2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
Section 830.350 - Testing racing motorboat.


(a) Where boats are anchored.
(b) Where people are swimming.
(c) Near populated beaches.
(d) Among water-skiers.
(e) Among boats underway.
(f) Where persons or property will be endangered because the area is otherwise congested.
(g) Where persons or property will be disturbed or endangered because the waters on which the boat is operated are within a residential area.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, motorboats may be operated on public waters without effective muffling devices as required by ORS 830.260, for the purpose of trying or testing the equipment on the boat, in areas and during times designated by the State Marine Board by regulations adopted under ORS 830.175.
(3) Within any county in which areas and times for trying or testing boats or the equipment on boats have been designated by the board under ORS 830.175, if a person wishes to operate a boat for such a purpose on public waters within the county, outside the designated testing area, the person shall apply to the sheriff of the county for a permit to do so. The permit, which may be issued upon application, shall be conditioned upon compliance with subsection (1) of this section, and shall designate the areas where and the times when the boat may be operated for such purpose. Provided, however, the sheriff in issuing such a permit may waive subsection (1)(g) of this section if the boat being tested is muffled in accordance with ORS 830.260. [Formerly 488.102]

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.