§ 25.21 Responsibility for operation by minors. 1. No owner or other person in possession of any snowmobile shall authorize or knowingly permit any person under eighteen years of age to operate such a snowmobile in violation of any provision of this article, the rules and regulations of the commissioner, or the provisions of any local law or ordinance.

2. No parent or guardian shall authorize or knowingly permit his or her child or ward, if under eighteen years of age, to operate a snowmobile in violation of any provision of this article, the rules or regulations of the office, or the provisions of any local law or ordinance.