharging any lien or charge, in whole or in part, and every certificate or other paper filed with the county recorder for the purpose of acquiring or creating an involuntary lien, interest, or charge upon registered land, shall at least refer by number to the certificate of title covering such land or containing a memorial of such interest, lien, or charge. Such reference shall be contained in the body of all voluntary instruments, and in the case of such certificate or papers so filed to acquire involuntary interests, liens, or charges, such reference shall be either in the body of such certificate or papers or indorsed thereon and the indorsement shall be signed by the proper officer or a person in interest. Each of such instruments referred to in the preceding sentence shall also have the words "REGISTERED LAND" conspicuously typed or printed in capital letters on the reverse side of the last page of the instrument, which page is also known as the caption page or the backing of the instrument. If only a part of the land covered by such certificate of title is sought to be affected, and accurate description of such part enabling it to be definitely located and platted shall be given in such voluntary instrument, or in or upon such certificate or paper so filed, in addition to such reference to the certificate of title by number.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.93
§ 5309.93. Effective liens
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No statutory or other lien except taxes and assessments, lawfully levied, and liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or constitution of the United States prior to October 4, 1933, shall affect the title to registered land, until after such lien is noted upon the registered certificate of title.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5323.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5323 / § 5323.03
§ 5323.03. Designation of filing agent by out-of-state owner
Status: in_force

September 28, 2006 House Bill 294 - 126th General Assembly An owner of residential rental property who resides outside the state shall designate, in a manner to be determined by the county auditor of the county in which the property is located, an individual who resides in the state to serve as the owner's agent for the acceptance of service of process on behalf of the owner in any legal action or proceeding in the state, unless the owner previously designated and continues to maintain a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state pursuant to another section of the Revised Code. An owner who designates an agent pursuant to this section shall file in writing with the relevant county auditor the name, address, and telephone number of the agent. An owner who previously designated and continues to maintain a statutory agent for the service of process with the secretary of state as a condition of being authorized to engage in business in this state pursuant to another section of the Revised Code shall file in writing with the county auditor of the county in which the residential rental property is located a certified copy of the document filed with the secretary of state containing that designation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.23
§ 5309.23. Decree of confirmation and registration - effect
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the probate court or the court of common pleas after a hearing in a land registration case finds that the applicant has title in whole or in part as stated in his application, and proper for registration, then to the extent of the title so found a decree of confirmation and registration shall be entered, which shall have the effect of a decree in rem and, subject only to the exceptions stated in section 5309.28 of the Revised Code, shall bind the land and all interests and rights therein and liens and charges thereon. After the expiration of the time for appeal and except as otherwise provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, such decree of confirmation and registration shall be absolutely conclusive against all persons, including the state or any political subdivision thereof, whether mentioned by name in the application, notice, or other papers in the case, or as unknown heirs and devisees, or included in the general description "all other persons, if any, having any right or interest in or lien upon the lands or any part thereof," and whether under disability, not in being, unknown, or unascertained. After the expiration of the time for appeal, except as otherwise provided in such sections, no such person shall in any of the courts of this state assert by suit or otherwise any claim to an interest in or lien or charge upon registered land in derogation of or contrary to the purport of such decree. Such decree shall not, after the expiration of the time for appeal, be opened because of the absence, infancy, or other disability of any person affected thereby, or by any suit or proceeding at law or in equity for opening up judgments or decrees because a party has not had actual notice of the suit or proceedings. Any person deprived of land or of any interest therein or lien or charge thereon by a decree of registration obtained by fraud may file a petition in the case to open up and review such case within one year after the entry of the decree, provided no innocent purchaser for value, mortgagee, or other lien holder has acquired an interest. If there is any such purchaser, mortgagee, or other lien holder, the decree of registration shall not as to them or any person holding under them be opened, but shall remain in effect forever, subject only to the right of appeal. Any person who is aggrieved by such decree may pursue his remedy by action of tort against the applicant or against any other person for fraud in procuring the decree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5312.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5312 / § 5312.09
§ 5312.09. Assignment or conveyance of rights or interest in common elements
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 Senate Bill 187 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) The owners association may not assign the right to common assessments, or the future income from those assessments, or convey any fee interest or any security interest in any portion of the common elements unless the declaration specifically provides for such a conveyance or seventy-five per cent of the voting power of the owners association, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, approves the conveyance. (2) The owners association may not convey any fee interest in a limited common element or subject a limited common element to a security interest without the approval of all of the owners of the lots to which the limited common element is allocated. Any proceeds of the conveyance of a limited common element are an asset of the owners association. (B) No contract to convey or subject a common element or a limited common element to a security interest is enforceable against the owners association unless it complies with division (A) of this section. The board of directors, on behalf of the owners association, has all powers necessary and appropriate to effect a conveyance or encumbrance that division (A) of this section permits, including the power to execute a deed or other instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.33
§ 5303.33. Necessary parties to proceeding
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All persons who have vested, contingent, or reversionary interest in the real estate referred to in section 5303.32 of the Revised Code, and the trustees or other temporal officers of the religious society then using it, shall be made parties to such petition, and be notified of its filing, as in a civil action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.13
§ 5303.13. Judgment and execution on verdict for plaintiff
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, under section 5303.11 of the Revised Code, the jury reports a sum in favor of the plaintiff in ejectment on the assessment and valuation of the valuable and lasting improvements, the assessment of damages for waste, and the net annual value of the rents and profits, the court shall render a judgment therefor, without pleadings, and issue execution thereon as in other cases. In such case, or in cases in which no such excess is reported, such plaintiff is barred from having or maintaining an action for mesne profits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.15
§ 5310.15. Fees
Status: in_force

August 1, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly On filing an application for registration, the applicant shall pay to the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas ten dollars, which is full payment for all clerk's fees and charges in such proceeding on behalf of the applicant. Any defendant, except a guardian ad litem, on entering an appearance by filing a pleading of any kind, shall pay to the clerk five dollars, which is full payment for all clerk's fees on behalf of such defendant. When any number of defendants enter their appearance at the same time in one pleading by filing a pleading of any kind, one fee shall be paid. Every required publication in a newspaper shall be paid for by the party on whose application the order of publication is made, in addition to the fees prescribed in the first paragraph of this section. The party at whose request, or on whose behalf, any notice is issued, shall pay for the service of such notice except when such notice is sent by mail by the clerk or the county recorder. Examiners of titles shall receive for examining title or original reference, and making report on all matters arising under the application, including final certificate as to all necessary parties being made and properly brought before the probate court or the court of common pleas, and as to the proceedings being regular and legal, one half of one per cent of the appraised tax value, the fee in no case to be less than seventy-five or more than two hundred fifty dollars, for each separate and distinct parcel of land included in the application although made up of more than one tract. Upon a reference to an examiner of titles or to any other person upon a hearing to take evidence and make report to the court, the fee of the referee shall be fixed by the court at not more than fifteen dollars per day for the time actually employed. For a certificate of an examiner of titles that all necessary parties are before the court, and the proceedings are regular and legal in a suit for partition, foreclosure of mortgage, marshalling of liens, or other suit or proceeding affecting the title of any interest in, or lien or charge upon registered lands, the fees shall be fixed by the court, and shall not be more than twenty-five dollars for each separate and distinct parcel of land included in the petition or application although such parcel is made up of more than one tract. Guardians for the suit in original registration shall receive three dollars when there is no contest in which the guardian participates. In other cases such guardians shall receive such fees as the court fixes, but not more than twenty-five dollars. For certifying pending suits, judgments, liens, attachments, executions, or levies, the officers certifying them to the recorder shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents to be paid by the party interested and taxed in the costs of the case. For serving summons, notice, or other paper provided for in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code, the sheriff or other officer shall receive the same fees as in other similar cases. The recorder shall receive the following fees, to include base fees for services and housing trust fund fees pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code: (A) For original registration of title, issuing duplicate certificate, entering memorials and memorandums, as directed by the decree, and indexing it, a base fee of thirty dollars and a housing trust fund fee of thirty dollars; (B) For examining and registering each transfer of registered land, including the filing of all papers therewith, entering memorials, issuing new duplicate certificate of title and indexing it, a base fee of thirty dollars and a housing trust fund fee of thirty dollars for the first distinct body or parcel of land contained in such certificate, and a base fee of two dollars and a housing trust fund fee of two dollars for each additional distinct body or parcel of land contained in such certificate; (C) For filing, examining, and entering a memorial of each mortgage or lease, upon registered land, and indexing it, for each separately registered parcel, a base fee of ten dollars and a housing trust fund fee of ten dollars; (D) For filing, examining, and entering a memorial of each lien, charge, or demand upon registered land, and indexing it, for each separately registered parcel of land, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; (E) For cancellation of any memorial or memorandum, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; for entry of change of address, or notice of dower, for each separately registered parcel, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; (F) For each certified copy of a registered certificate, or issuing a mortgagee's duplicate certificate, or issuing a new owner's duplicate certificate to replace one which has been lost or destroyed, a base fee of fifteen dollars and a housing trust fund fee of fifteen dollars; (G) For filing, examining, and entering a memorial of each release, assignment, or waiver of priority of a mortgage, lease, lien, charge, or demand upon registered land and indexing it, for each separately registered parcel, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; (H) For filing, examining, and entering a memorial of each official certificate of pending suit, judgment, lien, attachment, execution, or levy, upon registered land and indexing it, for each separately registered parcel, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; (I) For continuing an owner's duplicate certificate, or mortgagee's duplicate certificate and entering and certifying memorials and notations thereon, a base fee of five dollars and a housing trust fund fee of five dollars; (J) For certificate as to taxes and special assessments, for each separately registered parcel, a base fee of ten dollars and a housing trust fund fee of ten dollars; (K) For filing, recording, and indexing any papers or instruments other than those provided in this section, any certified copy of record, or of any instrument on file in the recorder's office, the same fees allowed by law for like services; (L) For issuing subpoenas and notices and swearing witnesses, the same fees allowed the clerk for like services. Costs as provided in this section may be taxed and by the court ordered to be paid by the parties in such manner as is just.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.47
§ 5310.47. Abolition of land registration does not bar certain actions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Abolition of land registration in a county does not bar a person who is deprived of land, any interest therein, or any encumbrance thereon as the result of a decree obtained by fraud in a case relating to registered land or to the initial registration of land from filing a complaint to open up and review the case as provided in section 5309.23 or 5309.81 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.35
§ 5310.35. Public hearing
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall conduct the public hearing required by section 5310.33 of the Revised Code in accordance with this section. (A)(1) The board shall prepare a notice of the hearing that includes each of the following: (a) A statement that the board is considering abolishing land registration in the county, that abolition would require the deregistration of all registered land in the county, and that after abolition all land in the county would have to be dealt with as nonregistered land; (b) A statement that the board seeks evidence with regard to the matters listed in section 5310.34 of the Revised Code; (c) The date, time, and place of the hearing, which shall be not earlier than two nor later than three months after the resolution to consider the merits of abolishing land registration was adopted by the board; (d) A statement that any person affected by the proposed abolition of land registration may appear at the hearing and present evidence as provided in division (B) of this section. (2) The board shall serve the notice by publication twice a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Publication of the notice shall be completed at least one month prior to the date set for the hearing. (B) At the date, time, and place specified in the notice, the board shall conduct a hearing, which may be adjourned from day to day until complete, at which any person affected by the proposed abolition of land registration may appear in person, by attorney, or both, and present evidence, orally or in writing, with regard to the costs and benefits of maintaining land registration in the county. Any person who presents evidence may also present evidence refuting any evidence offered in opposition to the person's evidence. The board shall cause a stenographic record to be made of the hearing. The president of the board, or a member the president designates, shall preside at the hearing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.29
§ 5303.29. Consolidation of actions or trusts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Under the direction and approval of the court of common pleas, money arising from a sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code, may be invested in bonds which are either a portion or the whole or an issue secured by a first mortgage or trust deed upon the real estate so sold, under such restrictions as the court prescribes, which investment must be reported to the court and be subject to its approval and confirmation. When parts of the same entailed estate have been or are sought to be sold in separate actions, the court may, before or after the sale in any action, or at any time during the continuance of the trusts, consolidate any two or more such actions or the trusts created thereunder. The court may make all orders and decrees necessary or proper to effect consolidation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.03
§ 5303.03. Petition in action for land
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if the plaintiff states in his petition that he has a legal estate therein and is entitled to the possession thereof, describing it with such certainty as to identify the property, and that the defendant unlawfully keeps him out of the possession. It is not necessary to state how the plaintiff's estate or ownership is derived.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.331 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.331
§ 5301.331. Land contract cancellation, partial release, or assignment
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly Except in counties where deeds or other instruments are required as provided in this section, a land contract that is recorded in the office of the county recorder may be cancelled, partially released by the vendor and vendee, or assigned by either of them by writing the cancellation, partial release, or assignment on the original land contract or upon the margin of the record of the original land contract, and by signing it. That cancellation, partial release, or assignment need not be acknowledged, but if written on the margin of the record, the signing shall be attested to by the county recorder. The assignment by the vendee, whether it is on the land contract or upon the margin of the record of that contract, or by separate instrument, shall transfer the right held by the vendee under the land contract in the premises described in the contract unless otherwise stated in the land contract or in the assignment. For copying the cancellation, partial release, or assignment upon the margin of the record, or for attesting it, if written upon the margin of the record, the county recorder shall charge the fee provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code for recording the assignment and satisfaction of mortgages. A land contract that is recorded in the office of the county recorder may also be cancelled, partially released, or assigned by deed or by other separate instrument, acknowledged as provided in section 5301.01 of the Revised Code. Unless in the form of a deed, a separate instrument of cancellation, partial release, or assignment shall be recorded in the county recorder's official records. The county recorder shall charge the fee for that record as provided for in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for record fees. If a land contract has been cancelled, partially released, or assigned by deed or other separate instrument, and that deed or other separate instrument recites the county recorder's file number of the original land contract or the volume and page of the record in which the original land contract is recorded, the county recorder shall note on the margin of the original land contract the county recorder's file number of the deed or other separate instrument or the volume and page of the record in which the same is recorded. "Vendor" and "vendee" as used in this section include an assignee of the interest of either. This section does not permit the assignment of any land contract if the assignment is prohibited by the terms of the land contract. In a county where the county recorder has determined to use the microfilm process as provided by section 9.01 of the Revised Code, the county recorder may require that all cancellations, partial releases, and assignments of land contracts be by deed or other separate instrument. The original instrument bearing the proper endorsement may be used as such separate instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.12
§ 5311.12. Liens and encumbrances paid prior to conveyance
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly No owner of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall convey fee title to any unit of the condominium property until all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, affecting both the unit and any other part of the condominium property are paid and satisfied, the unit is released from the operation of those liens and encumbrances, or the purchaser of the unit assumes the lien.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.82
§ 5301.82. Contents of environmental covenant - required signatures
Status: in_force

