Ohio Revised Code|Section 315.251 | Minimum standards for boundary surveys.

                                                
(A) If a deed conveying title to real property  is presented to the county auditor for transfer, and the deed  contains a legal description for land that is a cut-up or split of  the grantor's one or more existing parcels of land as shown in the  county auditor's records, or if the legal description of the land  conveyed in the deed is different from the legal description shown  in the prior deed to the grantor, a boundary survey plat in  conformity with the new description shall be submitted with the  deed. The survey plat and description shall satisfy the minimum  standards for boundary surveys promulgated by the board of  registration for professional engineers and surveyors pursuant to  Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code. If, in the opinion of the  county engineer, the survey plat and description satisfy those  standards, the county auditor shall accept the deed for transfer and a copy of the survey plat shall be filed in the county  engineer's survey file for public inspection. 
This section applies only if the requirements of this section  are included in the standards governing conveyances of real  property in the county adopted under section 319.203 of the  Revised Code.
(B) Beginning on the effective date of this amendment, in the counties where the county engineer elects to  engage in the private practice of engineering or surveying under  division (B) of section 325.14 of the Revised Code the county  auditor of that county shall designate another engineer who is  registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code and who is  employed in the same county engineer's office to perform the duty  of the county engineer under division (A) of this section or to  exercise or perform any authority or duty of the county engineer  under section 319.203 of the Revised Code if the county engineer reasonably believes that the performance of that duty or exercise  of that authority by the county engineer would constitute a  violation of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code or any other similar  civil or criminal statute. Pursuant to this authorization, the designee engineer shall act in the place of the county engineer.   Neither the county engineer nor the designee engineer shall discuss any matter reasonably related to this authorization.  Any  act in compliance with this section is not a violation of Chapter  102. of the Revised Code or any other similar statute. 
Division (B) of this section applies only to a county  engineer holding office on the effective date of this amendment during such time as the person continues to serve  that term or an immediately consecutive term of office as a county  engineer.



The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.