Effective: September 30, 1974
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 347 - 110th General Assembly
A proprietor of lots or grounds in a municipal corporation, who subdivides or lays them out for sale, shall make an accurate plat of such subdivision, describing with certainty all grounds laid out or granted for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses. The proprietor shall superimpose such plat upon the land from which such plat is drawn and shall make an accurate background drawing of any metes-and-bounds descriptions of the lands from which such plat is drawn. Lots sold or intended for sale shall be numbered by progressive numbers or described by the squares in which situated, and the precise length and width shall be given of each lot sold or intended for sale. Such plat shall be subscribed by the proprietor, or his agent duly authorized by writing, and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, who shall certify the acknowledgement of the instrument, and such plat shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 711.001 | Plat Definitions.
Section 711.01 | Plat of Proposed Village or Addition.
Section 711.02 | Contents of Plat.
Section 711.03 | Cornerstones, Markers, and Iron Pins.
Section 711.04 | Acknowledgment and Recording.
Section 711.041 | Approval of Plats Outside Municipal Corporation.
Section 711.05 | Approval or Rejection - Rules to Govern Plats.
Section 711.06 | Plat of Subdivision - Acknowledgment and Record.
Section 711.07 | Fee Shall Vest in Municipal Corporation.
Section 711.09 | Plats to Be Approved by Planning Commission.
Section 711.091 | Inspection of Street Construction.
Section 711.103 | Tentative Approval of Plat by Planning Commission.
Section 711.104 | Entry of Lots Shown on Plat Upon Tax List.
Section 711.11 | Fee Simple Title.
Section 711.121 | Evidence of Legality of Conveyance by Metes and Bounds by Affidavit.
Section 711.13 | Transfer of Land Before Recording - Forfeiture.
Section 711.131 | Approval Without Plat.
Section 711.132 | Effective Date of Planning Commission Rules.
Section 711.133 | Procedure for Approval of Qualifying Division Without Plat.
Section 711.14 | Planting of Cornerstone - Forfeiture.
Section 711.15 | Disposal of Lots - Forfeiture.
Section 711.16 | Directors to Lay Out Village Where County Seat Located.
Section 711.17 | Vacation of Plat.
Section 711.18 | Application for Vacating or Altering Plat - Notice.
Section 711.19 | Vacation of Plat by Court Action.
Section 711.20 | Record - Party Defendant.
Section 711.21 | Commons May Be Changed Into Streets.
Section 711.22 | Clerk's Fees.
Section 711.23 | Application for Vacation and Assessment of Damages.
Section 711.24 | Changing of Town Lots.
Section 711.28 | Lots May Be Revised and Renumbered.
Section 711.29 | Mode of Renumbering.
Section 711.30 | New Numbers Shall Be Legal Designation.
Section 711.31 | Payment of Expenses.
Section 711.32 | Numbering of Additions or Subdivisions After Revision.
Section 711.34 | Application to Supply Lost or Destroyed Records.
Section 711.35 | Publication of Notice.
Section 711.36 | Order by Board to Replat.
Section 711.37 | Record of Plat and Certificate.
Section 711.38 | Record of Proceedings.