Effective: September 14, 2016
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly
Each owner of a watercraft or outboard motor and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the watercraft or outboard motor is dismantled, destroyed, or changed in such manner that it loses its character as a watercraft or outboard motor, or changed in such manner that it is not the watercraft or outboard motor described in the certificate of title, shall surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common pleas, and the clerk, with the consent of any holders of any liens noted on the certificate of title, then shall enter a cancellation upon the clerk's records and shall notify the chief of the division of parks and watercraft of the cancellation.
Upon the cancellation of a certificate of title in the manner prescribed by this section, the clerk and the chief may cancel and destroy all certificates and all memorandum certificates in that chain of title.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources
Chapter 1548 | Watercraft Certificates of Title
Section 1548.01 | Exceptions to Chapter - Forms.
Section 1548.02 | Chief of Division of Watercraft - Powers and Duties.
Section 1548.021 | Election for Issuance of Physical Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.03 | Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.031 | Sale by Minor Requires Signature of Custodial Adult.
Section 1548.032 | Physical Certificate Not Required in Private Sale to Dealer.
Section 1548.04 | Evidencing Ownership.
Section 1548.05 | Manufacturer's or Importer's Certificate.
Section 1548.06 | Application for Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.061 | Casual Sales.
Section 1548.07 | Application Contents - Permanent Identification Number.
Section 1548.071 | Joint Ownership With Right of Survivorship.
Section 1548.072 | Designating Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary or Beneficiaries.
Section 1548.08 | Information Contained on Physical Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.09 | Issuing Physical or Electronic Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.11 | Ownership of Vehicle Changed by Operation of Law.
Section 1548.12 | Surrender and Cancellation of Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.13 | Duplicate Certificates.
Section 1548.14 | Title Information Furnished - Reports - Copies - Fees.
Section 1548.141 | Public Access to Title Information via Electronic Means.
Section 1548.15 | Authorized Agents.
Section 1548.16 | Administration of Oaths.
Section 1548.17 | Notification of Watercraft Thefts.
Section 1548.18 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 1548.19 | Offenses Concerning Stolen Watercraft and Certificates of Title.
Section 1548.21 | Watercraft Not Subject of Certificate of Title.
Section 1548.22 | Remaining Fees Paid to Treasurer of State Credited to Waterways Safety Fund.