Ohio Revised Code Title III. Counties § 317.19

The county recorder shall keep a daily register of deeds and mortgages, in which shall be noted, as soon as filed, in alphabetical order according to the names of the grantors, respectively, all deeds and mortgages affecting real estate, filed in the county recorder's office.  The county recorder shall keep the register in the county recorder's office, and it shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours.  The county recorder may destroy the daily register after the expiration of a period of ten years from the date of the last entry in the register.