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• Purchase of the letters and numbers
designated on the registration are
the responsibility of the owner. The
validation sticker is provided.
• No numbers and letters other than
the registration numbers, letters and
validation stickers shall be displayed on any mechanically powered boat on either
side of the forward half of the vessel.
Purchasers of Previously Owned Boats – All registrations are nontransferable.
Even if the motorboat you recently purchased is displaying a current validation sticker,
you must register this motorboat in your name within 30 days of operation on the
waters of this state.
Dealer Numbers – A person engaged in the manufacture or sale of boats can obtain
registrations for use in testing or demonstrating motorboats by payment of $51, plus a
$4 issuing fee for each registration needed. Dealer numbers will be affixed temporarily
in the prescribed position on the boat.
TITLE
Who Must Obtain a Title – All first- time owners of newly acquired motorized vessels
must obtain a title from the county treasurer in the county where the owner resides
before the county treasurer will issue or renew a registration. A boat must be titled
before it may be sold. All boats made before 1972 are exempt from titling, but not from
registration.
Hull Identification Number – Federal law requires all boats manufactured after Nov.
1, 1972, including homemade boats, display a 12 -character Hull Identification Number
(HIN).
Common HIN:
stamped into fiberglass of transom
ABC45678A494
NB
1234
AB
Valid Numbering Style
Place Validation Sticker Here
2 in.
2 in.
Photo and illustration credits:
Front cover: Eric Fowler, Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC
Page 8: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Page 19: Eric Fowler, Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC
Page 18: Thinkstock Page 21: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC
