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Ohio Rev Code § 317.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.13 | Duties of Recorder.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the county recorder shall record in the official records, in legible handwriting, typewriting, or printing, or by any authorized photographic or electronic process, all deeds, mortgages, plats, or other instruments of writing that are required or authorized by the Revised Code to be recorded and that are presented to the county recorder for that purpose. The county recorder shall record the instruments in regular succession, according to the priority of presentation, and shall enter the file number at the beginning of the record. On the record of each instrument, the county recorder shall record the date and precise time the instrument was presented for record. All records made, prior to July 28, 1949, by means authorized by this section or by section 9.01 of the Revised Code shall be deemed properly made. (B) The county recorder may refuse to record an instrument of writing presented for recording if the instrument is not required or authorized by the Revised Code to be recorded or the county recorder has reasonable cause to believe the instrument is materially false or fraudulent. This division does not create a duty upon a recorder to inspect, evaluate, or investigate an instrument of writing that is presented for recording.(C) If a person presents an instrument of writing to the county recorder for recording and the county recorder, pursuant to division (B) of this section, refuses to record the instrument, the person has a cause of action for an order from the court of common pleas in the county that the county recorder serves, to require the county recorder to record the instrument. If the court determines that the instrument is required or authorized by the Revised Code to be recorded and is not materially false or fraudulent, it shall order the county recorder to record the instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.14 | Copy of Record in One County May Be Recorded in Another County.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When a deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument of writing, for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, situated in two or more counties in this state, has been recorded in one of such counties, or when a new county is organized and such lands, tenements, or hereditaments are situated within the new county, and the instrument has been recorded in the county from which the new county was taken, or when, by change of county lines, lands are transferred from one county to another and such instrument has been recorded in the county from which the lands were transferred, any person interested in such lands may procure from the county recorder a certified copy of the record and cause it to be recorded in any other county containing such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in the same manner as the original instrument is required to be recorded. In making the record, such certificate shall be recorded with the copy, and the record of the copy and certificate shall have the same validity and legal effect as the record of the original instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.15 | Copy of Record in Other Cases.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|When a deed or other instrument of writing for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, situated within this state, has been recorded in the official records of a county of the state, other than the county in which they are situated, whether or not the county in which the instrument is recorded ever comprised a part of the territory in which the lands, tenements, and hereditaments are situated, any person interested therein may procure, from the official records of the county in which the instrument is recorded, a certified copy of the record from the county recorder, with the seal of office affixed thereto, and cause it to be recorded in the county where such lands, tenements, or hereditaments lie, in the manner provided by section 5301.25 of the Revised Code. In making such a record, the certificate shall have the same validity and legal effect as the record of other deeds and instruments of writing.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.16 | Force and Effect of Certified Copies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After copies of records have been recorded, as provided in sections 317.14 and 317.15 of the Revised Code, in the county in which such lands, tenements, or hereditaments lie, a copy of such record, certified by the county recorder of the county in which the premises are situated, shall be received in evidence in the same manner and have the same force and effect as if the record were of the original instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.17 | Transcription of Records of Other Counties.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|When directed by the board of county commissioners to do so, the county recorder may transcribe in the official records provided for that purpose, from the records of other counties, all deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments of writing, for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments situated within the county recorder's county. When transcribed, those records shall be part of the records of the county and have the same legal effect as other records of instruments of like kind recorded originally in the county recorder's office. Copies of those records shall be received in evidence in the same manner and with the same effect as original records of like instruments.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.18 | Direct and Reverse Indexes.