General Provisions

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Section
52-7-1

Short Title

Section
52-7-2

Declaration of Policy

Section
52-7-3

Definitions

Section
52-7-4

Requirement as to Numbering of Vessels; Titling; Requirements for Hull Damaged Vessel

Section
52-7-5

Numbering of Vessels; Requirements; Fees

Section
52-7-6

Exemptions From Numbering Requirements

Section
52-7-7

Dealers' Vessels

Section
52-7-7.1

Hull Identification Numbers Required; Penalty for Violations

Section
52-7-7.2

Display of Hull Identification Numbers on New Vessels

Section
52-7-7.3

Seizure of Vessels Without Hull Identification Numbers; Seizure of Related Property; Inspections

Section
52-7-7.4

Property Not Subject to Replevin; Report by Law Enforcement Agency of Seizure of Property; Procedures

Section
52-7-7.5

Counterfeit Hull Identification Numbers; Penalty

Section
52-7-7.6

Exception to Requirement for Hull Identification Numbers

Section
52-7-8

Classification of Vessels; Required Equipment

Section
52-7-8.1

Discharge of Sewage From Vessels on Lakes; Use of Vessels With Marine Toilets on Protected Fresh Waters; Certificate and Recordation Requirements

Section
52-7-8.2

Restrictions on Operation of Personal Watercraft

Section
52-7-8.3

Operation of Watercraft; Identification; Operation by Minors

Section
52-7-8.4

Definitions; Anchorage Restriction Areas; Permit Requirement for Long-Term Anchoring in Estuarine Areas; Short-Term Anchoring; Safe Harbor; Exceptions

Section
52-7-9

Boat Liveries

Section
52-7-10

Exhausts to Be Muffled; Exemptions; Noise Level Testing

Section
52-7-11

Lights

Section
52-7-12

Operation of Watercraft While Under Influence of Alcohol, Toxic Vapors, or Drugs; Legal Drug Use Not Exempted; Blood and Other Chemical Tests; Test Refusal; Owner's Liability for Allowing Another to Operate While Intoxicated; Civil and Criminal Actions; Child Endangerment

Section
52-7-12.1

Reckless Operation of Vessel or Other Water Device

Section
52-7-12.2

Homicide by Vessel

Section
52-7-12.3

Feticide by Vessel

Section
52-7-12.4

Serious Injury by Vessel

Section
52-7-12.5

Ordering Drug, Alcohol, or Other Substance Tests; Implied Consent Warning; Reports; Suspension; Hearing; Certificate of Inspection

Section
52-7-12.6

Terms of Suspension; Return of Operating Privilege; Operation When Suspended

Section
52-7-12.7

Suspension of Privileges to Operate a Vessel Upon Waters of This State for Violations of Vessel Laws

Section
52-7-13

Boating Safety Zones; Restrictions on Use of Motors and Operation of Houseboats on Certain Lakes; Exceptions

Section
52-7-14

Collisions, Accidents, and Casualties; Salvage Rights

Section
52-7-15

Furnishing Information to Federal Officials and Agencies

Section
52-7-16

Towing Persons on Water Skis, Aquaplanes, Surfboards or Similar Device

Section
52-7-17

Speed and Load Restrictions; Riding of Bow or Gunwale of Vessel

Section
52-7-18

Rules of the Road for Boat Traffic

Section
52-7-19

Regattas, Boat Races, Marine Parades, Tournaments, and Exhibitions

Section
52-7-20

Operation of Vessels in Vicinity of Regulatory Markers and Aids to Navigation; Tampering With Regulatory Markers and Aids to Navigation

Section
52-7-21

Local Regulations Concerning Operation, Equipment, Numbering, and Other Matters Relating to Vessels

Section
52-7-22

Comprehensive Boating Educational Programs; Required Completion; Exception

Section
52-7-23

Power of Board of Natural Resources to Adopt Rules and Regulations

Section
52-7-24

Filing and Publication of Rules and Regulations and Amendments Thereto

Section
52-7-25

Enforcement of Article

Section
52-7-26

(For Effective Date, See note.) Penalty