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Ohio Rev Code § 315.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.32 | Plat or Certified Copy and Deposition Evidence - Exception.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The plat and certificate made by any county engineer, or the depositions taken by such engineer, as provided by sections 315.28 to 315.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or a certified copy of such plat, certificate, or depositions from the engineer's office shall be evidence in any court in any cause in which the title of any land to which they apply is affected, but the depositions of witnesses so recorded shall only be received when such witnesses are dead or outside the jurisdiction of the court.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.33 | Fees of Engineer.

Effective: October 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 114 - 114th General Assembly|County engineers, chainmen, and markers shall receive a fee for services rendered under sections 315.28 to 315.32 of the Revised Code, but the fee shall not exceed the actual cost incurred by the county for labor, equipment, and materials. Witnesses shall receive the same fees and mileage as allowed by section 2335.06 of the Revised Code. All such expenses shall be paid by the persons applying for a survey and depositions, who may recover, from the persons owning the adjoining lands that are benefited by the perpetuation of such testimony, their equal proportion of the expense incurred in obtaining such evidence.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.34 | Establishment of Surveyed or Agreed Corners.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Within his own county, a county engineer may call before him, examine on oath, and take in writing the testimony of any witnesses for the establishment of any surveyed or agreed corner of the lands of any person who applies to him, after notice has been given to the person holding adjoining lands, as required in taking testimony for the establishment of old or decayed corners of land by section 315.30 of the Revised Code. The taking of testimony under this section shall be under the same regulations and restrictions and in the same manner as provided by sections 315.28 to 315.33, inclusive, of the Revised Code.Testimony taken under this section shall have the same effect in law as evidence taken to perpetuate old or decayed corners under such sections. The engineer, other officers, and witnesses are entitled to demand and receive from the persons interested in the surveys and establishment of corners, under this section, the same fees as are allowed by section 315.33 of the Revised Code for similar services.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.35 | Dilapidated Records May Be Transcribed.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county engineer may transcribe any dilapidated maps, records of plats, and field notes of surveys in his office if such work is directed by the board of county commissioners, into suitable books, provided by him for that purpose and paid for from the county treasury, which shall be placed among the records in his office, made a part of such records, and have the same validity and legal effect as other similar records in his office.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.36 | Copies of Transcribed Records as Evidence.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After dilapidated maps, records of plats, and field notes or surveys have been transcribed and placed among the other records, as provided in section 315.35 of the Revised Code, copies thereof, certified by the county engineer, shall be received in evidence in the same manner, and shall have the same force and effect as is given to copies of other records of maps, records of plats, and field notes of surveys.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.37 | Report of Trespasses on Public Lands.

Effective: November 21, 1969|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 167 - 108th General Assembly|When it comes to the knowledge of a county engineer that a trespass has been committed on any canal lands or on any lands appropriated by congress for the support of schools or for ministerial purposes of this state, he shall immediately ascertain the extent of such trespass, the names of the trespassers and of witnesses to such trespass, and report them to the prosecuting attorney. For such services the engineer shall be paid such compensation as the court allows from fines collected for such trespass and from the proceeds of sales of timber seized by the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev Code § 315.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 315 | Engineer|Section 315.39 | Damages for Interference.

Effective: June 13, 1975|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly|Any person violating section 2921.31 of the Revised Code shall be liable for all damages sustained by any other person by the hindrance of the county engineer or his deputy, and all expenses and costs that accrue in consequence of the attendance of the sheriff, who, upon the call of such engineer or deputy, shall accompany and protect him.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.01 | County Recorder - Election and Term.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|There shall be elected quadrennially in each county a county recorder, who shall assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election and shall hold such office for a period of four years.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.02 | Bond of County Recorder - Oath.

