Montana Code Annotated
Part 5. Boats
23-2-515. Registration decal to be displayed

23-2-515. Registration decal to be displayed. (1) A Montana motorboat, sailboat, or personal watercraft numbered in accordance with the provisions of 23-2-512 must display a registration decal. For this purpose, the county treasurer, upon proof of payment of the registration fee as required by 61-3-321(10), shall issue a registration decal prepared and furnished by the department of justice with all new certificates of number and, if applicable, all renewals of the certificates of number.
(2) (a) The registration decal must be of a style and design prescribed by the department of justice.
(b) The registration decal must be serially numbered.
(c) The registration decals issued for a motorboat, sailboat, or personal watercraft do not expire while the motorboat, sailboat, or personal watercraft remains in the same ownership.
(3) A registration decal must be displayed on the left side of the forward half, 3 inches aft of the identifying numbers.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 348, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 391, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 514, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 52, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-3504.1; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 312, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 421, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 649, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 577, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 592, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 130, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 542, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 596, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 329, L. 2007.

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 Repealed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 Repealed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 Repealed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 Repealed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 Repealed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 Repealed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 Repealed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