I need a PIN to use online renewal. How can I get one?
PINs are printed on your renewal letter. Renewal letters are mailed in January and February of each year.
A new PIN is issued for your boat at every renewal. You cannot use the PIN from your old registration to renew. The only historic PINs that work are those issued in 2006 or later for boat registrations that have lapsed (weren't renewed the year they were due).
PINs are assigned in the autumn before the renewal year. We can't assign a PIN during the renewal year.
It is possible that your address changed, or that the address that we had in our records could not be reconciled by the post office. In these cases you may not have received your renewal letter. We can look up your boat information and let you know what your PIN is if one was assigned to the boat. Contact us with the following information:
Boat Number
Owner's name
Old Street Address, City, State, Zip
New Street Address, City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Email Address (if you are comfortable being contacted this way)
If you did not renew your boat the last time it was up for renewal and it was up for renewal in 2005 or earlier, you will have to renew through the mail (directly to our office at ODNR Division of Watercraft, ATTN: Registrations, 2045 Morse Road Building A-1, Columbus, OH 43229-6693) or in person at registration agent.
PINs are not issued for boats that have a Hull ID Number problem, even if the registration expired this year. If you have been contacted by the Division within the last 5 years about the lack of a 12-character Hull ID and did not resolve the problem, you were not sent a renewal letter, nor were you assigned a PIN. You must contact a Watercraft Office near you to get a proper Hull ID Number attached to your boat before the registration can be renewed.
Please call or write with any questions: watercraft@dnr.state.oh.us or 1-877-4BOATER (in Ohio only). |