1. A person shall not operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device unless the operator:
(a) Is at least 16 years of age; or
(b) Is at least 14 years of age, if a passenger in the vessel is a person who is 18 years of age or older and is in a position to supervise the operator.
2. A person shall not operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device unless there is in the vessel a person, in addition to the operator, who is in a position to observe the person being towed and is:
(a) At least 14 years of age; or
(b) At least 12 years of age, if another passenger in the vessel is a person who is 18 years of age or older.
The observer shall continuously observe the person being towed and shall immediately display so as to be visible from every direction, an international orange flag of at least 12 inches in height by 12 inches in width when the person being towed is getting ready to be towed and has a rope or line extended to him or her, or ceases to be towed and is in the water awaiting pickup by the vessel.
3. When within 100 feet of the person in the water, every vessel, other than the vessel towing the person, must be operated at a speed that leaves a flat wake, but in no case may it be operated at a speed greater than 5 nautical miles per hour.
4. A person shall not operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person on water skis, a surfboard or similar device, or engage in waterskiing, surfboarding or similar activity from sunset to sunrise, as established by the Nautical Almanac Office, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
5. The provisions of this section do not apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a person engaged in an activity authorized under NRS 488.305.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 480; A 1965, 1066; 1975, 647; 1985, 343; 1987, 764; 1991, 856; 2009, 365)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 488.025 - Declaration of policy.
NRS 488.045 - Regulations of Board of Wildlife Commissioners: Adoption.
NRS 488.055 - Regulations of Board of Wildlife Commissioners: Filing and publication.
NRS 488.059 - Applicability; local regulation.
NRS 488.065 - Operation of unnumbered or uncertified motorboat prohibited.
NRS 488.105 - Conformity of state numbering system with federal system.
NRS 488.125 - Certificates of number effective for 1 year; exception; renewal; fees; regulations.
NRS 488.135 - Department to fix date on which certificates of number expire.
NRS 488.165 - Display of unauthorized number or decal prohibited.
NRS 488.171 - Hull numbers: Prohibited acts; assignment to handmade vessels; penalty.
NRS 488.1793 - Requirements for transfer of ownership or interest in certain motorboats; exceptions.
NRS 488.1795 - Transferee to file certificates, pay fee and apply for new certificates.
NRS 488.1797 - Requirements for issuance of certificate of ownership.
NRS 488.1803 - Dealer’s report of sale, lease or other transfer; exception.
NRS 488.1805 - Interest of registered owner not affected by assignment by legal owner.
NRS 488.181 - Endorsement of certificate on transfer by registered owner.
NRS 488.1813 - Issuance of duplicate certificate on loss, destruction or mutilation of original.
NRS 488.1815 - Failure to endorse or deliver certificate to transferee unlawful.
NRS 488.182 - Transfer of ownership not required on pledge of security interest.
NRS 488.1823 - Procedure for perfection of security interest.
NRS 488.1825 - Method prescribed for perfecting security interest is exclusive.
NRS 488.185 - Classification of motorboats.
NRS 488.195 - Muffling devices.
NRS 488.257 - "Mooring buoy" defined; requirements for colors and lights.
NRS 488.259 - Mooring buoy: Permit required; exception; permit for placement in navigable waters.
NRS 488.263 - Permit not required for temporary mooring buoy.
NRS 488.265 - Anchoring or mooring vessel which obstructs passageway prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 488.295 - Duties of owner; records and equipment.
NRS 488.430 - Evaluation of certain offenders before sentencing.
NRS 488.440 - Fee for chemical analysis.
NRS 488.530 - Unlawful acts; inspections; authority of peace officers.
NRS 488.533 - Impoundment or quarantine.
NRS 488.536 - Fees; decal; regulations; exceptions.
NRS 488.550 - Collisions, accidents and other casualties.
NRS 488.560 - Transmittal of information regarding collision or accident to federal agency.
NRS 488.580 - Operation of personal watercraft.
NRS 488.590 - Overloading vessel prohibited.
NRS 488.600 - Unlawful operation of vessel: Reduced speed required in certain areas.
NRS 488.620 - Operation of vessel in area marked for bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming.
NRS 488.630 - Operation of vessel in unsafe condition; penalties.
NRS 488.900 - Enforcement by game wardens and other peace officers; inspection of vessel.
NRS 488.910 - Seizure of vessel to preserve evidence of crime; payment of storage fees.
NRS 488.915 - Seizure of vessel by peace officer: Criteria; duties of law enforcement agency.