No owner of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall convey fee title to any unit of the condominium property until all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, affecting both the unit and any other part of the condominium property are paid and satisfied, the unit is released from the operation of those liens and encumbrances, or the purchaser of the unit assumes the lien.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 5311.12

  • Condominium: means a form of real property ownership in which a declaration has been filed submitting the property to the condominium form of ownership pursuant to this chapter and under which each owner has an individual ownership interest in a unit with the right to exclusive possession of that unit and an undivided ownership interest with the other unit owners in the common elements of the condominium property. See Ohio Code 5311.01
  • Condominium property: means all real and personal property submitted to the provisions of this chapter, including land, the buildings, improvements, and structures on that land, the land under a water slip, the buildings, improvements, and structures that form or that are utilized in connection with that water slip, and all easements, rights, and appurtenances belonging to the land or to the land under a water slip. See Ohio Code 5311.01
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Purchaser: means a person who purchases a condominium ownership interest for consideration pursuant to an agreement for the conveyance or transfer of that interest for consideration. See Ohio Code 5311.01
  • Unit: means the part of the condominium property that is designated as a unit in the declaration, is delineated as a unit on the drawings prepared pursuant to section 5311. See Ohio Code 5311.01