Section 38. Any person who, while operating or in charge of a vessel shall refuse, when requested by any officer empowered to enforce this chapter, to give his name and address or the name and address of the owner of such vessel or who shall give a false name or address, or who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signaled or requested to do so by any such officer, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to produce his certificate of number, or to permit such officer to take the certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or who refuses, on demand of such officer, to sign his name in the presence of such officer, and any person who on the demand of such officer without a reasonable excuse fails to deliver the certificate of number of any vessel operated or owned by him, or who refuses or neglects to produce such certificate when requested by a court or trial justice, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles
Section 2 - Numbering; Exceptions
Section 3 - Application for Certificate of Number; Display
Section 4 - Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates of Number; Replacement
Section 4a - Altering, Forging or Counterfeiting Certificates of Number of Motorboat; Penalty
Section 5a - Personal Floatation Devices
Section 5b - Automatic Shut–off Nozzle for Motorboat Fuel Dispensing Devices; Fine
Section 5c - Discharge of Sewage Into Waters Designated as a No Discharge Area; Fine
Section 5d - Violations of Sec. 37b of Chapter 21; Penalties
Section 6 - Exhaust; Use of Cutouts
Section 7 - Compliance With Sec. 5; Pre-Requisite to Departure From Boat Livery
Section 9 - Accidents; Duty of Operator; Reports
Section 9a - Jet Ski, Surf Jet or Wetbike Operation
Section 9b - Educational Safety Program; Jet Skis, Surf Jets and Wetbikes
Section 10 - Requests for Information or Records From Federal Agencies
Section 11 - Powers and Duties of Director
Section 12 - Enforcement of Chapter
Section 12a - Operation Without Personal Flotation Devices or in Overloaded or Unsafe Condition
Section 13 - Arrest Without Warrant; Entry Upon Private Lands
Section 13a - Scuba Divers; Display of Diver's Flag Required
Section 14 - Penalties; Proceedings
Section 15 - Scope of Chapter; Local Regulations; Approval of Ordinances and By-Laws
Section 17 - Enforcing Officers; Reports to Director
Section 20 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 21 to 35
Section 21 - Recreation Vehicle Safety and Responsibility Course
Section 22 - Registration; Application; Period; Certificate; Name and Address; Transferability; Fees
Section 22a - Vintage Snow Vehicle; Registration; Operation Restrictions
Section 23 - Transfer of Ownership
Section 24 - Lights; Reflectors; Excessive Noise; Noxious Fumes
Section 25 - Operation on Public Ways; Emergencies; Regulations
Section 26 - Prohibited or Limited Operation by Underage Persons; Restrictions
Section 26d - Summons for Violation of Secs. 26a or 26b
Section 28 - Suspension or Revocation of Registration; Hearing
Section 29 - Rules and Regulations
Section 30 - Nonresident Recreational Vehicles
Section 31 - Municipal Assessments
Section 32 - Regulations; Enforcement; Reports of Violations
Section 33 - Local or Departmental Regulation; Trespassing
Section 34 - Violations; Punishment
Section 35 - Disposition of Fines
Section 36 - Titled Motorboats; Certificates of Title