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...rtificate of title, upon satisfying the county recorder of the facts, shall surrender that person's duplicate certificate of title and take out a new certificate of title in that person's correct or changed name. The recorder shall enter and attest on the register of titles a memorandum of that change or correction and its date. This division applies to every person holding a registered interest in or upon land, and ...

...parties thereto and as authority to the county recorder to register the transfer, mortgage, lease, charge, or other dealing upon compliance with sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...esent 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 registered certificate of title. Thereupon the recorder shall make...

...rtificate 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 by number to the certificate of title covering such land or containing a memorial of such interest, lien, or charge. Such reference shall be contained in the body of all voluntary instruments, and in the case of such certificate or papers ...

...very instrument or paper filed with the county recorder by any person or officer under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any amendment thereof, for the purpose of acquiring or affecting in any way an involuntary interest in, or lien or charge upon registered land, shall contain or have indorsed upon it the full name, county of residence, and post-office address of the grantee or other pe...

...s indorsed thereon in the office of the county recorder, unless known by the plaintiff or party required to cause notice to be given to be incorrect, may be regarded as the correct residence and address of such party in interest and service made accordingly whether he resides within or without the state. In any matter or proceeding before the recorder in relation to registered land, or any interest in, or lien or ch...

... 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, or in registered land is filed, the recorder shall at once give lik...

...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 enter or cancel any memorial or notation...

...Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, the parties agrieved by the final order, judgment, or decree of the probate court or the court of common pleas provided for in any matters, proceedings, suits, or actions under those chapters, may appeal on questions of law to the court of appeals pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with thos...

...Registered land, and ownership therein, except as otherwise provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall in all respects be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to unregistered land. Such sections shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband or wife, or from liability to attachment or mesne proces...

... by paper means shall be signed by the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk. (B) If a county recorder maintains registered land records by nonpaper means in the manner authorized by section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, the signature and seal of the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk may be reproduced by electronic facsimile on a certificate of title or duplica...

...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.

...If any person, whether 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.

...Voluntary transfer or encumbrance of a registered estate or any interest therein shall be made only as prescribed by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 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 res...

...No statutory or other lien 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 ...

...d 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 commissioners.

...o 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 record, instrument, paper, or other...

...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...

...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 title and memorials on them shall be conclusive in favor of bona fide own...

...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...