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..."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 areas in such a condition, or retaining their use predominantly as ...

... on land that is valued for purposes of real property taxation at its current value for agricultural use under section 5713.31 of the Revised Code or that constitutes a homestead when the easement is granted. All conservation easements and agricultural easements shall be executed and recorded in the same manner as other instruments conveying interests in land.

... on land that is valued for purposes of real property taxation at its current value for agricultural use under section 5713.31 of the Revised Code or that constitutes a homestead when the easement is granted.

... on land that is valued for purposes of real property taxation at its current value for agricultural use under section 5713.31 of the Revised Code or that constitutes a homestead when the easement is granted. (G) An agricultural easement acquired by the director under division (A) of this section may be extinguished if an unexpected change in the conditions of or surrounding the land that is subject to the easement ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of county commissioners of a county, or board of township trustees of a township, in addition to the legislative authority's or board's other powers, may hold land or interests in land for the purpose of retaining the use of the land predominantly in agriculture. The authority and boards may do all things necessary or appropriate to achieve that purpose, in...

...able for lack of privity of contract or estate or lack of benefit to a particular dominant estate. Conservation easements are assignable to another entity authorized to hold conservation easements. Nothing in sections 5301.67 to 5301.70 of the Revised Code affects the enforceability of any article of dedication, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition that does not meet the requirements of those sections. The...

...ant concerning the use and occupancy of real property by one of the parties for agricultural purposes. (2) "Agricultural purposes" means the use and occupancy of real property for the planting, growing, and harvesting of crops and all practices necessary for that planting, growing, and harvesting. It does not mean the use and occupancy of real property for pasture, timber, farm buildings, horticultural buildings, o...

....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 covenant is created. (C) "Common interest community" means a condominium, a cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's...

...g a person that owns an interest in the real property that is the subject of an environmental covenant, may be a holder. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. (B) The interest of a holder is an interest in real property. However, a right of an agency under sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in r...

...A legally sufficient description of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) A description of the activity and use limitations on the real property; (4) Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in the use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting contamination on, the property that is s...

...rson holding a recorded interest in the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) Each person in possession of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (4) Each unit of local government in which the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant is located; (5) Any other person that the agency requires. (B) The validity of an environmental covenant is no...

...An agency is bound by any obligation that it expressly assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations that the person assumes in the environmental covenant, but signing the environmental covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections that are gra...

...With respect to interests in real property in existence at the time that an environmental covenant is created or amended, all of the following apply: (A) An interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest agrees to subordinate that interest to the environmental covenant. (B) Sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code do not requir...

... Revised Code do not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over an environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property that are authorized by zoning or by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301....

...ty recorder of each county in which the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant is located and shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed to the property. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee. (B) Pursuant to Chapter 5309. of the Revised Code, an environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the environmental covenant in connection with registered land...

...environmental covenant can no longer be realized, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in divisions (A) and (B) of section 5301.90 of the Revised Code have been given notice, may terminate the environmental covenant or reduce its burden on the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant. (C) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A) an...

... current owner of the fee simple of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) Each person that originally signed the environmental covenant unless one or more of the following apply: (a) The person waived in a signed record the right to consent; (b) A court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; (c) Th...

...; (5) A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the environmental covenant; (6) A unit of local government in which the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant is located; (7) An original signatory of the environmental covenant who is no longer an owner of the real property that is subject to the environmental...

...Sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code modify, limit, or supersede the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 114 Stat. 464 (2000), 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., as amended, except that sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(a), as amended, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in se...

...n energy. (2) "Qualifying residential real property" means a single family residential dwelling, or other residential dwelling of three or fewer units. (3) "Residential PACE lien" means the encumbrance on the qualifying residential real property created by the special assessment for a residential PACE loan. (4) "Residential PACE loan" means the extension of financing that is offered to pay for the installation ...

...five percent of the market value of the real property or mineral or mining rights about which information must be filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 5301.254 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 5301.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5301.77 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second...

...The forms set forth in sections 5302.05, 5302.07, 5302.09, 5302.11, 5302.12, 5302.14, 5302.17, and 5302.31 of the Revised Code may be used and shall be sufficient for their respective purposes. They shall be known as "Statutory Forms" and may be referred to as such. They may be altered as circumstances require, and the authorization of those forms shall not prevent the use of other forms. Wherever the phrases defined...

...ss is __________________, the following real property: (description of land or interest therein and encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions, if any) Prior Instrument Reference: Volume _____, Page _____ _______________, wife (husband) of the grantor, releases all rights of dower therein. Executed this _______________ day of ________________ _______________________________ (Signature of Grantor) (Execu...

...g address is ___________, the following real property: (description of land or interest therein and encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions, if any) Prior Instrument Reference: Volume _____, Page _____ ___________, wife (husband) of said grantor, releases to said grantee all rights of dower therein. Executed this _______________ day of __________________ ______________________________ (Signature of Gra...

...ng address is __________, the following real property: (description of land or interest therein and encumbrances, reservations, and exceptions, if any) Prior Instrument Reference: Volume _______, Page ______ _______________, wife (husband) of the grantor, releases all rights of dower therein. Executed this _______________ day of ___________ _______________________________ (Signature of Grantor) (Executi...