Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1548 - Watercraft Certificates Of Title

• Section 1548.01 - Exceptions To Chapter - Forms.
  (A) As used in this chapter, "electronic" and "watercraft" have the same meanings as in section 1547.01 of the Revised Code. (B) This chapter...
• Section 1548.02 - Chief Of Division Of Watercraft - Powers And Duties.
  The chief of the division of watercraft shall adopt such rules as the chief considers necessary to ensure uniform and orderly operation of this...
• Section 1548.021 - Election For Issuance Of Physical Certificate Of Title.
  The owner of a watercraft or outboard motor shall apply for a certificate of title for the watercraft or outboard motor when required by...
• Section 1548.03 - Certificate Of Title.
  No person, except as provided in section 1548.05 of the Revised Code, shall sell or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or outboard motor without...
• Section 1548.031 - Sale By Minor Requires Signature Of Custodial Adult.
  (A) No minor under eighteen years of age shall sell or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or outboard motor or purchase or otherwise acquire...
• Section 1548.032 - Physical Certificate Not Required In Private Sale To Dealer.
  (A) (1) If a person who is not an electronic watercraft dealer owns a watercraft or outboard motor for which a physical certificate of...
• Section 1548.04 - Evidencing Ownership.
  No person acquiring a watercraft or outboard motor from the owner thereof, whether such owner is a manufacturer, importer, dealer, or otherwise, shall acquire...
• Section 1548.05 - Manufacturer's Or Importer's Certificate.
  No manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new watercraft or outboard motor to a dealer to be...
• Section 1548.06 - Application For Certificate Of Title.
  (A) (1) Application for a certificate of title for a watercraft or outboard motor shall be made upon a form prescribed by the chief...
• Section 1548.061 - Casual Sales.
  Notwithstanding any general requirement in this chapter to the effect that an application for a certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard motor...
• Section 1548.07 - Application Contents - Permanent Identification Number.
  (A) An application for a certificate of title shall be sworn to before a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths by...
• Section 1548.071 - Joint Ownership With Right Of Survivorship.
  Any two persons may establish in accordance with section 2131.12 of the Revised Code joint ownership with right of survivorship in a watercraft or...
• Section 1548.072 - Designating Transfer-on-death Beneficiary Or Beneficiaries.
  Any person who owns a watercraft or outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required under this chapter may establish ownership of...
• Section 1548.08 - Information Contained On Physical Certificate Of Title.
  (A) When the clerk of a court of common pleas issues a physical certificate of title for a watercraft or outboard motor, the clerk...
• Section 1548.09 - Issuing Physical Or Electronic Certificate Of Title.
  When the clerk of a court of common pleas issues a physical certificate of title, the clerk shall issue the certificate of title on...
• Section 1548.10 - Fees.
  (A) The clerk of the court of common pleas shall charge and retain fees as follows: (1) Fifteen dollars for each duplicate copy of...
• Section 1548.11 - Ownership Of Vehicle Changed By Operation Of Law.
  (A) In the event of the transfer of ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor by operation of law, as upon inheritance, devise, bequest,...
• Section 1548.12 - Surrender And Cancellation Of Certificate Of Title.
  Each owner of a watercraft or outboard motor and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the watercraft or...
• Section 1548.13 - Duplicate Certificates.
  In the event of a lost or destroyed certificate of title, application shall be made to a clerk of a court of common pleas...
• Section 1548.131 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1980
• Section 1548.14 - Title Information Furnished - Reports - Copies - Fees.
  The chief of the division of watercraft, upon the application of any person and payment of the proper fees, may prepare and furnish title...
• Section 1548.141 - Public Access To Title Information via Electronic Means.
  The chief of the division of watercraft shall enable the public to access watercraft and outboard motor title information via electronic means. No fee...
• Section 1548.15 - Authorized Agents.
  Manufacturers and importers shall appoint and authorize agents who shall sign manufacturer's or importer's certificates. The chief of the division of watercraft may require...
• Section 1548.16 - Administration Of Oaths.
  The clerk of the court of common pleas and his authorization deputies may administer oaths on any application or affidavit required by Chapter 1548....
• Section 1548.17 - Notification Of Watercraft Thefts.
  Every peace officer, sheriff, watercraft officer, division of parks and recreation officer, division of wildlife officer, conservancy district officer, constable, or state highway patrol...
• Section 1548.18 - Prohibited Acts.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Operate in this state a watercraft for which a certificate of title is required or...
• Section 1548.19 - Offenses Concerning Stolen Watercraft And Certificates Of Title.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard motor,...
• Section 1548.20 - Security Interest Covering Watercraft Or Outboard Motor For Which Certificate Of Title Is Required.
  (A) Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code does not permit or require the deposit, filing, or other record of a security interest covering a...
• Section 1548.21 - Watercraft Not Subject Of Certificate Of Title.
  A watercraft or outboard motor acquired by the owner prior to January 1, 1964, need not be the subject of a certificate of title...
• Section 1548.22 - Remaining Fees Paid To Treasurer Of State Credited To Waterways Safety Fund.
  The chief of the division of watercraft, after deducting the necessary and actual expenses incurred by the division in administering Chapter 1548. of the...
• Section 1548.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 1548.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 1548.19 of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016