(a) No person shall deface or alter any serial number, model designation or other identifying mark on any watercraft or motor placed thereon by the manufacturer thereof, or remove, deface or alter the registration number of any watercraft as the registration number appears on the bow thereof except by specific order of the Chief of the Division of Watercraft.
No person shall give purposely false information concerning any watercraft or motor when applying for registration of the watercraft. Any certificate issued which is found to be based on such false information is void.
(ORC 1547.66)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99(b).
(ORC 1547.99(B))