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Ohio watercraft registration agent bonds.
From $100.
If the Ohio Division of Parks and Watercraft has designated you to issue and sell watercraft certificates of registration, you post security so the fees and money you collect reach the Division. Pricing starts from $100 and the application collects no credit information — enter the amount the Division required and your exact price appears in the application.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard agent bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Division. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Division required, and the effective date — that is the entire application. No credit section.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review; if a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Division of Parks and Watercraft
Submit the executed bond to satisfy your agent designation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Division insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the agent bond actually covers
Ohio registers boats through the Division of Parks and Watercraft, and the chief of the division can designate authorized agents — marinas, dealers, and others — to issue certificates of registration and collect the fees. Because those agents handle public money before it is remitted, ORC 1547.54 lets the Director of Natural Resources require security.
The bond is a public-funds guarantee: it stands behind the registration fees and money you collect on the Division’s behalf. If an agent withholds or fails to remit what it collects, the Division can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The statute sets the security amount at the Director’s discretion rather than a fixed figure, so enter the amount on your designation and your exact price — from $100 — appears at the application. The application collects no credit information.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Division set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the Division set and file the same day.