ORC § 319.54

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Ohio's two-layer real estate transfer tax — $1/$1,000 state mandatory + up to $3/$1,000 county permissive. Combined ~0.4% in major counties. Cleanest transfer-tax mechanic in the country.

Anchored to: ORC §§ 319.54, 322.02

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Ohio Revised Code § 319.54(G)(3) (State Mandatory Real Property Conveyance Fee) and § 322.02 (County Permissive Real Property Conveyance Fee)

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Compute the Ohio Real Property Conveyance Fee that the county auditor collects when a deed is recorded — the state mandatory fee of $1 per $1,000 (ORC § 319.54(G)(3), = 0.10%) plus each county's permissive fee of up to $3 per $1,000 (ORC § 322.02, = 0.30%). Most populous Ohio counties — Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery, Lucas, Stark, Butler and others — charge the full $3 permissive, for a combined $4/$1,000 (0.40%). Surfaces the seller-pays-by-default convention, lists the § 319.54(G)(3)(b) exemptions (gifts to family, spouse-to-spouse, inheritance, trust transfers to the same beneficial owner, transfers to government), and flags that Ohio — unlike New York or Florida — imposes no separate mortgage recording tax.

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Ohio Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator
Compute the Ohio Real Property Conveyance Fee that the county auditor collects when a deed is recorded — the state mandatory fee of $1 per $1,000 (ORC § 319.54(G)(3), = 0.10%) plus each county's permissive fee of up to $3 per $1,000 (ORC § 322.02, = 0.30%). Most populous Ohio counties — Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery, Lucas, Stark, Butler and others — charge the full $3 permissive, for a combined $4/$1,000 (0.40%). Surfaces the seller-pays-by-default convention, lists the § 319.54(G)(3)(b) exemptions (gifts to family, spouse-to-spouse, inheritance, trust transfers to the same beneficial owner, transfers to government), and flags that Ohio — unlike New York or Florida — imposes no separate mortgage recording tax.

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Ohio Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator
Compute the Ohio Real Property Conveyance Fee that the county auditor collects when a deed is recorded — the state mandatory fee of $1 per $1,000 (ORC § 319.54(G)(3), = 0.10%) plus each county's permissive fee of up to $3 per $1,000 (ORC § 322.02, = 0.30%). Most populous Ohio counties — Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery, Lucas, Stark, Butler and others — charge the full $3 permissive, for a combined $4/$1,000 (0.40%). Surfaces the seller-pays-by-default convention, lists the § 319.54(G)(3)(b) exemptions (gifts to family, spouse-to-spouse, inheritance, trust transfers to the same beneficial owner, transfers to government), and flags that Ohio — unlike New York or Florida — imposes no separate mortgage recording tax.

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Ohio Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator
Compute the Ohio Real Property Conveyance Fee that the county auditor collects when a deed is recorded — the state mandatory fee of $1 per $1,000 (ORC § 319.54(G)(3), = 0.10%) plus each county's permissive fee of up to $3 per $1,000 (ORC § 322.02, = 0.30%). Most populous Ohio counties — Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery, Lucas, Stark, Butler and others — charge the full $3 permissive, for a combined $4/$1,000 (0.40%). Surfaces the seller-pays-by-default convention, lists the § 319.54(G)(3)(b) exemptions (gifts to family, spouse-to-spouse, inheritance, trust transfers to the same beneficial owner, transfers to government), and flags that Ohio — unlike New York or Florida — imposes no separate mortgage recording tax.

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