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Section 317.27 | Certified Copy of Record.

Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 248 – 127th General Assembly On demand and tender of the proper fees, the county recorder shall furnish to any person an accurate, certified copy of any record in the recorder’s office other than a record of discharge under section 317.24 of the Revised Code, and affix […]

Section 317.28 | Acknowledgments.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly No county recorder, and no deputy or employee of the county recorder, shall take the acknowledgement of any instrument required to be filed or recorded in the county recorder’s office.

Section 317.29 | Records Transcribed Into New Books.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly When the records in the county recorder’s office, or any part of them, become defaced or injured, the recorder, when directed to do so by the board of county commissioners, shall transcribe them into new books or on other media, which shall […]

Section 317.17 | Transcription of Records of Other Counties.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly When directed by the board of county commissioners to do so, the county recorder may transcribe in the official records provided for that purpose, from the records of other counties, all deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, and other instruments of writing, for […]

Section 317.18 | Direct and Reverse Indexes.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder shall make and keep up direct and reverse indexes of all the names of both parties to all instruments previously received for record by the county recorder. The indexes shall show the kind of instrument, the range, township, and […]

Section 317.19 | Daily Registers of Deeds and Mortgages.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The county recorder shall keep a daily register of deeds and mortgages, in which shall be noted, as soon as filed, in alphabetical order according to the names of the grantors, respectively, all deeds and mortgages affecting real estate, filed in the […]

Section 317.20 | Sectional Indexes.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly (A) When, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, sectional indexes are needed and it so directs, in addition to the indexes provided for in section 317.18 of the Revised Code, the board may provide for making, in books prepared […]

Section 317.21 | Plats, Records, and Documents for Use of County and Municipal Authorities.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever the county recorder, county auditor, and county treasurer, or a majority of them, determines to provide, for the convenience of the various county officials and the more efficient performance of their duties, including those prescribed by sections 5309.01 to 5309.98 and […]

Section 317.12 | Indorsement on and Receipt for Deed – Recording.

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 […]

Section 317.13 | Duties of Recorder.

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 […]