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Section 5721.22 | Correction of duplicate when erroneously returned delinquent.

...If the taxes and assessments charged on land or lots are regularly paid in full, and such land is erroneously returned delinquent, and the land is listed on the delinquent land tax certificate record or master list of delinquent lands, the county auditor shall correct the duplicate and issue an abatement for penalties and interest added to such land on account of such error, the same as provided for in making errors ...

Section 5721.23 | Tax commissioner to administer chapter - prosecution by attorney general - expenses.

...The tax commissioner shall administer this chapter. If any act or proceeding required by such sections is not done or instituted within the time limited by such sections, the tax commissioner shall cause such act to be done or such proceeding instituted in the name of the officer whose duty it is to perform such act or to institute such proceeding, and the acts and proceedings of the tax commissioner in such behalf s...

Section 5721.24 | Entry marked redeemed made upon tax duplicate and delinquent tax list.

...im of all moneys due him for delinquent taxes, assessments, interest, and penalty on any tract of land, or city or town lot, enter upon the tax duplicate and upon his copy of the delinquent land list "redeemed," and the county auditor shall, after each settlement period, revise the list of delinquent lands, or city or town lots, by writing "redeemed" in the margin provided for that purpose on all such tracts of land,...

Section 5721.25 | Redemption of delinquent land.

...de, and by demonstrating that the property is in compliance with all applicable zoning regulations, land use restrictions, and building, health, and safety codes. In addition, after a foreclosure proceeding has been instituted, but before the filing of an entry of confirmation of sale pursuant to the proceeding or before the expiration of the alternative redemption period as may apply under sect...

Section 5721.26 | Redemption where co-owner is not joined.

...f lots described in any delinquent land tax certificate or delinquent vacant land tax certificate, and a person having such right in that property fails to join in the redemption of such delinquent land tax or for any cause cannot be joined in any such redemption, the county auditor may entertain the application of so many of such persons as join in the application, and may make a certificate releasing such portion o...

Section 5721.27 | Erroneous charge of taxes.

...s returned delinquent for nonpayment of taxes or assessments, and placed on the duplicate of the succeeding year, and the owner or person liable to pay the taxes produces the receipt of the county treasurer for such taxes and assessments of the preceding year, the county auditor or treasurer shall not make the deduction from the duplicate, of such taxes, assessments, interest, and penalty but it shall be chargeable t...

Section 5721.28 | Tax commissioner to provide documents.

...The tax commissioner shall provide the necessary documents to be used in carrying this chapter into effect, and the form of such documents shall be uniform throughout the state.

Section 5721.29 | County auditor to keep and maintain records.

...on of the property as it appears on the tax list, date of sale, name of purchaser, amount bid, amount paid, costs, total, and date of county auditor's or sheriff's deed. The county auditor shall compile a complete alphabetical index, direct and reverse, of all sales, after the completion of the annual sale, of all lots and lands, advertised for sale pursuant to section 5723.05 of the Revised Code. A certificate tha...

Section 5721.30 | Tax certificate definitions.

... not including any delinquent taxes the lien for which has been conveyed to a certificate holder through a prior sale of a tax certificate respecting that parcel. Payment of the certificate purchase price in a sale under section 5721.33 of the Revised Code may be made wholly in cash or partially in cash and partially by noncash consideration acceptable to the county treasurer from the purchaser, and, in the case of a...

Section 5721.32 | Sale of tax certificates by public auction.

...price are transferred, and the superior lien of the state and its taxing districts for those delinquent taxes is conveyed intact to the certificate holder. (F) If a tax certificate is offered for sale under this section but is not sold, the county treasurer may sell the certificate in a negotiated sale authorized under section 5721.33 of the Revised Code, or may strike the corresponding certificate parcel from the l...

Section 5721.34 | Void certificate where delinquency previously satisfied.

...) A county treasurer shall not sell any tax certificate respecting a parcel of delinquent land to which any of divisions (A)(1)(a) to (c) of section 5721.31 of the Revised Code apply. A certificate sold in violation of this section is void. (B) If the county treasurer discovers or determines that a certificate is void for any reason, the holder of the void certificate is entitled to a refund of the certific...

Section 5721.35 | Tax certificate vests in certificate holder first lien previously held by state and its taxing districts.

...sts in the certificate holder the first lien previously held by the state and its taxing districts under section 5721.10 of the Revised Code for the amount of taxes, assessments, interest, and penalty charged against a certificate parcel, superior to all other liens and encumbrances upon the parcel described in the tax certificate, in the amount of the certificate redemption price, except liens for delinquent taxes t...

Section 5721.36 | Transferring tax certificate.