December 30, 2004 House Bill 516 - 125th General Assembly (A) An environmental covenant shall contain all of the following: (1) A statement that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code; (2) A legally sufficient description of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) A description of the activity and use limitations on the real property; (4) Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in the use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting contamination on, the property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (5) The name or identity of every holder; (6) Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the environmental covenant; (7) The signatures of the applicable agency, every holder, and, unless waived by the agency, every owner of the fee simple of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (8) An identification of the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created. (B) In addition to the information required by division (A) of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed the environmental covenant, including any of the following: (1) Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the environmental covenant; (2) A brief narrative description of contamination on the property and its remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination; (3) Limitations on amendment or termination of the environmental covenant in addition to those established in sections 5301.89 and 5301.90 of the Revised Code; (4) Rights of the holder in addition to the right to enforce the environmental covenant pursuant to section 5301.91 of the Revised Code. (C) In addition to other conditions for an agency's approval of an environmental covenant, the agency may require those persons specified by the agency who have interests in the real property that is the subject of the environmental covenant to sign the covenant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5312.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5312 / § 5312.13
§ 5312.13. Compliance with covenants, conditions and restrictions; action for damages
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 Senate Bill 187 - 128th General Assembly The owners association and all owners, residents, tenants, and other persons lawfully in possession and control of any part of an ownership interest shall comply with any covenant, condition, and restriction set forth in any recorded document to which they are subject, and with the bylaws and the rules of the owners association, as lawfully amended. Any violation is grounds for the owners association or any owner to commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or both, and an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees in both types of action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.06
§ 5302.06. General warranty covenants meaning and effect
Status: in_force

October 30, 1965 House Bill 163 - 106th General Assembly In a conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, the words "general warranty covenants" have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words: "The grantor covenants with the grantee, his heirs, assigns, and successors, that he is lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises; that they are free from all encumbrances; that he has good right to sell and convey the same, and that he does warrant and will defend the same to the grantee and his heirs, assigns, and successors, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons."
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.89
§ 5309.89. Title by prescription or adverse possession
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No title to registered real property in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.01
§ 5309.01. Registration of land title definitions
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly As used in this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code: (A) "Certificate of title" includes all memorials and notations noted under a certificate of title. (B) "Trust deed in the nature of a mortgage" is a mortgage and subject to the same rules as a mortgage. (C) "Probate court" has the same meaning as in section 2101.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Registered land" means any land registered under this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code. (E) "Housing accommodations" and "restrictive covenant" have the same meanings as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.34
§ 5310.34. Relevant evidence of costs and benefits of maintaining land registration system
Status: in_force

February 28, 1991 House Bill 161 - 118th General Assembly Evidence relevant to the costs and benefits of maintaining a land registration system in a county includes, but is not limited to, evidence with regard to the following: (A) The monetary cost to a landowner of initially registering land in the county; (B) The monetary cost to a landowner or other person of registering subsequent conveyances and encumbrances in the county, as compared to the monetary cost to a landowner or other person of traditionally recording a conveyance or encumbrance in the county; (C) The monetary cost to the county of maintaining separate sets of records, one for land registration and one for traditional recordation; (D) The monetary cost to the county of winding up land registration if a resolution of abolition were implemented; (E) The frequency with which land registration is used in the county, as compared to the frequency with which traditional recordation is used in the county; (F) The time and steps required to initially register land in the county; (G) The time and steps required to register a subsequent conveyance or encumbrance under the land registration system, as compared to the time and steps required to record a conveyance or encumbrance under the traditional recordation system; (H) The number of officers and employees required to administer both the land registration system and the traditional recordation system in the county, and the number of officers and employees that would be needed if the land registration system were abolished in the county; (I) The degree to which the county's officers and employees who process land conveyances are familiar with, and knowledgeable about, the land registration system, and the degree to which the county's officers and employees who process land conveyances are familiar with, and knowledgeable about, the traditional recordation system; (J) The county recorder's ability, as an officer having duties that are principally ministerial in nature, to properly carry out his duties under Chapter 5309. and sections 5310.01 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code; (K) Instances of misfilings as between the land registration and traditional recordation systems; (L) Liabilities for fraud, negligence, omission, mistake, or misfeasance that have been incurred by the county recorder or his deputies, any examiner of titles, or any of the recorder's assistants or clerks in connection with the land registration and traditional recordation systems; (M) The advantages commonly cited by proponents of land registration, and the degree to which operation of the county's land registration system has achieved those advantages; (N) The disadvantages commonly cited by opponents of land registration, and the degree to which operation of the county's land registration system has borne out those disadvantages; (O) The degree to which other devices, such as quiet title actions, marketable title statutes, and title insurance, have tended to make the claimed advantages of land registration superfluous in the county; (P) The level of popular support among the county's landowners for the county's land registration system, and reasons such landowners state for supporting or opposing the county's land registration system; (Q) The importance to the county's landowners of the conclusive effect of a certificate of title, and of the conclusive right to possession afforded by land registration, as opposed to risk of ouster and risk of acquisition of rights by prescription or adverse possession under the traditional recordation system; (R) The degree to which the land registration and traditional recordation systems respectively lend themselves to microfilming and data processing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5305.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5305 / § 5305.15
§ 5305.15. Surviving spouse may elect to be endowed out of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In actions for partition, when an estate cannot be divided, and is ordered to be sold, and in actions for the sale of real estate by executors, administrators, guardians, and assignees, acting under a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, and in all other actions and proceedings in which the court orders the sale of real estate to satisfy a judgment or decree, the surviving spouse who has a dower interest in such real estate, and is a party, may file an answer, waive the assignment of dower by metes and bounds, and ask to have the estate sold free of dower and to be allowed, in lieu thereof, such money out of the proceeds of sale as the court deems the just value of the dower interest therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.69
§ 5309.69. Declaring trusts upon registered land - negotiations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Trusts may be declared upon registered land, or upon any interest therein, by deed or other instrument in writing, fully and clearly defining the trusts, conditions, and limitations, and the powers and duties of the trustee and giving his name, residence, and post-office address and the name, residence, and post-office address of each beneficiary. When such deed of trust or other instrument is filed with the county recorder, accompanied with the owner's duplicate certificate of title, if the recorder finds that the grantor had the right to make such grant, and the trustee had the right to receive it, and the instrument conforms to sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, he shall register such instrument as other instruments are registered. The recorder shall enter on the registered and duplicate certificate of title, memorials of the terms, conditions and limitations of the trust, and also in plain letters the words "in trust," and record such deed of trust in the "record of trusts and exceptional estates" and note the volume and folium where such instrument is recorded. Thereafter no transfer, charge, or other dealing with the land, estate or interest, shall be registered, unless the opinion of the probate court or the court of common pleas, certified to the recorder, is first obtained, that such transfer or dealing is in accordance with the true intent and meaning of the trust. If the court has doubt as to the true intent and meaning of the trust, the court shall order an issue to be made up and all parties in interest notified, and the court shall hear and determine the matter and make an order in accordance with law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5312.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5312 / § 5312.12
§ 5312.12. Liens
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 Senate Bill 187 - 128th General Assembly (A) The owners association has a lien upon the estate or interest in any lot for the payment of any assessment or charge levied in accordance with section 5312.11 of the Revised Code, as well as any related interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, collection costs, attorney's fees, and paralegal fees, that are chargeable against the lot and that remain unpaid ten days after any portion has become due and payable. (B) All of the following apply to a lien charged against a property pursuant to this section: (1) The lien is effective on the date that a certificate of lien is filed for record in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the lot is situated, pursuant to authorization by the board of directors of the owners association. The certificate shall contain a description of the lot, the name of the record owner of the lot, and the amount of the unpaid assessment or charge. It shall be subscribed to by the president of the board or other designated representative of the owners association. (2) The lien is a continuing lien upon the lot against which each assessment or charge is made, subject to automatic subsequent adjustments reflecting any additional unpaid interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, collection costs, attorney's fees, paralegal fees, and court costs. (3) The lien is valid for a period of five years from the date of filing, unless it is sooner released or satisfied in the same manner provided by law for the release and satisfaction of mortgages on real property or unless it is discharged by the final judgment or order of a court in an action brought to discharge the lien as provided in this section. (4) The lien is prior to any lien or encumbrance subsequently arising or created, except liens for real estate taxes and assessments of political subdivisions and liens of first mortgages that have been filed for record prior to the recording of the lien, and may be foreclosed in the same manner as a mortgage on real property in an action brought by the owners association. (C)(1) In any foreclosure action that the holder of a lien commences, the holder shall name the owners association as a defendant in the action. The owners association or the holder of the lien is entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect rental payments due on the property. Any rental payment a receiver collects during the pendency of the foreclosure action shall be applied first to the payment of the portion of the common expenses chargeable to the lot during the foreclosure action. (2) Unless prohibited by the declaration or the bylaws, following any foreclosure action, the owners association or an agent the board authorizes is entitled to become a purchaser at the foreclosure sale. (3) A mortgage on a lot may contain a provision that secures the mortgagee's advances for the payment of the portion of the common expenses chargeable against the lot upon which the mortgagee holds the mortgage. (D) An owner may commence an action for the discharge of the lien in the court of common pleas of the county in which all or a part of the property is situated if the owner believes that the liability for the unpaid assessment or charge for which the owners association filed a certificate of lien was improperly charged. In the action, if it is finally determined that the unpaid amount of the assessment or charge was improperly charged to the owner or the lot, the court shall enter an order that it determines to be just, which may provide for a discharge of record of all or a portion of the lien and an award of attorney's fees to the owner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.01
§ 5302.01. Statutory forms
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly The forms set forth in sections 5302.05 , 5302.07 , 5302.09 , 5302.11 , 5302.12 , 5302.14 , 5302.17 , and 5302.31 of the Revised Code may be used and shall be sufficient for their respective purposes. They shall be known as "Statutory Forms" and may be referred to as such. They may be altered as circumstances require, and the authorization of those forms shall not prevent the use of other forms. Wherever the phrases defined in sections 5302.06 , 5302.08 , 5302.10 , and 5302.13 of the Revised Code are to be incorporated in instruments by reference, the method of incorporation as indicated in the statutory forms shall be sufficient, but shall not preclude other methods.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.31
§ 5302.31. Private selling officer's deed; form
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly A deed in substance following the form set forth in this section, when duly executed in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code, has the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, to the grantee's and the grantee's heirs', assigns', and successors' own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor with the grantee, the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, that, at the time of the delivery of that deed, the grantor was duly appointed, qualified, and acting in the fiduciary capacity described in that deed, and was duly authorized to make the sale and conveyance of the premises; and that in all of the grantor's proceedings in the sale of the premises the grantor has complied with the requirements of the statutes in such case provided. "Private Selling Officer's Deed Ohio Revised Code § 2329.152 Case No. _____________________ I, __________________________, a private selling officer as defined in section 2329.01 of the Revised Code, pursuant to the Order of Sale entered on __________________, the Confirmation of Sale entered on _______________, and in consideration of the sum of $______________________, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, sell, and convey unto ____________________, tax mailing address ________________________, all the rights, title, and interest of the parties in Court of Common Pleas, ________________ County, Ohio, Case No. ________________, ___________________ vs. _____________________, and all pleadings therein incorporated herein by reference in and to the following Lands and Tenements situated in the County of ___________________ and State of Ohio, known and described as follows, to-wit: (description of land or interest therein) This deed does not reflect any restrictions, conditions, or easements of record. Prior Owner: ______________________________ Prior Instrument Reference: ______________________________ Executed this _______ day of ___________________, ____________________________________ (signature of private selling officer) Auctioneer License # ______________________________ Real Estate Broker License #______________________________ (Execution in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code)" Last updated February 24, 2022 at 12:44 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.07
§ 5307.07. Partition of multiple tracts
Status: in_force

October 14, 1997 Senate Bill 88 - 122nd General Assembly When partition of more than one tract is demanded, the commissioner or commissioners shall set off to each plaintiff or interested party the plaintiff's or interested party's proper proportion in each of the several tracts unless the tracts are owned by the same proprietors in like proportion in each tract, in which case the share of any proprietor, in all the tracts, may be set off to the proprietor according to the best discretion of the commissioner or commissioners. If the commissioner or commissioners divide any tract, it shall be surveyed and platted in compliance with sections 711.001 to 711.15 of the Revised Code and with rules adopted pursuant to those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.253 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.253
§ 5301.253. Written notice of code violations prior to entering into agreement for transfer of title to property
Status: in_force

August 16, 1978 Senate Bill 249 - 112th General Assembly (A) The owner of any property who has received written notice that the property is in violation of any building or housing code shall give the purchaser or grantee of the property written notice of the code violations prior to entering into an agreement for the transfer of title to the property, or if the owner does not enter into a written agreement for the transfer, prior to the filing for record of a deed to the property. Any notice or order of a court or of a housing or building authority of the state or a political subdivision that relates to a violation of the building or housing code of the state or any political subdivision and that appears on the public records of the issuing authority is notice to all subsequent purchasers, transferees, or any other persons who acquire any interest in the real property in which the violation exists and may be enforced against their interest in the real property without further notice or order to them. (B) The transfer of title to, or any interest in, real property in which a housing or building code violation exists shall not be grounds for dismissal of charges in any court against a previous owner of the real property for failure to comply with a notice for correction of a housing or building code violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.032
§ 5311.032. Reallocation of rights to use of limited common elements
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, rights to the use of limited common elements may be reallocated between or among units by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1) The owners of the affected units shall prepare and execute at their expense an amendment to the declaration that identifies the affected units and specifies the reallocated rights to the affected limited common elements. (2) The owners of the affected units shall submit to the board of directors of the unit owners association the amendment, accompanied by the written consents of the owners of all affected units and the holders of all liens on those units except liens for real estate taxes and assessments not due and payable. (3) At the expense of the owners of the affected units, the unit owners association shall record the submitted amendment to the declaration. (B)(1) If the declaration reserves any common element as an exclusive use area, the board of directors may delegate that common element to the use of a certain unit or units, to the exclusion of other units. The delegation of a common element may be subject to criteria that the unit owners association establishes, including the payment of an additional fee that is part of each benefited unit's common expenses and that is only to be used for the delegated common element. (2) Nothing in division (B)(1) of this section affects a unit owner's right to exclusive use of any common element that the declaration designates as a limited common element appurtenant to the owner's unit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.057 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.057
§ 5301.057. Transfer fee covenant
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 274 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Environmental covenant" means (a) A servitude that imposes activity and use limitations on real property and meets the requirements of section 5301.82 of the Revised Code; (b) A conservation easement or agricultural easement as defined in section 5301.67 of the Revised Code. (2) "Transfer" means the sale, gift, conveyance, assignment, inheritance, or other transfer of an ownership interest in real property located in this state. (3) "Transfer fee" means a fee or charge required by a transfer fee covenant and payable upon the transfer of an interest in real property, or payable for the right to make or accept such a transfer, regardless of whether the fee or charge is a fixed amount or is determined as a percentage of the value of the property, the purchase price, or other consideration given for the transfer. The following are not transfer fees for purposes of this section: (a) Any consideration payable by the grantee to the grantor for the interest in real property being transferred. For the purposes of division (A)(3)(a) of this section, an interest in real property includes a separate mineral estate and its appurtenant surface access rights. (b) Any commission payable to a licensed real estate broker for the transfer of real property pursuant to an agreement between the broker and the grantor or the grantee, including any subsequent additional commission for that transfer payable by the grantor or the grantee based upon any subsequent appreciation, development, or sale of real property; (c) Any interest, charges, fees, or other amounts payable by a borrower to a lender pursuant to a loan secured by a mortgage against real property; (d) Any rent, reimbursement, charge, fee, or other amount payable by a lessee to a lessor under a lease; (e) Any consideration payable to the holder of an option to purchase an interest in real property or the holder of a right of first refusal or first offer to purchase an interest in real property for waiving, releasing, or not exercising the option or right upon the transfer of the property to another person; (f) Any tax, fee, charge, assessment, fine, or other amount payable to or imposed by a governmental authority; (g) Any fee, charge, assessment, fine, or other amount payable to a homeowners, condominium, cooperative, mobile home, or property owners association pursuant to a declaration or covenant or law applicable to the association; (h) Any payment required pursuant to an environmental covenant. (4) "Transfer fee covenant" means a declaration or covenant recorded against the title to real property that requires or purports to require the payment of a transfer fee to the declarant or other person specified in the declaration or covenant or to their successors or assigns upon a subsequent transfer of an interest in the real property. (B) A transfer fee covenant recorded in this state on or after September 13, 2010, does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any interest in real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. (C) Any lien purporting to secure the payment of a transfer fee under a transfer fee covenant that is recorded in this state on or after September 13, 2010, is void.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.92
§ 5309.92. Transfers
Status: in_force

February 28, 1991 House Bill 161 - 118th General Assembly Voluntary transfer or encumbrance of a registered estate or any interest therein shall be made only as prescribed by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code, and by entry on the register of land titles. No estate, legal or equitable, in registered land, shall pass by a mere assignment or delivery of a duplicate certificate of title or other instrument. This section does not apply upon implementation of a resolution of abolition under section 5310.38 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.08
§ 5311.08. Unit owners association
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 61 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Every condominium property shall be administered by a unit owners association. All power and authority of the unit owners association shall be exercised by a board of directors, which the unit owners shall elect from among the unit owners or the spouses of unit owners. If a unit owner is not an individual, that unit owner may nominate for the board of directors any principal, member of a limited liability company, partner, director, officer, or employee of that unit owner. The majority of the board shall not consist of unit owners or representatives from the same unit unless authorized by a resolution adopted by the board of directors prior to the board majority being comprised of owners or representatives from the same unit. (2) The board of directors shall elect a president, secretary, treasurer, and other officers that the board may desire. (3) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or the bylaws, all meetings of the unit owners association are open to the unit owners, and those present in person or by proxy when action is taken during a meeting of the unit owners association constitute a sufficient quorum. (4)(a) A meeting of the board of directors may be held by any method of communication, including electronic or telephonic communication provided that each member of the board can hear, participate, and respond to every other member of the board. (b) In lieu of conducting a meeting, the board of directors may take action with the unanimous written consent of the members of the board. Those written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the meetings of the board. (B) Except as provided in division (A)(1) of this section, the unit owners association shall be governed by bylaws. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws is valid unless it is set forth in an amendment to the declaration, and the amendment to the declaration is filed for record. Unless otherwise provided by the declaration, the bylaws shall provide for the following: (1)(a) The election of the board of directors of the unit owners association; (b) The number of persons constituting the board; (c) The terms of the directors, with not less than one-fifth to expire annually; (d) The powers and duties of the board; (e) The compensation of the directors; (f) The method of removal of directors from office; (g) The election of officers of the board; (h) Whether or not the services of a manager or managing agent may be engaged. (2) The time and place for holding meetings; the manner of and authority for calling, giving notice of, and conducting meetings; and the requirement, in terms of undivided interests in the common elements, of a quorum for meetings of the unit owners association; (3) By whom and the procedure by which maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common elements may be authorized; (4) The common expenses for which assessments may be made and the manner of collecting from the unit owners their respective shares of the common expenses; (5) The method of distributing the common profits; (6) By whom and the procedure by which administrative rules governing the operation and use of the condominium property or any portion of the property may be adopted and amended. These rules may govern any aspect of the condominium property that is not required to be governed by bylaws and may include standards governing the type and nature of information and documents that are subject to examination and copying by unit owners pursuant to section 5311.091 of the Revised Code, including the times and location at which items may be examined or copied and any required fee for copying the information or documents. (C)(1) The unit owners association shall be established not later than the date that the deed or other evidence of ownership is filed for record following the first sale of a condominium ownership interest in a condominium development. Membership in the unit owners association shall be limited to unit owners, and all unit owners shall be members. Until the unit owners association is established, the developer shall act in all instances in which action of the unit owners association or its officers is authorized or required by law or the declaration. (2)(a) Not later than sixty days after the developer has sold and conveyed condominium ownership interests appertaining to twenty-five per cent of the undivided interests in the common elements in a condominium development, the unit owners association shall meet, and the unit owners other than the developer shall elect not less than one-third of the members of the board of directors. (b) When computing undivided interests in expandable condominium properties for purposes of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the undivided interests in common elements shall be computed by comparing the number of units sold and conveyed to the maximum number of units that may be created, as stated in the declaration pursuant to division (C)(8) of section 5311.05 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the declaration or bylaws of a condominium development may authorize the developer or persons the developer designates to appoint and remove members of the board of directors of the unit owners association and to exercise the powers and responsibilities otherwise assigned by law, the declaration, or the bylaws to the unit owners association or to the board of directors. The authorization for developer control may extend from the date the unit owners association is established until sixty days after the sale and conveyance to purchasers in good faith for value of condominium ownership interests to which seventy-five per cent of the undivided interests in the common elements appertain, except that in no case may the authorization extend for more than five years after the unit owners association is established if the declaration includes expandable condominium property or more than three years after the unit owners association is established if the declaration does not include expandable condominium property. (2) If there is a unit owner other than the developer, the declaration of a condominium development shall not be amended to increase the scope or the period of the developer's control. (3) Within sixty days after the expiration of the period during which the developer has control pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section, the unit owners association shall meet and elect all members of the board of directors of the association. The persons elected shall take office at the end of the meeting during which they are elected and shall, as soon as reasonably possible, appoint officers. (E) The board of directors, or the developer while in control of the association, may take any measures necessary to incorporate the unit owners association as a not-for-profit corporation. Last updated June 29, 2022 at 2:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5322.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5322 / § 5322.03
§ 5322.03. Enforcement of owner's lien
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 House Bill 321 - 134th General Assembly An owner's lien created by division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code for a claim that has become due may be enforced only as follows: (A) The following persons shall be notified in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section: (1) All persons whom the owner has actual knowledge of and who claim an interest in the personal property; (2) All persons holding liens on any motor vehicle or watercraft amongst the property; (3) All persons who have filed security agreements in the name of the occupant evidencing a security interest in the personal property with either the secretary of state or the county recorder of the county in which the self-service storage facility is located or the Ohio county of the last known address of the occupant. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the notice shall be delivered in person, sent by certified mail or sent by first-class mail or private delivery service with a certificate or verification of mailing to the last known address of each person who is required to be notified by division (A) of this section; (2)(a) The notice may be sent by electronic mail to the occupant only if both of the following apply: (i) The occupant agreed to receive the notice via electronic mail and provided an electronic mail address to the owner in the original agreement or in a subsequent amendment to the agreement. (ii) The owner sends the notice via electronic mail in such a way as to establish, with a response or return receipt, that the message was delivered to the occupant's electronic mail address. (b) If it cannot be established in accordance with division (B)(2)(a) of this section that the notice was delivered, the owner shall use another method of delivery authorized by division (B)(1) of this section. (C) The notice shall include all of the following: (1) The name and last known address of the occupant who rented the storage space in which the personal property was stored; (2) An itemized statement of the owner's claim showing the sum due at the time of the notice and the date when the sum became due; (3) A brief and general description of the personal property subject to the lien. The description shall be reasonably adequate to permit the person notified to identify it except that any container including, but not limited to, a trunk, valise, or box that is locked, fastened, sealed, or tied in a manner that deters immediate access to its contents and that has not been opened by the owner prior to the date on which the notice is given may be described as such without describing its contents. (4) A notice of denial of access to the personal property, if a denial of access is permitted under the terms of the rental agreement, which notice provides the name, street address, and telephone number of the person whom the person notified may contact to pay the claim and to either obtain the personal property or enter into a rental agreement for the storage of the personal property; (5) A demand for payment within a specified time not less than ten days after delivery of the notice; (6) A conspicuous statement that unless the claim is paid within that time the personal property will be advertised for sale and will be sold by auction and that, if no person purchases the personal property at the auction, the personal property may be sold at a private sale or destroyed; (7) The street or internet address of the place at which the sale will be held, if the sale will be held at a place other than the self-service storage facility in which the personal property was stored. (D)(1) Any notice given pursuant to this section that is sent by first-class mail or private delivery service with a certificate or verification of mailing shall be deemed delivered when it is deposited with the United States postal service or private delivery service and properly addressed with proper postage prepaid. (2) Any notice given pursuant to this section that is sent by electronic mail to an occupant shall be deemed delivered when the owner receives a response or return receipt. (E) The sale of the personal property shall conform to the terms of the notice as provided for in this section. (F) The sale of the personal property may be held at the self-service storage facility or, if the street or internet address of the place was included in the notice as required by division (C)(7) of this section, on the internet or at the nearest suitable place to the self-service storage facility at which the personal property is stored. (G) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, an advertisement of the sale shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the self-service storage facility is located or any other commercially reasonable manner. The manner of advertisement shall be deemed commercially reasonable if at least three independent bidders register for, view, or attend the sale. The advertisement shall include all of the following: (1) A brief and general description of the personal property as required by division (C)(3) of this section, except that the description shall describe the contents of any trunk, valise, or box that is locked, fastened, sealed, or tied in a manner that deters immediate access to its contents, if the trunk, valise, or box is opened by the owner prior to the date on which the advertisement of sale is published; (2) The name and last known address of the occupant who rented the storage space in which the personal property was stored; (3) The street address of the self-service storage facility; (4) The time, place, and manner of the sale. The sale shall take place at least fifteen days after the first publication. (H)(1) Any person who has a security interest in, or who holds a lien against, a motor vehicle or watercraft may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien created by division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code and the reasonable expenses incurred under this section. That person, upon payment of the amount necessary to satisfy the lien plus expenses, may enter into a new rental agreement for the storage of the motor vehicle or watercraft. Any person who presents proof of a security interest in or lien on a motor vehicle or watercraft or a court order authorizing the person to take possession of a motor vehicle or watercraft may immediately remove the motor vehicle or watercraft from the self-service storage facility without satisfying the lien or expenses of the owner. (2) Before any sale of personal property other than a motor vehicle or watercraft pursuant to this section, any person who has a legal interest or a security interest in, or who holds a lien against, any personal property other than a motor vehicle or watercraft may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien created by division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code and the reasonable expenses incurred under this section and remove the personal property in which the person has the interest or against which the person holds the lien. After removal of all the personal property, including any motor vehicle or watercraft, from the storage space of the self-service storage facility by any means under this section, the owner may enter into a rental agreement with a new occupant for the storage space, and the owner has no obligation to the prior occupant of that storage space. (3) Upon receipt of the payment from a person other than the occupant, the owner may, at the owner's sole discretion, enter into a new rental agreement for the storage of the personal property or, if the person meets the conditions set forth in division (H)(2) of this section, shall permit the person to remove the personal property from the self-service storage facility. (4) If the occupant pays the amount necessary to satisfy the lien created by division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code and the reasonable expenses incurred under this section, the occupant shall immediately remove all of the occupant's personal property from the self-service storage facility, unless the owner of the self-service storage facility agrees to enter into a new rental agreement for the storage of the property. (I)(1) If property on which there is a lien under division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code is not sold at auction, but is claimed under division (H) of this section and the owner's lien is satisfied, then all legal or security interest in, or any other liens held against, the property shall remain intact. (2) A purchaser at auction in good faith, except an owner or an owner's agent, of the personal property sold to satisfy an owner's lien created by division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code takes the property free and clear of any rights of persons against whom the lien was valid, or any persons who had an interest in, or who held, any other lien against the property, despite noncompliance by the owner with the requirements of this section. (J) The owner may examine any personal property to be sold pursuant to this section. The examination may include, but is not limited to, the opening of any trunk, valise, box, or other container that is locked, fastened, sealed, tied, or otherwise closed in a manner that deters immediate access to its contents. (K)(1) If the property upon which division (A) of section 5322.02 of the Revised Code creates a lien is a motor vehicle, trailer, or a watercraft, the owner may, at the owner's sole discretion, have the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft towed from the premises if any of the following circumstances applies: (a) The notice was delivered or sent pursuant to division (B) of this section to all persons holding a lien on the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft, and thirty days have elapsed since the notice was delivered or sent. (b) Rent and other charges related to the property remain unpaid or unsatisfied by the occupant for sixty days, and no lien holders have been identified. (c) The owner is planning to hold or has held a sale for the personal property that was stored in the self-service storage space with that motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft, in which case the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft may, at the owner's sole discretion, be towed prior to or following the sale. (2) The owner shall not be liable for the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft or any damages to the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft once the towing service or storage facility takes possession of the property. The notice delivered or sent pursuant to division (B) of this section to all persons holding a lien on the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft shall include the name of the towing service or storage facility. The name and the street address of the towing service or storage facility shall also be made available to the occupant or any lien holder upon the presentation of a document of title or another document that confirms an interest in the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft. As used in this division, "towing service or storage facility" means any for-hire motor carrier that removes a motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft from a self-service storage facility pursuant to this division and any place to which that for-hire motor carrier delivers the motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft. (L) The owner may satisfy the owner's lien from the proceeds of any sale held pursuant to this section, but shall mail the balance, if any, by certified mail, or by first class mail or private delivery service with a certificate or verification of mailing, to the occupant at the occupant's last known mailing address. If the balance is returned to the owner after the owner mailed the balance by certified mail, first class mail, or private delivery service to the occupant or if the mailing address of the occupant is not known, the owner shall hold the balance for two years after the date of the sale for delivery on demand to the occupant or to any other person who would have been entitled to possession of the personal property. After the expiration of the two-year period, the balance shall become unclaimed funds, as defined in division (B) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, and shall be disposed of pursuant to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code. (M) An owner may buy at any public sale held pursuant to this section. (N) The rights provided by this section shall be in addition to all other rights allowed by law to a creditor against a debtor. (O)(1) If the owner complies with the requirements for sale under this section, the owner's liability to persons who have an interest in the personal property sold is limited to the balance of the proceeds of the sale after the owner has satisfied the owner's lien. (2) The owner is liable for damages caused by the failure to comply with the requirements for sale under this section and is liable for conversion for willful violation of the requirements for sale under this section. (P) If no person purchases the personal property at the auction and if the owner has complied with this section, the owner may do any of the following: (1) Advertise and sell the personal property pursuant to divisions (F) to (O) of this section; (2) Sell the personal property at a private sale; (3) Dispose of the personal property in any manner considered appropriate by the owner including, but not limited to, destroying the personal property. Last updated July 7, 2022 at 2:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.45
§ 5301.45. Instrument executed and acknowledged upon different sheets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument of writing intended to convey or encumber an interest in real estate is not printed or written on a single sheet, or when the certificate of acknowledgment thereof is not printed or written on the same sheet with the instrument, and such defective conveyance is corrected by the judgment of a court, or by the voluntary act of the parties thereto, such judgment or act shall relate back so as to be operative from the time of filing the original conveyance in the county recorder's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.63
§ 5309.63. Liens attach to lands set off in partition proceedings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When any lien or interest exists upon or in an undivided interest in land, and such interest is set off in severalty in proceedings for partition, such lien or interest shall attach only to the lands so set off, and the county recorder shall note the same upon the register of the new certificates of title, and shall indorse a memorandum of the partition upon the instrument creating such lien or other interest before a new certificate of title shall issue to the allottee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.21
§ 5311.21. Common profits and expenses distributed
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly Unless retained by the board of directors as reserves, the common profits of a condominium property shall be distributed among, and, except as provided in division (B) of section 5311.041 of the Revised Code, the common expenses shall be charged to the unit owners according to the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to their respective units.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.11
§ 5302.11. Quit-claim deed form
Status: in_force

