Registering and Titling Outboard Motors

According to Title 63 under Section 4207 (K) of the Oklahoma state statute, any motorized vessel other than a personal watercraft (PWC) that is sold or operated in this state is required to have a carbon monoxide (CO) warning sticker affixed in plain view to the interior of the vessel.

• The following types of CO warning stickers satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
  • CO warning sticker developed and approved by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) or…
  • CO warning sticker approved by the USCG and DPS or…
  • CO warning sticker already developed by a vessel manufacturer that is affixed to a vessel
• The sticker is intended to warn operators and occupants of the danger of CO emissions on vessels not already equipped with similar notice (manufacturer-supplied marking or decal).
• Service Oklahoma and its licensed operators must provide the stickers along with literature on the dangers of CO and boating to vessel owners in annual registration materials at no cost and must include the stickers when an application for a certificate of title is made and the ownership of the vessel is transferred.
• Once a vessel is stickered, Service Oklahoma must no longer be required to include the stickers with vessel registration materials or to a new owner if the vessel is resold.

Outboard motors over 10 horsepower must be titled and have a current Certificate of Registration.

• Application for a title and registration of an outboard motor is made separately from the boat and also must be made within 30 days of the purchase or transfer. Titling and registering a boat and its outboard motor requires completion of two application forms—one for the boat and one for the motor.
• The owner of an outboard motor chooses to have the motor registered for a one-year or a three-year period. Registration expires on June 30 of the year indicated on the registration decal.
• Owners of registered motors are issued a motor registration decal that should be displayed on the upper back side of the motor cowling beginning on the left (as viewed if you are standing behind the motor) and wrapping around to the rear.