Ohio Code § 1548.08

§ 1548.08.

(A) When the clerk of a court of common pleas issues a physical certificate of title

for a watercraft or outboard motor, the clerk shall issue it over the clerk's official

seal.  All physical certificates of title to watercraft or outboard motors shall contain

the information required in the application for them as prescribed by section 1548.07 of the Revised Code , as well as spaces for the dates of notation and cancellation of each lien, mortgage,

or encumbrance, over the signature of the clerk.  If any certificate of title is issued for a watercraft or outboard motor in which

two persons are establishing joint ownership with right of survivorship under section 2131.12 of the Revised Code , the certificate, in addition to the information required by this section, shall

show that the two persons have established joint ownership with right of survivorship

in the watercraft or outboard motor.  If the certificate of title is issued for a watercraft or outboard motor that is

designated in beneficiary form under section 2131.13 of the Revised Code , in addition to the information required by this section, the certificate shall show

that the present owner of the watercraft or outboard motor has designated a specified

transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries who will take ownership of the watercraft

or outboard motor at the death of the present owner in accordance with section 2131.13 of the Revised Code . An assignment of certificate of title before a notary public or other officer empowered

to administer oaths shall appear on the reverse side of each physical certificate

of title in the form to be prescribed by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft.  The assignment form shall include a warranty that the signer is the owner of the

watercraft or outboard motor and that there are no mortgages, liens, or encumbrances

on the watercraft or outboard motor except those that are noted on the face of the

certificate of title. (B) An electronic certificate of title is an electronic record stored in the automated

title processing system that establishes ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor,

as well as any security interests that exist in that watercraft or outboard motor.