February 1, 2002 House Bill 470 - 124th General Assembly A deed in substance following the form set forth in this section, when duly executed in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code, has the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, and to the grantee's and the grantee's heirs', assigns', and successors' own use, but without covenants of any kind on the part of the grantor. "QUIT-CLAIM DEED _______________ (marital status), of __________ County, _____________________ for valuable consideration paid, grant(s) to __________________, whose tax-mailing address is __________, the following real property: (description of land or interest therein and encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions, if any) Prior Instrument Reference: Volume _______, Page ______ _______________, wife (husband) of the grantor, releases all rights of dower therein. Executed this _______________ day of ___________ _______________________________ (Signature of Grantor) (Execution in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code)"
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.17
§ 5309.17. Guardian ad litem - duties, compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When proof of service of all orders of notice issued and when the probate court or the court of common pleas is satisfied that all necessary defendants are properly before the court, the court shall appoint a disinterested person, other than the examiner of titles by whom the title was examined and reported upon, to act as guardian ad litem for persons under any disability, and for all persons not in being, unascertained, unknown, or out of the state, who may have an interest, which is vested, contingent, in expectancy, or otherwise. The compensation of the guardian under the schedule of fees set forth in section 5310.15 of the Revised Code shall be determined by the court and paid as part of the costs in the case. Such guardian shall file an answer in the case and actively ascertain and protect, so far as is reasonably possible, the interests of all persons for whom he was appointed guardian for the suit and particularly represent, act for, and protect the interests and rights of all persons not in being.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.05
§ 5302.05. General warranty deed form
Status: in_force

February 1, 2002 House Bill 470 - 124th General Assembly A deed in substance following the form set forth in this section, when duly executed in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code, has the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, to the grantee's and the grantee's heirs', assigns', and successors' own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor with the grantee, the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, that, at the time of the delivery of that deed the grantor was lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises, that the granted premises were free from all encumbrances, that the grantor had good right to sell and convey the same to the grantee and the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, and that the grantor does warrant and will defend the same to the grantee and the grantee's heirs, assigns, and successors, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. "GENERAL WARRANTY DEED ___________ (marital status), of ___________ County, ______________ for valuable consideration paid, grant(s), with general warranty covenants, to _____________, whose tax-mailing address is __________________, the following real property: (description of land or interest therein and encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions, if any) Prior Instrument Reference: Volume _____, Page _____ _______________, wife (husband) of the grantor, releases all rights of dower therein. Executed this _______________ day of ________________ _______________________________ (Signature of Grantor) (Execution in accordance with Chapter 5301. of the Revised Code)"
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.10
§ 5321.10. Release of part of rent
Status: in_force

November 4, 1974 Senate Bill 103 - 110th General Assembly (A) If a landlord brings an action for the release of rent deposited with a clerk of court, the court may, during the pendency of the action, upon application of the landlord, release part of the rent on deposit for payment of the periodic interest on a mortgage on the premises, the periodic principal payments on a mortgage on the premises, the insurance premiums for the premises, real estate taxes on the premises, utility services, repairs, and other customary and usual costs of operating the premises as a rental unit. (B) In determining whether to release rent for the payments described in division (A) of this section, the court shall consider the amount of rent the landlord receives from other rental units in the buildings of which the residential premises are a part, the cost of operating those units, and the costs which may be required to remedy the condition contained in the notice given pursuant to division (A) of section 5321.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.33
§ 5309.33. Tract and alphabetical indexes
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The county recorder shall keep tract indexes if the board of county commissioners orders the recorder to do so and provides the proper records for those indexes. In those indexes, the recorder shall enter the lands registered in the numerical order of the townships, ranges, and sections, or original surveys, and, in the case of subdivisions, the blocks and lots in the subdivisions; the name of the owners; and a reference to the volume and folium of the register in which the lands are registered. The recorder shall keep alphabetical indexes in which shall be entered in alphabetical order the names of all registered owners and all other persons interested in, or holding charges upon, registered land, a short description of the land, the nature of the dealing, and a reference to the volume and folium of the register in which the land is registered. (B) In connection with any transfer of registered land that occurs on and after the effective date of this amendment in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, the county recorder shall delete from the indexes maintained under this section all references to any restrictive covenant that appears to apply to the transferred registered land, if any inclusion of the restrictive covenant in a transfer, rental, or lease of housing accommodations, any honoring or exercising of the restrictive covenant, or any attempt to honor or exercise the restrictive covenant constitutes an unlawful discriminatory practice under division (H)(9) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.48
§ 5309.48. Mortgage, encumbrance entered - mortgagee's duplicate certificate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a mortgage, encumbrance, or other instrument intended to create a lien upon or charge against registered land, as provided in section 5309.47 of the Revised Code, is filed in the county recorder's office, and the owner's duplicate certificate of title is produced, and it appears to the recorder that the person intending to create the lien or charge set forth in such instrument, has such right, and that the person in whose favor the same is sought to be created is entitled under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to have such instrument entered as a memorial upon the register, the recorder shall enter upon the proper folium of the register, where such title is registered, and upon the owner's duplicate certificate of title, a memorial accurately stating the purport and nature of the lien or charge created, the date of filing the instrument, and its file number. The recorder shall note upon the instrument filed with him the volume and folium of the register in which the memorial is entered. The recorder shall at any time after registration of a mortgage, upon the request of the mortgagee and the tender of the proper fee therefor, make and deliver to the mortgagee a duplicate of the owner's registered certificate of title but having indorsed, stamped, or printed thereon in large letters "Mortgagee's Duplicate Certificate" instead of "Owner's Duplicate Certificate." The recorder shall note on the registered certificate of title the fact and date of making and delivering such duplicate and to whom delivered. In case of the loss or destruction of such mortgagee's duplicate certificate, another may be issued to him as provided in section 5309.31 of the Revised Code in reference to the loss or destruction of an owner's duplicate certificate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.52
§ 5301.52. Notice and filing of claim of interest in land
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly (A) To be effective and entitled to recording, the notice referred to in section 5301.51 of the Revised Code shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the form of an affidavit; (2) State the nature of the claim to be preserved and the names and addresses of the persons for whose benefit the notice is being filed; (3) Contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by the notice, which description shall be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusions, except that if the claim is founded upon a recorded instrument, the description in the notice may be the same as that contained in such recorded instrument; (4) State the name of each record owner of the land affected by the notice, at the time of its recording, together with the recording information of the instrument by which each record owner acquired title to the land; (5) Be made by any person who has knowledge of the relevant facts or is competent to testify concerning them in court. (B) The notice shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties where the land described in it is situated. The county recorder of each county shall accept all such notices presented that describe land situated within the county, and shall enter and record them in the official records of that county, and shall index each notice in the direct index under the names of the claimants appearing in that notice and in the reverse index under the names of the record owners appearing in that notice. If the county recorder maintains indexes under section 317.20 of the Revised Code, the notices also shall be indexed under the description of the real estate involved. The county recorder shall charge the same fees for the recording of such notices as are charged for recording deeds. (C) A notice prepared, executed, and recorded in conformity with the requirements of this section, or a certified copy of it, shall be accepted as evidence of the facts stated insofar as they affect title to the land affected by that notice. (D) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in a notice executed under this section is guilty of perjury under section 2921.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.20
§ 5307.20. Powers of foreign guardian
Status: in_force

August 7, 2007 House Bill 53 - 127th General Assembly A person appointed according to the laws of any other state or country to take charge of the estate of an incompetent person not a resident of this state, upon being authorized in this state to take charge of such estate situated therein, may act in the partition of the estate the same as the guardian of an incompetent person is authorized to do by section 5307.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.06
§ 5303.06. Recovery when right terminates during the action
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In an action for the recovery of real property, when the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time the action was begun, but during its pendency his right has terminated, the verdict and judgment must be according to the fact, and the plaintiff may recover for the withholding of the property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.85
§ 5309.85. Burdens and incidents of registered land
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Registered land, and ownership therein, except as otherwise provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall in all respects be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to unregistered land. Such sections shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband or wife, or from liability to attachment or mesne process or levy, on execution, or from liability to any lien of any description established by law on land and the buildings thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land or buildings, or change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between co-tenants, or the rights to take such land or buildings by eminent domain, or relieve such land from liability to be recovered by an assignee in insolvency under the laws relative to preferences, or change or affect in any way any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.99
§ 5301.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 19, 1979 Senate Bill 508 - 112th General Assembly (A) Any individual, corporation, or other business entity that violates section 5301.254 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the market value of the real property or mineral or mining rights about which information must be filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 5301.254 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 5301.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.07
§ 5311.07. Condominium drawings
Status: in_force

July 20, 2004 House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly (A)(1) A set of drawings shall be prepared for every condominium property that graphically shows the boundaries, location, designation, length, width, and height of each unit; the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of the common elements and the limited common elements and exclusive use areas; and the location and dimensions of all appurtenant easements or encroachments. (2) If the condominium property is not contiguous, the drawings shall show the distances between parcels of land or water slips. (3) The drawings for commercial units that do not have wall surfaces shall show the monumental perimeter boundaries of those units. (4) The drawings need not show interior walls or partitions that are not load-bearing. (B) Each drawing shall bear both of the following: (1) The certified statement of a registered architect or registered professional engineer that the drawing accurately shows each building or water slip as built or constructed; (2) The certified statement of a registered professional surveyor that the drawing accurately reflects the location of improvements and recorded easements. (C) If some, but not all, portions of the condominium property are to be held by unit owners in a leasehold estate, the drawings shall show the location and dimensions of each portion and shall label the portion as leased land or as leased property. If there is more than one portion of leased land or leased property, the drawings shall label each portion in a manner that is different from the labels designating any other portions of the leased land or leased property and different from the identifying number of any unit. (D) If the condominium property contains any improvements other than units, the drawings or amendments shall indicate which, if any, of the improvements have been begun but have not been substantially completed by the use of the phrase "(NOT YET COMPLETED)." (E)(1) If any owner of a convertible unit converts all or any portion of a convertible unit into one or more units and common elements, including limited common elements, the owner shall prepare, file, and record drawings as described in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section that pertain to the portion of the building, improvement, or structure that constituted the former convertible unit. (2) The drawings shall show the boundaries, location, designation, length, width, and height of each unit formed out of the former convertible unit; the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit; and the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of any common element formed out of the former convertible unit. (3) Each drawing shall bear the certified statement of a registered architect or registered professional engineer that the drawing accurately shows the units, common elements, and appurtenant limited common elements formed out of the former convertible unit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5305.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5305 / § 5305.06
§ 5305.06. Appointment of commissioners to assign dower
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When dower is adjudged, the court of common pleas shall appoint three judicious, disinterested men of the county in which the action to assign dower is pending, who are not of kin to either of the parties interested, to be commissioners. The court shall issue its order to the sheriff of that county, commanding him that by the oaths of the commissioners which may be administered by him, he cause such dower to be set off and assigned to the plaintiff in the manner set forth in the judgment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.18
§ 5309.18. Answer or cross-petition in land registration case
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person who claims an interest in, or who may be affected by the judgment in a land registration case, whether or not named in the notice required by section 5309.15 of the Revised Code, may appear and file an answer or other pleas on or before the answer day, or within such further time as the probate court or the court of common pleas allows. Such answer shall state all objections to the application, shall set forth the interest claimed by the person who files it, and shall be signed and sworn to by him or by a person in his behalf . Any person claiming an interest in the land may by answer or other plea oppose the application for registration of the land as belonging to the plaintiff, or may by cross-petition set up a demand to have the title claimed by the plaintiff registered in the name of the cross-petitioner. If a person answering claims an interest in, or lien upon the property separate from that claimed by the plaintiff, such person may ask to have his title to such interest or lien registered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.53
§ 5301.53. Certain rights not barred or extinguished
Status: in_force

