Ohio § 5309.45

§ 5309.45.

Upon the death of a registered owner of land, one or more of his heirs or devisees,

or the assignee for the benefit of creditors, or administrators or executors, or holder

of an involuntary lien or charge against the interest of any such heir or devisee

or their heirs or devisees, or an heir, devisee, administrator, or executor of a deceased

heir or devisee of such heir or devisee of a deceased registered owner, may at any

time after the expiration of thirty days from such owner's death, if he died intestate,

or from the probate of such owner's will and the election of the relict thereunder,

if he died testate, make application to the probate court or the court of common pleas

for registration of the title of the deceased in such heirs and devisees according

to their respective rights and interests.  The application shall be sworn to and shall set forth the lands of which such registered

owner died seized, giving reference to the certificate therefor, whether he left a

will, and if so a copy of such will, shall state the name in full, residence, and

post-office address of the relict, and of each devisee and heir, and of each relict,

heir, or devisee of any deceased heir or devisee, and of each person then holding

any interest, present or future, vested or contingent, in said lands derived by devise

or inheritance from such deceased owner or by descent or devise from any person subsequent

to his death, so far as the applicants after diligent research and inquiry, have been

able to ascertain the same, and that to the knowledge, information, and belief of

the applicants, no other persons, whether in being or unborn, have any interest or

estate, present or future, vested or contingent, in said premises, except as stated.  If any persons in interest are under disability of any kind, the nature thereof

shall be stated and the name, residence, and post-office address of their guardians

or trustees given, and if minors, their ages stated.  All persons in interest not joining in the application shall be made defendants

thereto and may be notified and brought before the court, either in the manner provided

for in original registration or by summons or other process as in civil actions, as

the court directs.  If there appears, from the application or otherwise, to be any doubt as to persons

then holding interests in such land, or if the name or residence of any such person

is unknown, then by name if known, and if not, under the designation of “all persons

having an interest in the land herein described,” all persons whomsoever shall be

made parties to the application and served by publication of notice as provided for

in sections 5309.14 and 5309.15 of the Revised Code , or as provided in civil actions, as the court directs.  A guardian ad litem shall be appointed by the court as provided in section 5309.17 of the Revised Code with like duties as in cases of initial registration.  The decree of registration and certificates issued under such decree shall be in

like form and number and have like effect as in original registration, except that

such decree and certificates, in case they are issued before the estate of the deceased

owner is finally settled, or before the time for contesting his will has expired,

or before the final determination of any suit to contest or set aside his will, shall

expressly state that they are entered and issued by transfer from the last registered

owner, by descent or devise, subject to final settlement of the estate and right to

contest the will of such deceased owner.  After the final settlement of the estate in the probate court, and the expiration

of the time for contest of the will or the final determination of suit to contest

the will, the heirs at law, or devisees, or other persons in interest may petition

the probate court or the court of common pleas for an order to cancel the memorandum

upon such certificate, stating that the same is subject to final settlement of the

estate and right to contest the will.  The court, after notice and a hearing, may grant the petition;  but the liability

of heirs of registered land for claims against the estate of the deceased shall not

in any way be diminished or changed.  No voluntary instrument or deed of an administrator, executor, assignee for the

benefit of creditors, sheriff, master commissioner, or other officer purporting to

transfer or create a lien or charge upon any interest of such devisee or heir in such

registered land or to authorize the same to be done, shall have any effect in law

or equity to accomplish such purpose until the title of such heir or devisee is registered

as provided in this section.  An involuntary lien, charge, or lis pendens against the interest of a relict, heir,

or devisee in the lands of a deceased registered owner can, prior to the registration

of the title of such relict, heir, or devisee, only be obtained by filing the proper

papers with the county recorder as in other cases and the recorder making entry thereof

as a memorial on the registered certificate of title of such deceased owner giving

the name, residence, and post-office address of the relict, heir, or devisee against

whom said lien, charge, or lis pendens is to operate. This section does not in any way affect or impair the jurisdiction of the probate

court to authorize an executor or administrator to sell or convey registered land

for any purpose for which authority may be granted in the case of unregistered land.  The transferee who takes a deed which is executed in pursuance of such authority

to sell or convey shall be entitled to a new certificate of title, or memorandum of

registration.