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...Every person holding an elected office under the constitution or laws of this state may administer oaths of office to persons elected or appointed to offices under the constitution or laws of this state if those persons are elected or appointed to offices within the geographical limits of the elected officer's constituency, except that members of the general assembly may administer oaths of office to persons elected ...

... by law, and in all respects to qualify self for the performance of such duties, is deemed to have refused to accept the office to which the person was elected or appointed. Such office shall be considered vacant and shall be filled as provided by law. A person subject to a policy adopted under section 3.061 of the Revised Code, when the policy is in effect and becomes applicable to the person upon the beginning of...

...ection or appointment of a person to an office or public trust under or in pursuance of the constitution or laws of this state, and conditioned for the faithful performance, by such person, of the duties of the office or trust, is sufficient, notwithstanding any special provision made by law for the condition of such bond.

...If an elective or appointive state officer is required by law to furnish bond, a surety company bond may be given and the annual premium in such cases shall be paid from the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the various departments, boards, and commissions for such purpose. This section does not prevent the giving of a personal bond with sureties approved by the officials authorized by law to give such ap...

...Every officer, on receiving an official bond which by law is required to be filed or deposited with him, shall record it in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. A certified transcript of the record of such bond is conclusive evidence of such record, and prima-facie evidence of the execution and existence of such bond.

...fore a court, judge, or public board or officer, judicial or ministerial; bonds of indemnity; and all other bonds conditioned to become void upon the performance by any of the parties thereto of the stipulations contained in such bonds shall bind and render liable thereon both principals and sureties, whether at the time of the signing of the bonds by any of such obligors the amounts of such bonds are filled in or le...

...nty a county recorder, who shall assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election and shall hold such office for a period of four years.

...g upon the duties of office, the county recorder shall give a bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the recorder's option, by two or more freeholders having real estate in the value of double the amount of the bond over and above all encumbrances to the state in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars, th...

...The office of the county recorder shall be kept in such rooms at the county seat as the board of county commissioners provides.

...e county recorder shall keep a seal of office, to be procured at the expense of the county, which the county recorder shall affix to all certificates attached to copies of records.

...ties' 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.

...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 ...

...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.

...(A) The county recorder shall record all instruments in one general record series to be known as the "official records." The county recorder shall record in the official records all of the following instruments that are presented for recording, upon payment of the fees prescribed by law: (1) Deeds and other instruments of writing for the absolute and unconditional sale or conveyance of lands, tenements, and heredi...

...nd 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 zonin...

... documents with the office of a county recorder for recording under section 317.08 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, the preparer of any document to be recorded by a county recorder under section 317.08 of the Revised Code shall not include any individual's personal information in any document that is filed for recording in the office of the county recorder ...

...otherwise, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property subject to the lien is situated. If a duplicate copy of a notice of a lien or a certificate of discharge or release of a lien is provided, the county recorder shall endorse on the copy the date and hour that the notice or certificate was received for filing and recording and shall return the copy, by mail or otherwise, to the d...

...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 ...

...y instrument upon which the signature itself is printed, typewritten, or stamped.

...ved 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...

...f, 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 ...

...______________ (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.

... presented for recording to the county recorder shall have been prepared in accordance with all of the following requirements: (1) Legible print size not smaller than a font size of ten; (2) Minimum paper size of eight and one-half inches by eleven inches; (3) Maximum paper size of eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches; (4) Black or blue ink only; (5) No use of highlighting; (6) Margins of one-inch ...

...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.

...ument 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 R...