(A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the ...
Recording the contract is not just a formality but a legal requirement. Ohio Revised Code §5313.02 mandates that the contract must be filed with the county recorder within 20 days. Failing to record can jeopardize the buyer's interest in the property, especially if the seller sells the property to someone else.
Section 5313.02 | Required provisions of land installment contracts. (A) Every land installment contract shall be executed in duplicate, and a copy of the contract shall be provided to the vendor and the vendee.
The Seller must cause this document to be recorded within 20 days after it has been fully executed. ORC §5313.02. Chapter 5313 of the Ohio Revised Code contains additional rights and obligations of a Seller and a Buyer under a Land Installment Contract other than those set forth in this Land Installment Contract.
In the case of an installment sale, the property passes to the user at the end of the installment payment period. Whereas in the case of lease financing, the tenant must transfer the asset to the lessor at the end of the lease term and the tenant has the option to buy or not to buy the asset.
A secured party who reasonably believes that a debtor intends to conceal or remove the collateral from this state after curing the default may, within five days after retaking possession of the collateral, move in a court of competent jurisdiction that the secured party be allowed to retain possession of the collateral ...
Section 5302.30 | Property disclosure form required for all residential real property transfers. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Good faith" means honesty in fact in a transaction involving the transfer of residential real property.