Chapter 18. State Boating Act  


§ 73-18-1. Statement of policy.
§ 73-18-2. Definitions.
§ 73-18-3. Enforcement of State Boating Act to be supervised by division.
§ 73-18-3.5. Advisory council.
§ 73-18-4. Board may promulgate rules and set fees.
§ 73-18-6. Numbering of motorboats and sailboats required -- Exception.
§ 73-18-7. 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 board.
§ 73-18-7.1. Fraudulent application for registration or certificate of title.
§ 73-18-7.2. Falsified registration or certificate of title.
§ 73-18-7.3. Suspension or revocation of a registration or certificate of title.
§ 73-18-7.4. Canceled, suspended, or revoked registration or certificate of title to be returned.
§ 73-18-8. Safety equipment required to be on board vessels.
§ 73-18-8.1. Capacity and certification label.
§ 73-18-9. Exemptions from registration.
§ 73-18-10. Owner of boat livery -- Duties.
§ 73-18-11. Regulation of muffling devices.
§ 73-18-12. Operation in willful or wanton disregard for safety -- Penalty.
§ 73-18-13. Duties of operator involved in accident -- Notification and reporting procedures -- Use of accident reports -- Giving false information as misdemeanor.
§ 73-18-13.1. Accident involving property damage -- Duties of operator, occupant, and owner -- Penalties.
§ 73-18-13.2. Accident involving injury -- Stop at accident -- Penalty.
§ 73-18-13.3. Accident involving death -- Stop at accident -- Penalty.
§ 73-18-13.5. Motorboat accidents -- Investigation and report of operator security -- Agency action if no security -- Surrender of registration materials.
§ 73-18-13.6. Grounds for confiscation of registration materials by state -- Registration renewal.
§ 73-18-14. Transmittal of information to official or agency of United States.
§ 73-18-15. Board to adopt rules concerning water skiing and aquaplane riding and use of other devices towed behind a vessel.
§ 73-18-15.1. Vessel navigation and steering laws.
§ 73-18-15.2. Minimum age of operators -- Boating safety course for youth to operate personal watercraft.
§ 73-18-15.3. Personal watercraft -- Prohibition on operation between sunset and sunrise.
§ 73-18-15.5. Authorizing or permitting driving a vessel in violation of law.
§ 73-18-16. Regattas, races, exhibitions -- Rules.
§ 73-18-17. Scope of application of chapter -- Identical local ordinances authorized -- Application for special local rules.
§ 73-18-18. Liability of owner for injury or damage occasioned by negligent operation of vessel by minor.
§ 73-18-19. Publication of rules and regulations.
§ 73-18-20. Enforcement of chapter -- Authority to stop and board vessels -- Disregarding law enforcement signal to stop as misdemeanor -- Procedure for arrest.
§ 73-18-20.1. Seizure of a vessel.
§ 73-18-20.2. Defaced, altered, or obliterated identification or serial number -- Release of vessel.
§ 73-18-20.3. Falsified hull identification, engine, or motor number.
§ 73-18-20.4. Duty to report falsified vessel or motor number.
§ 73-18-20.5. Reporting of theft and recovery of vessels.
§ 73-18-20.6. Report by owners or lienholders of thefts and recoveries.
§ 73-18-20.7. Unlawful control over vessels -- Penalties -- Effect of prior consent -- Accessory or accomplice.
§ 73-18-21. Violation of chapter as class B misdemeanor.
§ 73-18-22. Boating Account created -- Contents -- Use of money.
§ 73-18-23. Separability clause.
§ 73-18-24. Search and rescue fee -- Amount -- Deposition.
§ 73-18-25. Fees to cover the costs of electronic payments.