A deed in substance following the form set forth in this section, when duly executed in accordance with Chapter 5301 of the Revised Code, has the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the grantee’s heirs, assigns, and successors, to the grantee’s and the grantee’s heirs’, assigns’, and successors’ own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor with the grantee, the grantee’s heirs, assigns, and successors, that, at the time of the delivery of that deed, the grantor was duly appointed, qualified, and acting in the fiduciary capacity described in that deed, and was duly authorized to make the sale and conveyance of the premises; and that in all of the grantor’s proceedings in the sale of the premises the grantor has complied with the requirements of the statutes in such case provided.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 5302.31

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

“Private Selling Officer’s Deed

Ohio Revised Code § 2329.152

Case No. _____________________

I, __________________________, a private selling officer as defined in section 2329.01 of the Revised Code, pursuant to the Order of Sale entered on __________________, the Confirmation of Sale entered on _______________, and in consideration of the sum of $______________________, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, sell, and convey unto ____________________, tax mailing address ________________________, all the rights, title, and interest of the parties in Court of Common Pleas, ________________ County, Ohio, Case No. ________________, ___________________ vs. _____________________, and all pleadings therein incorporated herein by reference in and to the following Lands and Tenements situated in the County of ___________________ and State of Ohio, known and described as follows, to-wit:

(description of land or interest therein)

This deed does not reflect any restrictions, conditions, or easements of record.

Prior Owner: ______________________________

Prior Instrument Reference: ______________________________

Executed this _______ day of ___________________, ____________________________________

(signature of private selling officer)

Auctioneer License # ______________________________

Real Estate Broker License #______________________________

(Execution in accordance with Chapter 5301 of the Revised Code)”

Last updated February 24, 2022 at 12:44 PM