{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4585.03","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 4585.03","heading":"Proceeding against watercraft owner or master.","body":"A person who has a lien under section 4585.01 of the Revised Code may proceed against the owner of the watercraft, the master who contracted a debt, or the watercraft itself. The person may file a complaint as in a civil action in the appropriate municipal or county court or court of common pleas, against the watercraft by name, or if it does not have a name, by a pertinent and substantial description of it.\nUpon the filing of a complaint against a watercraft itself, the plaintiff shall give or send a written notice of the action to, or cause the service of a copy of the complaint upon, the owner of the watercraft and any person who has a security interest in the watercraft that is superior to the lien under division (B) of section 4585.01 of the Revised Code. A written notice or copies of the complaint shall be given, sent, or served upon the owner and any such secured parties in a manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process on defendants in civil actions.","path":["Title 45 Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft","Chapter 4585 Actions Relating To Watercraft"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4585.03","current_through":"1986-05-02 (House Bill 440 - 116th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:37Z","sha256":"aa7973829ad6aaf308abf3300a15737be34bd5a94e53632dc661be4b25512b8c","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4585.02","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-4585.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}