Ohio Code 2127.35 – Confirmation of sale – deed
An executor, administrator, or guardian shall make return of the executor’s, administrator’s, or guardian’s proceedings under the order for the sale of real property granted by the probate court. The court, after careful examination, if satisfied that the sale has in all respects been legally made, shall confirm the sale, and order the executor, administrator, or guardian to make a deed to the purchaser.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2127.35
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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.
The deed shall be received in all courts as prima-facie evidence that the executor, administrator, or guardian in all respects observed the direction of the court, and complied with the requirements of the law, shall convey the interest in the real property directed to be sold by the court, and shall vest title to the interest in the purchaser as if conveyed by the deceased in the deceased’s lifetime, or by the ward free from disability, and by the owners of the remaining interests in the real property.