Ohio § 5309.41 Canceled instruments shall be preserved

Ohio Statutes

§ 5309.41 — Canceled instruments shall be preserved

Ohio § 5309.41

Title 53Real Property

Ch. 5309Registration Of Land Titles

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5309.41 (2026).

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In all cases in which a certificate of title,  or any other instrument or memorandum affecting registered land,  is wholly canceled, it shall be retained by the county recorder  and filed in his office under its proper file number and carefully  preserved.

In all cases where part of the land described in a  certificate of title is transferred, the county recorder shall  issue a new certificate of title to the transferee for the part of  the land transferred, and shall indorse on the transferor's  registered and duplicate certificates, a notation partially  canceling the same, and the reasons therefor, stating the number  of the new certificate for the transferred land. The county  recorder shall maintain as active the transferor's registered and  duplicate certificates for the residue of 

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In all cases in which a certificate of title, or any other instrument or memorandum affecting registered land, is wholly canceled, it shall be retained by the county recorder and filed in his office under its proper file number and carefully preserved.

In all cases where part of the land described in a certificate of title is transferred, the county recorder shall issue a new certificate of title to the transferee for the part of the land transferred, and shall indorse on the transferor's registered and duplicate certificates, a notation partially canceling the same, and the reasons therefor, stating the number of the new certificate for the transferred land. The county recorder shall maintain as active the transferor's registered and duplicate certificates for the residue of the land not transferred without issuing a new certificate to the transferor for the residue.