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Legal-Ease: Ohio deed fraud on the rise
Nichole Y. Shafer Guest Columnist When you purchase real property, you attend a closing (which is not always in person) and the seller(s) sign(s) a deed to you as buyer. This deed identifies the property (with a legal description approved by the county tax …