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Ohio Rev Code § 317.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.34 | Recording Without Approval.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No county recorder shall record a map or plan of a subdivision of a lot or ground without the approval or certification of such map or plan by the planning commission, platting commissioner, legislative authority, engineer, or other board or officer.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.35 | Record of Plans and Drawings of Public Buildings.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The county recorder shall record the plans and drawings filed under section 9.56 of the Revised Code and shall make them available for public inspection. (B) For services provided, the county recorder shall charge for photocopying ten dollars for the first two pages and two dollars for each page thereafter.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.36 | Collection and Amount of Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Trust Fund Fee.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The county recorder shall collect the low- and moderate-income housing trust fund fee as specified in sections 317.114, 317.32, 1563.42, 1702.59, 2505.13, 4141.23, 4509.60, 5164.56, 5310.15, 5703.93, 5719.07, 5727.56, 5733.22, 6101.09, and 6115.09 of the Revised Code. The amount of any housing trust fund fee the recorder is authorized to collect is equal to the amount of any base fee the recorder is authorized to collect for services. The housing trust fund fee shall be collected in addition to the base fee. (B) The recorder shall certify the amounts collected as housing trust fund fees pursuant to division (A) of this section into the county treasury as housing trust fund fees to be paid to the treasurer of state pursuant to section 319.63 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.37 | Separate Instrument Under Rc 5301.28 Et Seq. Defined.

Effective: July 1, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly|As used in sections 5301.28 to 5301.35 of the Revised Code, "separate instrument" means either the recording of an entirely new instrument or a written and signed entry on the margin of the original instrument bearing the proper endorsement that is recorded distinct and apart from the original instrument of record. For instruments that convey or affect an interest in crude oil or natural gas, such as a lease, assignment, easement, lien, or right-of-way, in a county in which the county recorder requires an assignment, release, partial release, satisfaction, cancellation, or waiver of priority to be made by separate instrument, the county recorder does not have the power to limit the number of assignments, releases, partial releases, satisfactions, cancellations, or waivers of priority that may be executed and recorded by means of a single instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.41 | Distribution of Forms for Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Declaration Governing Use or Continuation, or Withholding or Withdrawal, of Life-Sustaining Treatment.

Effective: November 6, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 644 - 121st General Assembly|A county recorder, upon request, may distribute to any person free of charge a copy of the printed form of the declaration described in section 2133.07 of the Revised Code and a copy of the printed form of the durable power of attorney for health care described in section 1337.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.42 | Posting Warning of Public Record Character of Recorded Documents.

Effective: September 27, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 309 - 124th General Assembly|(A) The county recorder shall display at all times, in a conspicuous place in the office of the recorder, a printed card that shall read substantially as follows:"WARNINGDocuments recorded in the recorder's office generally are considered to be public records. Other persons have access to the information contained in recorded documents."(B) If the county recorder fails to post a card in accordance with division (A) of this section, the county recorder is not liable in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly results from that failure.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.99 | Penalty.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 317.34 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.01 | County Auditor - Term of Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A county auditor shall be chosen quadrennially in each county, who shall hold his office for four years, commencing on the second Monday in March next after his election.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.02 | Bond of County Auditor - Oath of Office.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the county auditor shall give a bond signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state and to be approved by the board of county commissioners, or, at the auditor's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state, in a sum of not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars, as the board requires, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of office. The expense or premium for such bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. Such bond, with the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the General Code, and Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and the approval of the board indorsed upon it shall be deposited by such board with the county treasurer, who shall record and carefully preserve it.If an auditor-elect fails to give bond and take the oath of office, as required by this section, on or before the day on which the auditor is required to take office, such office shall become vacant.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.03 | Location of Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The office of the county auditor shall be at the county seat, in such rooms as the board of county commissioners provides.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.04 | Continuing Education Courses.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 10 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Each county auditor who is elected to a full term of office shall attend and successfully complete at least sixteen hours of continuing education courses during the first year of the auditor's term of office, and complete at least another eight hours of such courses by the end of that term. Each such county auditor shall include at least two hours of ethics and substance-abuse training in the total twenty-four hours of required courses. To be counted toward the twenty-four hours required by this section, a course must be approved by the county auditors association of Ohio. Any county auditor who teaches an approved course shall be entitled to credit for the course in the same manner as if the county auditor had attended the course.That association shall record and, upon request, verify the completion of required course work for each county auditor, and issue a statement to each county auditor of the number of hours of continuing education the county auditor has successfully completed. Each year the association shall send a list of the continuing education courses, and the number of hours each county auditor has successfully completed, to the auditor of state and the tax commissioner, and shall provide a copy of this list to any other individual who requests it.The auditor of state shall issue a certificate of completion to each county auditor who completes the continuing education courses required by this section. The auditor of state shall issue a "notice of failure" to any county auditor required to complete continuing education courses under this section who fails to successfully complete at least sixteen hours of continuing education courses during the first year of the county auditor's term of office or to complete a total of at least twenty-four hours of such courses by the end of that term. This notice is for informational purposes only and does not affect any individual's ability to hold the office of county auditor.(B) Each board of county commissioners shall approve, from money appropriated to the county auditor, a reasonable amount requested by the county auditor of its county to cover the costs the county auditor must incur to meet the requirements of division (A) of this section, including registration fees, lodging and meal expenses, and travel expenses.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.05 | Deputies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county auditor may appoint one or more deputies to aid him in the performance of his duties. The auditor and his sureties shall be liable for the acts and conduct of such deputies. When an auditor appoints or removes a deputy, such auditor shall make a record of such appointment or removal in his office and file a certificate of appointment or removal with the county treasurer, who shall record and preserve it.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.06 | Oaths.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county auditor and his deputies may administer any oath necessary in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, or proper in the authentication of any return, voucher, or document to be filed in the auditor's office.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.07 | Certain Officials Ineligible to Office of Auditor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No judge or clerk of a court, county commissioner, county recorder, county engineer, county treasurer, or sheriff shall be eligible to the office of county auditor.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.08 | Secretary of Board of County Commissioners.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|If the board of county commissioners has not appointed a full-time clerk pursuant to section 305.13 of the Revised Code, the county auditor, by virtue of his office , shall be the secretary of the board. When requested, he shall aid the board in the performance of its duties. He shall keep an accurate record of its proceedings, and carefully preserve all documents, books, records, maps, and papers required to be deposited and kept in his office.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.09 | County Auditor as Fiscal Auditor.

