Ohio Code § 5303.08

§ 5303.08.

A person who, without fraud or collusion on his part, obtained title to and is in

the quiet possession of lands or tenements, claiming to own them, shall not be evicted

or turned out of possession by any person who sets up and proves an adverse and better

title, until the occupying claimant, or his heirs, is paid the value of lasting improvements

made by the occupying claimant on the land, or by the person under whom he holds,

before the commencement of suit on the adverse claim by which such eviction may be

effected, unless the occupying claimant refuses to pay to the party establishing a

better title the value of the lands without such improvements, on demand by him or

his heirs, when such occupying claimant holds: (A) Under a plain and connected title, in law or equity, derived from the records of

a public office; (B) By deed, devise, descent, contract, bond, or agreement, from and under a person claiming

a plain and connected title, in law or equity, derived from the records of a public

office, or by deed authenticated and recorded; (C) Under sale on execution against a person claiming a plain and connected title, in

law or equity, derived from the records of a public office, or by deed authenticated

and recorded; (D) Under a sale for taxes authorized by the laws of this state; (E) Under a sale and conveyance made by executors, administrators, or guardians, or by

any other person, in pursuance of an order or decree of court, where lands are directed

to be sold.