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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 317.111 | Name of Preparer to Appear on Instrument.

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 […]

Section 317.112 | Further Requirements for Instruments.

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 […]

Section 317.113 | Certified Complete English Translation to Accompany Instrument.

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, […]

Section 317.114 | Standard Format of Instruments to Be Recorded.

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 […]

Section 317.08 | Records to Be Kept by County Recorder.

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, […]