Effective: September 28, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly|The county auditor, if authorized by a resolution of the board of county commissioners, may serve as the fiscal officer of any department, office, or agency of the county, except that the county auditor may not serve as the fiscal officer for the office of any county elected officer or any agency governed by an appointed board or commission without the written agreement of that elected officer or agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.10 | Contracts for Auditor to Provide Services to County Land Reutilization Corporation.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|The county auditor may enter into a contract with a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code to provide employees of the auditor to provide services to the corporation. An employee of the auditor who provides services to a county land reutilization corporation under such a contract shall not be considered an employee of the corporation during the provision of services, but shall remain an employee of the county during provision of services pursuant to the contract.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.11 | Annual County Financial Report.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|The county auditor shall prepare a financial report of the county for the preceding fiscal year in such form as prescribed by the auditor of state and by such date as required under section 117.38 of the Revised Code. Upon completing the report, the county auditor shall publish notice that the report has been completed and is available for public inspection at the office of the county auditor. The notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county, then publication is required in the newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county that has the largest circulation in that adjoining county. The report shall contain at least the information required by section 117.38 of the Revised Code, and a copy shall be filed with the auditor of state.No county auditor shall fail or neglect to prepare the report or publish notice of completion of the report as required by this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.12 | Annual Report Expenses.

Effective: May 8, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 158 - 121st General Assembly|The proper and necessary expenses of publishing the notice of completion of the annual report, as required by section 319.11 of the Revised Code, shall be paid from the county treasury as county expenses are paid, and the board of county commissioners shall make the necessary appropriation for that expense. If the board fails to make the appropriation, or if the appropriation is insufficient to meet that expense, any person interested may apply to the court of common pleas within the county for an allowance to cover the expense, and the court shall issue an order instructing the county auditor to issue a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount deemed necessary, and the order by the court shall be final.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.13 | Money to Be Certified Into Treasury.

Effective: October 6, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly|Except as to moneys collected on the tax duplicate, the county auditor shall certify all moneys into the county treasury, specifying by whom to be paid, what fund to be credited, charge the treasurer with such moneys, and preserve a duplicate of the certificate in his office. Costs collected in felony cases that have been or are to be paid by the state shall be certified into the treasury as belonging to the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.14 | Account Current With County Treasurer.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|The county auditor shall keep an accurate account current with the county treasurer, showing all moneys paid into the treasury, the amount of such moneys, the time when, by whom, from what source, and to what fund paid, and showing all moneys paid out, the amount of such moneys, the time when, to whom, for what purpose, and from what fund paid. Upon the receipt of the daily statement of the county treasurer required by section 321.09 of the Revised Code, the auditor shall enter on his account current, as a charge to the treasurer, the amount of tax collected as shown by such statement, in the following manner:(A) Collections of estate tax to be credited to the undivided estate tax fund;(B) Collections of other taxes and assessments of whatever kind to be credited to the undivided general tax fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.15 | Monthly Statement of County Finances.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On the first business day of each month, the county auditor shall prepare in duplicate a statement of the finances of the county for the preceding month, showing the amount of money received to the credit of each fund and account, the amount disbursed from each, the balance remaining to the credit of each, and the balance of money in the treasury and depository. After careful comparison with the county treasurer's balances, he shall submit such statement to the board of county commissioners, which shall place it on file and post one copy in the auditor's office, such copy to remain posted for at least thirty days for the inspection of the public.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.16 | Issuing and Recording Warrants.