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 duties of office, the county recorder shall give a bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the recorder'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 the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars, the surety company and the amount of the bond to be approved by the board of county commissioners. The expense or premium for the bond shall be paid by the board and charged to the general fund of the county. The bond, with the oath of office required by sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code, and by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and the approval of the board indorsed thereon, shall be deposited with the county treasurer.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.03 | Location of Office.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The office of the county recorder shall be kept in such rooms at the county seat as the board of county commissioners provides.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.04 | Official Seal.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder shall keep a seal of office, to be procured at the expense of the county, which the county recorder shall affix to all certificates attached to copies of records.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.05 | Deputies.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder may appoint deputies to aid in the performance of the county recorder's duties. Such an appointment or removal shall be in writing and filed with the county treasurer. The county recorder and the recorder's sureties shall be responsible for the deputies' neglect of duty or misconduct in office. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the deputies shall take the oath of office as prescribed in section 317.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.06 | Continuing Education.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Each county recorder who is newly elected to a full term of office shall attend and successfully complete at least fifteen hours of continuing education courses during the first year of the recorder's term of office and complete at least another eight hours of such courses each year of the remaining term. Each county recorder who is elected to a subsequent term of office shall attend and successfully complete at least eight hours of such courses in each year of any subsequent term of office. To be counted toward the continuing education hours required by this section, a course must be approved by the Ohio recorders' association. Any county recorder who teaches an approved course shall be entitled to credit for the course in the same manner as if the county recorder had attended the course. The Ohio recorders' association shall record and, upon request, verify the completion of required course work for each county recorder and issue a statement to each county recorder of the number of hours of continuing education the county recorder has successfully completed. Each year the association shall send a list of the continuing education courses, and the number of hours each county recorder has successfully completed, to the auditor of state and shall provide a copy of this list to any other individual who requests it.The association shall issue a "failure to complete notice" to any county recorder required to complete continuing education courses under this section who fails to successfully complete at least fifteen hours of continuing education courses during the first year of the county recorder's first term of office or to complete a total of at least thirty-nine hours of such courses, including the fifteen hours completed in the first year of the first term, by the end of that term. The association shall issue a "failure to complete notice" to any county recorder required to complete continuing education courses under this section who fails to successfully complete at least eight hours of continuing education courses each year of any subsequent term of office or to complete a total of at least thirty-two hours of such courses, by the end of that subsequent term. The notice is for informational purposes only and does not affect any individual's ability to hold the office of county recorder.(B) The costs the county recorder must incur to meet the requirements of division (A) of this section, including registration fees, lodging and meal expenses, and travel expenses shall be paid from the county recorder's technology fund, if such a fund has been established under section 317.321 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.07 | Delivery of Seal, Books, and Records to Successor.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|Upon leaving office, each county recorder shall deliver to the county recorder's successor, the seal of office, all books, records, and other instruments of writing belonging to the office, and take the successor's receipt for them. In case of the county recorder's death, the county recorder's personal representatives shall deliver the seal, books, records, and instruments to the successor in office.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.081 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.081 | County and Township Zoning Resolutions Kept by Recorder.

