2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
Section 830.345 - Traffic lanes; swim areas.


(2) No person shall operate a boat within a water area which is clearly marked by buoys or some other distinguishing device as a bathing or swimming area. [Formerly 488.120]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation

Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft

Section 830.005 - Definitions for chapter.

Section 830.015 - Application of ORS 830.005, 830.015 to 830.050, 830.175, 830.210 to 830.420 and 830.475 to 830.490; exemptions.

Section 830.025 - Other boating laws not affected.

Section 830.035 - Peace officers to enforce chapter; fleeing; attempts to elude.

Section 830.037 - Notification of stolen boat; notice in electronic file system; issuance of new title or certificate of number.

Section 830.055 - Oregon Adopt-a-River Program; implementation; rules.

Section 830.080 - Boating Offense Compact.

Section 830.082 - Mandatory boating safety education program.

Section 830.084 - Requirements for mandatory boating safety education program; education card; rules; fee.

Section 830.086 - Boating safety education card; requirements; fee.

Section 830.088 - Operation of motorboat by person 12 to 15 years of age.

Section 830.090 - Operation of motorboat by person 16 years of age or older.

Section 830.092 - Exemption from requirement to obtain boating safety education card.

Section 830.094 - Boating safety education card required to operate motorboat.

Section 830.096 - Conditional suspension of fine for violation of boating safety requirements.

Section 830.105 - State Marine Board.

Section 830.110 - Powers and duties of board; rules.

Section 830.135 - State Marine Director.

Section 830.137 - Disposition of funds received through Clean Vessel Act and through Boating Infrastructure Grant Program; priority.

Section 830.140 - Boating Safety, Law Enforcement and Facility Account; sources; disposition; enforcement by cities and counties.

Section 830.150 - Disbursement of funds for boating facilities; priorities; water quality protection; hearing.

Section 830.155 - Revolving fund; limit.

Section 830.165 - Boating safety educational program; youthful boat operator program.

Section 830.172 - County boat use permit program review.

Section 830.175 - Regulations for specific areas; rules.

Section 830.180 - Use of motors prohibited on certain lakes; exceptions; rules.

Section 830.185 - Speed restrictions in certain areas.

Section 830.187 - Restrictions for Waldo Lake.

Section 830.200 - County boat use permits.

Section 830.215 - Personal flotation devices; rules.

Section 830.220 - Fire extinguishers; rules.

Section 830.230 - Sound signaling devices; rules.

Section 830.240 - Ventilation systems; rules.

Section 830.260 - Muffling devices.

Section 830.270 - Notice to board on noise violation charge; board to supply information to court; suspension of certificate.

Section 830.302 - Draining water from boat; exceptions.

Section 830.315 - Reckless boating; speed.

Section 830.325 - Operating boat while under influence of intoxicants.

Section 830.330 - Liability of owner for negligent operation of boat.

Section 830.340 - Navigation rules.

Section 830.345 - Traffic lanes; swim areas.

Section 830.350 - Testing racing motorboat.

Section 830.360 - Riding on bow, gunwale or transom.

Section 830.362 - Operating motorboat with person holding on to or occupying parts aft of transom.

Section 830.365 - Waterskiing, surfboarding and similar activities.

Section 830.370 - Mooring to buoys and beacons; defacing or destroying navigational markers.

Section 830.375 - Authorization required to hold marine event; rules.

Section 830.380 - Peace officer authority to require operator to remedy especially hazardous condition.

Section 830.383 - Person required to remedy especially hazardous condition.

Section 830.385 - Commercial fishing boats exempt from regulation of especially hazardous condition.

Section 830.390 - Minimum equipment and safety requirements for vessels engaged in Klamath Lake plankton fishery.

Section 830.415 - Records of operator of boat livery.

Section 830.420 - Minimum equipment requirements for rental or charter boats; rules; inspection; cancellation or revocation of certificate for failure to comply.

Section 830.425 - Minimum requirements for boat livery operation.

Section 830.430 - Definitions for ORS 830.430 to 830.465 and 830.997.

Section 830.435 - Charter boat license; reciprocity with Washington license holders.

Section 830.437 - Licensing; safety standards; rules.

Section 830.440 - License application; contents; fees; bond or financial security; transfer of license; rules.

Section 830.445 - Liability insurance form; notice to board upon termination of coverage; license suspension for failure to maintain insurance.

Section 830.447 - Optional charter boat licensing; rules.

Section 830.450 - Equipment requirements; rules.

Section 830.460 - Prohibited activities.

Section 830.465 - Disciplinary actions.

Section 830.475 - Duties of operators and witnesses at accidents.

Section 830.480 - Accident report required; rules.

Section 830.485 - Form of report; sending death record to State Marine Board.

Section 830.490 - Confidential nature of report.

Section 830.495 - Report of accident resulting in death or disappearance; duties of passengers.

Section 830.505 - Implied consent to chemical tests for intoxicants; refusal to submit; consequences.