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder shall make and keep up direct and reverse indexes of all the names of both parties to all instruments previously received for record by the county recorder. The indexes shall show the kind of instrument, the range, township, and section or the survey number and number of acres, or the permanent parcel number provided for under section 319.28 of the Revised Code, or the lot and sublot number and the part thereof, all as the case requires, of each tract, parcel, or lot of land described in any such instrument. The name of each grantor shall be entered in the direct index, and the name of each grantee shall be entered in the reverse index. As to notices of claims filed in accordance with sections 5301.51, 5301.52, and 5301.56 of the Revised Code, there shall be entered in the reverse index the name of each claimant, followed by the name of the present owner of title against whom the claim is asserted, if the notice contains the name of the present owner; or, if the notice contains the names of more than one such owner, there shall be entered the name of the first owner followed by "and others" or its equivalent.In all cases of deeds, mortgages, or other instruments made by any sheriff, master commissioner, marshal, auditor, executor, administrator, trustee, or other officer, for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, and recorded in the recorder's office, the recorder shall index the parties to such instrument under their appropriate letters, respectively, as follows:(A) The names of the persons represented by such officer as owners of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments described in any such instruments;(B) The official designation of the officer by whom such instrument was made;(C) The individual names of the officers by whom such instrument was made.Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it becomes necessary to transcribe, on account of its worn out or incomplete condition, any volume of an index in use, such volume shall be revised and transcribed to conform with this section; except that in counties having a sectional index in conformity with section 317.20 of the Revised Code, such transcript shall be only a copy of the original.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.19 | Daily Registers of Deeds and Mortgages.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|The county recorder shall keep a daily register of deeds and mortgages, in which shall be noted, as soon as filed, in alphabetical order according to the names of the grantors, respectively, all deeds and mortgages affecting real estate, filed in the county recorder's office. The county recorder shall keep the register in the county recorder's office, and it shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours. The county recorder may destroy the daily register after the expiration of a period of ten years from the date of the last entry in the register.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.21 | Plats, Records, and Documents for Use of County and Municipal Authorities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever the county recorder, county auditor, and county treasurer, or a majority of them, determines to provide, for the convenience of the various county officials and the more efficient performance of their duties, including those prescribed by sections 5309.01 to 5309.98 and 5310.01 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, plats, records, abstracts, books, copies of records, abstracts of records, existing or destroyed by fire or otherwise, or other documents or instruments affecting the title of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the county, they may acquire the same by purchase, lease, or rental. When acquired, such property shall be kept up and maintained in the office of the recorder or auditor, as such officials determine, and shall be at all times subject to the use, examination, and inspection of the public, and all officials of the county and the municipal corporations therein.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.22 | Prerequisites to Recording.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|No deed of absolute conveyance of land or any conveyance, absolute or otherwise, of minerals or mineral rights shall be recorded by the county recorder until: (A) The conveyance presented to the county recorder bears the stamp of the county auditor stating the conveyance has been examined and the grantor has complied with section 319.202 of the Revised Code;(B) Such conveyance has been presented to the county auditor, and by the county auditor indorsed "transferred," or "transfer not necessary."Before any real estate, the title to which has passed under the laws of descent, is transferred from the name of the ancestor to the heir at law or next of kin of such ancestor, or to any grantee of such heir or next of kin; and before any deed or conveyance of real estate made by any such heir or next of kin is presented to or filed for record by the recorder, the heir or next of kin, or that person's grantee, agent, or attorney shall present to the auditor the affidavit of such heir or next of kin, or of two persons resident of this state, each of whom has personal knowledge of the facts. Such affidavit shall set forth the date of the ancestor's death, and the place of residence at the time of death; the fact that the ancestor died intestate; the names, ages, and addresses, so far as known and can be ascertained, of each of such ancestor's heirs at law and next of kin, who, by the ancestor's death, inherited such real estate, the relationship of each to the ancestor, and the part or portion of such real estate inherited by each. Such transfers shall be made by the auditor in accordance with the statement contained in the affidavit, and the auditor shall indorse upon the deed or conveyance the fact that such transfer was made by affidavit. The affidavit shall be filed with the county recorder of the county in which such real estate is situated, at or before the time such deed or conveyance is filed with the county recorder, and shall be recorded by the county recorder of the county in the official records and indexed in the direct and reverse indexes in the county recorder's office, in the name of such ancestor as grantor and of each such heir or next of kin as grantee, in the same manner as if such names occurred in a deed of conveyance from the ancestor to such heirs at law. The county recorder shall receive the same fees for such indexing and recording as provided by section 317.32 of the Revised Code.(C) The record of such affidavit shall, in the trial of any cause, so far as competent, be prima-facie evidence.(D) No county recorder shall record a conveyance if the indorsement, indorsements, or stamps of indorsement of a county auditor indicating compliance with section 319.202 of the Revised Code on the conveyance are in whole or in part defaced, illegible, or incomplete.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.23 | Recording of Deed to University Land.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county recorder shall not record any lease, deed, or other conveyance of lots or lands belonging to any university keeping transfer books, unless such instrument is indorsed by the president or other proper officer of such university, showing that such instrument has been transferred on such books.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.242 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.242 | Material and Design Standards for Ohio Veterans Identification Cards.

