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... section 5301.51 of the Revised Code shall satisfy all of the following: (1) Be in the form of an affidavit; (2) State the nature of the claim to be preserved and the names and addresses of the persons for whose benefit the notice is being filed; (3) Contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by the notice, which description shall be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusi...

...301.47 to 5301.56 of the Revised Code shall not be applied to bar or extinguish any of the following: (A) Any lessor or his successor as reversioner of his right to possession on the expiration of any lease, or any lessee or his successor of his rights in and to any lease, except as may be permitted under section 5301.56 of the Revised Code; (B) Any easement or interest in the nature of an easement created or held...

...1.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be construed to extend the period for the bringing of an action or for the doing of any other required act under any statutes of limitations, nor, except as provided in sections 5301.47 to 5301.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to affect the operation of any statutes governing the effect of the recording or the failure to record any instrument affecting land.

...1.56, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose of simplifying and facilitating land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record chain of title as described in section 5301.48 of the Revised Code, subject only to such limitations as appear in section 5301.49 of the Revised Code.

...n unit operations, under sections 1509.26 to 1509.28 of the Revised Code, in which the mineral interest is participating, provided that the instrument or order creating or providing for the pooling or unitization of oil or gas interests has been filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands that are subject to the pooling or unitization are located. (c) The mineral int...

...No person having an interest in real property, buyer, lessee, tenant, or occupant of real property, knowing that such real property is mortgaged or the subject of a land contract, shall remove, or cause or permit the removal of any improvement or fixture from such real property without the consent of the mortgagee, vendor under the land contract, or other person authorized to give such consent.

...solar access easement. Such easements shall be in writing and shall be subject to the same conveyance and recording requirements as other easements. Any instrument that grants a solar access easement shall include: (A) A description of the real property burdened and benefited by the solar access easement; (B) A description of the limits in heights, locations, or both, of permissible development on the burdened lan...

...onservation easement" means an incorporeal right or interest in land that is held for the public purpose of retaining land, water, or wetland areas predominantly in their natural, scenic, open, or wooded condition, including, without limitation, the use of land in agriculture when consistent with and in furtherance of the purpose of retaining those areas in such a condition, or retaining their use predominantly as su...

...tion easement to the department of natural resources, a park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, a township park district created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, a conservancy district created under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code, a soil and water conservation district created under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, a regional water and sewer district created under Chapter 6119. of ...

...der section 307.02, 307.18, 505.10, 505.261, 511.23, 717.01, 940.06, 1501.01, 1545.11, 6101.15, or 6119.111 of the Revised Code. Each officer, board, or authority acquiring a conservation easement shall name an appropriate administrative officer, department, or division to supervise and enforce the easement. (B) A charitable organization may acquire and hold conservation easements if it is exempt from federal taxati...

...l Revenue Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended. (C)(1) Subject to division (F) of this section, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, with moneys in any fund not required by law to be used for other specified purposes or with moneys provided to the board through matching grants made under section 901.22 of the Revised Code for the purchase of agricultural easements, m...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of county commissioners of a county, or board of township trustees of a township, in addition to the legislative authority's or board's other powers, may hold land or interests in land for the purpose of retaining the use of the land predominantly in agriculture. The authority and boards may do all things necessary or appropriate to achieve that purpose, in...

...Conservation easements are not unenforceable for lack of privity of contract or estate or lack of benefit to a particular dominant estate. Conservation easements are assignable to another entity authorized to hold conservation easements. Nothing in sections 5301.67 to 5301.70 of the Revised Code affects the enforceability of any article of dedication, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition that does not meet ...

... used in this section: (1) "Agricultural lease agreement" means an agreement or lease, written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions between a landlord and tenant concerning the use and occupancy of real property by one of the parties for agricultural purposes. (2) "Agricultural purposes" means the use and occupancy of real property for the planting, growing, ...

...2 of the Revised Code with respect to real property. (B) "Agency" means the environmental protection agency or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which an environmental covenant is created. (C) "Common interest community" means a condominium, a cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's o...

...a person that owns an interest in the real property that is the subject of an environmental covenant, may be a holder. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. (B) The interest of a holder is an interest in real property. However, a right of an agency under sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in rea...

...(A) An environmental covenant shall contain all of the following: (1) A statement that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code; (2) A legally sufficient description of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) A description of the activity and use limitations on the real property; (4) Requirements for notice follow...

...(A) A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided to all of the following in a manner required by the applicable agency: (1) Each person that signed the environmental covenant; (2) Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) Each person in possession of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (4) Each unit of loca...

...t it expressly assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations that the person assumes in the environmental covenant, but signing the environmental covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections that are granted or imposed under law other than sec...

...(A) An environmental covenant that complies with sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code runs with the land. (B) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if any of the following limitations on enforcement of interests applies: (1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property. (2) It can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder. ...

...With respect to interests in real property in existence at the time that an environmental covenant is created or amended, all of the following apply: (A) An interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest agrees to subordinate that interest to the environmental covenant. (B) Sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code do not requir...

...evised Code do not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over an environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property that are authorized by zoning or by law other than sections 5301.80 to 5301.92...

...sion (B) of this section, an environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the environmental covenant shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of each county in which the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant is located and shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed to the property. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee. (B) Pursuant to Cha...

...(A) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless any of the following applies: (1) The environmental covenant is limited by its terms to a specific duration or is terminated by its terms by the occurrence of a specific event. (2) The environmental covenant is terminated by consent pursuant to section 5301.90 of the Revised Code. (3) The environmental covenant is terminated pursuant to division (B) of this section...

...(A) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by all of the following: (1) The applicable agency; (2) Unless waived by that agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant; (3) Each person that originally signed the environmental covenant unless one or more of the following ap...