Section 830.510 - Chemical evidence of use of intoxicants.

Section 830.520 - Circumstances under which chemical tests may be administered.

Section 830.535 - Criteria for chemical analyses.

Section 830.545 - Information about rights and consequences.

Section 830.550 - Implied consent to field sobriety tests for intoxicants; refusal to submit; consequences.

Section 830.560 - Launching boat with aquatic invasive species prohibited; rules.

Section 830.570 - Board to issue permit; fees.

Section 830.575 - Annual fee for permit.

Section 830.585 - Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund; uses of fund.

Section 830.587 - Definitions for ORS 830.589, 830.591, 830.594, 830.998 and 830.999.

Section 830.589 - Watercraft check stations; rules; penalty.

Section 830.591 - Request to proceed to nearest station; penalty.

Section 830.594 - Report of prevention efforts.

Section 830.605 - State Marine Board and Oregon Department of Aviation to distribute information on regulation of seaplanes.

Section 830.615 - Waterway Access Fund.

Section 830.618 - Grants for nonmotorized boat waterway access; rules.

Section 830.621 - Grants for boating safety education, boating equipment and waterway access to underserved communities; rules.

Section 830.624 - Permit requirements for person 14 years of age or older; exceptions; rules.

Section 830.627 - Fees for issuance of permit.

Section 830.630 - Issuance of permits; agents.

Section 830.640 - Towed watersports program.

Section 830.643 - Towed watersports endorsement and certificate; issuance; fees; rules.

Section 830.646 - Fees; rules.

Section 830.649 - Newberg Pool Congested Zone.

Section 830.652 - Additional penalties for violations occurring within Newberg Pool Congested Zone.

Section 830.655 - Suspension.

Section 830.700 - Definitions for ORS 830.060 to 830.140 and 830.700 to 830.870.

Section 830.705 - Applicability of numbering, title and license requirements.

Section 830.710 - Report of transfer, abandonment or destruction of boat, boathouse or floating home or change of address of owner.

Section 830.720 - Cancellation of title upon scrapping of boat, boathouse or floating home.

Section 830.740 - Perfection of security interest in boats, boathouses and floating homes covered by certificate of title; applicability of Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 830.745 - Notation on title of creation, satisfaction or assignment of security interest; fee.

Section 830.750 - Transfer of title subject to security interest; dealer transferees; fee.

Section 830.755 - Transfer by operation of law of title subject to security interest; fee.

Section 830.770 - Certificate of number required on boat; exceptions.

Section 830.775 - Operation of certain boats without certificates of registration.

Section 830.780 - Identifying number on forward half of boat.

Section 830.790 - Certificate or registration fees.

Section 830.795 - Issuance of certificate of number and validation stickers; stickers placed on boats.

Section 830.800 - Expiration of certificate of number; renewal of certificate and stickers.

Section 830.810 - Certificate of title; exceptions; rules; application fees; penalty fee.

Section 830.815 - Refusal to issue or suspension or cancellation of certificate.

Section 830.825 - Hull identification number required.

Section 830.830 - Dealer or boat manufacturer number; fee.

Section 830.850 - Identifying number plate required on floating homes and boathouses; certificate of title required; fee.

Section 830.855 - Application for floating home or boathouse identifying plate; fee; issuance of certificate of title.

Section 830.860 - Validity of certificate of title; new certificates; fee.

Section 830.875 - Definitions for ORS 830.880 to 830.895.

Section 830.880 - Seizure of boats and equipment from which identification number has been removed; inspection of property; check for stolen boats; renumbering.

Section 830.885 - Return of seized property; investigation to determine ownership; notice to owner.

Section 830.890 - Public notice to persons having interest in seized property; court action; sale of property at public auction; disposition of proceeds.

Section 830.895 - Renumbering; inspection requirement.

Section 830.908 - Definitions for ORS 830.908 to 830.948.

Section 830.911 - Authority to seize abandoned vessel or derelict vessel.

Section 830.918 - Preseizure notice.

Section 830.923 - Seizure without notice.

Section 830.928 - Manner and time of seizure.

Section 830.931 - Post-seizure notice.

Section 830.933 - Reclamation of seized vessel.

Section 830.936 - Hearing.

Section 830.938 - Liability for costs of salvage, towing and storage.

Section 830.944 - Offenses.

Section 830.948 - Salvaged Vessel Subaccount; sources; limits; uses.

Section 830.950 - Definitions for ORS 830.955.

Section 830.955 - Prohibition of installation of submersible polystyrene device.

Section 830.990 - Penalties.

Section 830.993 - Penalties for violation of ORS 166.155 or 166.165.

Section 830.994 - Additional penalties for violation of ORS 830.325.

Section 830.997 - Penalty for charter boat violations.

Section 830.998 - Penalty for failing to stop at an aquatic invasive species check station.

Section 830.999 - Penalty for transporting aquatic invasive species; exceptions; use of penalty moneys; rules.