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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 317 | Recorder › Section 317.115 | Lot and Sublot Number After Village Dissolution.

Effective:
April 30, 2024
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly
After a village dissolution under sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code, an instrument related to a tract, parcel, or lot of land located within what was previously the territory of the dissolved village may utilize the lot and sublot number previously assigned to the tract, parcel, or lot of land.
Last updated February 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 3 | Counties › Chapter 317 | Recorder › Section 317.13 | Duties of Recorder.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th 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)(1) 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.
(2) The county recorder shall refuse to record a right-to-list home sale agreement described in division (B) of section 5301.94 of the Revised Code.
Division (B) of this section does not create a duty upon a recorder to inspect, evaluate, or investigate an instrument of writing, including a right-to-list home sale agreement, 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, is not materially false or fraudulent, and is not a right-to-list home sale agreement, it shall order the county recorder to record the instrument.
(D) The county recorder shall keep confidential information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code, in accordance with that section. A copy of the real property confidentiality notice shall accompany subsequent recordings of the property, unless the program participant's certification has been canceled under section 111.431 or 111.45 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 8:39 AM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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:
"WARNING
Documents 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.