An instrument containing a form or forms of covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, and other clauses of a mortgage may be recorded in the official records of any county. Every such instrument shall be entitled “Master Mortgage Form Recorded By (name of the person causing the instrument to be recorded)” and shall be dated and signed by the person causing it to be recorded, but need not be acknowledged. Upon presentation for record and payment of the fees provided in section 317.32 of the Revised Code, the county recorder shall record any such master mortgage form in the official records of the county and shall index it in the direct and reverse indexes under the name appearing in the title, in the same manner as mortgages of real property.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 5302.15

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59