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5301.071 Validity of instruments not affected by certain actions or omissions.
No instrument conveying real estate, or any interest therein, and of record in the office of the county recorder of the county within this state in which such real estate is situated shall be deemed defective nor shall the validity of such conveyance be affected because:
(A) The dower interest of the spouse of any grantor was not specifically released but such spouse executed said instrument in the manner provided in section 5301.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) The officer taking the acknowledgment of such instrument having an official seal did not affix such seal to the certificate of acknowledgment.
(C) The certificate of acknowledgment is not on the same sheet of paper as the instrument.
(D) The executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, or trustee making such instrument signed or acknowledged the same individually instead of in his representative or official capacity.
Effective Date: 11-09-1959
