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...The holder of any mortgage, encumbrance, lease, charge, or lien upon registered land may execute to a transferee an assignment for the whole or any part of the mortgage, encumbrance, lease, charge, or lien, by endorsement of the assignment on the original instrument of encumbrance, the holder's duplicate, the mortgagee's certified copy of a mortgage, or by a separate instrument acknowledged as required by section...

...When any registered mortgage, encumbrance, lien, charge, or lesser estate, vested, contingent, expectant, or inchoate, is satisfied, released, extinguished, or terminated, in any manner in whole or in part, the mortgagee, encumbrancer, assignee, owner of lesser estate, or his legal representative , holder of lien, or other person authorized to discharge or release such encumbrance, shall forthwith file with the count...

...No judgment or decree or order of a court shall be a lien upon or affect registered land, or any interest therein, until a certificate under the hand and official seal of the clerk of the court in which the case is entered, or of record, stating the date and purport of the judgment, decree, or order, or other action taken by the court, giving the number of the case, the full names of the parties, plaintiff and ...

...When any registered land is levied upon or seized by virtue of any writ of attachment, execution, or other process, the officer making such levy or seizure shall forthwith file with the county recorder a certificate of the fact of such levy or seizure, stating the court from which it was issued, the number of the case, parties to the suit, amount of the claim, the precise date of the attachment, levy, seizure, or oth...

...No suit, action, or proceeding, pending in any court, affecting registered land or any interest therein or charge upon such land is lis pendens, or notice to any person dealing with such land, until a certificate of the pendency of such suit, bill, or proceeding, under the hand and official seal of the clerk of the court in which it is pending, is filed with the county recorder, and a memorial thereof entered by him ...

...The holder of any certificate of sale of registered land, or any interest therein, for any tax, assessment, or imposition, shall forthwith present such certificate to the county recorder, who shall thereupon enter upon the registered certificate of title of the land a memorial thereof, stating the amount and day of sale, the date of presentation, and shall enter upon the certificate of sale the date of presentation a...

...A tax deed of registered land, or an interest therein, issued in pursuance of any sale for a tax, assessment, or other imposition, shall have only the effect of an agreement for the transfer of the title upon the register. Before any person dealing with such land is affected by such tax deed such deed must be filed in the county recorder's office and a memorial of such filing be made by the recorder on the registered...

...On the confirmation of the report of commissioners setting off registered lands in proceedings for partition, the parties to whom the lands are allotted shall cause a certified copy of the judgment or decree to be filed with the county recorder. Thereupon the recorder shall transfer such lands upon the register and issue new certificates of title to the respective allottees. Title in severalty shall not vest until su...

...When any lien or interest exists upon or in an undivided interest in land, and such interest is set off in severalty in proceedings for partition, such lien or interest shall attach only to the lands so set off, and the county recorder shall note the same upon the register of the new certificates of title, and shall indorse a memorandum of the partition upon the instrument creating such lien or other interest before ...

...Before an assignee or trustee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, master commissioner, special master commissioner, executor, or other person appointed by a court, shall deal with or transfer registered land, or any interest therein, such person shall file in the county recorder's office a certified copy of the deed, order of the court, will, or other authority showing that such person is authorized to deal with ...

...Trusts may be declared upon registered land, or upon any interest therein, by deed or other instrument in writing, fully and clearly defining the trusts, conditions, and limitations, and the powers and duties of the trustee and giving his name, residence, and post-office address and the name, residence, and post-office address of each beneficiary. When such deed of trust or other instrument is filed with the county r...

...When registered land, or any interest therein, is sought to be taken in the exercise of the right of eminent domain, notice of the proceedings with a pertinent description of the lands sought to be appropriated together with the name of the owner, shall be filed with the county recorder, and a memorial made on the last registered certificate of title of the lands sought to be appropriated. No title to such lands sha...

...Any person asserting any interest, claim, or lien, not shown upon the register, in or against registered land adverse to the title of any registered owner, when no provision is made by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for registering such interest, claim, or lien in the county recorder's office, may make affidavit thereto, setting forth his interest, right, title, claim, lien, charge, or ...

...In all cases provided for in section 5309.72 of the Revised Code the claimant shall, within ten days after filing an affidavit described in such section, notify the registered owner by registered letter with five days' return card thereon, directed to such owner's registered address, of the filing of such affidavit and claim and make proof thereof to the satisfaction of the county recorder. Every claimant failing to ...

...A deed, mortgage, lease or other instrument purporting to convey, transfer, mortgage, lease, charge, or otherwise deal with registered land, or any interest therein, or charge upon such land, other than a will, or a lease for a term not exceeding three years when the land is in the actual possession of the lessee or his assigns, shall take effect only as a contract between the parties thereto and as authority to the ...

...The holder of a duplicate certificate of title may at any time present such duplicate certificate to the county recorder and request him to continue such duplicate certificate to date and enter thereon all memorials and notations on the registered certificate of title, not appearing on such duplicate certificate, and also enter references to all instruments filed and noted, but not yet entered as memorials on the re...

...Every voluntary instrument intended to be used in transferring any title or estate in registered land, or in creating any lien or charge thereon, or assigning, releasing, or discharging any lien or charge, in whole or in part, and every certificate or other paper filed with the county recorder for the purpose of acquiring or creating an involuntary lien, interest, or charge upon registered land, shall at least refer ...

...When any voluntary instrument of transfer, encumbrance, assignment, release, or satisfaction is filed, the county recorder shall at once give notice of such filing to the registered owner or holder by letter mailed to his registered address, unless such registered owner or holder is personally present at the time of such filing. When any paper for the purpose of acquiring an involuntary lien, charge, or interest on, ...

...Any person feeling himself aggrieved by the action, finding, or decision of the county recorder, or by his refusal to act, in any matter pertaining to the first registration of land, or any subsequent transfer, or charge, lien, interest, or estate in or upon such land, or by the recorder's filing, failing, neglecting, or refusing to file any instrument, or entering or canceling or failing, neglecting, or refusing to ...

...No record, instrument, paper, or other document required by this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code to be filed or kept in the office of the county recorder, including, but not limited to, any registered land record maintained by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, shall be taken or otherwise caused to be removed from the recorder's office except by a subpoena duces ...

...Except for registered land records maintained by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, which shall be governed by the rules adopted under division (C) of that section, the court of appeals in any appellate district may prescribe rules of practice and procedure for the guidance of each county recorder, and the conduct of proceedings in the probate courts or courts of common pleas,...

...The original certificate of title in the register of titles, any copy of it certified under the signature of the county recorder, and the owner's duplicate of the original certificate of title shall be received as evidence in all the courts of the state and shall be conclusive as to all matters contained in it, except as provided in this chapter or Chapter 5309. of the Revised Code. All subsequent certificates of...

...The county recorder and the probate court and the court of common pleas on the application of any party in interest, in any matter, suit, or proceeding in any way relating to registered land, or to any estate or interest therein, or lien or charge thereon, may compel by punishment as for a contempt the production and delivery to said recorder or courts of any duplicate or owner's certificate of title, duplicate or or...

...On filing an application for registration, the applicant shall pay to the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas ten dollars, which is full payment for all clerk's fees and charges in such proceeding on behalf of the applicant. Any defendant, except a guardian ad litem, on entering an appearance by filing a pleading of any kind, shall pay to the clerk five dollars, which is full payment ...

...No proceedings or conviction for any crime relating to the administration of Chapters 5309. and 5310. of the Revised Code, shall affect any remedy which any person aggrieved or injured by such act has at law or in equity against the person who has committed such act, or against his estate , or against the county recorder, or examiner of titles, or the sureties on their official bonds.