March 23, 1989 Senate Bill 223 - 117th General Assembly The provisions of sections 5301.47 to 5301.56 of the Revised Code shall not be applied to bar or extinguish any of the following: (A) Any lessor or his successor as reversioner of his right to possession on the expiration of any lease, or any lessee or his successor of his rights in and to any lease, except as may be permitted under section 5301.56 of the Revised Code; (B) Any easement or interest in the nature of an easement created or held for any railroad or public utility purpose; (C) Any easement or interest in the nature of an easement, the existence of which is clearly observable by physical evidence of its use; (D) Any easement or interest in the nature of an easement, or any rights granted, excepted, or reserved by the instrument creating such easement or interest, including any rights for future use, if the existence of such easement or interest is evidenced by the location beneath, upon, or above any part of the land described in such instrument of any pipe, valve, road, wire, cable, conduit, duct, sewer, track, pole, tower, or other physical facility and whether or not the existence of such facility is observable; (E) Any right, title, estate, or interest in coal, and any mining or other rights pertinent to or exercisable in connection with any right, title, estate, or interest in coal; (F) Any mortgage recorded in conformity with section 1701.66 of the Revised Code; (G) Any right, title, or interest of the United States, of this state, or of any political subdivision, body politic, or agency of the United States or this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.17
§ 5301.17. New deed from state to correct errors
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When, from satisfactory evidence, it appears to the governor and attorney general that an error has occurred in a deed executed and delivered in the name of the state, or in the certificate of any public officer, upon which, if correct, a conveyance would be required from the state, the governor shall correct such error by the execution of a correct title deed, according to the intent and object of the original purchase or conveyance, to the party entitled to it, his heirs, or legal assigns, and take from such party a release to the state of the property erroneously conveyed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.33
§ 5301.33. Cancellation, release, and assignment of leases
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly Except in counties where deeds or other separate instruments are required as provided in this section, a lease, whether or not renewable forever, that is recorded in any county recorder's office, may be canceled or partially released by the lessor and lessee, or assigned by either of them, by writing the cancellation, partial release, or assignment on the original lease, or upon the margin of the record of the original lease, and by signing it. That cancellation, partial release, or assignment need not be acknowledged, but if written on the margin of the record, the signing shall be attested to by the county recorder. The assignment by the lessee, whether it is upon the lease, or upon the margin of the record of the lease, or by separate instrument, shall transfer all interest held by the lessee under the lease in the premises described in the lease, unless otherwise stated in the lease or in the assignment. For copying the cancellation, partial release, or assignment upon the margin of the record, if written upon the original instrument, or for attesting it, if written upon the margin of the record, the county recorder shall charge the fee provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code for recording the assignment and satisfaction of mortgages. A lease, whether or not renewable forever, that is recorded in any county recorder's office, also may be canceled, partially released, or assigned by deed or by other separate instrument acknowledged as provided in section 5301.01 of the Revised Code. Unless in the form of a deed, a separate instrument of cancellation, partial release, or assignment shall be recorded in the official records provided for by section 317.08 of the Revised Code. The county recorder shall charge the fee for that recording as provided in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for recording deeds. If a lease has been canceled, partially released, or assigned by deed or by other separate instrument and that deed or other separate instrument recites the county recorder's file number of the original lease or the volume and page of the record in which the original lease is recorded, the county recorder shall note on the margin of the record of the original lease the county recorder's file number of the deed or other separate instrument or the volume and page of the record in which the same is recorded. "Lessor" and "lessee" as used in this section include an assignee of the interest of either. "Lease" as used in this section includes a memorandum of lease provided for by section 5301.251 of the Revised Code. This section does not permit the assignment of any lease if the assignment is prohibited by the terms of the lease. In a county in which the county recorder has determined to use the microfilm process as provided by section 9.01 of the Revised Code, the county recorder may require that all cancellations, partial releases, and assignments of leases be by deed or other separate instrument. The original instrument bearing the proper endorsement may be used as such separate instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.15
§ 5321.15. Acts of landlord prohibited if residential property involved
Status: in_force

November 4, 1974 Senate Bill 103 - 110th General Assembly (A) No landlord of residential premises shall initiate any act, including termination of utilities or services, exclusion from the premises, or threat of any unlawful act, against a tenant, or a tenant whose right to possession has terminated, for the purpose of recovering possession of residential premises, other than as provided in Chapters 1923., 5303., and 5321. of the Revised Code. (B) No landlord of residential premises shall seize the furnishings or possessions of a tenant, or of a tenant whose right to possession has terminated, for the purpose of recovering rent payments, other than in accordance with an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. (C) A landlord who violates this section is liable in a civil action for all damages caused to a tenant, or to a tenant whose right to possession has terminated, together with reasonable attorneys fees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.23
§ 5302.23. Designating transfer on death beneficiary
Status: in_force

March 14, 2017 Senate Bill 232 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any affidavit containing language that shows a clear intent to designate a transfer on death beneficiary shall be liberally construed to do so. (B) Real property or an interest in real property that is the subject of a transfer on death designation affidavit as provided in section 5302.22 of the Revised Code or as described in division (A) of this section has all of the following characteristics and ramifications: (1) An interest of a deceased owner shall be transferred to the transfer on death beneficiaries who are identified in the affidavit by name and who survive the deceased owner or that are in existence on the date of the deceased owner's death. If there is a designation of more than one transfer on death beneficiary, the beneficiaries shall take title to the interest in equal shares as tenants in common, unless the deceased owner has specifically designated other than equal shares or has designated that the beneficiaries take title as survivorship tenants, subject to division (B)(3) of this section. If a transfer on death beneficiary does not survive the deceased owner or is not in existence on the date of the deceased owner's death, and the deceased owner has designated one or more persons as contingent transfer on death beneficiaries as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the designated contingent transfer on death beneficiaries shall take the same interest that would have passed to the transfer on death beneficiary had that transfer on death beneficiary survived the deceased owner or been in existence on the date of the deceased owner's death. If none of the designated transfer on death beneficiaries survives the deceased owner or is in existence on the date of the deceased owner's death and no contingent transfer on death beneficiaries have been designated, have survived the deceased owner, or are in existence on the date of death of the deceased owner, the interest of the deceased owner shall be distributed as part of the probate estate of the deceased owner of the interest. If there are two or more transfer on death beneficiaries and the deceased owner has designated that title to the interest in the real property be taken by those beneficiaries as survivorship tenants, no designated contingent transfer on death beneficiaries shall take title to the interest unless none of the transfer on death beneficiaries survives the deceased owner on the date of death of the deceased owner. (2) A transfer on death designation affidavit may contain a designation of one or more persons as contingent transfer on death beneficiaries, who shall take the interest of the deceased owner that would otherwise have passed to the transfer on death beneficiary if that named transfer on death beneficiary does not survive the deceased owner or is not in existence on the date of death of the deceased owner. Persons designated as contingent transfer on death beneficiaries shall be identified in the affidavit by name. (3) Any transfer on death beneficiary or contingent transfer on death beneficiary may be a natural or legal person, including, but not limited to, a bank as trustee of a trust, except that if two or more transfer on death beneficiaries are designated as survivorship tenants, all of those beneficiaries shall be natural persons and if two or more contingent transfer on death beneficiaries are designated as survivorship tenants, all of those contingent beneficiaries shall be natural persons. A natural person who is designated a transfer on death beneficiary or contingent transfer on death beneficiary solely in that natural person's capacity as a trustee of a trust is not considered a natural person for purposes of designating the transfer on death beneficiaries or contingent transfer on death beneficiaries as survivorship tenants under division (B)(3) of this section. (4) The designation of a transfer on death beneficiary has no effect on the present ownership of real property, and a person designated as a transfer on death beneficiary has no interest in the real property until the death of the owner of the interest. (5) The designation in a transfer on death designation affidavit of any transfer on death beneficiary may be revoked or changed at any time, without the consent of that transfer on death beneficiary, by the owner of the interest, by the surviving survivorship tenants of the interest, or by the remaining tenant by the entireties of the interest, by executing and recording, prior to the death of the owner of the interest, of the surviving survivorship tenants of the interest, or of the remaining tenant by the entireties of the interest, as the case may be, a new transfer on death designation affidavit pursuant to section 5302.22 of the Revised Code stating the revocation or change in that designation. The new transfer on death designation affidavit shall automatically supersede and revoke all prior recorded transfer on death designation affidavits with respect to the real property or the interest in real property identified in the new affidavit, provided that the prior recorded affidavit was executed before the later recorded affidavit. (6) A fee simple title or any fractional interest in a fee simple title may be subjected to a transfer on death beneficiary designation. (7)(a) A transfer on death beneficiary takes only the interest that the deceased owner or owners of the interest held on the date of death, subject to all encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions. (b) If the owners hold title to the interest in a survivorship tenancy, the death of all except the last survivorship tenant automatically terminates and nullifies any transfer on death beneficiary designations made solely by the deceased survivorship tenant or tenants without joinder by the last surviving survivorship tenant. The termination or nullification of any transfer on death beneficiary designations under division (B)(7)(b) of this section is effective as of the date of death of a deceased survivorship tenant. No affirmative act of revocation is required of the last surviving survivorship tenant for the termination or nullification of the transfer on death beneficiary designations to occur as described in division (B)(7)(b) of this section. If the last surviving survivorship tenant dies with no transfer on death beneficiary designation, the entire interest of that last surviving survivorship tenant shall be distributed as part of the tenant's probate estate. (c) If the owners hold title to the interest in a tenancy by the entireties, the death of the first tenant by the entireties automatically terminates and nullifies any transfer on death beneficiary designations made solely by that deceased first tenant without joinder by the remaining tenant by the entireties. The termination or nullification of any transfer on death beneficiary designations under division (B)(7)(c) of this section is effective as of the date of death of the first tenant by the entireties. No affirmative act of revocation is required of the remaining tenant by the entireties for the termination or nullification of the transfer on death beneficiary designations to occur as described in division (B)(7)(c) of this section. If the remaining tenant by the entireties dies with no transfer on death beneficiary designation, the entire interest of that remaining tenant shall be distributed as part of the tenant's probate estate. (8) No rights of any lienholder, including, but not limited to, any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or mechanic's lien holder, shall be affected by the designation of a transfer on death beneficiary pursuant to this section and section 5302.22 of the Revised Code. If any lienholder takes action to enforce the lien, by foreclosure or otherwise through a court proceeding, it is not necessary to join any transfer on death beneficiary as a party defendant in the action unless the transfer on death beneficiary has another interest in the real property. (9) Any transfer on death of real property or of an interest in real property that results from a transfer on death designation affidavit designating a transfer on death beneficiary is not testamentary. That transfer on death shall supersede any attempted testate or intestate transfer of that real property or interest in real property. (10) The execution and recording of a transfer on death designation affidavit shall be effective to terminate the designation of a transfer on death beneficiary in a transfer on death deed involving the same real property or interest in real property and recorded prior to the effective date of this section. (11) The execution and recording of a transfer on death designation affidavit shall be effective to bar the vesting of any rights of dower in a subsequent spouse of the owner of the real property who executed that affidavit unless the affidavit is revoked or changed. (12) If, after the execution and recording of a transfer on death designation affidavit under which the owner of the real property's spouse is designated the transfer on death beneficiary, the owner of the real property and such owner's spouse are divorced, obtain a dissolution of the marriage, or have the marriage annulled, then the designation of the owner's spouse as a transfer on death beneficiary on such instrument shall be terminated and the spouse shall be deemed to have predeceased the owner of the real property. (C) If, after the execution and recording of a transfer on death deed under which the owner of the real property's spouse is designated the transfer on death beneficiary, the owner of the real property and such owner's spouse are divorced, obtain a dissolution of the marriage, or have the marriage annulled, then the designation of the owner's spouse as a transfer on death beneficiary on such instrument shall be terminated and the spouse shall be deemed to have predeceased the owner of the real property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.88
§ 5309.88. Death of maker before registration
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If any person, whether grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, lessor, lessee, or other person in interest, dies after the execution of any instrument affecting land and before registration thereof, the registration of such instrument may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be valid notwithstanding such death.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.16
§ 5321.16. Procedures for security deposits
Status: in_force

November 4, 1974 Senate Bill 103 - 110th General Assembly (A) Any security deposit in excess of fifty dollars or one month's periodic rent, whichever is greater, shall bear interest on the excess at the rate of five per cent per annum if the tenant remains in possession of the premises for six months or more, and shall be computed and paid annually by the landlord to the tenant. (B) Upon termination of the rental agreement any property or money held by the landlord as a security deposit may be applied to the payment of past due rent and to the payment of the amount of damages that the landlord has suffered by reason of the tenant's noncompliance with section 5321.05 of the Revised Code or the rental agreement. Any deduction from the security deposit shall be itemized and identified by the landlord in a written notice delivered to the tenant together with the amount due, within thirty days after termination of the rental agreement and delivery of possession. The tenant shall provide the landlord in writing with a forwarding address or new address to which the written notice and amount due from the landlord may be sent. If the tenant fails to provide the landlord with the forwarding or new address as required, the tenant shall not be entitled to damages or attorneys fees under division (C) of this section. (C) If the landlord fails to comply with division (B) of this section, the tenant may recover the property and money due him, together with damages in an amount equal to the amount wrongfully withheld, and reasonable attorneys fees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5323.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5323 / § 5323.04
§ 5323.04. Filed information as public record
Status: in_force

