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...ssment in the amount of five dollars or less, or with an unpaid balance of five dollars or less, shall be paid in full, and not in installments, at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due and payable. The assessments may be made and levied by any one or more of the following methods: (A) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed; (B) In proportion to the benefits that may r...

...ally place on the tax duplicate, for collection in semiannual installments as provided in that section, the two installments of the assessment for that year, which installments shall be paid and collected as provided in that section. When collected, the assessments shall go into the township treasury and shall be used by the board only for the purpose for which they were levied and collected.

...is a mortgage and subject to the same rules as a mortgage. (C) "Probate court" has the same meaning as in section 2101.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Registered land" means any land registered under this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code. (E) "Housing accommodations" and "restrictive covenant" have the same meanings as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.

...eby conferred upon the court of common pleas and the probate court in all maters arising under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The probate court shall have all the powers at law and in equity of a court of general jurisdiction as to such matters. In counties having three or more judges of the court of common pleas, such judges may select one or more from their own number who shall act as...

...To carry out sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the county recorder may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, summons, and other process, serve and cause notices to be served, enforce the attendance of and examine witnesses, compel the production of papers and evidence, order surveys and appoint competent surveyors to make them, and conduct hearings and make such orders as are appropriate and i...

... contrary, and in accordance with the rules adopted by the county recorder under division (C) of this section, the recorder may perform any of the following functions by nonpaper means: (1) Transcribe a certified copy of a decree of registration sent by the clerk of a probate court pursuant to section 5309.25 of the Revised Code; (2) Enter any memorial, notation, or memorandum pertaining to registered land; (3) Re...

...leas and recorded and shall then be deposited with the county treasurer who shall receipt to the clerk therefor by indorsement on the record of such bond. Said examiners may administer oaths, take testimony and other evidence, and generally exercise all powers and perform all duties of masters of chancery. No examiner of titles shall in any way represent any party in interest in any matters in any way relating to pro...

...The persons who, singly or collectively, claim to own and to be seized of, or to have the power of appointing or disposing of, the legal or equitable estate in fee in and to the whole of any parcel of land, may personally or through an attorney in fact, authorized by an instrument signed, acknowledged, and recorded as a deed, have their title to that estate in that land, or the whole title to that land, registere...

...No estate less than a fee simple and no mortgage, lien, or charge of any kind shall be registered unless the fee in possession, remainder, or reversion or other character of fee in and to the land has been registered first or is registered at the same time. If the estate of the applicant is subject to any outstanding lesser estate, including life estates, estates for years, conditional limitations, executory devises ...

...ax sale or tax deed may be registered unless it appears that title under said tax sale or tax deed has been established and confirmed, or acquired, by a valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, or that the applicant and those from whom the applicant claims title have been in the actual, undisputed, and adverse possession of the land under such title for at least twenty-one years and have paid al...

...Application to register the title to land or to any interest therein shall be made by petition, as in the commencement of a civil action, filed in the probate court or court of common pleas of the county in which the land is situated. When the application is filed, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall forthwith file in the office of the county recorder of said county and in t...

...upon a new folium in the register of titles; enter all memorials, notations, and memoranda to which the land is subject at the time of transfer; and issue a new certificate of title to the surviving tenants setting forth all of the information as to each required to be shown pursuant to section 5309.40 of the Revised Code.

...ty recorder shall obtain a properly completed form prescribed under division (B) of this section from the surviving tenant under a survivorship tenancy or the surviving tenant's representative and send a copy of the form to the administrator of the medicaid estate recovery program before registering the title in the surviving tenants under section 5309.081 of the Revised Code.

...et out in the application, and that all lesser or other estates and interests in and all liens, charges, and encumbrances upon the land or any part of the land may be settled and determined by the court and, subject to division (B) of section 5309.24 of the Revised Code, may be ordered to be registered.

...If the application to register the title to land or to any interest in land is made by a married person, the spouse of that person shall signify the spouse's assent to the registration as prayed for by endorsement on the application acknowledged as a deed, or by a separate instrument so acknowledged and filed with the application. If the spouses are separated and living apart, or either one refuses to consent t...

...If the application to register the title to land or to any interest therein is made by a nonresident of the state, he shall, in his petition, or in a separate paper to be filed in the case, give the name, residence, and post-office address of someone residing in the state, upon whom, as his agent, service of notice can be made in relation to any matter arising under or in connection with said application, and agree t...

...e applicant desiring to register the title to land or to any interest therein shall be regarded as plaintiff and all other persons named in the application and to be affected by the decree shall by name be entered in the caption of the petition and treated as defendants, and all persons not so named, whether mentioned in the application or not, shall be included and considered as defendants under the designation, whi...

... of the application to register the title to land or to any interest therein and before registration, the land described in such application may be dealt with and instruments relating thereto may be recorded and indexed, in the same manner as if no such application had been filed. As soon as an application is disposed of, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall make a mem...

...erring it to one of the examiners of titles, who shall search the records and investigate all facts stated and all allegations made in the petition, or otherwise brought to his notice. Such examiner shall investigate particularly whether the land or any part thereof is occupied by, or is in the possession, actual or constructive, of any person other than the applicant and if so, by whom, the nature of the occupation ...

..., in the opinion of the examiner of titles, the applicant has a good title as alleged, and proper for registration, or if the applicant after an adverse opinion of the examiner elects to proceed further, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall, upon the filing of the examiner's report or the applicant's election, cause notice of the filing, substance, and prayer of the appl...

...d Saturday after the publication is completed. The probate court or the court of common pleas shall within seven days after the first publication of said notice in a newspaper, cause a copy of such published notice to be served on the defendants by registered letter, mailed by the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas, with a five day return card thereon, to every defendant named in sa...

...d person, other than the examiner of titles by whom the title was examined and reported upon, to act as guardian ad litem for persons under any disability, and for all persons not in being, unascertained, unknown, or out of the state, who may have an interest, which is vested, contingent, in expectancy, or otherwise. The compensation of the guardian under the schedule of fees set forth in section 5310.15 of the Revis...

...he interest claimed by the person who files it, and shall be signed and sworn to by him or by a person in his behalf . Any person claiming an interest in the land may by answer or other plea oppose the application for registration of the land as belonging to the plaintiff, or may by cross-petition set up a demand to have the title claimed by the plaintiff registered in the name of the cross-petitioner. If a person an...

...If no person appears and answers or files other plea to an application in a land registration case within the time allowed, after the appointment of a guardian ad litem and the filing of an answer by him as required in section 5309.17 of the Revised Code, the probate court or the court of common pleas may upon motion of the applicant, no reason to the contrary appearing, order a general default to be recorded and the...

...t thereof to one of the examiners of titles as master, to hear the parties and their evidence, and make report of such evidence and his findings on it to the court. Such examiner's report shall have the same effect as that of a master appointed by the court in other cases and he shall proceed according to the rules of said court applicable to masters, except as such rules are modified by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, ...