Ohio SB101: Regards recording of certain real property documents

What the bill says

An act To amend sections 317.08, 3123.67, 4123.78, 4141.23, 5301.071, 5301.255, 5301.99, 5719.04, 5739.13, 5747.13, and 5749.07 and to enact sections 5301.75, 5301.76, 5301.77, and 5301.78 of the Revised Code to require certain liens filed with the county recorder to set forth the last known address of the lien debtor, to require a memorandum of trust or other qualifying instrument concerning real property to be recorded, and to prohibit certain contracts regarding residential real estate.

From the enrolled text, March 4, 2026:

AN ACT To amend sections 317.08, 3123.67, 4123.78, 4141.23, 5301.071, 5301.255, 5301.99, 5719.04, 5739.13, 5747.13, and 5749.07 and to enact sections 5301.75, 5301.76, 5301.77, and 5301.78 of the Revised Code to require certain liens filed with the county recorder to set forth the last known address of the lien debtor, to require a memorandum of trust or other qualifying instrument concerning real property to be recorded, and to prohibit certain contracts regarding residential real estate. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Section 1. That sections 317.08, 3123.67, 4123.78, 4141.23, 5301.071, 5301.255, 5301.99, 5719.04, 5739.13, 5747.13, and 5749.07 be amended and sections 5301.75, 5301.76, 5301.77, and 5301.78 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 317.08. (A) The county recorder shall record all instruments in one general record series to be known as the "official records." The county recorder shall record in the official records all of the following instruments that are presented for recording, upon payment of the fees prescribed by law: (1) Deeds and other instruments of writing for the absolute and unconditional sale or conveyance of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; (2) Notices as provided in sections 5301.47 to 5301.56 of the Revised Code; (3) Judgments or decrees in actions brought under section 5303.01 of the Revised Code; (4) Declarations …