September 28, 2006 House Bill 294 - 126th General Assembly (A) All information filed with a county auditor under this chapter is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) An owner of residential rental property who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to be in full compliance with any request by the state or any political subdivision to that owner for information that is identical to the information filed with the county auditor under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.49
§ 5309.49. Filing and notation of instruments affecting registered land
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When any mortgage, lease, or other instrument affecting registered land, or any interest therein, is in duplicate, triplicate, or more parts, only one of the parts need be filed and kept in the county recorder's office, but the recorder shall note upon the register whether such instrument is in duplicate, triplicate, or more parts, and shall mark upon such other parts "mortgagee's duplicate," "lessor's duplicate," "lessee's duplicate," "encumberer's duplicate," or as the case may be, and shall note upon such other parts the date of filing and the volume and folium of the register where the memorial is entered, and deliver such other parts to the persons entitled thereto. Certified copies of all instruments which are filed and registered may be obtained at any time, upon the payment of the recorder's fees. A mortgagee may obtain a certified copy of the mortgage which shall have stamped or printed in large letters across its face "Mortgagee's Certified Copy of Mortgage." The issuance of such certified copy shall be noted on the registered memorial of the mortgage, which certified copy may be used by such mortgagee for all purposes of assignment and release for which the original mortgage could have been used if retained by him.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.23
§ 5307.23. Partition of property belonging to religious societies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more religious societies or congregations, by gift or purchase have acquired land upon which to erect a house of public worship, and other buildings for church or school purposes, and for a cemetery, in common, and either of such societies or congregations desires to abandon the joint use of such house of worship, or other erections, it may commence an action for the partition of the use of such common property, except the cemetery, which may continue to be used in common.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.07
§ 5309.07. Tax deed entitled to be registered
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No title derived from any tax sale or tax deed may be registered unless it appears that title under said tax sale or tax deed has been established and confirmed, or acquired, by a valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, or that the applicant and those from whom the applicant claims title have been in the actual, undisputed, and adverse possession of the land under such title for at least twenty-one years and have paid all taxes and assessments legally levied thereon for at least ten successive years next preceding the filing of the application.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.12
§ 5309.12. Parties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The applicant desiring to register the title to land or to any interest therein shall be regarded as plaintiff and all other persons named in the application and to be affected by the decree shall by name be entered in the caption of the petition and treated as defendants, and all persons not so named, whether mentioned in the application or not, shall be included and considered as defendants under the designation, which shall appear in the caption of the petition, "all other persons, if any, having any right or interest in or lien upon the lands, or any part thereof, described herein." When the names of any persons or heirs or devisees of a deceased person, necessary or proper to be made parties defendant to an application, are unknown to the applicant after diligent inquiry and research, the character and extent of which shall be stated, or if the applicant is unable to ascertain whether a person who is a necessary party is living or dead, or if dead whether he died testate or intestate, the applicant shall so state and allege in his application or any amendment thereof and such persons and their heirs or devisees shall thereupon be included and considered as defendants to such application under the term and designation, "all other persons, if any, having any right or interest in or lien upon land or any part thereof described herein," or under the designation, "unknown heirs, and devisees of __________" as the case may require, and notified by publication as provided in section 5309.15 of the Revised Code. When the place of residence or post-office address of any person, whose residence or post-office address is required to be given, is unknown, it shall be so stated and alleged, if the applicant also alleges that upon diligent inquiry and research, stating of what such inquiry and research consisted, he has been unable to ascertain such residence or address. Thereupon such person shall be notified by publication as provided in such section, as one whose residence and post-office address are unknown. If any person named as a defendant is known by the plaintiff to be under disability of any kind, that fact and the nature thereof, and the name, place of residence, and post-office address of the guardian or trustee of such person shall be stated in the application or an amendment thereof, or reason given for the omission of such information. The probate court or the court of common pleas may order an application to be amended in any particular, not inconsistent with sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, but all amendments shall be in writing signed and sworn to the same as the original.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.20
§ 5301.20. Reversion to owner of land conveyed to state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a conveyance of lands or tenements made to the state contains a condition that the real estate so conveyed shall revert to the grantor on the payment of a certain sum of money, or on the performance of other conditions, and the money, with legal interest thereon, from the time it was due or payable, is paid to the treasurer of state, or other person authorized to receive it, or the other conditions stated in such deed are performed according to the stipulations contained therein, on receiving a certificate from the proper officer of such payment or other performance, the governor shall execute and deliver to the grantor, his heirs, or assigns, a deed or release for the property so conveyed. When there has been a foreclosure of the equity of redemption for the nonperformance of the conditions stated in any such deed of conveyance, this section and section 5301.19 of the Revised Code are inoperative as to such case. Last updated February 23, 2022 at 3:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5305.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5305 / § 5305.09
§ 5305.09. Timberlands or other unimproved lands or lots
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When an estate of which a surviving spouse is dowable, or in which such spouse owns a dower interest assigned to or vested in such spouse, consists in whole or in part of timberlands or other unimproved lands or lots, the commissioners, appointed as provided in section 5305.06 of the Revised Code, shall return to the court of common pleas a true appraisement of such lands in money, and also a true appraisement of their annual rental value. Upon the hearing of such report, if it appears to the court that the assignment of dower in such lands, either by metes and bounds, or as of the rents, issues, and profits, cannot be or has not been made so as to provide such surviving spouse with an income from the lands or lots so charged commensurate with their value, as fixed by such commissioners, the court shall determine the value of such dower in money, and make an order directing the sheriff to advertise and sell such lands, or so much thereof as is necessary, as upon execution. The sheriff shall not cause the lands to be appraised, but their value as returned by the commissioners shall be the appraised value, and they shall not be sold for less than two thirds of that value. Upon the confirmation of such sale, the court shall order the payment to the surviving spouse out of the money arising therefrom the value of the dower so determined by it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.32
§ 5310.32. County resolution to consider merits of abolishment of land registration
Status: in_force

February 28, 1991 House Bill 161 - 118th General Assembly A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to consider the merits of abolishing land registration in the county. When a resolution of abolition has previously failed of adoption, it is not in order for the board to adopt a resolution under this section unless two years have elapsed since the date on which the last resolution of abolition failed of adoption.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.66
§ 5309.66. Optional registration of title to land sold in partition or by assignee or administrator
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all suits to sell an estate in fee in the whole of unregistered land brought by an assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, commissioners of insolvents, receiver, master commissioner, administrator, executor, or other person appointed by a court, and in all suits to partition unregistered land held in fee, proper allegations and parties necessary to a decree for original registration of the title to said estate may be made in the petition, such allegations to be included in a separate cause of action. Such title, before any order of sale or partition is made or entered in the case, may, with the approval of the court in which such action is pending, be registered in the name of the person, living or dead, whose title is sought to be sold, or in the names of the tenants in common. If the legal title is in any such assignee, trustee, receiver, or other person appointed by a court, such title may be so registered and the purposes for which said legal title is held stated in the decree and certificate of title. Upon any such sale or partition and confirmation thereof the title may be transferred to and registered in the name of the purchasers or allottees as in other cases of judicial sales or partition of registered land. If such land is not sold the person entitled thereto may procure a transfer and certificate therefor to be made to him by application to and order of the probate court or the court of common pleas, made after hearing upon notice to all persons in interest to be given by the clerk of said court by registered mail or otherwise as the court directs. In any such suit where registration of title to land is prayed for all parties shall for all purposes of the case be brought before the court in the manner provided for in original registration. The court may for good cause shown, in any case provided for in this section, enter an order dispensing with registration or permit the withdrawal of the application to register.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.16
§ 5301.16. Execution of conveyance by state when purchaser dies before deed made
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the purchaser of land from the state dies before a deed is made, and the lands pass to another by descent or devise, and the title still remains in him, or when the person to whom the lands have so passed has conveyed them or his interest therein to another person, by deed of general warranty or quitclaim, upon the proof of such facts being made to him and the attorney general, the governor shall execute the deed directly to the person entitled to the lands, although such person derives his title through one or more successive conveyances from the person to whom the lands passed by descent or devise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.05
§ 5321.05. Tenant obligations
Status: in_force

August 22, 1990 Senate Bill 258 - 118th General Assembly (A) A tenant who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following: (1) Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses safe and sanitary; (2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner; (3) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by him as clean as their condition permits; (4) Use and operate all electrical and plumbing fixtures properly; (5) Comply with the requirements imposed on tenants by all applicable state and local housing, health, and safety codes; (6) Personally refrain and forbid any other person who is on the premises with his permission from intentionally or negligently destroying, defacing, damaging, or removing any fixture, appliance, or other part of the premises; (7) Maintain in good working order and condition any range, regrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher, or other appliances supplied by the landlord and required to be maintained by the tenant under the terms and conditions of a written rental agreement; (8) Conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises; (9) Conduct himself, and require persons in his household and persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves, in connection with the premises so as not to violate the prohibitions contained in Chapters 2925. and 3719. of the Revised Code, or in municipal ordinances that are substantially similar to any section in either of those chapters, which relate to controlled substances. (B) The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent for the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make ordinary, necessary, or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, deliver parcels that are too large for the tenant's mail facilities, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors. (C)(1) If the tenant violates any provision of this section, other than division (A)(9) of this section, the landlord may recover any actual damages that result from the violation together with reasonable attorney's fees. This remedy is in addition to any right of the landlord to terminate the rental agreement, to maintain an action for the possession of the premises, or to obtain injunctive relief to compel access under division (B) of this section. (2) If the tenant violates division (A)(9) of this section and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in that division, then the landlord promptly shall give the notice required by division (C) of section 5321.17 of the Revised Code. If the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of that notice, then the landlord promptly shall comply with division (A)(9) of section 5321.04 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, actual knowledge or reasonable cause to believe as described in this division shall be determined in accordance with division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.18
§ 5303.18. Authority to convey
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more persons who own an interest in land become bound in writing for the sale and conveyance thereof, and one dies before the land is conveyed, the survivors, by petition against the purchaser, and the heirs or devisees of such deceased party, may be authorized to complete such contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5311.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5311 / § 5311.05
§ 5311.05. Condominium declaration
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 61 - 134th General Assembly (A) A declaration submitting property to the provisions of this chapter shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner before a judge or clerk of a court of record, county auditor, county engineer, notary public, or mayor, who shall certify the acknowledgment and subscribe the certificate of acknowledgment. (B) A declaration shall contain all of the following: (1) A legal description of the land or, for a water slip condominium property, of the land and the land under the water area, submitted to the provisions of this chapter; (2) The name of the condominium property, which shall include the word "condominium"; (3) The purpose of the condominium property, the units and recreational and commercial facilities situated in the condominium property, and any restrictions upon the use of the condominium property; (4) A general description of buildings submitted to the provisions of this chapter, stating the principal construction materials and the number of stories, basements, and units. The declaration for a water slip property shall also contain a general description of each water slip and of the piers and wharves forming each water slip submitted to the provisions of this chapter; (5) The unit designation of each unit submitted to the provisions of this chapter and a statement of its location, approximate area, the immediate common element or limited common element to which it has access, and any other information necessary for its proper identification; (6) A description of the common elements and limited common elements submitted to the provisions of this chapter, the undivided interest in those elements appurtenant to each unit, the basis upon which those appurtenant undivided interests are allocated, and the procedures whereby the undivided interests appertaining to each unit may be altered. The undivided interests, basis, and procedures shall be in accordance with sections 5311.031 to 5311.033 and 5311.04 of the Revised Code; (7) A statement that each unit owner is a member of a unit owners association established for the administration of the condominium property; (8) The name of a person to receive service of process for the unit owners association, together with the person's residence or place of business located in this state; (9) A statement of any membership requirement if the unit owners association or any unit owners are required to be members of a not-for-profit organization that provides facilities or recreation, education, or social services to owners of property other than the condominium property; (10) The method by which the declaration may be amended, which, except as provided in division (E) of this section, division (E) of section 5311.04 , division (B) of section 5311.041 , and sections 5311.031 to 5311.033 and 5311.051 of the Revised Code, requires the affirmative vote of unit owners exercising not less than seventy-five per cent of the voting power; (11) Any further provisions deemed desirable. (C) The declaration for an expandable condominium property shall contain all of the following in addition to the requirements of division (B) of this section: (1) The explicit reservation of the declarant's option to expand the condominium property; (2) A statement of any limitations on that option to expand, including a statement as to whether the consent of any unit owner is required, and how that consent is to be ascertained; or a statement that there are no limitations on the option to expand; (3)(a) The time at which the option to expand the condominium development expires, which shall not exceed seven years from the date the declaration is filed for record; (b) A statement that the declarant may, during the six months prior to the time that the option expires, extend the option for an additional seven years with the consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the unit owners other than the declarant; (c) A statement of any circumstances that will terminate the option to expand prior to the time established pursuant to division (C)(3)(a) or (b) of this section. (4) A legal description of all additional property that, through exercise of the option, may be submitted to the provisions of this chapter and added to the condominium property; (5) A statement that specifies all of the following: (a) Whether the addition of all or a particular portion of the additional property is mandatory; (b) If the addition of additional property is not mandatory, whether all or a particular portion of the additional property must be added if any other additional property is added; (c) Whether or not there are any limitations on portions of additional property that may be added. (6) A statement of whether portions of the additional property may be added at different times and a statement that sets forth any limitations on the addition of additional property at different times, including the legal descriptions of the boundaries of portions that may be added and specifications on the order in which those portions may be added to the condominium property or a statement that there are no limitations on the addition of additional property; (7) A statement of any limitations on the location of any improvements that may be made on any portion of the additional property added to the condominium property, or a statement that there are no limitations of that kind; (8) A statement of the maximum number of units that may be created on the additional property. If portions of the additional property may be added to the condominium property and the boundaries of those portions are fixed in accordance with division (C)(6) of this section, the declaration also shall state the maximum number of units that may be created on each portion added to the condominium property. If portions of the additional property may be added to the condominium property and the boundaries of those portions are not fixed in accordance with division (C)(6) of this section, the declaration also shall state the maximum number of units per acre that may be created on any portion added to the condominium property. (9) Except when the original condominium property contained no units restricted to residential use, a statement of the maximum percentage of the aggregate land area and the maximum percentage of aggregate floor area that may be devoted to units not restricted to residential use on any additional property added to the condominium property; (10) A statement of the extent to which any structures erected on any portion of the additional property added to the condominium property will be compatible with structures on the submitted property in terms of quality of construction, the principal materials to be used, and architectural style, or a statement that the structures need not be compatible in those respects; (11) With respect to all improvements to any portion of additional property added to the condominium property, other than structures, a statement setting forth both of the following: (a) A description of the improvements that must be made or a statement that no other improvements must be made; (b) Any restrictions or limitations on the improvements that may be made or a statement that there are no restrictions or limitations on improvements. (12) With respect to all units created on any portion of additional property added to the condominium property, a statement setting forth both of the following: (a) Whether all units of that kind must be substantially identical to units on previously submitted property; (b) Any limitations on the types of units that may be created on the additional property or a statement that there are no limitations of that kind. (13) A description of any reserved right of the declarant to create limited common elements within any portion of the additional property added to the condominium property or to designate common elements within each portion. The description shall specify the types, sizes, and maximum number of limited common elements in each portion that may subsequently be assigned to units; (14) Drawings and plans that the declarant considers appropriate in supplementing the requirements of division (C) of this section; (15) A statement that a successor owner of the condominium property or of additional property added to the condominium property who is not an affiliate of the developer and who is a bona fide purchaser of the property for value, or a purchaser who acquires the property at a sheriff's sale or by deed in lieu of a foreclosure, is not liable in damages for harm caused by an action or omission of the developer or a breach of an obligation by the developer. (D) The declaration for a leasehold condominium development shall contain all of the following in addition to the requirements of division (B) of this section: (1) With respect to any ground lease or other leases, the expiration or termination of which could terminate or reduce the amount of condominium property, a statement setting forth the county in which the lease is recorded and the volume and page of the record; (2) A statement setting forth the date upon which each lease referred to in division (D)(1) of this section expires; (3)(a) A statement of whether the unit owners own any land or improvements of the condominium property in fee simple, and if so, a description of the improvements and a legal description of the land; (b) A statement of any rights the unit owners have to remove any improvements within a reasonable time after the expiration or termination of any ninety-nine year lease, or a statement that they have no rights of that nature. (4) A statement of the rights that the unit owners have to redeem the reversion or any of the reversions, or a statement that they have no rights of that nature; (5) A statement that, subsequent to the recording of the declaration, no lessor who executed it and no successor in interest to that lessor has any right or power to terminate any part of the leasehold interest of any unit owner who makes timely payment of the unit owner's share of the rent to the person designated in the declaration for the receipt of that rent and who otherwise complies with all covenants that, if violated, entitle the lessor to terminate the lease. (E)(1) Without a vote of the unit owners, the board of directors may amend the declaration in any manner necessary for any of the following purposes: (a) To meet the requirements of institutional mortgagees, guarantors and insurers of first mortgage loans, the federal national mortgage association, the federal home loan mortgage corporation, the federal housing administration, the veterans administration, and similar institutions; (b) To meet the requirements of insurance underwriters; (c) To bring the declaration into compliance with this chapter; (d) To correct clerical or typographical errors or obvious factual errors in the declaration or an exhibit to the declaration; (e) To designate a successor to the person named to receive service of process for the unit owners association. If the association is incorporated in this state, this may be accomplished by filing with the secretary of state an appropriate change of statutory agent designation; (f) To permit notices to owners, as required by the declaration or bylaws, to be sent by electronic mail and, if returned undeliverable, by regular mail, provided the association has received the prior, written authorization from the owner; (g) To delete as void, any provision within the declaration or bylaws, or in any applicable restriction or covenant, that prohibits or limits the conveyance, encumbrance, rental, occupancy, or use of property subject to this chapter on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or familial status. (2) Division (E)(1) of this section applies to condominium properties submitted to this chapter prior to, on, or after July 20, 2004. (3) Any unit owner who is aggrieved by an amendment to the declaration that the board of directors makes pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section may commence a declaratory judgment action to have the amendment declared invalid as violative of division (E)(1) of this section. Any action filed pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section shall be filed in the appropriate court of common pleas within one year from the date of the recordation of the amendment. Last updated June 29, 2022 at 2:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.77
§ 5301.77. Unfair service agreement recording prohibited
Status: in_force

