Ohio Code § 2729.16
Ohio Code § 2729.16. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2729.16.
On the hearing of a written application mentioned in section 2729.15 of the Revised Code , without further pleadings, if the court finds that the record of the proceedings,
judgment, or decree was lost or destroyed and that it can by the evidence produced
find the substance or effect thereof material to the preservation of the rights of
the parties thereto, it shall make an order allowing a record. Such record shall recite the substance and effect of the lost or destroyed record,
or part thereof, shall be recorded in the court, and shall have the same effect as
the original record, so far as concerns the rights of the parties making the application,
persons served with summons, persons entering their appearance, or persons claiming
under them by a title acquired subsequently to the filing of the application.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2729.16
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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