5-326. Nonresidents; registration; payment of fees; exemption
A. A nonresident owner of a watercraft who establishes this state as the state of principal operation shall register and number that watercraft pursuant to this article and pay an additional boating safety infrastructure fee assessed pursuant to section 5-327 before placing that watercraft on the waterways of this state.
B. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty and stationed in this state for a period of at least thirty days immediately before applying for watercraft registration is exempt from this section.
C. The owner shall carry and display proof of payment of the fee required by this section in a manner prescribed by the commission while the watercraft is underway, moored or anchored on the waterways of this state.
D. Subsection A of this section does not apply to nonrecreational or commercial motorized watercraft.