Filing an Ohio Land Contract

Once the Buyer and Seller have signed their Ohio Land Contract and had it notarized, that document must be filed with the County Recorder at the office in the county where the property is located.

Typically, it is the Seller who records the completed Land Contract document in the County Recorder’s office.

This recording should be made within 20 days of the document’s signing, and the Land Contract must contain the legal description of the property to be recorded.

If the Seller does not record the transaction within that 20 day time frame, the Buyer should record it to protect his financial interest.

There is typically a nominal fee when filing a Land Contract with an Ohio county recorder.

[FINAL PAYMENT MADE? See what steps are required when Land Contract payments are completed.]

For your convenience, the Ohio Land Contract Reference Guide provides information below on all 88 State of Ohio County Recorder’s offices (in alphabetical order by county) to assist you in completing your recording of your Ohio Land Contract legal documents: