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381.38 TRANSFERS; OHIO R.C. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
   (a)   No person, except as provided in Section 381.39, shall sell or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or outboard motor without delivering to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title with such assignment thereon as is necessary to show title in the purchaser; nor shall any person purchase or otherwise acquire a watercraft or outboard motor without obtaining a certificate of title for it in his or her name in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 1548. However, a purchaser may take possession of and operate a watercraft or outboard motor on the waters in this Municipality without a certificate of title for a period not exceeding thirty days if he or she has been issued and has in his or her possession a dealer's dated bill of sale or, in the case of a casual sale, a notarized bill of sale. (ORC 1548.03)
   (b)   Subsection (a) hereof and Sections 381.39 and 381.40 do not apply to the following:
      (1)   Watercraft covered by a number in effect that has been assigned to it pursuant to Federal law;
      (2)   A watercraft from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters in this Municipality;
      (3)   A watercraft whose owner is the United States, a state or political subdivision thereof;
      (4)   A ship's lifeboat, a canoe or a kayak; and
      (5)   Watercraft less than fourteen feet in length, and outboard motors of less than ten horsepower as determined by the manufacturer's rating.
         (ORC 1548.01(B))