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§ 29.1-700. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires...
§ 29.1-701. Department to administer chapter; Motorboat Committee; funds for administration; records; rules and regulations - A. It shall be the duty of the Department to...
§ 29.1-701.1. Authority of Board to set fees - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Board may...
§ 29.1-702. Registration requirements; display of numbers; cancellation of certificate; exemption - A. 1. The owner of each motorboat requiring numbering by...
§ 29.1-702.1. Making false affidavit or swearing falsely, perjury; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes any false affidavit or knowingly...
§ 29.1-703. Identification numbers required; decals - Every motorboat on the waters of this Commonwealth shall be...
§ 29.1-703.1. Temporary registration certificate; fee; application - A. An owner may obtain a temporary registration certificate from...
§ 29.1-703.2. Designation of agents; compensation to agents; deposit of temporary registration certificate moneys - A. The Director may authorize any person to act as...
§ 29.1-704. Recording previously awarded numbers - The owner of any motorboat already covered by a number...
§ 29.1-705. Change of ownership of motorboat; lost certificates - Should the ownership of a numbered motorboat change, a new...
§ 29.1-706. Agents awarding numbers - The Director may award any certificate of number directly or...
§ 29.1-707. Records - All records of the Department made or kept pursuant to...
§ 29.1-708. Transfer, destruction or abandonment of motorboat - The owner shall furnish the Department with notice of (i)...
§ 29.1-709. Change of address of certificate holder - Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the...
§ 29.1-710. Exemption from numbering requirements - A motorboat shall not be required to be numbered under...
§ 29.1-711. Dealers and manufacturers of motorboats - The following shall apply to dealers and manufacturers: 1. The...
§ 29.1-712. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 787, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 29.1-733.2. Definitions - The definitions in this section do not apply to any...
§ 29.1-733.3. Applicability - Subject to § 29.1-733.29, this article applies to any transaction,...
§ 29.1-733.4. Supplemental principles of law and equity - Unless displaced by a provision of this article, the principles...
§ 29.1-733.5. Law governing watercraft covered by certificate of title - A. The law of the state or other jurisdiction under...
§ 29.1-733.6. Certificate of title required - A. No person shall operate a watercraft subject to titling...
§ 29.1-733.7. Application for certificate of title - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 29.1-733.10, 29.1-733.15, 29.1-733.19,...
§ 29.1-733.8. Creation and cancellation of certificate of title - A. Unless an application for a certificate of title is...
§ 29.1-733.9. Content of certificate of title - A. A certificate of title shall contain: 1. The date...
§ 29.1-733.10. Title brand - A. Unless subsection C applies, at or before the time...
§ 29.1-733.11. Maintenance of and access to files - A. For each record relating to a certificate of title...
§ 29.1-733.12. Action required on creation of certificate of title - A. On creation of a written certificate of title, the...
§ 29.1-733.13. Effect of certificate of title - A certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the...
§ 29.1-733.14. Effect of possession of certificate of title; judicial process; levy; penalty - A. Possession of a certificate of title does not by...
§ 29.1-733.15. Perfection of security interest - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section or §...
§ 29.1-733.16. Termination statement; delivery of certificate of title; penalty - A. A secured party indicated in the files of the...
§ 29.1-733.17. Transfer of ownership - A. On voluntary transfer of an ownership interest in a...
§ 29.1-733.18. Effect of missing or incorrect information - Except as otherwise provided in § 8.9A-337, a certificate of...
§ 29.1-733.19. Transfer of ownership by secured party's transfer statement - A. For the purpose of this section, "secured party's transfer...
§ 29.1-733.20. Transfer by operation of law - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 29.1-733.21. Application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without certificate of title - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 29.1-733.19 or 29.1-733.20,...
§ 29.1-733.22. Replacement certificate of title - A. If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen,...
§ 29.1-733.23. Rights of purchaser other than secured party - A. A buyer in ordinary course of business has the...
§ 29.1-733.24. Rights of secured party - A. Subject to subsection B or C, the effect of...
§ 29.1-733.25. Acquiring title to an abandoned watercraft - A. Any watercraft abandoned for a period exceeding 60 days...
