New York Laws
Article 4 - Vessels
Part 1 - Vessels, General

40 - Equipment. - (a) Every pleasure vessel and every rowboat, canoe and kayak...

40-A - Manufacture and Sale of Outboard Motors. - § 40-a. Manufacture and sale of outboard motors. No outboard...

40-B - Sale and Use of Tributyltin Paint. - § 40-b. Sale and use of tributyltin paint. 1. No...

41 - Pilot Rules. - (a) One distinct blast of the whistle shall mean: "I...

42 - Searchlights; Unlawful to Flash. - § 42. Searchlights; unlawful to flash. Any licensed master, pilot,...

42-A - Tow-Chains. - § 42-a. Tow-chains. Any person, for a fee, who operates...

43 - Lights to Be Displayed. - (a) Every vessel of classes A and one shall carry...

43-A - Use of Digital Billboards. - § 43-a. Use of digital billboards. 1. All vessels shall...

44 - Noise Levels on Pleasure Vessels. - (b) No person shall operate a pleasure vessel on the...

45 - Reckless Operation of a Vessel; Speed. - (b) No person shall operate a vessel at a speed...

45-A - Beaching a Disabled Water Craft. - § 45-a. Beaching a disabled water craft. Except in an...

45-AA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Canandaigua Lake; Keuka Lake. - § 45-aa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed...

45-AAA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Irondequoit Bay. - § 45-aaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay....

45-AAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Greenwood Lake. - * § 45-aaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and...

45-AAAA*2 - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Sodus Bay. - * § 45-aaaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus...

45-AAAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Lake Alice. - § 45-aaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed...

45-AAAAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Noise and Speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake. - * § 45-aaaaaa. Special provisions relating to noise and speed...

45-AAAAAA*2 - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation, Noise and Speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes. - * § 45-aaaaaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise...

45-B - Regulation of Beaches. - § 45-b. Regulation of beaches. Except when prohibited by reason...

45-C - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Conesus Lake. - § 45-c. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed...

45-CC - Reckless Operation and Speed on the Canal System. - § 45-cc. Reckless operation and speed on the canal system....

45-D - Special Provisions Relating to Speed at Cooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor. - § 45-d. Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point...

46 - Vessel Regulation Zone. - (b) The governing body of a city or incorporated village,...

46-A - Regulations of Vessels. - (2) The local legislative body of the village of Sodus...

46-AA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Lakes in Chautauqua County. - § 46-aa. Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in...

46-AAA - Special Provisions Relating to Reckless Operation and Speed on Certain Lakes in Hamilton County. - § 46-aaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed...

46-AAAA - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Cuba Lake. - § 46-aaaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake....

46-B - Special Provisions Relating to Speed on Saratoga Lake. - § 46-b. Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake....

47 - Leaving the Scene of an Accident Without Reporting. - (b) A violation of the provisions of paragraph (a) of...

47-A - Accidents; Police Authorities, Bay Constables and Coroners to Report. - § 47-a. Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to...

47-B - Report to the Commissioner Required Upon Accident. - § 47-b. Report to the commissioner required upon accident. Every...

48 - Negligence in Use or Operation of Vessel Attributable to Owner. - § 48. Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable...

49 - Operator. - (i) "boating safety course" shall mean a course of instruction...

49-A - Operation of a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs. - (a) The term "vessel" shall be every description of watercraft...

49-B - Operating a Vessel After Having Consumed Alcohol; Under the Age of Twenty-One; per Se. - (a-1) If such person having been detained pursuant to paragraph...

49-C - Termination of Unsafe Operation. - § 49-c. Termination of unsafe operation. A police officer or...