Montana Code Annotated
Part 5. Boats
23-2-503. Boat liveries

23-2-503. Boat liveries. (1) The owner of a boat livery shall cause to be kept a record of the name and address of the person or persons hiring any vessel that is permitted by the owner to be operated, the identification number of the vessel, the departure date and time, and the expected time of return. The record must be preserved for at least 6 months.
(2) The owner of a boat livery or the owner's agent or employee may not permit any motorboat or any vessel permitted by the owner to be operated as a motorboat or vessel to depart from the owner's premises unless it has been provided, either by owner or renter, with the equipment required pursuant to 23-2-521 and any rules made pursuant to that section.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 285, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 124, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3507; amd. Sec. 364, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling

Chapter 2. Recreation

Part 5. Boats

23-2-501. Declaration of policy

23-2-502. Definitions

23-2-503. Boat liveries

23-2-504. Filing of rules

23-2-505. Owner's civil liability

23-2-506. Enforcement

23-2-507. Penalty

23-2-508. Certificate of title

23-2-509. Repealed

23-2-510. Repealed

23-2-511. Operation of unnumbered motorboats or sailboats prohibited -- display of registration and validation decals

23-2-512. Identifying number

23-2-513. Repealed

23-2-514. Exemption from numbering provisions

23-2-515. Registration decal to be displayed

23-2-516. Repealed

23-2-517. Repealed

23-2-518. Repealed

23-2-519. Penalty -- disposition

23-2-520. Repealed

23-2-521. Equipment

23-2-522. Discharge of waste from vessel prohibited

23-2-523. Prohibited operation and mooring -- enforcement

23-2-524. Passing rule and right-of-way

23-2-525. Restricted areas

23-2-526. Overloading -- overpowering -- noise limitations

23-2-527. Collisions, accidents, and casualties

23-2-528. Transmittal of information to U.S. officials

23-2-529. Waterskis and surfboards

23-2-530. Education program

23-2-531. Personal watercraft operation

23-2-532. Restrictions on manufacture and sale

23-2-533. Use of allocated funds for boating facilities

23-2-534. Funding of state recreational boating safety program -- certification of county programs -- administration by counties

23-2-535. Alcohol concentration standards -- evidence admissible -- administration of tests

23-2-536. Creation of boating advisory council -- appointment of members -- duties

23-2-537. through 23-2-539 reserved

23-2-540. Repealed

23-2-541. Aquatic invasive species prevention pass for nonresident vessels -- rulemaking