Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly There shall be elected quadrennially in each county a county recorder, who shall assume office on the first Monday in January next after his election and shall hold such office for a period of four years.
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the duties of office, the county recorder shall give a bond, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The office of the county recorder shall be kept in such rooms at the county seat as the board of county commissioners provides.
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder shall keep a seal of office, to be procured at the expense of the county, which the county recorder shall affix to all certificates attached to copies of records.
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder may appoint deputies to aid in the performance of the county recorder’s duties. Such an appointment or removal shall be in writing and filed with the county treasurer. The county recorder and the recorder’s sureties shall be responsible for […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) Each county recorder who is newly elected to a full term of office shall attend and successfully complete at least fifteen hours of continuing education courses during the first year of the recorder’s term of office and complete at least another […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly Upon leaving office, each county recorder shall deliver to the county recorder’s successor, the seal of office, all books, records, and other instruments of writing belonging to the office, and take the successor’s receipt for them. In case of the county recorder’s […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 9 (GA 130), House Bill 141 (GA 131) (A) The county recorder shall record all instruments in one general record series to be known as the “official records.” The county recorder shall record in the official records all of the following instruments that are presented for recording, […]
Effective: January 1, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 20 – 119th General Assembly The county recorder shall keep county and township zoning resolutions, including text and maps, and amendments to them, in his office and make all these documents available for public inspection during normal business hours. By the fifteenth day of January each year, […]
Effective: September 1, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 46 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “preparer” means any mortgage company, bank, title agency, or other person responsible for filing documents with the office of a county recorder for recording under section 317.08 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Notices of liens for internal revenue taxes, of liens arising under section 107 of the “Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,” 94 Stat. 2781, 42 U.S.C.A. 9607, as amended, and of any other lien in favor of the […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder shall record any certified copy of any matter in reference to bankruptcy, which any act of congress provides for, as being necessary to be filed in the county wherein lands of the bankrupt are situated, in order to be […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, discharged, canceled or otherwise disposed of, shall be received for record or filing by the county recorder, if […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property, or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, shall be received for record or filing by the county recorder unless the name […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly (A) Each instrument and its contents by which the title to real estate or personal property, or by which any interest in or lien on real estate or personal property, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, discharged, canceled, or otherwise disposed of, and […]
Effective: February 1, 2002 Latest Legislation: House Bill 279 – 124th General Assembly The county recorder shall not accept for recording a deed or other instrument in writing that is executed or certified in whole or in part in a language other than the English language unless it complies with the requirements of sections 317.11, […]
Effective: December 28, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 124 – 128th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, an instrument or document presented for recording to the county recorder shall have been prepared in accordance with all of the following requirements: (1) Legible print size not smaller […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly Upon the presentation of a deed or other instrument of writing for record, the county recorder shall indorse thereon the date, the precise time of its presentation, and a file number. The file numbering shall be consecutive and in the order in […]
Effective: April 29, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 93 – 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the county recorder shall record in the official records, in legible handwriting, typewriting, or printing, or by any authorized photographic or electronic process, all deeds, mortgages, plats, or other instruments of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When a deed, mortgage, power of attorney, or other instrument of writing, for the sale, conveyance, or encumbrance of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, situated in two or more counties in this state, has been recorded in one of such counties, or when […]
