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...On and after the effective date of a certificate of title issued as the result of any proceeding contemplated by section 5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code, land registered under the certificate shall be dealt with the same as if it were not registered land, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance shall be recorded in the traditional recordation system, not in the land registration system. Until there h...

...A certificate of title issued as the result of any proceeding contemplated by section 5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code has the following effects: (A) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the effective date of the certificate; (B) No conclusive effect with regard to any conveyance or encumbrance occurring on or after the effective date of the certificate.

...Abolition of land registration in a county does not bar either of the following: (A) A person who is deprived of land, any interest therein, or any encumbrance thereon as the result of a decree obtained by fraud in a case relating to registered land or to the initial registration of land from filing a complaint to open up and review the case as provided in section 5309.23 or 5309.81 of the Revised Code; (B) A perso...

...On and after the date of implementation, with regard to registered land in a county that has abolished land registration: (A) A duplicate certificate of title has no use other than as a copy of the certificate that is transcribed or bound in the register of titles; (B) No person shall present, and the county recorder shall not accept, the duplicate as the instrument of any conveyance or encumbrance of the land to w...

...Except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 5310.43, 5310.44, and 5310.47 of the Revised Code, on and after the date of implementation in a county that has abolished land registration: (A) The court of common pleas and probate court of the county have no jurisdiction under Chapter 5309. or sections 5310.01 to 5310.21 of the Revised Code; (B) No person shall file, and the clerk of the court ...

...Beginning on the date of implementation in a county that has abolished land registration, the county recorder shall: (A) Continue all certificates of title that, on the date of implementation, were transcribed or bound in the register of titles, to reflect both of the following: (1) Conveyances and encumbrances occurring prior to the date of implementation that, as of the date of implementation were not noted on th...

...The county recorder, with regard to a certificate of title issued as the result of any proceeding contemplated by section 5310.43 or 5310.44 of the Revised Code, shall do both of the following: (A) Transcribe or bind the certificate in the register of titles, the same as if land registration had not been abolished in the county. The recorder shall issue duplicates of such a certificate of title as provided in sectio...

...If a parcel of registered land lies partly in two or more counties, and one of the counties abolishes land registration, the portion lying in the nonabolishing county is subject to the following on and after the date of implementation: (A) The portion shall be dealt with, and instruments for its conveyance or encumbrance recorded, as provided in sections 317.14 and 5310.41 of the Revised Code; (B) The certificate o...

...If, as the result of a proceeding contemplated by section 5310.43 of the Revised Code, a decree is entered requiring registration of a parcel of land that lies partly in two or more counties, the portion lying in each county shall be registered as provided in section 5309.25 and division (A) of section 5310.51 of the Revised Code, except that the portion lying in the nonabolishing county is subject to the following o...

...A nonabolishing county's land registration system, except insofar as required to carry out sections 5310.52 and 5310.53 of the Revised Code, shall remain intact and fully operational.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, the boundaries between adjoining units and appurtenant limited common elements may be relocated and the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to those units may be reallocated by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1)(a) The owners of the adjoining units shall submit to the board of directors of the unit owners a...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, rights to the use of limited common elements may be reallocated between or among units by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1) The owners of the affected units shall prepare and execute at their expense an amendment to the declaration that identifies the affected units and specifies the reallocated rights to the affected limite...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, all or any portion of a convertible unit may be converted into one or more units or common elements, including limited common elements. (2)(a) To cause the conversion, the owner shall prepare and execute an amendment to the declaration that describes the conversion and record the amendment together with the drawings described in division (E) of section 5311.07 ...

...(A) All costs of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of common elements are common expenses. (B)(1) The declaration, either as filed and recorded by the declarant pursuant to section 5311.06 of the Revised Code or as amended by a vote of the unit owners exercising not less than ninety per cent of the voting power of the unit owners association, may provide that, regardless of undivide...

...(A) Unless specifically prohibited in the declaration, any owner of a solar appropriate unit may install a solar energy collection device on the roof of that unit if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The unit, as defined by the declaration, includes the roof, for which the cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace is not a common expense and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declarati...

...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the unit owners association by statute or otherwise, the unit owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. In any action of that nature, service of summons or other process may be made upon the unit owners association by serving the process personally upon the president or other design...

...(A) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, each unit owner may exercise that percentage of the total voting power of all unit owners on any question for which the vote of unit owners is permitted or required that is equivalent to the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the owner's unit. (B) Fiduciaries who are owners of record of a unit or units may vote their respective in...

...(A) Any planned community in this state is subject to this chapter. No person shall establish a planned community unless that person files and records a declaration and bylaws for that planned community in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the planned community is located. (B) Any declaration for a planned community shall be accompanied by bylaws that provide for the operation of the pl...

...(A)(1) An owners association shall administer a planned community, and a board of directors the owners elect from among the owners and their spouses shall exercise all power and authority of the owners association. If an owner is not an individual, any principal, member of a limited liability company, partner, director, officer, trustee, or employee of the owner may be elected to the board. The majority of the board ...

...(A) A board of directors of an owners association shall elect officers from the members of the board, to include a president, secretary, treasurer, and other officers as the board designates. (B) A board may act in all instances on behalf of an association unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the declaration, or bylaws. The board may appoint persons to fill vacancies in its membership for the unexpired ...

...(A)(1) The owners association may not assign the right to common assessments, or the future income from those assessments, or convey any fee interest or any security interest in any portion of the common elements unless the declaration specifically provides for such a conveyance or seventy-five per cent of the voting power of the owners association, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, approves t...

...(A)(1) In accordance with its declaration, all costs the owners association incurs in the administration, governance, and maintenance of a planned community are common expenses. Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, all costs of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common elements are common expenses. (2) The common expense liability of each lot shall be allocated...

...The owners association and all owners, residents, tenants, and other persons lawfully in possession and control of any part of an ownership interest shall comply with any covenant, condition, and restriction set forth in any recorded document to which they are subject, and with the bylaws and the rules of the owners association, as lawfully amended. Any violation is grounds for the owners association or any own...

...In any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the owners association by statute or otherwise, the owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. Service of summons or other process may be made upon the owners association by serving the process personally upon the president of the board of directors or the person named as statutory...

...This chapter shall be construed to establish a uniform framework for the operation and management of planned communities in this state and to supplement any planned community governing document that is in existence on the effective date of this chapter. In the event of a specific conflict between this chapter and express requirements or restrictions in such a governing document, the governing document shall control. ...