Elected Officials information.

Each Ohio county organized under the general statutory law has eleven elected officials consisting of three county commissioners and an auditor, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts of common pleas, engineer, coroner, recorder and sheriff. There is no chief executive officer; each elected official possesses some executive authority.

RECORDER

The county recorder is the county's official keeper of records. The function of the office is to provide protection to persons and property by recording a variety of legally essential documents. Many of the
instruments recorded by the county recorder relate to real estate transactions. The recorder accepts for recording deeds, mortgages, mechanic liens, powers of attorney, recognizance bonds. Internal
Revenue Service liens, corporate franchise liens, partnerships and other instruments. In some counties land is registered under the torrens system
which is also administered by the recorder.

Under the Uniform Commercial Code the recorder accepts all mortgages on chattel property such as appliances and furniture. The county recorder also records subdivision plats and records all county and township zoning resolutions and amendments. If the county commissioners have established acounty microfilming board, the recorder serves as its secretary and as the chief administrator of the microfilm center.