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Forms available from the Lorain County Auditor's Office
Real Estate Forms
No transfers will be accepted after 4PM. Conveyance and exempt forms are available in printable or fillable form on the website. You only need to submit one form with your transfer. Just a reminder, we do not accept handwritten forms. All forms must be typed and filled out completely. All required information for the form can be found on the auditor's website.
Forms that are incomplete and/or have incorrect fees will not be processed and will be returned to you. We will not hold any type of document. You may call our office if you have any questions before bringing in your transfer. Thank you in advance for your compliance.
Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code § 4705.01, the Real Estate Office cannot fill out Conveyance or Exempt forms. All documents being presented for transfer must have the proper Conveyance or Exempt form submitted.
Lorain County Auditor
Real Estate Transfer Department
Phone: 440-329-5212
Fax: 440-329-5223
SPECIAL NOTICE- as of November 1, 2012, the Lorain County Auditor’s office will no longer accept the transfer or conveyance of real property or a manufactured home via U.S. Postal Service.
Transfers or the conveyance of real property or a manufactured home will only be accepted in person or by e-filing.
We encourage you to contact local title companies to process your transfer or conveyance of real property.
Also please note, that all conveyance forms must be signed.
Conveyance
- Register for Property Check- Title Fraud Alert System
- Rules for electronic conveyance
- Deed Transfer Information Page
- DTE100 Real Property Conveyance Fee Statement of Value and Receipt
- DTE100ex Statement of Reason for Exemption from Real Property Conveyance Fee
- DTE101 Statement of Conveyance of Homestead Property
- Not for use as CAUV application. Use DTE 109 below DTE102 Statement of Conveyance of CAUV Property
- Legal Description Approval
- Lorain County Rental Property Registration Form
- Standards for Land Conveyance
Tax Reduction/Remission
- Homestead
- Owner Occupancy Credit
- Owner Occupancy Credit for Mobile Homes Taxed Like Real Property
- Board of Revision DTE-1- click here to go to BOR information page to download form
- Board of Revision DTE-2- click here to go to BOR information page to download form
- Application for the Remission of Real Property, Personal Property, and Manufactured Home Late-Payment Penalties
- DTE Form 23 - Application for Real Property Tax Exemption and Remission
- DTE Form 23a- Application for Remission of Late Payment Penalties
- Application for Refund of Tax Surplus
- DTE 26- Deduction for Destroyed or Damaged Real Property
- DTE 109- Initial CAUV Application
- Agricultural District Application (ODA – AG. Adm. Form 11). ODA website.
Mobile/Manufactured Home
- DTE100m Manufactured and Mobile Home Conveyance Fee Statement of Value and Receipt
- DTE100M(ex) Statement of Reason for Exemption from Manufactured/Mobile Home Conveyance Fee
- DTE 49- Application for Tax Refund or Waiver for Destroyed or Damaged Manufactured Homes
- Complaint Against the Valuation of Mobile/Manufactured Homes- DTE 1M
- DTE 41- County Manufactured and Mobile Home Registration Certificate
- Notice of Home Installation
- Application for the Remission of Real Property and Manufactured Home Late-Payment Penalties
- DTE 55- Election to Have Mobile/Manufactured Home Taxed as Real Property
Licensing Forms
Vendor License
- Purchase Vendor License Or File Returns Online Though the Ohio Business Gateway
- Transient Versus Regular Vendor License Information
- Vendors License Application with Instructions - PDF
- State-Issued Vendor's Licenses- Transient (sell at multiple locations)
- Form to update vendor license information
- Request for transfer of vendor license
- Frequently asked questions
Estate Tax
Tax Release / Inheritance Tax waiver forms are no longer required for estates of individuals with a date of death on or after January 1, 2013. Click here to read the Department of Taxation news release.
What to bring with you for a Tax Release (ET12 & ET14):
Copy of the death certificate
Copy of the accounts on bank letterhead/ or the bankbook
Copy of the will or appointment papers from probate court
Driver's license or proof of I.D.
2 copies of estate form #12 (front and back)
1 copy of estate form #14 for each account over $25,000
Misc. Forms
- Lorain County Legal Description Approval Form
- Public Records Request Form
- Formulas, Measurements & Conversions
- Ohio Department of Taxation Forms Search
- Lorain County Rental Property Registration Form
Employment
Applications are accepted in our office at 226 Middle Ave in downtown Elyria during normal business hours.