Effective: January 1, 1992|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 20 - 119th General Assembly|The county recorder shall keep county and township zoning resolutions, including text and maps, and amendments to them, in his office and make all these documents available for public inspection during normal business hours. By the fifteenth day of January each year, the county recorder shall notify the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees of each township within the county of that board's duty under section 303.11, 303.12, 519.11, or 519.12 of the Revised Code to file zoning resolutions and amendments in the office of the county recorder. The fee provided in section 317.32 of the Revised Code shall be charged for each resolution and amendment filed in the office of the county recorder.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.10 | County Recorder Shall Record Certified Copy of Matter in Bankruptcy - Fees.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder shall record any certified copy of any matter in reference to bankruptcy, which any act of congress provides for, as being necessary to be filed in the county wherein lands of the bankrupt are situated, in order to be notice of such bankruptcy. Such a certified copy shall be recorded in the official records and indexed in the same manner as deeds, in the name of the bankrupt as grantor, and in the name of the trustee in bankruptcy, or receiver, as grantee. The county recorder shall be paid the same fees for recording such a certified copy as is provided in section 317.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.11 | Names Printed or Typed on Instruments Before Recording When Signatures Illegible.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, discharged, canceled or otherwise disposed of, shall be received for record or filing by the county recorder, if the signatures of the persons signing such instrument are illegibly written, unless the name of each person who in any capacity signed such instrument, and whose written signature is illegible, is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such person. The recorder shall receive any such instrument for record or filing, although it does not comply with this paragraph, if the name of each such person appears elsewhere in the instrument legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped, or if there is written on or attached to the instrument, for record, an affidavit of some person having personal knowledge of the facts, which affidavit states the correct name of the person whose signature was illegibly written and whose name was not printed, typewritten, or stamped thereon.Whenever, in this section it is required that the name of a person be printed, typewritten, or stamped upon such instrument immediately beneath the signature of such person, such signature shall be written upon the instrument directly preceding or above the printed, typewritten, or stamped name. Such printed, typewritten, or stamped name shall not be superimposed upon the signature so as to render either illegible. Any such instrument shall be entitled to be received for record or filing if the printed, typewritten, or stamped name and signature are deemed by the recorder to be so placed upon such instrument as to render the connection between the two apparent. Any instrument received and recorded or filed by a recorder is conclusively presumed to comply with the requirements of this section, which shall be in addition to the requirements imposed by any other law relating to the recording of instruments.This section does not apply to any instrument executed prior to October 11, 1945, nor to the following: Any decree, order, judgment, or writ of any court; any will, or death certificate; any instrument executed or acknowledged outside this state. This section does not apply to any instrument upon which the signature itself is printed, typewritten, or stamped.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.111 | Name of Preparer to Appear on Instrument.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property, or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, shall be received for record or filing by the county recorder unless the name of the person who, and governmental agency, if any, that prepared the instrument appears upon the instrument, and the name is either printed, typewritten, stamped, or signed in a legible manner. An instrument is in compliance with this section if it contains a statement in the following form: "This instrument was prepared by (name)." This section does not apply to any instrument executed prior to October 5, 1955, nor to the following: any decree, order, judgment, or writ of any court; any will or death certificate; any instrument executed or acknowledged outside of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.112 | Further Requirements for Instruments.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Each instrument and its contents by which the title to real estate or personal property, or by which any interest in or lien on real estate or personal property, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, discharged, canceled, or otherwise disposed of, and that is presented to the county recorder for recording or filing shall be of a quality that permits the legible reproduction of the instrument, and the contents of the instrument shall be sufficiently legible to permit their reproduction by photographic or microphotographic processes. (B)(1) If an instrument that is described in division (A) of this section and that is presented for recording or filing does not satisfy the requirements of that division, the county recorder, prior to recording or filing the instrument, may require the person who presented the instrument for recording or filing to do either of the following:(a) If the instrument presented was a copy of an original document, to substitute the original document for recording or filing if it satisfies the requirements of division (A) of this section; or(b) To prepare or cause to be prepared, and present for recording or filing a true copy of the instrument, which true copy shall be handwritten or typewritten, satisfy the requirements of division (A) of this section, and contain a certification of the person who prepared the true copy that it is a true copy of the instrument.(2) The county recorder shall attach a true copy of an instrument that is presented for recording or filing pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section to the instrument that was presented for recording or filing.(3) The notice that is imparted by the recording or filing of an instrument is not affected if the county recorder accepts an instrument for recording or filing that subsequently is found not to satisfy the requirements of division (A) of this section.(C) This section does not apply to wills or death certificates.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.113 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.113 | Certified Complete English Translation to Accompany Instrument.

Effective: February 1, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 279 - 124th General Assembly|The county recorder shall not accept for recording a deed or other instrument in writing that is executed or certified in whole or in part in a language other than the English language unless it complies with the requirements of sections 317.11, 317.111, and 317.112 of the Revised Code and is accompanied by a complete English translation certified as provided in this section. The translator of the deed or other instrument in writing shall certify that the translation is accurate and that the translator is competent to perform the translation. The translator shall sign and acknowledge the translation of the deed or other instrument in writing before a judge of a court of record in this state, a clerk of a court of record in this state, a county auditor, a county engineer, or a notary public. A certificate of the translator that is substantially in the following form satisfies the requirements of this section: "CERTIFICATE OF TRANSLATOR The undersigned, __________________________, hereby certifies that the document attached to this certificate and made a part of this certificate has been translated into English by the undersigned; that the translation is accurate; and that the undersigned is competent to perform the translation. ______________________________ (Signature of Translator)  SSN: _________________________ State of _________________________ County of ________________________ The foregoing certificate of translator has been acknowledged before me this _____ day of __________, ______ _____________________________ (Signature of Judge or Officer Taking the Acknowledgment)"  This section does not apply to a deed or other instrument in writing executed or certified prior to August 20, 1996.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.12 | Indorsement on and Receipt for Deed - Recording.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|Upon the presentation of a deed or other instrument of writing for record, the county recorder shall indorse thereon the date, the precise time of its presentation, and a file number. The file numbering shall be consecutive and in the order in which the instrument of writing is received for record, except financing statements, which may have a separate series of file numbers and may be filed separately, as provided by sections 1309.501 to 1309.527 of the Revised Code. The recorder shall, without fee, give to the person presenting such instrument a receipt naming the parties thereto and the date thereof. When a deed or other instrument is recorded, the county recorder shall indorse on it the time when recorded, and the number or letter and page of the official records in which it is recorded.