Effective: April 7, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 10 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The county auditor shall issue warrants, including electronic warrants authorizing direct deposit for payment of county obligations in accordance with division (F) of section 9.37 of the Revised Code, on the county treasurer for all moneys payable from the county treasury, upon presentation of either of the following: (1) Any proper order or voucher and evidentiary matter; (2) Any proper court order for expenses of any court funded through the county treasury and, upon request of the county auditor, legible copies of any court-approved invoice, bill, receipt, check, or contract related to the order, redacted as required by law, to the extent those documents exist. (B) When a court order described in division (A)(2) of this section is presented, the auditor shall have no liability for that expenditure and the court issuing the order shall assume the financial liability, if any, for that expenditure. The county auditor shall keep a record of all such warrants showing the number, date of issue, amount for which drawn, in whose favor, for what purpose, and on what fund.  (C) The auditor shall not issue a warrant for the payment of any claim against the county, unless it is allowed by the board of county commissioners, except where the amount due is fixed by law or is allowed by an officer or tribunal, including a county board of mental health or county board of developmental disabilities, so authorized by law.  (D) If the auditor questions the validity of an expenditure under division (A)(2) of this section that is within available appropriations, the auditor shall notify the court that presented the documents, shall issue the warrant under protest, and shall notify the auditor of state of the protest. When a warrant is issued under division (D) of this section, the auditor has no liability for that expenditure. If the auditor refuses to issue the warrant, a writ of mandamus may be sought. The court shall issue a writ of mandamus for issuance of the warrant if the court determines that the claim is valid. (E) If the auditor questions the validity of an expenditure presented under division (A)(1) of this section that is within available appropriations, the auditor shall notify the board, officer, or tribunal who presented the documents. If the board, officer, or tribunal determines that the expenditure is valid and the auditor refuses to issue the appropriate warrant on the county treasury, a writ of mandamus may be sought. The court shall issue a writ of mandamus for issuance of the warrant if the court determines that the claim is valid.  Evidentiary matter includes original invoices, receipts, bills and checks, and legible copies of contracts.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.17 | Warrants for Funds Payable to School District.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All warrants of the county auditor on the county treasurer for funds payable to a school district shall be stamped across their face "for deposit only."
Ohio Rev Code § 319.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.18 | Proceedings When Fund Is Exhausted.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When any fund is exhausted, the county auditor and county treasurer shall make an estimate of the amount of money belonging to such fund which has been collected as taxes and credited to the undivided tax funds in the treasury. If the board of county commissioners deems it advisable, by an order entered on its journal, such board may authorize the auditor and treasurer to transfer from such undivided tax funds to the fund so exhausted an amount not to exceed three fourths of the amount estimated to belong to the exhausted fund. At the next semiannual distribution of taxes, the amount so transferred shall be deducted from the total amount found to be due the fund. The estimate shall be made in writing, signed by the auditor and treasurer, and recorded on the board's journal.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.203 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.203 | Adopting Standards Governing Conveyances of Real Property in County.

Effective: September 4, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 172 - 130th General Assembly|Subject to division (B) of section 315.251 of the Revised Code, the county auditor and the county engineer of each county, by written agreement, shall adopt standards governing conveyances of real property in the county. These standards may include the requirements specified in section 315.251 of the Revised Code. The county auditor and county engineer may modify those standards from time to time as they consider necessary or desirable. The standards shall be adopted or modified only after the county auditor and county engineer have held two public hearings, not less than ten days apart, concerning adoption or modification of the standards. The standards shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the offices of the county auditor and county engineer. Before the county auditor transfers any conveyance of real property presented to the auditor under section 319.20 or 315.251 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall review the conveyance to determine whether it complies with the standards adopted under this section. The county auditor shall not transfer any conveyance that does not comply with those standards.
Ohio Rev Code § 319.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 319 | Auditor|Section 319.21 | Fraudulent Transfers.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If a transfer of real estate is fraudulently or improperly obtained, or the just proportion of valuation is not transferred with the part of a lot or tract transferred, the county auditor may cancel such transfer and, if necessary, he shall return the proper valuation.