Ohio Code § 1548.032

§ 1548.032.

(A)(1) If a person who is not an electronic watercraft dealer owns a watercraft or outboard

motor for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of

a court of common pleas and the person sells the watercraft or outboard motor to a

watercraft dealer registered under section 1547.543 of the Revised Code , the person is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft

or outboard motor in order to transfer ownership to the dealer.  The person shall present the dealer, in a manner approved by the chief of the division

of parks and watercraft, with sufficient proof of the person's identity and complete

and sign a form prescribed by the chief attesting to the person's identity and assigning

the watercraft or outboard motor to the dealer.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the watercraft dealer shall present

the assignment form to any clerk of a court of common pleas together with an application

for a certificate of title and payment of the fees prescribed by section 1548.10 of the Revised Code . In a case in which an electronic certificate of title has been issued and either the

buyer or seller of the watercraft or outboard motor is an electronic watercraft dealer,

the electronic watercraft dealer instead may inform a clerk of a court of common pleas

via electronic means of the sale of the watercraft or outboard motor and assignment

of ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor.  The clerk shall enter the information relating to the assignment into the automated

title processing system, and ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor passes

to the applicant when the clerk enters this information into the system.  The dealer is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft

or outboard motor in the dealer's name. (2) A clerk shall charge and collect from a dealer a fee of five dollars for each watercraft

or outboard motor assignment sent by the dealer to the clerk under division (A)(1)

of this section.  The fee shall be distributed in accordance with section 1548.10 of the Revised Code . (B) If a person who is not an electronic watercraft dealer owns a watercraft or outboard

motor for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of

a court of common pleas and the person sells the watercraft or outboard motor to a

person who is not a watercraft dealer registered under section 1547.543 of the Revised Code , the person shall obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard

motor in order to transfer ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor to that person.