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...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.

...No title to registered real property in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession.

...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...

...The county recorder and the probate court and the court of common pleas on the application of any party in interest, in any matter, suit, or proceeding in any way relating to registered land, or to any estate or interest therein, or lien or charge thereon, may compel by punishment as for a contempt the production and delivery to said recorder or courts of any duplicate or owner's certificate of title, duplicate or or...

...On filing an application for registration, the applicant shall pay to the clerk of the probate court or the clerk of the court of common pleas ten dollars, which is full payment for all clerk's fees and charges in such proceeding on behalf of the applicant. Any defendant, except a guardian ad litem, on entering an appearance by filing a pleading of any kind, shall pay to the clerk five dollars, which is full payment ...

...No proceedings or conviction for any crime relating to the administration of Chapters 5309. and 5310. of the Revised Code, shall affect any remedy which any person aggrieved or injured by such act has at law or in equity against the person who has committed such act, or against his estate , or against the county recorder, or examiner of titles, or the sureties on their official bonds.

...Sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be construed liberally for the purpose of effecting its general intent.

...As used in sections 5310.31 to 5310.54 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conclusive effect" means the conclusive effect of the notations on a certificate of title with regard to conveyances or encumbrances affecting registered land, as provided in sections 5309.06, 5309.24, 5309.28, 5309.34, 5309.93, 5310.02, and 5310.03 of the Revised Code or in any other statute having a similar effect. (B) "Date of implementation" means...

...A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution to consider the merits of abolishing land registration in the county. When a resolution of abolition has previously failed of adoption, it is not in order for the board to adopt a resolution under this section unless two years have elapsed since the date on which the last resolution of abolition failed of adoption.

...After adopting a resolution to consider the merits of abolishing land registration, the board of county commissioners shall collect evidence with regard to the costs and benefits of maintaining a land registration system in the county. The board shall collect the evidence by means of a public hearing, and by means of independent studies, investigations, interviews, surveys, and other research that it conducts or caus...

...Evidence relevant to the costs and benefits of maintaining a land registration system in a county includes, but is not limited to, evidence with regard to the following: (A) The monetary cost to a landowner of initially registering land in the county; (B) The monetary cost to a landowner or other person of registering subsequent conveyances and encumbrances in the county, as compared to the monetary cost to a lando...

...The board of county commissioners shall conduct the public hearing required by section 5310.33 of the Revised Code in accordance with this section. (A)(1) The board shall prepare a notice of the hearing that includes each of the following: (a) A statement that the board is considering abolishing land registration in the county, that abolition would require the deregistration of all registered land in the coun...

...Within one month after conclusion of the public hearing required by section 5310.33 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall review and assess the evidence presented at the public hearing, as well as any other evidence that has been obtained by the board as a result of its independent studies, investigations, interviews, surveys, and other research. The board shall determine, as a result of this ...

...(A) A resolution of abolition shall not be implemented later than one month following its adoption. (B) Within ten days after adoption of the resolution by the board of county commissioners, the recorder shall notify the board, the clerk of the court of common pleas, and the clerk of the probate court in writing of the adoption of the resolution of abolition and set the date upon which implementation of abolit...

...Subject to sections 5310.44 and 5310.47 of the Revised Code, on and after the date of implementation, registered land in a county that has abolished land registration 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 has been a conveyance of the enti...

...A certificate of title that is transcribed or bound in the register of titles on the date of implementation in a county that has abolished land registration has the following effects on and after such date: (A) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the date of implementation and noted on the certificate; (B) Conclusive effect as to conveyances and encumbrances occurring before the da...