State Boating Act

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Section
1

Statement of policy.

Section
2

Definitions.

Section
3

Enforcement of State Boating Act to be supervised by division.

Section
3.5

Advisory council.

Section
4

Division may promulgate rules and set fees.

Section
6

Numbering of motorboats and sailboats required -- Exception.

Section
7

Registration requirements -- Exemptions -- Fee -- Agents -- Records -- Period of registration and renewal -- Expiration -- Notice of transfer of interest or change of address -- Duplicate registration card -- Invalid registration -- Powers of division.

Section
7.1

Fraudulent application for registration or certificate of title.

Section
7.2

Falsified or misused registration or certificate of title.

Section
7.3

Suspension or revocation of a registration or certificate of title.

Section
7.4

Canceled, suspended, or revoked registration or certificate of title to be returned.

Section
8

Safety equipment required to be on board vessels -- Penalties.

Section
8.1

Capacity and certification label.

Section
9

Exemptions from registration.

Section
10

Owner of boat livery -- Duties.

Section
11

Regulation of muffling devices.

Section
12

Operation in willful or wanton disregard for safety -- Penalty.

Section
13

Duties of operator involved in accident -- Notification and reporting procedures -- Use of accident reports -- Giving false information as misdemeanor.

Section
13.1

Accident involving property damage -- Duties of operator, occupant, and owner -- Penalties.

Section
13.2

Accident involving injury -- Stop at accident -- Penalty.

Section
13.3

Accident involving death -- Stop at accident -- Penalty.

Section
13.5

Motorboat accidents -- Investigation and report of operator security -- Agency action if no security -- Surrender of registration materials.

Section
13.6

Grounds for confiscation of registration materials by state -- Registration renewal.

Section
14

Transmittal of information to official or agency of United States.

Section
15

Division to adopt rules concerning water skiing and aquaplane riding and use of other devices towed behind a vessel.

Section
15.1

Vessel navigation and steering laws.

Section
15.2

Minimum age of operators -- Boating safety course for youth to operate personal watercraft.

Section
15.3

Personal watercraft -- Prohibition on operation between sunset and sunrise.

Section
15.5

Authorizing or permitting driving a vessel in violation of law.

Section
16

Regattas, races, exhibitions -- Rules.

Section
17

Scope of application of chapter -- Identical local ordinances authorized -- Application for special local rules.

Section
18

Liability of owner for injury or damage occasioned by negligent operation of vessel by minor.

Section
19

Publication of rules and regulations.

Section
20

Enforcement of chapter -- Authority to stop and board vessels -- Disregarding law enforcement signal to stop as misdemeanor -- Procedure for arrest.

Section
20.1

Seizure of a vessel.

Section
20.2

Defaced, altered, or obliterated identification or serial number -- Release of vessel.

Section
20.3

Falsified hull identification, engine, or motor number.

Section
20.4

Duty to report falsified vessel or motor number.

Section
20.5

Reporting of theft and recovery of vessels.

Section
20.6

Report by owners or lienholders of thefts and recoveries.

Section
20.7

Unlawful control over vessels -- Penalties -- Effect of prior consent -- Accessory or accomplice.

Section
21

Violation of chapter as class C misdemeanor.

Section
22

Boating Account created -- Contents -- Use of money.

Section
23

Separability clause.

Section
24

Search and rescue fee -- Amount -- Deposit.

Section
25

Fees to cover the costs of electronic payments.

Section
26

Resident aquatic invasive species fee -- Amount -- Deposit.