2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2113.52. Devisee takes subject to tax lien; exoneration of mortgage lien.

§ 2113.52. Devisee takes subject to tax lien; exoneration of mortgage lien.
 

(A)  A devisee taking real estate under a devise in a will, unless the will otherwise provides, or an heir taking real estate under the statutes of descent and distribution shall take the real estate subject to all taxes, penalties, interest, and assessments which are a lien against that real estate. 

(B)  If real estate devised in a will is subject to a mortgage lien that exists on the date of the testator's death, the person taking the real estate under the devise has no right of exoneration for the mortgage lien, regardless of a general direction in the will to pay the testator's debts, unless the will specifically provides a right of exoneration that extends to that lien. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 10509-122b; 119 v 394(423), § 7; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 125 v 903(977) (Eff 10-1-53); 139 v H 379 (Eff 9-21-82); 140 v S 115. Eff 10-14-83.