In any deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument of conveyance or encumbrance of, or by which a lien is created upon any interest or estate in any unit of condominium property, it is sufficient to describe the unit by setting forth the name of the condominium property, the number or other designation of the unit, and the numbers of the volumes and initial pages of the records of the declaration and drawings of the condominium property. This section does not require reference by volume and page to amendments to the declaration or the drawings of the condominium property that accompany an amendment, and the omission of any reference to amendments does not affect the validity of any deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument referred to in this section.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 5311.10

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Declaration: includes all amendments to that declaration. See Ohio Code 5311.01
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • 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

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