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...ve thousand dollars nor more than an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the market value of the real property or mineral or mining rights about which information must be filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 5301.254 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 5301.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...ing accommodations" and "restrictive covenant" have the same meanings as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.

...the probate court in all maters arising under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The probate court shall have all the powers at law and in equity of a court of general jurisdiction as to such matters. In counties having three or more judges of the court of common pleas, such judges may select one or more from their own number who shall act as judges in land registration cases and matters. I...

...corder may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, summons, and other process, serve and cause notices to be served, enforce the attendance of and examine witnesses, compel the production of papers and evidence, order surveys and appoint competent surveyors to make them, and conduct hearings and make such orders as are appropriate and in accordance with such sections.

...ified copy of a decree of registration sent by the clerk of a probate court pursuant to section 5309.25 of the Revised Code; (2) Enter any memorial, notation, or memorandum pertaining to registered land; (3) Register a subsequent transfer of registered land and carry forward in connection with the registration any memorial, notation, or memorandum; (4) Enter, index, and, if applicable, file any registered land rec...

...leas and recorded and shall then be deposited with the county treasurer who shall receipt to the clerk therefor by indorsement on the record of such bond. Said examiners may administer oaths, take testimony and other evidence, and generally exercise all powers and perform all duties of masters of chancery. No examiner of titles shall in any way represent any party in interest in any matters in any way relating to pro...

...itle to that land, registered in the county where the land is situated. A corporation may apply by its agent or attorney, authorized by vote of its board of directors, and any person under disability may apply by the person's legal guardian or trustee. All persons in whose behalf the application is made shall be named as the applicants or plaintiffs, except in cases mentioned in section 5309.66 of the Revised Code.

... charge of any kind shall be registered unless the fee in possession, remainder, or reversion or other character of fee in and to the land has been registered first or is registered at the same time. If the estate of the applicant is subject to any outstanding lesser estate, including life estates, estates for years, conditional limitations, executory devises or uses, springing or shifting uses, or other future estat...

...e under said tax sale or tax deed has been established and confirmed, or acquired, by a valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, or that the applicant and those from whom the applicant claims title have been in the actual, undisputed, and adverse possession of the land under such title for at least twenty-one years and have paid all taxes and assessments legally levied thereon for at least ten s...

...court or court of common pleas of the county in which the land is situated. When the application is filed, the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas shall forthwith file in the office of the county recorder of said county and in the office of the recorder of each county in which any part of the land lies a memorandum stating that application for registration has been filed, the date and...

...l be transferred by presenting to the county auditor and filing with the county recorder either a certificate of transfer as provided in section 2113.61 of the Revised Code, or an affidavit accompanied by a certified copy of a death certificate and by an owner's duplicate of the relevant certificate of title. The affidavit shall certify that the owner of a survivorship tenancy interest in the title to a parcel or par...

...ty recorder shall obtain a properly completed form prescribed under division (B) of this section from the surviving tenant under a survivorship tenancy or the surviving tenant's representative and send a copy of the form to the administrator of the medicaid estate recovery program before registering the title in the surviving tenants under section 5309.081 of the Revised Code.

...pplicant or owner as it appears in the muniments of title, whether the applicant or owner is now married or single and, if married, the full name of the applicant's or owner's spouse, whether the applicant or owner has been previously married and, if so, when and by what means the marriage relation was terminated and, if by divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, when, where, and by what court the divorce, di...

...t person shall signify the spouse's assent to the registration as prayed for by endorsement on the application acknowledged as a deed, or by a separate instrument so acknowledged and filed with the application. If the spouses are separated and living apart, or either one refuses to consent to the application of the other, the assent of the nonapplicant spouse is not necessary, and in that case the nonapplicant ...

... made in relation to any matter arising under or in connection with said application, and agree that such service on such agent shall have the same effect as if made on the applicant or owner personally within the state. Upon the death, removal, or incapacity of such agent for service, such nonresident shall appoint another in his stead and in default thereof the application may be dismissed.

...e included and considered as defendants under the designation, which shall appear in the caption of the petition, "all other persons, if any, having any right or interest in or lien upon the lands, or any part thereof, described herein." When the names of any persons or heirs or devisees of a deceased person, necessary or proper to be made parties defendant to an application, are unknown to the applicant after dilig...

...of the case and shall send it to the county recorder, who shall record it in the official records.

...n, and by what right; and whether the boundaries and monuments or objects called for marking such land, as shown by the record title, appear to be reasonably certain and definite. Such examiner shall file in the case a report on his investigation, concluding with a certificate of his opinion upon the title and the necessity for a resurvey of the land and giving the names, residences, and post-office addresses, if kno...

...d and of general circulation in each county where any portion of the land lies, or if no newspaper is published in any of such counties, then in a newspaper so designated, published, and of general circulation in an adjoining county. The expense of such publication shall be paid by the applicant and taxed as costs in the case. The notice shall be issued by order of the court, attested by the clerk, and shall b...

...as a resident of the state, is returned undelivered, such notice shall be remailed by the clerk to any other address of such party of which the plaintiff is able to learn and which he shall designate by amendment of his application filed in the case. If there is no other address, or if said letter is again returned undelivered, the clerk shall thereupon, on the praecipe of the plaintiff, issue summons for such defend...

...to act as guardian ad litem for persons under any disability, and for all persons not in being, unascertained, unknown, or out of the state, who may have an interest, which is vested, contingent, in expectancy, or otherwise. The compensation of the guardian under the schedule of fees set forth in section 5310.15 of the Revised Code shall be determined by the court and paid as part of the costs in the case. Such guard...

...5 of the Revised Code, may appear and file an answer or other pleas on or before the answer day, or within such further time as the probate court or the court of common pleas allows. Such answer shall state all objections to the application, shall set forth the interest claimed by the person who files it, and shall be signed and sworn to by him or by a person in his behalf . Any person claiming an interest in the lan...

...cting the registration of title to land until there is filed in the case the certificate of an examiner of titles to whom the matter shall be referred for that purpose, stating that all necessary and proper persons to a complete determination of the case have been made parties and properly brought before the court, and that the entry of such order would be correct. The court shall not be bound by the report of such e...

...e, require a survey to be made by the county engineer for the purpose of determining boundaries and a more accurate and definite description of the land to be prepared and may order durable monuments to be set by said engineer and referred to in such description. The expense of the survey and monuments shall be taxed in the costs of the case and may be apportioned among the parties as justice requires. If no persons...

...out prejudice, in whole or in part; but unless it is so ordered it shall bind the parties, their privies, and the land in respect to any issue of fact or law which has been tried and determined. The dismissal of the application of the plaintiff shall in no way affect any cross-petition filed in the case, but the issues raised by such cross-petition may be tried and determined by the court notwithstanding such dismiss...