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...Before any person can convey, transfer, charge, or deal with any registered land, or any interest therein, as an attorney in fact for another, the deed or instrument empowering such person to so act shall be filed with the county recorder, and a memorial thereof entered upon the registered certificate of title giving the exact time of the filing. Such power of attorney may be revoked by revocation in writing, but suc...

...The deed or instrument constituting a person an attorney in fact shall contain: (A) The full name of the party appointing, and of the person appointed, and the residence and post-office address of each; (B) The number of the outstanding certificate of title, and the volume and folium of the register; (C) A description of the land that shall be the same as given in the certificate of title; (D) A brief statement o...

...(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...

...A deed, mortgage, lease or other instrument purporting to convey, transfer, mortgage, lease, charge, or otherwise deal with registered land, or any interest therein, or charge upon such land, other than a will, or a lease for a term not exceeding three years when the land is in the actual possession of the lessee or his assigns, shall take effect only as a contract between the parties thereto and as authority to the ...

...The holder of a duplicate certificate of title may at any time present such duplicate certificate to the county recorder and request him to continue such duplicate certificate to date and enter thereon all memorials and notations on the registered certificate of title, not appearing on such duplicate certificate, and also enter references to all instruments filed and noted, but not yet entered as memorials on the re...

...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 ...

...When any voluntary instrument of transfer, encumbrance, assignment, release, or satisfaction is filed, the county recorder shall at once give notice of such filing to the registered owner or holder by letter mailed to his registered address, unless such registered owner or holder is personally present at the time of such filing. When any paper for the purpose of acquiring an involuntary lien, charge, or interest on, ...

...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 ...

...Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, the parties agrieved by the final order, judgment, or decree of the probate court or the court of common pleas provided for in any matters, proceedings, suits, or actions under those chapters, may appeal on questions of law to the court of appeals pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with thos...

...Registered land, and ownership therein, except as otherwise provided in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall in all respects be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by law to unregistered land. Such sections shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband or wife, or from liability to attachment or mesne proces...

...(A) Every memorial, notation, or cancellation of such memorial or notation, made on any certificate of title or duplicate thereof that is kept by paper means shall be signed by the county recorder or the recorder's authorized deputy or clerk. (B) If a county recorder maintains registered land records by nonpaper means in the manner authorized by section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, the signature and seal of t...

...No petition, order, affidavit, certificate, registration, or other proceeding under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be invalid by reason of any informality, mistake, or technical irregularity therein not affecting the substantial justice of the proceedings, or the substantial rights of any party in interest.

...If any person, whether grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, lessor, lessee, or other person in interest, dies after the execution of any instrument affecting land and before registration thereof, the registration of such instrument may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be valid notwithstanding such death.

...All charges upon registered land, or any interest in such land may be enforced as provided by law, except as provided by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Voluntary transfer or encumbrance of a registered estate or any interest therein shall be made only as prescribed by sections 5309.02 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code, and by entry on the register of land titles. No estate, legal or equitable, in registered land, shall pass by a mere assignment or delivery of a duplicate certificate of title or other instrument. This section does not apply upon implementation of a res...

...No statutory or other lien except taxes and assessments, lawfully levied, and liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or constitution of the United States prior to October 4, 1933, shall affect the title to registered land, until after such lien is noted upon the registered certificate of title.

...All notices required under sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be served in the same manner as required by law for service of summons or like notices. In any suit or proceeding for registering land, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, or in relation to registered land, or any interest in, or lien or charge on such registered land, parties may waive notice and enter appearance as ...

...All books, blanks, papers, and other things necessary for administering this chapter and Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, equipment, machines, and materials related to the registered land functions of a county recorder and the maintenance of registered land records by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, shall be furnished by the board of county ...

...No record, instrument, paper, or other document required by this chapter or Chapter 5310. of the Revised Code to be filed or kept in the office of the county recorder, including, but not limited to, any registered land record maintained by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, shall be taken or otherwise caused to be removed from the recorder's office except by a subpoena duces ...

...Except for registered land records maintained by nonpaper means under division (A) of section 5309.031 of the Revised Code, which shall be governed by the rules adopted under division (C) of that section, the court of appeals in any appellate district may prescribe rules of practice and procedure for the guidance of each county recorder, and the conduct of proceedings in the probate courts or courts of common pleas,...

...No county recorder or deputy, while in office, shall directly or indirectly accept any employment, or be interested in fees arising from such employment, as attorney, agent, or otherwise, from an applicant to register land, or other person connected with or concerned in the registration of land, or any lien, or charge thereon, or other matter in any way connected with the registration of land.

...Every transferee, mortgagee, lessee, and encumbrancer of registered land or any part thereof, or any interest therein, holds his title 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 provide...

...The original certificate of title in the register of titles, any copy of it certified under the signature of the county recorder, and the owner's duplicate of the original certificate of title shall be received as evidence in all the courts of the state and shall be conclusive as to all matters contained in it, except as provided in this chapter or Chapter 5309. of the Revised Code. All subsequent certificates of...