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 that is presented to the county recorder for recording or filing shall be of a quality that permits the legible reproduction of the instrument, and the contents of the instrument shall be sufficiently legible to permit their reproduction by photographic or microphotographic processes.
(B)(1) If an instrument that is described in division (A) of this section and that is presented for recording or filing does not satisfy the requirements of that division, the county recorder, prior to recording or filing the instrument, may require the person who presented the instrument for recording or filing to do either of the following:
(a) If the instrument presented was a copy of an original document, to substitute the original document for recording or filing if it satisfies the requirements of division (A) of this section; or
(b) To prepare or cause to be prepared, and present for recording or filing a true copy of the instrument, which true copy shall be handwritten or typewritten, satisfy the requirements of division (A) of this section, and contain a certification of the person who prepared the true copy that it is a true copy of the instrument.
(2) The county recorder shall attach a true copy of an instrument that is presented for recording or filing pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section to the instrument that was presented for recording or filing.
(3) The notice that is imparted by the recording or filing of an instrument is not affected if the county recorder accepts an instrument for recording or filing that subsequently is found not to satisfy the requirements of division (A) of this section.
(C) This section does not apply to wills or death certificates.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Section 317.01 | County Recorder - Election and Term.
Section 317.02 | Bond of County Recorder - Oath.
Section 317.03 | Location of Office.
Section 317.04 | Official Seal.
Section 317.06 | Continuing Education.
Section 317.07 | Delivery of Seal, Books, and Records to Successor.
Section 317.08 | Records to Be Kept by County Recorder.
Section 317.081 | County and Township Zoning Resolutions Kept by Recorder.
Section 317.082 | Social Security Number Not to Be Included in Document Filed for Recording.
Section 317.10 | County Recorder Shall Record Certified Copy of Matter in Bankruptcy - Fees.
Section 317.11 | Names Printed or Typed on Instruments Before Recording When Signatures Illegible.
Section 317.111 | Name of Preparer to Appear on Instrument.
Section 317.112 | Further Requirements for Instruments.
Section 317.113 | Certified Complete English Translation to Accompany Instrument.
Section 317.114 | Standard Format of Instruments to Be Recorded.
Section 317.12 | Indorsement on and Receipt for Deed - Recording.
Section 317.13 | Duties of Recorder.
Section 317.14 | Copy of Record in One County May Be Recorded in Another County.
Section 317.15 | Copy of Record in Other Cases.
Section 317.16 | Force and Effect of Certified Copies.
Section 317.17 | Transcription of Records of Other Counties.
Section 317.18 | Direct and Reverse Indexes.
Section 317.19 | Daily Registers of Deeds and Mortgages.
Section 317.20 | Sectional Indexes.
Section 317.21 | Plats, Records, and Documents for Use of County and Municipal Authorities.
Section 317.22 | Prerequisites to Recording.
Section 317.23 | Recording of Deed to University Land.
Section 317.24 | Record of Discharge.
Section 317.241 | Issuance of Ohio Veterans Identification Cards.
Section 317.242 | Material and Design Standards for Ohio Veterans Identification Cards.
Section 317.25 | Records of Soldiers' Graves.
Section 317.26 | Indorsement of Fee on Instrument - Record.
Section 317.27 | Certified Copy of Record.
Section 317.28 | Acknowledgments.
Section 317.29 | Records Transcribed Into New Books.
Section 317.30 | Records Affecting Real Estate - Restoration.
Section 317.31 | Making and Comparison of Record.
Section 317.32 | Recording Fees.
Section 317.322 | Recording Fee Not Charged for Military Power of Attorney.
Section 317.33 | Suit on Bond of County Recorder.
Section 317.34 | Recording Without Approval.
Section 317.35 | Record of Plans and Drawings of Public Buildings.
Section 317.36 | Collection and Amount of Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Trust Fund Fee.
Section 317.37 | Separate Instrument Under Rc 5301.28 Et Seq. Defined.
Section 317.42 | Posting Warning of Public Record Character of Recorded Documents.