A. CERTIFICATION:
1. In every action filed in the Court or any other division of the Common Pleas Court of
Montgomery County, Ohio wherein a judicial sale of real estate is contemplated by the
complaint or subsequent pleadings, the party praying for said sale or the party’s counsel
shall endorse the following Certification upon the complaint or subsequent pleading:
“The undersigned hereby certifies that an examination of the public records of
Montgomery County, Ohio, has been made to determine the ownership of subject
real estate and all parties who may claim an interest therein, and that, in the opinion
of the undersigned, all interested parties have been named as parties to this action,
[state as exceptions any interested party not so named].”
2. Subsection (A)(1) of this Rule shall not apply to proceedings under R.C. § 5721.18.
B. Order
B. ORDER: Upon any decree subsequently issued which orders the sale of real estate, the
party or party’s counsel who requested said sale shall further certify:
“The undersigned hereby certifies that the examination of title to subject real estate
has been extended to [date] to determine if any parties have acquired any interest
therein subsequent to the previous examination and the extended examination
discloses that, in the opinion of the undersigned, there are no such parties except
parties to whom the doctrine of lis pendens applies, [state as further exceptions any
such party not subject to lis pendens].”
