Ohio Code § 1311.09

§ 1311.09.

Any person performing labor or work or furnishing material for the erection of a new

building or structure upon land to which the person contracting for the erection has

no legal title or to which the title is defective, has a lien therefor upon the building

or structure, and the forfeiture or surrender of any title, claim of title, or equitable

interest by the contracting person to the land does not defeat the lien upon the building

or structures of the person performing labor or work or furnishing material.  In case the property covered by a lien is held by the vendee in a land contract

or by a lessee, and he surrenders or forfeits his rights thereunder, the person holding

the liens may be subrogated to the rights of the vendee or lessee, as his rights existed

immediately before the surrender or forfeiture, by performing the covenants contained

in the contract or lease within thirty days after the lien claimant has actual notice

of the forfeiture.  Any lien claimant may pay off any prior recorded lien, encumbrance, or mortgage

and then is subrogated to all the rights of the prior holder of the lien, encumbrance,

or mortgage.