§ 29.1-733.26. Duties and operation of the Department - A. The Department shall retain the evidence used to establish...
§ 29.1-733.27. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be...
§ 29.1-733.28. Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
§ 29.1-733.29. Savings clause - A. The rights, duties, and interests flowing from a transaction,...
§ 29.1-734. Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area - A. Any owner of real estate which touches any of...
§ 29.1-734.1. Skin and scuba divers - A. No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba...
§ 29.1-735. Regulations for vessel operation and equipment - A. The Board shall adopt such regulations as it deems...
§ 29.1-735.1. Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes - The Board may promulgate regulations governing the takeoff, landing and...
§ 29.1-735.2. Boating safety education required; Board to promulgate regulations - A. No person shall operate a motorboat with a motor...
§ 29.1-735.3. Regulation of parasail operators - The Board shall promulgate regulations applicable to the commercial operations...
§ 29.1-736. Boat rentals; equipment; safety course - A. It shall be unlawful to rent a motorboat to...
§ 29.1-737. Muffling devices - The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any...
§ 29.1-738. Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc. - A. No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel, or...
§ 29.1-738.01. Operating boat in an improper manner; penalty - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-738, upon the trial of...
§ 29.1-738.02. Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person under the...
§ 29.1-738.03. Reckless operation of a personal watercraft - A person shall be guilty of reckless operation of a...
§ 29.1-738.1. Analysis of breath to determine alcohol content of blood - Any person who is suspected of a violation of subsection...
§ 29.1-738.2. Consent to blood or breath test - A. Any person who operates a watercraft or motorboat which...
§ 29.1-738.3. Presumptions from alcohol or drug content - In any prosecution for operating a watercraft or motorboat that...
§ 29.1-738.4. Additional penalty for reckless or intoxicated operation of a watercraft or motorboat - In addition to any other penalties authorized by law, upon...
§ 29.1-738.5. Participation in rehabilitation program - A. Any person convicted of a violation of subsection B...
§ 29.1-738.6. When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removed from scene of arrest - In any case in which a law-enforcement officer arrests the...
§ 29.1-739. Duty of operator involved in collision, accident or other casualty; immunity from liability; report of collision, etc.; summons in lieu of arrest - A. It shall be the duty of the operator of...
§ 29.1-739.1. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty - A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible...
§ 29.1-739.2. Conservation police officers to patrol lakes - The Department shall have an enhanced enforcement effort that is...
§ 29.1-740. Duty to stop and render assistance; penalties for violations - It shall be the duty of every operator of a...
§ 29.1-741. Furnishing information to agency of United States - In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized...
§ 29.1-742. Towing water skis, surfboards, etc. - A. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters...
§ 29.1-743. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 108.
§ 29.1-744. Local regulation; application for placement or removal of "no wake" buoys, etc. - A. Any political subdivision of this Commonwealth may, at any...
§ 29.1-744.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 537, effective January 1, 1999.
§ 29.1-744.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 857, effective January 1, 1999.
§ 29.1-744.3. Slacken speed and control wakes near structures - It shall be unlawful to operate any motorboat, except a...
§ 29.1-744.4. "Pass-through" zones; local ordinances; penalties - After providing notice to the Department, any locality may, by...
§ 29.1-745. Enforcement of chapter; vessels displaying Coast Guard inspection decal - A. Every conservation police officer, officer of the Virginia Marine...
§ 29.1-746. Penalties - A. Unless specified otherwise, any person who violates any provision...
§ 29.1-747. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, cc. 84 and 563, and repealed...
§ 29.1-748. Restrictions on operation; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Operate...
§ 29.1-748.1. Local ordinances; operation on lakes; minimum distance from shoreline; penalty - A. Any locality in Planning District 23 may, by ordinance,...
§ 29.1-749. Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of or...
§ 29.1-749.1. Identification of personal watercraft rentals - Every business located in a city with a population greater...
§ 29.1-749.2. Local regulation of personal watercraft rentals; penalty - A. The City of Virginia Beach may by ordinance regulate...
§ 29.1-749.3. Personal watercraft instruction; rental agents - Any person who is in the business of renting personal...
§ 29.1-750. Exemptions - The provisions of this article shall not apply to participants...