Ohio Code § 5309.44

§ 5309.44.

No new certificate of title shall be entered, and no memorandum shall be made upon

the register of any certificate of title by the county recorder in pursuance of any

deed or other voluntary instrument, unless the owner's duplicate certificate is presented

with such instrument, except in cases expressly provided for in sections 5309.02 to 5310.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code , or upon the order of the probate court or the court of common pleas, for cause shown.  Whenever such order is made, a memorandum thereof shall be entered on the new certificate

of title and on the owner's duplicate.  The production of the owner's duplicate, whenever a voluntary instrument is presented

for registration, is authority from the registered owner to the recorder to enter

a new certificate or to make a memorial of registration in accordance with such instrument,

and the new certificate or memorial shall be binding upon the registered owner and

upon all persons claiming under him, in favor of every purchaser and holder for value

and in good faith and in favor of all persons holding under such purchaser and holder.  In all cases of registration which are procured by fraud, the owner may pursue all

his legal and equitable remedies against the parties to such fraud, without prejudice

to the rights of any innocent holder for value of a certificate of title or any person

holding under such innocent holder. After the entering and issuing of a certificate of title by the recorder on the decree

of registration under the original application, any subsequent registration which

is procured by the presentation of a forged duplicate certificate, or of a forged

deed or other instrument, shall be void.  In case of the loss or theft of an owner's duplicate certificate, notice shall be

sent by the owner, or by a person in his behalf, to the recorder of the county in

which the land lies, as soon as the loss or theft is discovered.