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...(A) An application by an applicant for disinterment under section 517.23 of the Revised Code shall be in writing and shall state whether the applicant is the designated representative to whom the decedent has assigned the right of disposition of the decedent's body in a written declaration pursuant to section 2108.70 of the Revised Code and exercised such right at the time of the declarant's death or, if none, the su...

...(A) The Ohio home visiting consortium is hereby created. The purpose of the consortium is to ensure that home visiting services provided by home visiting programs operating in this state, as well as home visiting services provided or arranged for by medicaid managed care organizations, are high-quality and delivered through evidence-based or innovative, promising home visiting models, including models used by home vi...

...Any planned-unit development regulations adopted in accordance with section 519.12 of the Revised Code, or any planned-unit developments constructed or approved in a preliminary or final form, under the provisions of a zoning resolution adopted prior to the effective date of this section, if otherwise lawful had they originated on that date, shall be deemed to have been lawful from their origin and the developments s...

...(A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may be initiated by motion of the township zoning commission, by the passage of a resolution by the board of township trustees, or by the filing of an application by one or more of the owners or lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or affected by the proposed amendment with the township zoning commission. The board of township trustees may require that ...

...Except in counties where deeds or other separate instruments are required as provided in this section, a lease, whether or not renewable forever, that is recorded in any county recorder's office, may be canceled or partially released by the lessor and lessee, or assigned by either of them, by writing the cancellation, partial release, or assignment on the original lease, or upon the margin of the record of the ...

...Except in counties where deeds or other instruments are required as provided in this section, a land contract that is recorded in the office of the county recorder may be cancelled, partially released by the vendor and vendee, or assigned by either of them by writing the cancellation, partial release, or assignment on the original land contract or upon the margin of the record of the original land contract, and...

...(A) Except in a county in which the county recorder has elected to require that all satisfactions of mortgages be recorded by separate instrument as allowed under section 5301.28 of the Revised Code, when recording a mortgage, county recorders shall leave space on the margin of the record for the entry of satisfaction, and record therein the satisfaction made on the mortgage, or permit the owner of the claim secured ...

...(A) To be effective and entitled to recording, the notice referred to in section 5301.51 of the Revised Code shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the form of an affidavit; (2) State the nature of the claim to be preserved and the names and addresses of the persons for whose benefit the notice is being filed; (3) Contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by the notice, which descr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Holder" means the record holder of a mineral interest, and any person who derives the person's rights from, or has a common source with, the record holder and whose claim does not indicate, expressly or by clear implication, that it is adverse to the interest of the record holder. (2) "Drilling or mining permit" means a permit issued under Chapter 1509., 1513., or 1514. of th...

...As used in sections 5301.67 to 5301.70 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conservation easement" means an incorporeal right or interest in land that is held for the public purpose of retaining land, water, or wetland areas predominantly in their natural, scenic, open, or wooded condition, including, without limitation, the use of land in agriculture when consistent with and in furtherance of the purpose of retaining those ar...

...An owner of land may grant a conservation easement to the department of natural resources, a park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, a township park district created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, a conservancy district created under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code, a soil and water conservation district created under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, a regional water and sewer dis...

...As used in sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code: (A) "Activity and use limitations" means restrictions or obligations created under sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code with respect to real property. (B) "Agency" means the environmental protection agency or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which an environmental co...

...(A) As used in sections 5302.22, 5302.222, 5302.23, and 5302.24 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affidavit of confirmation" means an affidavit executed under division (A) of section 5302.222 of the Revised Code. (2) "Survivorship tenancy" means an ownership of real property or any interest in real property by two or more persons that is created by executing a deed pursuant to section 5302.17 of the Revised Code. (3...

...In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if in his answer the defendant denies generally the title alleged in the petition, or that he withholds the possession. If he denies the title only, possession by him shall be taken as admitted. When he does not defend for the whole premises, the answer shall describe the particular part for which defense is made. The defendant also may set forth in h...

...When two or more religious denominations, or other societies, or associations, have united in a corporation, and as such corporation acquire title to real estate in this state, and they subsequently agree to separate and form two or more corporations under the laws of this state, either corporation, after such separate organization, may file its petition for partition under section 5307.03 of the Revised Code of such...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code to the contrary, and in accordance with the rules adopted by the county recorder under division (C) of this section, the recorder may perform any of the following functions by nonpaper means: (1) Transcribe a certified copy of a decree of registration sent by the clerk of a probate court pursuant to section 5309.25 of the Revised ...

...The certificate of title first registered in pursuance of a decree of registration in regard to any parcel of land shall, in the register of titles, be entitled "Original certificate of title, entered pursuant to decree of the _________ court, dated at _______ (stating time and place of entry of decree and the number of the case)." Such certificate shall relate back to and take effect from the date of the order or de...

...A registered owner in fee of real property, in order to transfer the owner's whole interest in the property or in any part of the property or to transfer any undivided interest in the property shall execute to the intended transferee a deed or instrument of conveyance that, in case of transfer of the whole of the property, may be on the duplicate certificate of title. The deed or instrument of conveyance may be in an...

...No new certificate of title shall be entered or issued upon any transfer of registered land which does not divest the title in fee from the registered owner or some one of the registered owners. When a registered owner desires to transfer to another a lesser estate than the fee, as an estate for life, for years, or other term, or any other kind of lesser estate than a fee, he may do so by executing to the transferee ...

...If the county recorder is in doubt upon any question, or if any person in interest does not agree as to the proper memorandum to be made in pursuance of any deed, mortgage, or other voluntary instrument presented for registration, the question may, on the certificate of the recorder stating the question upon which the recorder is in doubt or upon which the person in interest does not agree, be referred to the court o...

...Upon the death of a registered owner of land, one or more of his heirs or devisees, or the assignee for the benefit of creditors, or administrators or executors, or holder of an involuntary lien or charge against the interest of any such heir or devisee or their heirs or devisees, or an heir, devisee, administrator, or executor of a deceased heir or devisee of such heir or devisee of a deceased registered owner, may ...

...(A) A declaration submitting property to the provisions of this chapter shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner before a judge or clerk of a court of record, county auditor, county engineer, notary public, or mayor, who shall certify the acknowledgment and subscribe the certificate of acknowledgment. (B) A declaration shall contain all of the following: (1) A legal description of the land or, for a water sl...

...(A) The unit owners association, through the board of directors, shall do both of the following: (1) Annually, adopt and amend an estimated budget for revenues and expenditures. The budget shall include reserves in an amount adequate to repair and replace major capital items in the normal course of operations without the necessity of special assessments, unless either of the following applies: (a) The declaration...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or the bylaws, the unit owners association has a continuing lien upon the estate or interest of the owner in any unit and the appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements for the payment of any of the following expenses that are chargeable against the unit and that remain unpaid for ten days after any portion has become due and payable: (a) The portion of...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Assessment" means the liability for an expense that is allocated to a lot in a planned community. (B) "Bylaws" means an instrument filed with the declaration that provides for the operation of the owners association. "Bylaws" also is referred to as "regulations" pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. (C) "Common element" means any property in a planned community that the...