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
Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling
23-2-501. Declaration of policy
23-2-505. Owner's civil liability
23-2-508. Certificate of title
23-2-514. Exemption from numbering provisions
23-2-515. Registration decal to be displayed
23-2-519. Penalty -- disposition
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
23-2-526. 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
23-2-531. Personal watercraft operation
23-2-532. Restrictions on manufacture and sale
23-2-533. Use of allocated funds for boating facilities
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
23-2-541. Aquatic invasive species prevention pass for nonresident vessels -- rulemaking