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...The legislative authority of a city to which the annexation of another city or village or part thereof is sought as provided in sections 709.22 to 709.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may by ordinance, and the board of education of a city school district to which the annexation of another city school district, exempted village school district, or local school district containing a village is sought as provided in ...

...The freehold electors owning lands in any portion of a village, such portion being contiguous to an adjoining township, and comprising not less than one thousand five hundred acres of land, may file a petition with the board of elections in such county requesting that an election be held to obtain the opinion of the freehold electors owning lands and residing within such portion of the village upon the question...

...When territory is detached from a village in accordance with section 709.39 of the Revised Code, an apportionment of the property, funds, and indebtedness of the village shall be made between such village and the detached territory upon the basis of the respective tax duplicates in the village after such detachment and in the detached territory. All water pipes and sewers, laid either in such village or detached terr...

...(A) Once proposed merger conditions are prepared, the members of the commission shall vote on them. (B) If no proposed merger condition can be agreed upon by a majority of the members of the commission from each political subdivision, the members of the commission may vote on whether the merger should not occur. If, in that situation, a majority of the members of the commission from each political subdivision ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Plat" means a map of a tract or parcel of land. (B) "Subdivision" means either of the following: (1) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding general tax list and duplicate of real and public utility property, into two or more parcels, sites, or lots, any one of which is less than five acres for the purpose, whether immediate...

...(A) In-lots intended for sale shall be numbered in progressive numbers, or by the squares in which situated, and their precise length and width shall be stated on the plat provided for in section 711.01 of the Revised Code. Out-lots which do not exceed ten acres in size shall, in like manner, be surveyed and numbered, and their precise length and width stated on the plat, together with any streets, alleys, or roads w...

...After a plat of a subdivision is completed, it shall be certified by the surveyor and acknowledged by the owner before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, which officer shall certify his official act on the plat. If any owner is a nonresident of the state, his agent, authorized by writing, may make such acknowledgment. Such plat, and if the execution is by agent, his written authority, shall t...

...(A) Upon the submission of a plat for approval, in accordance with section 711.041 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall certify on it the date of the submission. Within five days of submission of the plat, the board shall schedule a meeting to consider the plat and send a written notice by regular mail to the fiscal officer of the board of township trustees of the township in which the p...

...The city or village engineer in the case of lands within a city or village, and the county engineer in the case of lands outside of a city or village, shall, upon written request by the owner of the land upon which the street has been constructed check the construction and if the engineer finds that such street has been constructed in accordance with the specifications set forth on the approved plat, and that such st...

...When, prior to June 1, 1953, a subdivision plat has been tentatively approved by a planning commission, and lots have been transferred from the subdivision by metes and bounds descriptions prior to June 1, 1953, and a registered surveyor certifies on such plat, or copy thereof, that all such transfers are in conformity with the plat as tentatively approved, such plat, or a copy thereof, may be recorded by the county ...

...When a plat has been recorded under the provisions of section 711.103 of the Revised Code, the lots shown thereon shall be entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their lot numbers and subdivision, and conveyances made by lot number and subdivision shall be legally sufficient to pass title.

...The plats, mentioned in section 711.01 of the Revised Code, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest a fee simple title of all such parcels of land as are therein expressed, named, or intended for public use, in the county in which the village is situated, for the uses and purposes therein named, expressed, or intended, and for no other use or purpose.

...The county auditor and the county recorder shall not transfer property or record deeds or leases which attempt to convey property contrary to the provisions of Chapter 711. of the Revised Code. In case of doubt, the county auditor or county recorder may require the person presenting such deed or lease to give evidence of the legality of a conveyance by metes and bounds by an affidavit as to the facts which exempt suc...

...(A) Notwithstanding sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (C) of this section, unless the rules adopted under section 711.05, 711.09, or 711.10 of the Revised Code are amended pursuant to division (B) of this section, a proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening, or extension of any street or road, and involvin...

...(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 711.001 to 711.13 of the Revised Code, rules may be adopted and amended that require a proposed division of a parcel of land along an existing public street, not involving the opening, widening, or extension of any street or road, and involving the establishment of any lot that meets acreage requirements under division (B) of this section, to be submitted to th...

...Any person who disposes of, offers for sale, or leases for a time exceeding five years, any lot, or any part of a lot, in a subdivision with intent to violate sections 711.001 to 711.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale, or leased, to be recovered, with costs, in a civil action,...

...Sections 711.001 to 711.151 of the Revised Code do not apply to conveyances executed and delivered prior to October 16, 1953 and to conveyances made in performance of executory contracts existing prior to October 16, 1953.

...The directors appointed by the court of common pleas to lay out a village, where a seat of justice is situated, shall be governed by sections 711.01 to 711.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and liable to the same forfeitures for violation of such sections as county recorders under section 729.05 of the Revised Code.

...Applications for vacating or altering a plat, addition, or part thereof, shall be by petition in writing, filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas. The applicant shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall set forth briefly the part of the plat or addition to be vacated.

...The proceedings for vacating or altering a plat under sections 711.17 to 711.19 of the Revised Code, shall be recorded by the clerk of the court of common pleas in the records of the court of common pleas. A copy of such record shall be made and certified, under the seal of the court, by the clerk thereof, and shall be deposited, by the parties applying for such vacation or alteration, within thirty days after such c...

...The clerk of the court of common pleas, for recording a plat required to be recorded under sections 711.17 to 711.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and for other services required of him, is entitled to the same fees as are allowed him for similar services.

...As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to pr...

...When the revision and renumbering of lots has been made, and the schedule thereof recorded as required by sections 711.28 and 711.29 of the Revised Code, such lots shall be assessed and entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their new numbers. In the assessment and collection of taxes the lots shall be known and designated by the new numbers given them, and conveyances of them made by the new numbers sha...

...The county auditor, county recorder, and their associate, shall each receive two dollars per day for their services under sections 711.28 to 711.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Upon the filing of the application provided for in section 711.34 of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall give notice of the filing, by publication, for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The county auditor shall also notify the board of county commissioners of such filing.