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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [21] XXI COURTS - PROBATE - JUVENILE
Chapter 2107: WILLS
2107.20 [Effective Until1/13/2012] Filing and recording of will - certified copy.


OH Rev Code § 2107.20 What's This?

When admitted to probate every will shall be filed in the office of the probate judge and recorded, together with any testimony or prior judgment of a probate court declaring the will valid, by him or the clerk of the probate court in a book to be kept for that purpose.

A copy of such recorded will, with a copy of the order of probate annexed thereto, certified by the judge under seal of his court, shall be as effectual in all cases as the original would be, if established by proof.

Effective Date: 01-01-1979

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.20, as amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

2107.20 [Effective1/13/2012] Filing and recording of will – certified copy

When admitted to probate every will shall be filed in the office of the probate judge and recorded, together with any testimony or prior judgment of a probate court declaring the will valid, by the judge or the clerk of the probate court in a book to be kept for that purpose.

A copy of the recorded will, with a copy of the order of probate annexed to the copy of the recorded will, certified by the judge under seal of the judge’s court, shall be as effectual in all cases as the original would be, if established by proof.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 52, SB 124, § 1, eff. 1/13/2012.

Effective Date: 01-01-1979

This section is set out twice. See also § 2107.20, effective until 1/13/2012.

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