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...Sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be construed liberally for the purpose of effecting its general intent.

...es or encumbrances affecting registered land, as provided in sections 5309.06, 5309.24, 5309.28, 5309.34, 5309.93, 5310.02, and 5310.03 of the Revised Code or in any other statute having a similar effect. (B) "Date of implementation" means the date, set by the county recorder under section 5310.38 of the Revised Code, as the date upon which implementation of a resolution of abolition is to begin. (C) "Land registra...

...on to consider the merits of abolishing land registration in the county. When a resolution of abolition has previously failed of adoption, it is not in order for the board to adopt a resolution under this section unless two years have elapsed since the date on which the last resolution of abolition failed of adoption.

...on to consider the merits of abolishing land registration, the board of county commissioners shall collect evidence with regard to the costs and benefits of maintaining a land registration system in the county. The board shall collect the evidence by means of a public hearing, and by means of independent studies, investigations, interviews, surveys, and other research that it conducts or causes to be conducted. The b...

...the costs and benefits of maintaining a land registration system in a county includes, but is not limited to, evidence with regard to the following: (A) The monetary cost to a landowner of initially registering land in the county; (B) The monetary cost to a landowner or other person of registering subsequent conveyances and encumbrances in the county, as compared to the monetary cost to a landowner or other person ...

...hat the board is considering abolishing land registration in the county, that abolition would require the deregistration of all registered land in the county, and that after abolition all land in the county would have to be dealt with as nonregistered land; (b) A statement that the board seeks evidence with regard to the matters listed in section 5310.34 of the Revised Code; (c) The date, time, and place of th...

...ts exceed the benefits of maintaining a land registration system in the county. If the board so finds, it may adopt a resolution of abolition that makes specific findings with regard to the costs and benefits and requires abolition of land registration in the county. If such a resolution of abolition is adopted, abolition of land registration shall be implemented as provided in section 5310.38 of the Revised Code.

...n which implementation of abolition of land registration in the county is to begin. The date thus set, which is the "date of implementation," shall be not later than one month after the day upon which the resolution was adopted. If one or more parcels of land registered in the county lie partly in another county or counties, the recorder shall send a copy of the notice required by the preceding paragraph to the...

... the date of implementation, registered land in a county that has abolished land registration shall be dealt with the same as if it were not registered land, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance shall be recorded in the traditional recordation system, not in the land registration system. Until there has been a conveyance of the entire fee of such land, in preparing the prior instrument reference on each ...

...entation in a county that has abolished land registration has the following effects on and after such date: (A) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the date of implementation and noted on the certificate; (B) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the date of implementation that, as of the date of implementation were not noted on the certificate, but ...

... an application for the registration of land that is pending on the date of implementation, including, but not limited to, cases arising under section 5309.05, 5309.29, 5309.45, 5309.46, 5309.60, or 5309.66 of the Revised Code, is affected by the abolition of land registration in the county. The case shall proceed, in the same manner, and with the same effects, as if land registration had not been abolished, to the e...

...No proceeding relating to registered land that is pending before any court, the county recorder, or an examiner of titles on the date of implementation, including, but not limited to, proceedings arising under section 5309.27, 5309.43, 5309.44, 5309.52, 5309.61, 5309.69, 5309.71, 5309.76, 5309.81, 5309.83, or 5309.84 of the Revised Code, is affected by the abolition of land registration in the county. The proceeding ...

...5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code, land registered under the certificate shall be dealt with the same as if it were not registered land, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance shall be recorded in the traditional recordation system, not in the land registration system. Until there has been a conveyance of the entire fee of such land, in preparing the prior instrument reference on each such instrument ...

...A certificate of title issued as the result of any proceeding contemplated by section 5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code has the following effects: (A) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the effective date of the certificate; (B) No conclusive effect with regard to any conveyance or encumbrance occurring on or after the effective date of the certificate.

...Abolition of land registration in a county does not bar either of the following: (A) A person who is deprived of land, any interest therein, or any encumbrance thereon as the result of a decree obtained by fraud in a case relating to registered land or to the initial registration of land from filing a complaint to open up and review the case as provided in section 5309.23 or 5309.81 of the Revised Code; (B) A perso...

...plementation, with regard to registered land in a county that has abolished land registration: (A) A duplicate certificate of title has no use other than as a copy of the certificate that is transcribed or bound in the register of titles; (B) No person shall present, and the county recorder shall not accept, the duplicate as the instrument of any conveyance or encumbrance of the land to which it pertains. The hold...

...entation in a county that has abolished land registration: (A) The court of common pleas and probate court of the county have no jurisdiction under Chapter 5309. or sections 5310.01 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code; (B) No person shall file, and the clerk of the court of common pleas or clerk of the probate court of the county shall not accept, any application, pleading, or other paper commencing any action or procee...

...entation in a county that has abolished land registration, the county recorder shall: (A) Continue all certificates of title that, on the date of implementation, were transcribed or bound in the register of titles, to reflect both of the following: (1) Conveyances and encumbrances occurring prior to the date of implementation that, as of the date of implementation were not noted on the certificate, but the instrume...

... the register of titles, the same as if land registration had not been abolished in the county. The recorder shall issue duplicates of such a certificate of title as provided in sections 5309.25 to 5309.27 of the Revised Code. (B) Duplicate the certificate of title and record the duplicate as a muniment of title in the traditional recordation system. A duplicate certificate of title, filed in the traditional recorda...

...If a parcel of registered land lies partly in two or more counties, and one of the counties abolishes land registration, the portion lying in the nonabolishing county is subject to the following on and after the date of implementation: (A) The portion shall be dealt with, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance recorded, as provided in sections 317.14 and 5310.41 of the Revised Code; (B) The certificate o...

...d requiring registration of a parcel of land that lies partly in two or more counties, the portion lying in each county shall be registered as provided in section 5309.25 and division (A) of section 5310.51 of the Revised Code, except that the portion lying in the nonabolishing county is subject to the following on and after its initial registration: (A) The portion shall be dealt with, and instruments for its conve...

...A nonabolishing county's land registration system, except insofar as required to carry out sections 5310.52 and 5310.53 of the Revised Code, shall remain intact and fully operational.

...hapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installment payments,...

...(A) Every land installment contract shall be executed in duplicate, and a copy of the contract shall be provided to the vendor and the vendee. The contract shall contain at least the following provisions: (1) The full names and then current mailing addresses of all the parties to the contract; (2) The date when the contract was signed by each party; (3) A legal description of the property conveyed; (4) The contra...

...Every vendor under a land installment contract shall, at least once a year or on demand of the vendee, but no more than twice a year, furnish a statement to the vendee showing the following: (A) The amount credited to principal and interest; (B) The balance due. A land contract passbook issued by the vendor or a financial institution shall be sufficient compliance with this section.