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DELAWARE IS A NON-TITLE STATE |
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LIST
OF TITLE STATES |
| CALIFORNIA | All motorboats plus sailboats exceeding 8 ft in length - Effective 1959. |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | All vessels that renew a registration after March 14, 1984 |
| FLORIDA | All undocumented vessels not exempted by Section 328.03, F.S. Effective January 1, 1968 |
| ILLINOIS | All motorboats plus sailboats exceeding 12 ft in length - Effective January 1, 1981. |
| INDIANA | All registered vessels acquired by an owner after January 1, 1986, or any vessel sold, mortgaged or transferred after January 1, 1986 - Effective January 1, 1986 |
| IOWA | All vessels 17 feet or more in length - Effective January 1, 1988 |
| KENTUCKY | All motorboats - Effective January 1, 1990. |
| MARYLAND | All motorboats - Effective January 1, 1965. |
| MASSACHUSETTS | All vessels 14 feet or more in length - Effective April 15, 1990 |
| MICHIGAN | All watercraft 20 ft. or more in length; shorter craft if they have permanently affixed engines - Effective April 1, 1977. |
| MINNESOTA | Vessels over 16 feet in length - Effective January 1, 1991. (Phase in over 3 years on current registrations) |
| MISSOURI | All motorboats plus sailboats 12 feet or more in length - Effective 1970. |
| MONTANA | All motorboats and sailboats 12 feet or more in length - Effective 1970. |
| NEVADA | All motorboats - Effective 1971 |
| NEW JERSEY | All motorboats and sailboats 12 feet or more in length - Effective June 15, 1987. |
| NEW MEXICO | All motorboats and sailboats 10 feet or more in length - Effective July 1, 1987. |
| NEW YORK | All vessels 14 ft. or more in length with model year of 1987 or newer - Effective June 1, 1986. If boat is registered with a NON-TRANSFERABLE Registration. |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Titling is optional for all watercraft, which includes every description, other than a seaplane on the water used or capable of being used as a means of transportation. Effective January, 1990 |
| OHIO | Watercraft
14 ft. or more in length plus outboard motors exceeding 9.99
horsepower - Effective 1964 All P.W.C. <14' registered after 1/1/2000 |
| OKLAHOMA | All watercraft plus outboard motors exceeding 10 H.P. Effective 1959 |
| OREGON | All motorboats plus sailboats 12 ft. or more in length Effective 1959 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | All 1997 or newer PWC's inboard powered vessels and 14 ft. or longer outboard powered vessels originally registered after 3/1/98. |
| RHODE ISLAND | All vessels - Effective January 1989 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Watercraft exceeding 14 ft. in length plus outboard motors of 5 H.P. or more - Effective July 1, 1974 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | Title vessels 16 feet or more in length, which were purchased or acquired on or after March 1, 1992 - Effective March 1, 1992 |
| TEXAS | Motorboats exceeding 14 ft. in length plus outboard motors of 12 H.P. or more - Effective January 1, 1976 |
| UTAH | All vessels except canoes and inflatable less than 25 H.P. - Effective 1984 |
| VERMONT | All motor powered vessels 16 feet or larger, 1989 or newer - Effective July 1, 1989 |
| VIRGINIA | All watercraft 15 ft. or more powered by a motor in excess of 25 H.P. and sailboats over 18 ft. - Effective January 1, 1982 |
| WASHINGTON | All motorboats - Effective July 1, 1983 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Title all motor powered vessels - Effective July1, 1989 |
| WISCONSIN | Title vessels 16 feet or more in length - Effective February 1, 1989 |
