If a certificate issued to a purchaser of lands sold at a county auditor’s sale has been mislaid, destroyed, or lost, and that fact is shown to the auditor, and no deed is executed therefor, the auditor being fully satisfied from evidence of the existence and loss of such certificate, on application for that purpose, shall make and execute to such purchaser a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for such tract of land. Such deed shall be valid to all intents and purposes as if such certificate had not been mislaid, destroyed, or lost.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 5723.19

  • 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.