...(2) of this section, the purchaser of a tax certificate sold as part of a block sale pursuant to section 5721.32 of the Revised Code may transfer the certificate to any person, and any other purchaser of a tax certificate pursuant to section 5721.32 or 5721.33 of the Revised Code may transfer the certificate to any person, except the owner of the certificate parcel or any corporation, partnership, or associatio...

Section 5721.371 | Private attorney's fees in tax certificate actions.

...(A) Private attorney's fees payable with respect to an action under sections 5721.30 to 5721.46 of the Revised Code are subject to the following conditions: (1) The fees must be reasonable. (2) Fees exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid only if authorized by a court order. (B)(1) Fees less than or equal to two thousand five hundred dollars shall be presumed to be reasonable. (2) If the private...

Section 5721.372 | Private selling officer's fees.

... five per cent of the sale price of the property, if such amount is greater than seven hundred fifty dollars, shall be paid only if authorized by a court order. (B)(1) Fees less than or equal to seven hundred fifty dollars shall be presumed to be reasonable. (2) The terms of a sale negotiated under section 5721.33 of the Revised Code may include the amount to be paid in private selling officer's fees, subject to di...

Section 5721.373 | Title agent's or title insurance company's fees.

...(A) A title agent's or title insurance company's fees payable with respect to an action under sections 5721.30 to 5721.46 of the Revised Code are subject to the following conditions: (1) The fees must be reasonable. (2) Fees exceeding five hundred dollars shall be paid only if authorized by a court order. (B)(1) Fees less than or equal to five hundred dollars shall be presumed to be reasonable. (2) The terms of a...

Section 5721.38 | Right to redeem.

...ed a private attorney to foreclose the lien; (5) Any other costs and fees of the proceeding allocable to the certificate parcel as determined by the court or board of revision. The county treasurer may collect the total amount due under divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section in the form of guaranteed funds acceptable to the treasurer. Immediately upon receipt of such payments, the county treasurer shall reim...

Section 5721.40 | Forfeiture of parcel remaining unsold after two sales.

...ate holder and is free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except the following: (A) A federal tax lien, notice of which was properly filed in accordance with section 317.09 of the Revised Code prior to the date that the foreclosure proceeding was instituted under section 5721.37 of the Revised Code and which was foreclosed in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 2410(c); (B) Easements and covenants of rec...

Section 5721.41 | Interest charges.

...he Revised Code shall apply even if the tax certificate is redeemed before the first day of the month following the date that the certificate is purchased.

Section 5721.42 | Issuing additional tax certificate upon satisfaction of subsequent delinquency.

... on the related certificate parcel the lien against which has not been transferred by the sale of a tax certificate. During the thirty days after receiving the notice, the certificate holder possesses the exclusive right to purchase the subsequent tax certificate by paying those amounts to the county treasurer. The amount of the payment shall constitute a separate lien against the certificate parcel that shall...

Section 5721.43 | Prohibiting demand for payment of tax certificate during year following purchase.

... respect to which the person holds a tax certificate to encourage or demand payment before one month has elapsed following the purchase of the certificate. This division does not apply if the certificate holder is a county land reutilization corporation. (B) A county treasurer may bar any person who violates division (A) of this section from bidding at a tax certificate sale conducted by the...

Section 5721.46 | Determining delinquent taxes charged against minerals are uncollectible.

...nd duplicate of real and public utility property and from the delinquent tax list and duplicate.

Section 5722.01 | Land reutilization definitions.

...d in an amount equal to the sum of the taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest due and payable on the parcel subsequent to the delivery to the county prosecuting attorney of the delinquent land or delinquent vacant land tax certificate or master list of delinquent or delinquent vacant tracts containing the parcel, and prior to the transfer of the deed of the parcel to the purchaser following confi...

Section 5722.02 | Procedures to facilitate reutilization of nonproductive land.

...on its behalf under this chapter. Any property acquired by a county land reutilization corporation in a transaction other than the tax foreclosure procedures in Chapter 323., 5721., or 5723. of the Revised Code shall be subject to a priority right of acquisition by a municipal corporation or township in which the property is located for a period of thirty days after the county land reutilization corpora...

Section 5722.031 | Petition to vacate transfer of delinquent parcel by electing subdivision.

...(A) If, in any foreclosure proceeding initiated under section 323.25, sections 323.65 to 323.79, or section 5721.18 of the Revised Code, a county board of revision, court of common pleas, or municipal court issues a decree of foreclosure, order of sale, order of transfer, or confirmation of sale under section 5722.03 of the Revised Code that transfers a delinquent parcel to an electing subdivision, the electing...