Ohio Code § 5301.03

§ 5301.03.

“Trustees,” “as trustee,” or “agent,” or words of similar import, following the name

of the grantee in any deed of conveyance or mortgage of land executed and recorded,

without other language showing a trust or expressly limiting the grantee's or mortgagee's

powers, or for whose benefit the same is made, or other recorded instrument showing

such trust and its terms, do not give notice to or put upon inquiry any person dealing

with said land that a trust or agency exists, or that there are beneficiaries of said

conveyance or mortgage other than the grantee and those persons disclosed by the record,

or that there are any limitations on the power of the grantee to convey or mortgage

said land, or to assign or release any mortgage held by such grantee.  As to all subsequent bona fide purchasers, mortgagees, lessees, and assignees for

value, a conveyance, mortgage, assignment, or release of mortgage by such grantee,

whether or not his name is followed by “trustee,” “as trustee,” “agent,” or words

of similar import, conveys a title or lien free from the claims of any undisclosed

beneficiaries, and free from any obligation on the part of any purchaser, mortgagee,

lessee, or assignee to see to the application of any purchase money.  This section does not apply to suits brought prior to July 16, 1927, in which any

such deeds of conveyance, leases, or mortgages are called in question, or in which

the rights of any beneficiaries in the lands described therein are involved.  This section does not prevent the original grantor, trustor, undisclosed beneficiary,

or anyone claiming under them, from bringing suits other than suits affecting land

which is the subject of such conveyance or mortgage.