Ohio Code 5301.88 – Filing and recording of environmental covenants
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, an environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the environmental covenant shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of each county in which the real property that is subject to the environmental covenant is located and shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed to the property. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5301.88
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Pursuant to Chapter 5309 of the Revised Code, an environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of the environmental covenant in connection with registered land, as defined in section 5309.01 of the Revised Code, shall be entered as a memorial on the page of the register where the title of the owner is registered.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of section 5301.89 of the Revised Code, an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interest in real property.