Effective: September 8, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 173 - 131st General Assembly|The Ohio recorders association, in consultation with the county commissioners' association of Ohio and Ohio state association of county veteran service officers, shall establish material and design standards for Ohio veterans identification cards that may be issued by county recorders or county veterans service offices. The material and design standards shall require that an Ohio identification card include the name of this state, a distinguishing number assigned to the cardholder, a color photograph of the cardholder, the cardholder's name and residence address, the cardholder's branch of service, dates of service, and date of discharge, the name of the issuing county, the indexing number that has been assigned to the veteran's record of discharge, and the date of the card's issuance and expiration. An Ohio veterans identification card shall not display the cardholder's social security number unless federal law requires the cardholder's social security number to be displayed on a veterans identification card.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.25 | Records of Soldiers' Graves.

Effective: July 20, 1984|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 371 - 115th General Assembly|The county recorder shall be the custodian of all records which are provided for the county and furnished under the laws of this state, providing for the registration of the graves of all persons who served in any war in which the United States had a part and who were honorably discharged from the United States army, navy, or marine or nurse corps. The recorder shall provide the necessary and proper equipment to preserve and protect such records and they shall be available for public examination at all times.On proper request from any duly constituted and authorized veterans' organization, providing such request is made at least thirty days prior to Memorial day of each year, the recorder shall furnish such organization a list of all veterans' grave locations within the county, giving the name, section, lot, and grave number or location in the cemetery, as designated by the request.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.26 | Indorsement of Fee on Instrument - Record.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|Upon the presentation of any instrument of writing for filing or record, the county recorder shall indorse thereon the fee for filing or recording the instrument.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.27 | Certified Copy of Record.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 248 - 127th General Assembly|On demand and tender of the proper fees, the county recorder shall furnish to any person an accurate, certified copy of any record in the recorder's office other than a record of discharge under section 317.24 of the Revised Code, and affix the recorder's official seal thereto. The recorder shall issue, without charge, upon the request of an authorized party, as defined in section 317.24 of the Revised Code or a person other than an authorized party as defined in that section, one certified copy or one certified photostatic copy of the recorded record of discharge under that section, with the official seal of the county recorder affixed thereto. Any certified copy of any record, document, or map and any transcription of records, required or permitted to be made by the recorder, may be made by any method provided for the making of records.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.28 | Acknowledgments.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|No county recorder, and no deputy or employee of the county recorder, shall take the acknowledgement of any instrument required to be filed or recorded in the county recorder's office.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.29 | Records Transcribed Into New Books.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|When the records in the county recorder's office, or any part of them, become defaced or injured, the recorder, when directed to do so by the board of county commissioners, shall transcribe them into new books or on other media, which shall be as valid as the original record, and transcripts from the new books or other media shall be received and taken as of the same force and effect.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.30 | Records Affecting Real Estate - Restoration.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When any of the records of a county are destroyed in whole or in part, a map, plat, deed, conveyance, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument in writing, or record in any proceeding authorized by law to be recorded, which affects real estate in the county, or the continuing rights of parties to such record, and of which the original or exemplification thereof has been recorded, such original, or exemplification, or a certified copy of the former record may be recorded in the proper office for it. In re-recording it, the officer shall record the certificate of the previous record with date of filing for record appearing on the original or certified certificate so recorded, which shall be held as the date of the recording of the instrument to which it is attached. Certified copies of records authorized by this section to be made shall have the same force and effect as evidence as certified copies of the original record.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.31 | Making and Comparison of Record.

Effective: January 30, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly|When any instrument or record mentioned in section 317.30 of the Revised Code is presented to the county recorder or other proper custodian of such records, the county recorder or other custodian shall forthwith record and index it in the same manner as provided for in the original recording. A competent person shall compare such record with the instrument so recorded, and, if correctly recorded, certify on the margin of the page upon which the record has been made the correctness of it.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.322 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.322 | Recording Fee Not Charged for Military Power of Attorney.

Effective: May 18, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 125th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 317.32 or Chapter 1337. of the Revised Code, the county recorder shall not charge a fee to any member of the armed forces of the United States who presents for recording a military power of attorney executed pursuant to section 574(a) of the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994," 107 Stat. 1674 (1993), 10 U.S.C. 1044b.
Ohio Rev Code § 317.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 3 | Counties|Chapter 317 | Recorder|Section 317.33 | Suit on Bond of County Recorder.

Effective: March 14, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 405 - 124th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, if a county recorder refuses to accept a deed or other instrument of writing presented to the recorder for recording, the legal fee for recording it being paid or tendered; or refuses to give a receipt therefor, when required; or fails to number consecutively all deeds or other instruments of writing upon receipt; or fails to index a deed or other instrument of writing, by the morning of the day next after it is filed for record; or neglects, without reasonable cause, to record a deed or other instrument of writing within twenty days after it is received for record; or demands and receives a greater fee for the recorder's services than that allowed by law; or knowingly endorses on a deed or other instrument of writing a different date from that on which it was presented for record, or a different date from that on which it was recorded; or refuses to make out and certify a copy of any record in the recorder's office, when demanded, the recorder's legal fee for the copy being paid or tendered; or purposely destroys, defaces, or injures any book, record, or seal belonging to the recorder's office, or any deed or other instrument of writing deposited in the recorder's office for record, or negligently suffers it to be destroyed, defaced, or injured; or does or omits any other act, contrary to sections 317.01 to 317.33 of the Revised Code, the recorder shall be liable solely on the recorder's bond to any party harmed by the improper conduct.(B) If a county recorder, acting under division (B) of section 317.13 of the Revised Code, improperly refuses to record an instrument of writing in a manner that is not described in division (A)(6)(b) of section 2744.03 of the Revised Code, the recorder shall not be personally liable on account of the improper refusal and the surety that issued the recorder's bond shall not have a right of subrogation against the recorder on account of a claim made on the recorder's bond as a result of the improper refusal.