Effective: October 31, 2001
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 59 - 124th General Assembly
No person shall do any of the following:
(A) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard motor, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title or any assignment of a certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard motor, or in any other manner gain or attempt to gain ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor, knowing or having reason to believe that the watercraft or outboard motor has been stolen;
(B) Sell or offer for sale in this state a watercraft or outboard motor on which the manufacturer's or assigned serial number has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced with knowledge of the destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or defacement of the manufacturer's or assigned serial number;
(C) Sell or transfer a watercraft or outboard motor without delivering to the purchaser or transferee of it a certificate of title, or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to it, assigned to the purchaser as provided for in this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
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.