State law requires any watercraft less than 14 feet in length with a permanently attached motor of ten horsepower or greater to be titled. This description refers primarily to personal watercraft and small jet-drive boats. Other boats less than 14 feet in length equipped with outboard motors, and all canoes and kayaks, continue to be exempt from titling. According to Rick Barrera, titling manager for the ODNR Division of Watercraft, the new law is designed to help deter theft of these popular crafts. Requiring these watercraft to be titled adds one more paper trail to help trace a craft to its rightful owner.
Information is also available at local county clerks of court offices.