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...In making the appraisement of the yearly value of the real estate provided for in section 5305.11 of the Revised Code, the commissioners must exclude all permanent or valuable improvements made thereon after the deceased consort of the surviving spouse ceased to be its owner.

...If the petition of a person claiming dower is contested, and the court of common pleas finds that such person is entitled to dower as claimed therein, the defendant so contesting shall pay all costs of the suit. If the petition is not contested, the plaintiff shall pay one third, and the legal owner of the real estate two thirds of the costs.

...The answer of a surviving spouse under section 5305.15 of the Revised Code has the same effect, in all respects, as a deed of release to the purchaser of such estate of the dower interest therein of such spouse.

...A person owning real property in this state, encumbered by the contingent or vested right of dower of an incompetent person, may apply, by petition to the court of common pleas of the county in which the real estate, or any part thereof, is situated, making defendants thereto such incompetent person, and the spouse and guardian, if such incompetent person has either or both, for leave to sell any part of such rea...

...Tenants in common, survivorship tenants, and coparceners, of any estate in lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the state, may be compelled to make or suffer partition thereof as provided in sections 5307.01 to 5307.25 of the Revised Code.

...Before a writ of partition is issued under section 5307.04 of the Revised Code, the person of whom partition is demanded may appear in the court of common pleas in person or by attorney and consent to a partition of the estate agreeable to the prayer and facts set forth in the petition, which amicable partition, when made and recorded, shall be valid and binding between the parties to the partition. In cases in which...

...On the return of the proceedings to sell the estate, the court of common pleas shall examine them. If a sale has been made, and the court approves it, the sheriff shall execute and deliver a deed to the purchaser on receiving payment of the consideration money, or taking sufficient security for that payment, to the satisfaction of the court.

...The commissioner or commissioners shall set off to a widow her dower in the estate under section 5307.17 of the Revised Code. In the performance of that duty, the commissioner or commissioners shall be governed by, and the proceedings shall conform to, sections 5305.01 to 5305.22 of the Revised Code.

...One tenant in common, or coparcener, may recover from another tenant in common, or coparcener his share of rents and profits received by such tenant in common or coparcener from the estate, according to the justice and equity of the case. One coparcener may maintain an action of waste against another coparcener. No coparcener shall have any privileges over another coparcener, in any election, division, partition, or ...

...When two or more religious denominations, or other societies, or associations, have united in a corporation, and as such corporation acquire title to real estate in this state, and they subsequently agree to separate and form two or more corporations under the laws of this state, either corporation, after such separate organization, may file its petition for partition under section 5307.03 of the Revised Code of such...

...d) The record of trusts and exceptional estates in registered land kept pursuant to section 5309.35 of the Revised Code; (e) The entry book kept pursuant to section 5309.38 of the Revised Code; (f) The records of liens on registered land kept pursuant to section 5309.50 of the Revised Code and the record of leases on registered land kept pursuant to that section. (6) Fulfill any other requirement of this chapter o...

...The court of common pleas in each county shall appoint, subject to removal at any time by said court, one or more examiners of titles, who shall be officers of the court and competent attorneys at law with skill and experience in the examination of titles to real estate. Each examiner, before entering on the discharge of his duties, shall give a bond payable to this state for the use of whom it may concern, in an amo...

...mine, and register all lesser or other estates and interests in, and all liens and charges upon, the following described land (insert description). You are hereby required to answer said application on or before the _______ day of ________, __________ and show cause, if any you have, why the prayer of said application should not be granted. And unless you appear at said court on or before the time aforesaid a...

...The certificate of title first registered in pursuance of a decree of registration in regard to any parcel of land shall, in the register of titles, be entitled "Original certificate of title, entered pursuant to decree of the _________ court, dated at _______ (stating time and place of entry of decree and the number of the case)." Such certificate shall relate back to and take effect from the date of the order or de...

...Except in case of fraud, and except as provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, no person taking a transfer of registered land, or any interest therein, or of any charge upon such land, from the registered owner, need inquire into the circumstances under which, or the consideration for which such owner or any previous registered owner was registered. Such transferee shall not be affect...

...A registered owner in fee of real property, in order to transfer the owner's whole interest in the property or in any part of the property or to transfer any undivided interest in the property shall execute to the intended transferee a deed or instrument of conveyance that, in case of transfer of the whole of the property, may be on the duplicate certificate of title. The deed or instrument of conveyance may be in an...

...(A) After a title is registered and a certificate of title is issued for the registered land or after a memorandum, notation, or memorial is made on the register of titles and attested, no alteration or erasure shall be made in the register except in the manner provided in this section and as required by section 5309.281 of the Revised Code. (B) A person whose name changes after the issuing of a registered certifica...

...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 ...

...Every deed or other voluntary instrument which is presented for registration, and every 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...

...In all suits and proceedings in any of the courts of this state in which any estate or interest in, or lien or charge upon registered land is in any way involved or affected, or any registered land is to be sold, or the title otherwise transferred, all persons shown by the registered certificate of title to have any interest in the subject matter of the suit or proceeding, and all other persons known or appearing to ...

...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 ...

... 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 provided in the instrument of transfer, mortgage, lease, or encumbrance.

...The assurance fund provided for in section 5310.05 of the Revised Code shall not be liable in any action to pay for any loss, damage, or deprivation occasioned by a breach of trust, whether express, implied, or constructive, by any registered owner who is a trustee. Final judgment shall not be entered against the treasurer of state in any action to recover from the assurance fund more than the fair market value of t...

...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.

...Chapter 5311. of the Revised Code applies only to property that is specifically submitted to its provisions by the execution and filing for record of a declaration by the owner, as provided in this chapter. In every instance, any property so submitted shall be either a fee simple estate or a ninety-nine year leasehold, renewable forever. Neither the submission of property to the provisions of this chapter, nor the co...