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...No petition, order, affidavit, certificate, registration, or other proceeding under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be invalid by reason of any informality, mistake, or technical irregularity therein not affecting the substantial justice of the proceedings, or the substantial rights of any party in interest.

...grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, lessor, lessee, or other person in interest, dies after the execution of any instrument affecting land and before registration thereof, the registration of such instrument may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be valid notwithstanding such death.

...No title to registered real property in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession.

...All charges upon registered land, or any interest in such land may be enforced as provided by law, except as provided by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...and by entry on the register of land titles. No estate, legal or equitable, in registered land, shall pass by a mere assignment or delivery of a duplicate certificate of title or other instrument. This section does not apply upon implementation of a resolution of abolition under section 5310.38 of the Revised Code.

... except taxes and assessments, lawfully levied, and liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or constitution of the United States prior to October 4, 1933, shall affect the title to registered land, until after such lien is noted upon the registered certificate of title.

...All notices required under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be served in the same manner as required by law for service of summons or like notices. In any suit or proceeding for registering land, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, or in relation to registered land, or any interest in, or lien or charge on such registered land, parties may waive notice and enter appearance as ...

...All books, blanks, papers, and other things necessary for administering this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, equipment, machines, and materials related to the registered land functions of a county recorder and the maintenance of registered land records by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, shall be furnished by the board of county ...

...apter 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 tecum issued for and served upon the recorder by a court of record. When any re...

... 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, within the district, in any matter arising under this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code.

...No county recorder or deputy, while in office, shall directly or indirectly accept any employment, or be interested in fees arising from such employment, as attorney, agent, or otherwise, from an applicant to register land, or other person connected with or concerned in the registration of land, or any lien, or charge thereon, or other matter in any way connected with the registration of land.

...Every transferee, mortgagee, lessee, and encumbrancer of registered land or any part thereof, or any interest therein, holds his title or lien subject to the interests and estates, mortgages, encumbrances, and all liens and memorials which have been entered upon the registered certificate of title prior to such transfer of the land or mortgage, lease, or encumbrance thereof, unless it is expressly otherwise provide...

...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...

... 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 original mortgage, lease, or ...

...istinct parcel of land included in the petition or application although such parcel is made up of more than one tract. Guardians for the suit in original registration shall receive three dollars when there is no contest in which the guardian participates. In other cases such guardians shall receive such fees as the court fixes, but not more than twenty-five dollars. For certifying pending suits, judgments, liens, a...

...order, or examiner of titles, or the sureties on their official bonds.

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

...ate 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 registration" and "land registration system" mean the system of registering titles and conveyances and encumbrances of land provided for in Chapter 5309. and sections 5310.01 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Nonabol...

...solution 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.

... 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 board shall conduct the public hearing as provided in section 5...

...th 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 of traditionally recording a conveyance or encumbrance in the county; (C) The monetary cost to the county of maintaining...

...Publication of the notice shall be completed at least one month prior to the date set for the hearing. (B) At the date, time, and place specified in the notice, the board shall conduct a hearing, which may be adjourned from day to day until complete, at which any person affected by the proposed abolition of land registration may appear in person, by attorney, or both, and present evidence, orally or in writing,...

...lition of land registration shall be implemented as provided in section 5310.38 of the Revised Code.

...on of the resolution of abolition and set the date upon 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 o...

...vised Code, on and after 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 instr...