June 16, 2026 Senate Bill 101 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall record or cause to be recorded in this state an unfair service agreement or a notice or memorandum of an unfair service agreement. (B) A county recorder shall not accept for recording an unfair service agreement or a notice or memorandum of an unfair service agreement. (C) If an unfair service agreement or a notice or memorandum of an unfair service agreement is recorded in violation of this section, it does not provide actual or constructive notice against an otherwise bona fide purchaser of the residential real estate or any other individual or entity that may obtain an interest in the residential real estate. Last updated April 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.02
§ 5309.02. Jurisdiction of the court of common pleas and the probate court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Concurrent jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided, is hereby conferred upon the court of common pleas and the probate court in all maters arising under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The probate court shall have all the powers at law and in equity of a court of general jurisdiction as to such matters. In counties having three or more judges of the court of common pleas, such judges may select one or more from their own number who shall act as judges in land registration cases and matters. If the judges so selected are unable to perform the duties on account of interest, absence, or other disability, or in case of emergency, any other judge of the court of common pleas for the same county may perform them. The court of common pleas in any county may appoint one or more deputy clerks to assist the clerk in attending to land registration cases and matters. Such court may inquire into the condition of the title to all interests in land, legal or equitable, or any lien, charge, or encumbrance thereon, and make all orders, judgments, and decrees necessary to settle, as against all persons known and unknown, in being or unborn, such title, or interest, and all liens and encumbrances existing therein, and their order and preference, and remove clouds from such title and forever quiet and settle the title.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.06
§ 5309.06. Estates or interests which may be registered - procedure
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly No estate less than a fee simple and no mortgage, lien, or charge of any kind shall be registered unless the fee in possession, remainder, or reversion or other character of fee in and to the land has been registered first or is registered at the same time. If the estate of the applicant is subject to any outstanding lesser estate, including life estates, estates for years, conditional limitations, executory devises or uses, springing or shifting uses, or other future estate, interest, or limitation, whether vested or contingent, is subject to any private easement or other estate or interest of any kind, or is subject to any mortgage, lien, or charge, each lesser estate, private easement, other estate or interest, mortgage, lien, or charge shall be noted on the certificate of title and duplicate of the certificate of title, except taxes not due, leases for less than three years, and restrictive covenants described in division (B) of section 5309.24 of the Revised Code. The title to the estate so registered and certified shall be subject only to the lesser estates, private easements, other estates or interests, mortgages, liens, and charges so noted, except as provided in section 5309.28 of the Revised Code. A perpetual leasehold, for purposes of this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, shall be treated as an estate in fee, and the possible reversion or remainder in fee under the leasehold shall be treated as the lesser estate. No parcel of land that lies partly in two or more counties shall be registered if one or more of the counties in which the parcel lies have abolished their land registration systems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.31
§ 5310.31. Abolition of registration definitions
Status: in_force

February 28, 1991 House Bill 161 - 118th General Assembly As used in sections 5310.31 to 5310.54 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conclusive effect" means the conclusive effect of the notations on a certificate of title with regard to conveyances or encumbrances affecting registered land, as provided in sections 5309.06 , 5309.24 , 5309.28 , 5309.34 , 5309.93 , 5310.02 , and 5310.03 of the Revised Code or in any other statute having a similar effect. (B) "Date of implementation" means the date, set by the county recorder under section 5310.38 of the Revised Code, as the date upon which implementation of a resolution of abolition is to begin. (C) "Land registration" and "land registration system" mean the system of registering titles and conveyances and encumbrances of land provided for in Chapter 5309. and sections 5310.01 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Nonabolishing county" means, in the case of a parcel of registered land that lies partly in two or more counties, one of which counties has abolished land registration, the county or counties that have not abolished land registration. (E) "Resolution of abolition" means a resolution, adopted by a board of county commissioners under section 5310.36 of the Revised Code, that requires abolition of land registration in the county. (F) "Traditional recordation" and "traditional recordation system" mean the system of recording deeds and other instruments for the conveyance or encumbrance of land contemplated by sections 317.08 and 5301.25 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.01
§ 5303.01. Action to quiet title
Status: in_force

March 31, 1973 House Bill 390 - 109th General Assembly An action may be brought by a person in possession of real property, by himself or tenant, against any person who claims an interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such adverse interest. Such action may be brought also by a person out of possession, having, or claiming to have, an interest in remainder or reversion in real property, against any person who claims to have an interest therein, adverse to him, for the purpose of determining the interests of the parties therein. Whenever the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof has, or appears to have, an interest in real property adverse to the person in possession claiming the right thereto, the state or such agency or such political subdivision may be made a party in any action brought under this section. The clerk of the court shall cause to be recorded in the deed records of each county in which any part of the real property lies, a certified copy of the judgment or decree determining the interests of the parties. The usual fees of the clerk and recorder shall be taxed as part of the costs of the case.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.28
§ 5309.28. Holder of certificate of title holds free from encumbrances - exceptions
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Every applicant in a land registration case who, without fraud on the applicant's part, receives a certificate of title in pursuance of a decree of registration and every subsequent purchaser of registered land who takes a certificate of title for value and in good faith shall hold the registered land free from all estates, encumbrances, and rights except those noted on the certificate and except any of the following estates, encumbrances, and rights that may exist: (1) Liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or constitution of the United States that the statutes of this state cannot require to appear of record in the county recorder's office; (2) Taxes and assessments levied by the United States, this state, or any taxing district of this state; (3) Any highway, public way, or private way laid out or acquired by law or otherwise, unless the certificate of title states that the nonexistence of the way or the boundaries of the way, if any boundaries exist, have been determined by the court; (4) Any lease for a term not exceeding three years, when there is actual possession under the lease; (5) Right of appeal within thirty days after decree of registration; (6) If there are easements or other rights appurtenant to a parcel of registered land that are not subject to section 5309.281 of the Revised Code and that for any reason have not been registered, those easements or rights shall remain appurtenant notwithstanding the failure to register them and shall be held to pass with the land. (B) This section shall be printed or written on all duplicate certificates of title before delivery by the county recorder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.255 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.255
§ 5301.255. Memorandum of trust recording
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) A memorandum of trust that satisfies both of the following may be presented for recordation in the office of the county recorder of any county in which real property that is subject to the trust is located: (1) The memorandum shall be executed by the trustee of the trust and acknowledged by the trustee of the trust in accordance with section 5301.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The memorandum shall state all of the following: (a) The name and address of the trustee of the trust; (b) The date of execution of the trust; (c) The powers specified in the trust relative to the acquisition, sale, or encumbering of real property by the trustee or the conveyance of real property by the trustee, and any restrictions upon those powers. (B) A memorandum of trust that satisfies divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section also may set forth the substance or actual text of provisions of the trust that are not described in those divisions. (C) A memorandum of trust that satisfies divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section shall constitute notice only of the information contained in it. (D) Upon the presentation for recordation of a memorandum of trust that satisfies divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section and the payment of the requisite fee prescribed in section 317.32 of the Revised Code, a county recorder shall record the memorandum of trust in the official records described in division (A)(17) of section 317.08 of the Revised Code, if the memorandum of trust describes specific real property, or in the official records described in division (A)(23) of that section, if the memorandum of trust does not describe specific real property. Last updated February 2, 2022 at 4:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.86
§ 5309.86. Signature of county recorder on paper and electronic instruments
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Every memorial, notation, or cancellation of such memorial or notation, made on any certificate of title or duplicate thereof that is kept by paper means shall be signed by the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk. (B) If a county recorder maintains registered land records by nonpaper means in the manner authorized by section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, the signature and seal of the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk may be reproduced by electronic facsimile on a certificate of title or duplicate thereof. Any prior memorial, notation, or cancellation of such memorial or notation on a certificate of title or duplicate thereof shall note only the name of the prior recorder and need not be signed by the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.13
§ 5302.13. Mortgage covenants meaning and effect
Status: in_force

October 30, 1965 House Bill 163 - 106th General Assembly In a mortgage of real estate, or any interest therein, the words "mortgage covenants" have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words, and shall be applied and construed accordingly: "The mortgagor covenants with the mortgagee and his heirs, assigns, and successors, that he is lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises; that they are free from all encumbrances; that the mortgagor has good right to sell and convey the same; and that he does warrant and will defend the same to the mortgagee and his heirs, assigns, and successors, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons."
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.18
§ 5302.18. Grantor also a grantee
Status: in_force

April 4, 1985 Senate Bill 201 - 115th General Assembly A deed in which a grantor is also a grantee is effective to convey the interest in the title of the grantor or grantors to all of the grantees in the proportion and manner indicated in the deed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5302.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5302 / § 5302.171
§ 5302.171. Affidavit for successor trustee
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly Upon the death, resignation, removal, or other event terminating the appointment of a trustee of a trust, which trustee holds title to real property, the successor trustee or any co-trustee of the trust shall file with the county auditor and the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located, as soon as is practical, an affidavit reciting the name of the immediately preceding trustee and any co-trustees, the addresses of all trustees, a reference to the deed or other instrument vesting title in the trustees, and a legal description of the real property. The affidavit shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder, and indexed in the direct and reverse indexes provided for in section 317.18 of the Revised Code. The affidavit described in this section shall not be required if the original trust instrument naming the trustees and successors and containing relevant facts pertaining to the succession of trustees, or if a memorandum of trust in compliance with section 5301.255 of the Revised Code that contains relevant facts pertaining to the succession of trustees, is recorded in the office of the county recorder. Failure to file the affidavit required by this section does not affect title to real property in the one or more trustees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.75
§ 5301.75. Unfair service agreement definitions
Status: in_force

June 16, 2026 Senate Bill 101 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 5301.75 to 5301.78 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer" means an individual that receives services from a service provider. (B) "Major home system" includes plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and electrical wiring. (C) "Residential real estate" means real property located in this state that is used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and is improved by one to four dwelling units. (D) "Service agreement" means a contract under which a person agrees to provide services in connection with the maintenance, purchase, or sale of residential real estate. (E) "Service provider" means a person that provides services to another person. (F) "Unfair service agreement" means an agreement that is void and unenforceable under division (B) of section 5301.76 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5310.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5310 / § 5310.21
§ 5310.21. Construction
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be construed liberally for the purpose of effecting its general intent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.17
§ 5321.17. Termination of tenancy
Status: in_force

