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. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check — enter the amount the Division required.
















No underwriting queue for the standard agent bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Division. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Division required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Submit the executed bond to satisfy your agent designation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Division insists on them.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Division set and the premium updates.
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 we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Division set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Division set and file the same day.