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...In a conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, the words "limited warranty covenants" have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words: "The grantor covenants with the grantee, his heirs, assigns, and successors, that the granted premises are free from all encumbrances made by the grantor, and that he does warrant and will defend the same to the grantee and his heirs, assigns, and successors,...

...In a conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, the words "fiduciary covenants" have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words: "The grantor covenants with the grantee, his heirs, assigns, and successors, that he is duly appointed, qualified, and acting in the fiduciary capacity described in such deed, and is duly authorized to make the sale and conveyance of the granted premises, and that i...

...In a mortgage of real estate, or any interest therein, the words "mortgage covenants" have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words, and shall be applied and construed accordingly: "The mortgagor covenants with the mortgagee and his heirs, assigns, and successors, that he is lawfully seized in fee simple of the granted premises; that they are free from all encumbrances; that the mortgagor has good ...

...t secured by the mortgage, and shall perform all other obligations secured by the mortgage, and shall perform the condition of any prior mortgage, and until such payment and performance shall pay when due and payable all taxes and assessments on the mortgaged premises, shall keep the buildings on said premises insured against fire and other hazards commonly known as Extended Coverage Risks in a sum not less than the ...

...Upon the death, resignation, removal, or other event terminating the appointment of a trustee of a trust, which trustee holds title to real property, the successor trustee or any co-trustee of the trust shall file with the county auditor and the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located, as soon as is practical, an affidavit reciting the name of the immediately preceding trustee and an...

...A deed in which a grantor is also a grantee is effective to convey the interest in the title of the grantor or grantors to all of the grantees in the proportion and manner indicated in the deed.

...Except as provided in sections 5302.17, 5302.20, and 5302.21 of the Revised Code, if any interest in real property is conveyed or devised to two or more persons, such persons hold title as tenants in common and the joint interest created is a tenancy in common.

...(A) Except as provided in section 5302.21 of the Revised Code, if any interest in real property is conveyed or devised to two or more persons for their joint lives and then to the survivor or survivors of them, those persons hold title as survivorship tenants, and the joint interest created is a survivorship tenancy. Any deed or will containing language that shows a clear intent to create a survivorship tenancy shall...

...(A) Sections 5302.17 to 5302.20 of the Revised Code do not affect deeds that were executed and recorded prior to the effective date of this section and that created a tenancy by the entireties in a husband and wife pursuant to section 5302.17 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the effective date of this section. If spouses covered by such deeds are tenants by the entireties on the day prior to the effective d...

...n shall contain all of the following information: (1) The name and address of each transfer on death beneficiary who survived the deceased owner or that is in existence on the date of death of the deceased owner. If a named beneficiary was designated as a transfer on death beneficiary solely in that person's capacity as a trustee of a trust and that trustee subsequently has been replaced by a successor truste...

...(A) Any affidavit containing language that shows a clear intent to designate a transfer on death beneficiary shall be liberally construed to do so. (B) Real property or an interest in real property that is the subject of a transfer on death designation affidavit as provided in section 5302.22 of the Revised Code or as described in division (A) of this section has all of the following characteristics and ramification...

...Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(12) and (C) of section 5302.23 of the Revised Code, sections 5302.22, 5302.222, and 5302.23 of the Revised Code do not affect any deed that was executed and recorded prior to December 28, 2009, or any transfer on death beneficiary designation made, pursuant to section 5302.22 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to that date. If that deed or designation is valid on th...

... used in the Revised Code, the "Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act" means sections 5809.01 to 5809.08, 5808.03, 5808.05, and 5808.06, division (A) of section 5808.02, and division (B) of section 5808.07 of the Revised Code, and those sections may be cited as the "Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act." (2) As used in the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act, "trustee" means a trustee under any testamentary, inter vivos, or ...

...(A) A trustee shall invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust. In satisfying this requirement, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution. (B) A trustee shall make a reasonable effort to verify facts relevant to the investment and management of trust assets. (C) A trustee's inves...

...quirements and standards of the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act. (B) A trustee shall diversify the investments of a trust unless the trustee reasonably determines that, because of special circumstances, the purposes of the trust are better served without diversifying.

...ing any other provision of the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the trust, the duties of a trustee with respect to the acquisition, retention, or ownership of a life insurance policy as a trust asset do not include any of the following duties: (1) To determine whether the policy is or remains a proper investment; (2) To diversify the investment in the policy relati...

...uirements and standards of the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act.

...Compliance with the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act shall be determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of a trustee's decision or action and not by hindsight.

...5808.07 of the Revised Code. (B) In performing investment or management functions of a trust that are delegated to an agent, an agent owes a duty to the trust to exercise reasonable care to comply with the terms of the delegation. (C) A trustee who delegates a function to an agent in compliance with division (A) of this section is not liable to the beneficiaries of the trust or to the trust for the decisions or act...

...t or strategy permitted by the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act: "investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds"; "legal investments"; "authorized investments"; "using the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent dispositi...

...(A) The Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate the general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of these sections among the states enacting it. (B) The Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act applies to trusts existing on or created after March 22, 1999. As applied to trusts existing on March 22, 1999, the Ohio Uniform Prudent Investor Act governs only decis...

... special administrator, and a person performing substantially the same function. (D) "Income" means money or property that a fiduciary receives as current return from a principal asset. "Income" includes a portion of receipts from a sale, exchange, or liquidation of a principal asset, to the extent provided in sections 5812.18 to 5812.38 of the Revised Code. (E) "Income beneficiary" means a person to whom net incom...

...(A) In allocating receipts and disbursements to or between principal and income, and with respect to any matter within the scope of sections 5812.07 to 5812.14 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (1) A fiduciary shall administer a trust or estate in accordance with the terms of the trust or the will, even if there is a different provision in sections 5812.01 to 5812.52 of the Revised Code. (2) A fiduci...

...(A) A trustee may adjust between principal and income to the extent the trustee considers necessary if the trustee invests and manages the trust assets as a prudent investor, the terms of the trust describe the amount that may or must be distributed to a beneficiary by referring to the trust's income, and the trustee determines, after applying division (A) of section 5812.02 of the Revised Code, that the trustee is u...

...After a decedent dies, in the case of an estate, or after an income interest in a trust ends, all of the following apply: (A) The fiduciary of the estate or of the terminating income interest shall determine, under the provisions of sections 5812.12 to 5812.47 of the Revised Code that apply to trustees and under division (E) of this section, the amount of net income and net principal receipts received from property ...