August 22, 1990 Senate Bill 258 - 118th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the landlord or the tenant may terminate or fail to renew a week-to-week tenancy by notice given the other at least seven days prior to the termination date specified in the notice. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the landlord or the tenant may terminate or fail to renew a month-to-month tenancy by notice given the other at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date. (C) If a tenant violates division (A)(9) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the residential premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, the landlord shall terminate the week-to-week tenancy, month-to-month tenancy, or other rental agreement with the tenant by giving a notice of termination to the tenant in accordance with this division. The notice shall specify that the tenancy or other rental agreement is terminated three days after the giving of the notice, and the landlord may give the notice whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code. If the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of that notice, then the landlord promptly shall comply with division (A)(9) of section 5321.04 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, actual knowledge or reasonable cause to believe as described in this division shall be determined in accordance with division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not apply to a termination based on the breach of a condition of a rental agreement or the breach of a duty and obligation imposed by law, except that it does apply to a breach of the obligation imposed upon a tenant by division (A)(9) of section 5321.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.76
§ 5309.76. Alterations or erasures not permitted - exceptions
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 83 - 122nd General Assembly (A) After a title is registered and a certificate of title is issued for the registered land or after a memorandum, notation, or memorial is made on the register of titles and attested, no alteration or erasure shall be made in the register except in the manner provided in this section and as required by section 5309.281 of the Revised Code. (B) A person whose name changes after the issuing of a registered certificate of title, who is registered as married but whose marriage has terminated, or whose name by mistake is wrongly stated in a registered certificate of title, upon satisfying the county recorder of the facts, shall surrender that person's duplicate certificate of title and take out a new certificate of title in that person's correct or changed name. The recorder shall enter and attest on the register of titles a memorandum of that change or correction and its date. This division applies to every person holding a registered interest in or upon land, and no transfer or assignment shall be registered until a change or correction described in this division is made. (C) When it appears that there is an error or omission in any certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial, that any memorandum or memorial was made, entered, and endorsed or any certificate of title was entered or issued by mistake, or that any certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial by mistake or otherwise was improperly canceled or improperly removed from the register of titles, the county recorder, on the recorder's own motion or upon the application of any interested person, may summon all persons registered as interested in the lands to which the certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial relates to appear at an appointed time and to produce their certificates of title or registered instruments. If, at the appointed time, the recorder finds an error, omission, mistake, improper cancellation, or improper removal as described in this division and that no rights of bona fide purchasers or lienholders for value have intervened by which their estate or interest will be impaired by the correction of the error, omission, or mistake or by the restoration to the register of any improperly canceled or improperly removed certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial, the recorder shall correct the error or mistake, supply the omission, correct the cancellation of the certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial, or restore to the register the improperly removed certificate of title, memorandum, or memorial, provided that, in correcting any error or mistake, the original words shall not be erased or rendered illegible. The recorder shall attest the corrections and restorations by affixing the recorder's initials or name and the date of the corrections or restorations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.25
§ 5303.25. Report and confirmation of sale and deed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A sale of an estate described in section 5303.21 of the Revised Code shall be reported to the court of common pleas authorizing such sale. On examination thereof, if it appears that the sale was fairly conducted and made, and that the price obtained is the reasonable value of the estate sold, the court shall confirm the sale and direct a deed of conveyance of the premises sold to be made to the purchaser on payment of the purchase money, or on securing its payment as the court approves.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.04
§ 5309.04. Examiners of titles - qualifications, bond, duties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The court of common pleas in each county shall appoint, subject to removal at any time by said court, one or more examiners of titles, who shall be officers of the court and competent attorneys at law with skill and experience in the examination of titles to real estate. Each examiner, before entering on the discharge of his duties, shall give a bond payable to this state for the use of whom it may concern, in an amount and with such sureties as are approved by a judge of said court, but in no case less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the honest and faithful performance of his duties and the faithful accounting for and turning over all papers, documents, money, or property which may come into his possession by virtue of his appointment. Such bond shall be filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas and recorded and shall then be deposited with the county treasurer who shall receipt to the clerk therefor by indorsement on the record of such bond. Said examiners may administer oaths, take testimony and other evidence, and generally exercise all powers and perform all duties of masters of chancery. No examiner of titles shall in any way represent any party in interest in any matters in any way relating to proceedings to register title to land, or any interest therein, or lien or charge thereon, or in any suit or proceeding relating to registered land.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5303.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5303 / § 5303.10
§ 5303.10. Entry of claim against occupying claimant
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The court rendering judgment against the occupying claimant in any case provided for in sections 5303.08 to 5303.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, at the request of either party, shall cause a journal entry thereof to be made, and the action shall then proceed as other civil actions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.39
§ 5309.39. Instruments shall be filed under proper numbers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All duplicate certificates of title and all instruments and memorandums in any way affecting the title to registered land, surrendered to the county recorder for cancellation, and all other instruments, notices, and papers required or permitted under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be filed with the recorder, shall be filed under their proper file numbers of other designation and carefully preserved.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5312.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5312 / § 5312.16
§ 5312.16. Solar energy collection devices
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 61 - 134th General Assembly (A) Unless specifically prohibited in the declaration, any owner may install a solar energy collection device on the owner's dwelling unit or other location within the owner's lot if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace the unit's roof or alternative location within the lot is not a common expense of the owners association and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declaration specifically allows for and regulates the types and installation of solar energy collection devices within the planned community and establishes responsibility for the cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace such devices. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, an owners association may establish reasonable restrictions concerning the size, place, and manner of placement of solar energy collection devices. (C) Prior to imposing a charge for damages or an enforcement assessment pursuant to this section, the board of directors shall give the owner a written notice, which may be in the form of electronic mail to an electronic mail address previously provided by the owner in writing that includes all of the following: (1) A description of the property damage or violation; (2) The amount of the proposed charge or assessment; (3) A statement that the owner has a right to a hearing before the board of directors to contest the proposed charge or assessment; (4) A statement setting forth the procedures to request a hearing; (5) A reasonable date by which the unit owner must cure the violation to avoid the proposed charge or assessment. (D) As used in this section, "solar energy collection device" has the same meaning as in section 5311.192 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 20, 2022 at 4:35 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.17
§ 5307.17. Dower assigned to widow - exceptions
Status: in_force

October 14, 1997 Senate Bill 88 - 122nd General Assembly (A) When a widow is entitled to dower in an estate of which partition is sought, dower must be assigned her in the estate, except in the following cases: (1) When an assignment of dower already has been made; (2) When, by answer, she has elected to be endowed out of the proceeds of a sale of the estate, and the commissioner or commissioners do not make partition but return a valuation of it; (3) When the right of dower extends only to an undivided interest in the estate. (B) In cases in which the right of dower extends only to an undivided interest in the estate, and in cases in which an undivided interest is subject to a life estate, and the tenant for life has not, by answer, elected to receive the value of the tenant for life's estate out of the proceeds of a sale of such interest, if an appraisement of the estate is to be returned, the commissioner or commissioners may assign the dower or set off the life estate, or, if the commissioner or commissioners find it for the interest of the parties to do so, the commissioner or commissioners may appraise the whole interest, and the widow and the tenant for life shall receive the value of their interests out of the proceeds of a sale of it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.84
§ 5301.84. Obligations under environmental covenant
Status: in_force

December 30, 2004 House Bill 516 - 125th General Assembly An agency is bound by any obligation that it expressly assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations that the person assumes in the environmental covenant, but signing the environmental covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections that are granted or imposed under law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code, except as provided in the environmental covenant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.64
§ 5309.64. Transfer of title under order of sale
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly (A) Whenever registered land is sold to satisfy any judgment, decree, or order of a court, or the title is transferred or affected by a decree or judgment of a court, the purchaser, or the person in whose favor such decree was rendered, on filing with the county recorder a certificate that the terms of sale have been complied with and a certified copy of the order of sale and return thereof and confirmation, or a certified copy of the decree of the court transferring or affecting the title, as the case may be, is entitled to have the property transferred to the purchaser or person in whose favor the decree was rendered and the title registered accordingly and a new certificate of title issued therefor. (B) When registered land is sold by the sheriff under order of a court, the sheriff shall file with the county recorder a certificate that the terms of sale have been complied with and a certified copy of the order of sale and return thereof and confirmation. The purchaser is thereafter entitled to have the property transferred to the purchaser and the title registered accordingly and a new certificate of title issued therefor. (C) This section and its applications are not superseded, negated, or amended, in whole or in part, by section 5309.61 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5323.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5323 / § 5323.02
§ 5323.02. Filing of information by owner with county auditor
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) An owner of residential rental property shall file with the county auditor of the county in which the property is located the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner; (2) If the residential rental property is owned by a trust, business trust, estate, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, or any other business entity, the name, address, and telephone number of the following: (a) A trustee, in the case of a trust or business trust; (b) The executor or administrator, in the case of an estate; (c) A general partner, in the case of a partnership or a limited partnership; (d) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of a limited liability company; (e) An associate, in the case of an association; (f) An officer, in the case of a corporation; (g) A member, manager, or officer, in the case of any other business entity. (3) The street address and permanent parcel number of the residential rental property. (B) The information required under division (A) of this section shall be filed and maintained on the tax list or the real property record. (C) An owner of residential rental property shall update the information required under division (A) of this section within sixty days after any change in the information occurs. (D) The county auditor shall provide an owner of residential rental property located in a county that has a population of more than two hundred thousand according to the most recent decennial census with notice pursuant to division (B) of section 323.131 of the Revised Code of the requirement to file the information required under division (A) of this section and the requirement to update that information under division (C) of this section. (E) The owner of residential real property shall comply with the requirements under divisions (A) and (C) of this section within sixty days after receiving the notice provided under division (D) of this section, division (E) of section 319.202 , or division (B) of section 323.131 of the Revised Code. (F) Any agent designated by the owner to manage the property on the owner's behalf may file or update any information, or do anything otherwise required by this section, on the owner's behalf. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5301.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5301 / § 5301.38
§ 5301.38. Record of patents, copies, and exemplifications
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Patents for lands lying within this state, granted to any person by the president of the United States, and copies of such patents, certified under the official seal of the commissioner of the general land office of the United States, and exemplifications of the record of the general land office of any patent recorded there, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such lands, or a part thereof, are situated. The recorder shall be paid the fees for recording such patents as provided in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for recording deeds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5313.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5313 / § 5313.01
§ 5313.01. Land installment contract definitions
Status: in_force

October 6, 1980 Senate Bill 312 - 113th General Assembly As used in Chapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installment payments, while the vendor retains title to the property as security for the vendee's obligation. Option contracts for the purchase of real property are not land installment contracts. (B) "Property" means real property located in this state improved by virtue of a dwelling having been erected on the real property. (C) "Vendor" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or any other group of individuals however organized making a sale of property by means of a land installment contract. (D) "Vendee" means the person who acquires an interest in property pursuant to a land installment contract, or any legal successor in interest to that person. (E) "Legal description" means a description of the property by metes and bounds or lot numbers of a recorded plat including a description of any portion of the property subject to an easement or reservation, if any.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5321.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5321 / § 5321.08
§ 5321.08. Rent deposits - duty of clerk of court
Status: in_force

September 1, 1975 House Bill 49 - 111th General Assembly (A) Whenever a tenant deposits rent with the clerk of a court as provided in section 5321.07 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall give written notice of this fact to the landlord and to his agent, if any. (B) The clerk shall place all rent deposited with him in a separate rent escrow account in the name of the clerk in a bank or building and loan association domiciled in this state. (C) The clerk shall keep in a separate docket an account of each deposit, with the name and address of the tenant, and the name and address of the landlord and of his agent, if any. (D) For his costs, the clerk may charge a fee of one per cent of the amount of the rent deposited, which shall be assessed as court costs. (E) All interest that has accrued on the rent deposited by the clerk of a county court under division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the political subdivision for which the clerk performs his duties. All interest that has accrued on the rent deposited by the clerk of a municipal court under division (B) of this section shall be paid into the city treasury as defined in division (B) of section 1901.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5309.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5309 / § 5309.81
§ 5309.81. Parties to suit or proceeding involving registered land
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all suits and proceedings in any of the courts of this state in which any estate or interest in, or lien or charge upon registered land is in any way involved or affected, or any registered land is to be sold, or the title otherwise transferred, all persons shown by the registered certificate of title to have any interest in the subject matter of the suit or proceeding, and all other persons known or appearing to have an interest, shall be made parties and brought before the court and shall be bound by the orders, judgments, and decrees of the court in the same manner and to the same extent as in the initial registration of title to land as provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The residence and post-office address of any party in interest as shown by the certificate of title, or memorials, or memorandums indorsed thereon in the office of the county recorder, unless known by the plaintiff or party required to cause notice to be given to be incorrect, may be regarded as the correct residence and address of such party in interest and service made accordingly whether he resides within or without the state. In any matter or proceeding before the recorder in relation to registered land, or any interest in, or lien or charge upon such land, when notice is required to be or may be given, such residence and address, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, may be regarded as correct and service made accordingly. In all such suits and proceedings in any court of the state or matters or proceedings before a recorder relating to registered land, or any interest in, or lien or charge upon such land, service of summons or notice may be made on any party in interest by the clerk of such court or recorder by mailing to such party such summons or notice in a registered letter with a five days' return card thereon, directed to his post-office address as shown by the registered certificate of title, or if not so shown, to his known post-office address. If said letter is not returned by the postal authorities to the officer mailing it, such service is deemed to have been made. If said letter is so returned, upon the filing of an affidavit of the plaintiff, or other party required to give notice, or his attorney, that he does not know and after diligent research has been unable to learn of any other residence and address of such party in interest than those stated in the registered certificate of title, or that he has been unable to learn the residence and address of any person in interest whose name, residence, and address is not so shown by the registered certificate of title, if such person in interest is shown by the registered certificate or is known to be a resident of this state, summons as provided in civil actions shall be issued for him to the sheriff of the county of his residence as so shown or known, and if returned "not found," such person and also such like person not so shown or known to reside in the state, may be served by publication as in other cases, or as in original registration, as one whose residence is unknown. Unknown heirs and devisees, and all other unknown persons, whether in being or not, under the designation of "whom it may concern" may be made parties and served by publication as in original registration or as in other civil cases, and all such persons so made parties and so served shall be bound by the judgment or decree with no right to question such judgment or decree except upon appeal, or for fraud of the successful party in procuring such judgment or decree to be asserted only against persons not bona fide purchasers or encumbrancers, or persons holding under them, by suit to be brought within one year from the entry of such judgment or decree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5313.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5313 / § 5313.05
§ 5313.05. Default of vendee
Status: in_force

November 25, 1969 Senate Bill 156 - 108th General Assembly When the vendee of a land installment contract defaults in payment, forfeiture of the interest of the vendee under the contract may be enforced only after the expiration of thirty days from the date of the default. A vendee in default may, prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period, avoid the forfeiture of his interest under the contract by making all payments currently due under the contract and by paying any fees or charges for which he is liable under the contract. If such payments are made within the thirty-day period, forfeiture of the interest of the vendee shall not be enforced.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.08
§ 5307.08. Amicable partition
Status: in_force

October 14, 1997 Senate Bill 88 - 122nd General Assembly Before a writ of partition is issued under section 5307.04 of the Revised Code, the person of whom partition is demanded may appear in the court of common pleas in person or by attorney and consent to a partition of the estate agreeable to the prayer and facts set forth in the petition, which amicable partition, when made and recorded, shall be valid and binding between the parties to the partition. In cases in which a requested partition is consented to under this section and in all cases in which the lands are divided among the parties by the commissioner or commissioners, the court shall order the sheriff to execute and deliver a deed to each person entitled to a deed for the portion set off and assigned to the person. Land divided pursuant to this section shall be surveyed and platted in compliance with sections 711.001 to 711.15 of the Revised Code and with rules adopted pursuant to those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5307.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 53 / Chapter 5307 / § 5307.05
§ 5307.05. Writ of partition
Status: in_force

October 14, 1997 Senate Bill 88 - 122nd General Assembly A writ of partition issued under section 5307.04 of the Revised Code may be directed to the sheriff of any of the counties in which any part of the estate lies and shall command the sheriff that, by the oaths of the commissioner or commissioners, the sheriff shall cause to be set off and divided to the plaintiff or each interested party, whatever part and proportion of the estate as the court of common pleas orders. The oaths of the commissioner or commissioners may be administered by the sheriff.