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Section 50-23-10. Marine dealer's permits. - Each entity desiring to be a marine dealer shall apply...
Section 50-23-11. Dealer demonstration numbers; unauthorized use; penalties. - (A) Dealer demonstration numbers are limited to watercraft that are:...
Section 50-23-12. Change in status forms required for trade-ins. - A permitted marine dealer that accepts any watercraft or outboard...
Section 50-23-15. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-15 was entitled "Review when dealer...
Section 50-23-20. Watercraft titles; notification of transfer. - Any watercraft or outboard motor, or both, held or principally...
Section 50-23-24. Boat liveries prohibited from leaving premises unless properly registered, numbered, and titled. - Neither the owner of a boat livery nor his agent...
Section 50-23-30. Exemptions. - Watercraft documented by the United States Coast Guard or its...
Section 50-23-35. Watercraft title issuance; tax payment proof required; exceptions. - (A) No title for a watercraft or outboard motor may...
Section 50-23-40, 50-23-50. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-40 was entitled "Sale or purchase...
Section 50-23-55. Certificate of title as evidence of ownership; watercraft from other states. - (A) A certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard...
Section 50-23-60. Application for certificate; late penalty. - (A) Every person who acquires a watercraft or outboard motor...
Section 50-23-65. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-65 was entitled "Marine dealer permit...
Section 50-23-70. Fee for certificate of title; issuance of duplicates; volunteer rescue squad watercraft exception. - (A) The fee for a certificate of title for a...
Section 50-23-80. Processing of applications and issuance of certificates; records to be kept by department; withholding issuance of certificate. - (A) The department shall file each application for certificate of...
Section 50-23-90. Contents of certificate; effect as evidence. - (a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall...
Section 50-23-100. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-100 was entitled "Certificates issued in...
Section 50-23-110. Statement of origin. - (a) No dealer shall acquire a new watercraft or outboard...
Section 50-23-120. Assignment and warranty of title; transferee or purchaser to obtain new certificate of title. - (a) The owner at the time of delivery of the...
Section 50-23-125. Electronic transmission of information for watercraft title. - (A) In lieu of paper documents, the department is authorized...
Section 50-23-130. Transfer of ownership by operation of law; termination of ownership in accordance with security agreement. - (a) If the ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor...
Section 50-23-135. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-135 was entitled "Notice of possession...
Section 50-23-140. Priority and validity of liens and other encumbrances; discharge of liens. - (a) If a lien or encumbrance is first created at...
Section 50-23-150. Lost, stolen, or mutilated certificate; issuance of duplicate certificate. - (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated...
Section 50-23-160. Repealed by 2008 Act No. 344, Section 30, eff 6 months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). - Editor's Note Former Section 50-23-160 was entitled "Cancellation of certificate...
Section 50-23-170. Serial number or hull identification number. - (A) If a watercraft contains a permanent identification number placed...
Section 50-23-180. Stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor; records of reports of theft or conversion; notification of recovery. - (a) Every law enforcement agency, peace officer, owner, or insurer...
Section 50-23-185. Inspection of watercraft related facilities. - Any law enforcement officer may inspect a junkyard, scrap metal...
Section 50-23-190. Unlawful acts; possession, operation, or transfer without certificate; failure to surrender certificate; improper disposal of rejected or defective hull or motor. - No person may: (1) be in possession of or operate...
Section 50-23-200. Unlawful acts; forging or altering statement of origin, assignment, or certificate of title; stolen property; altered, removed number. - No person may: (1) alter, forge, or counterfeit a certificate...
Section 50-23-201. Obtaining or attempting to obtain certificate of title or number or decals by fraud or misrepresentation; penalty. - (A) Any person or entity that attempts to obtain a...
Section 50-23-205. Seizure of certain watercraft; notice of seizure and of time for removal; forfeiture and disposal. - (A) A stolen or abandoned, junked, adrift, destroyed, or salvaged...
Section 50-23-210. Suspension or revocation of certificate. - (a) The department shall have the authority to suspend or...
Section 50-23-220. Deposit and use of funds. - (A) Except as provided in subsection (B), all fees received...
Section 50-23-230. Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission authorized to promulgate rules and regulations. - The department is authorized and empowered to make, adopt, promulgate,...
Section 50-23-240. Filing and publication of rules and regulations. - A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter,...
Section 50-23-250. Employment and duties of investigators. - The director, for the purpose of more effectively carrying out...
Section 50-23-260. List of owners furnished to county auditors. - The department shall annually, between January first and January thirty-first,...
Section 50-23-270. False statement in document or other submission to department; penalty. - A transfer of a watercraft or outboard motor is subject...
Section 50-23-275. Watercraft not previously titled. - A watercraft not previously required to be titled for which...
Section 50-23-280. Penalties. - (A) Unless otherwise specified, a person violating this chapter is...
Section 50-23-290. Obtaining clear title to watercraft or outboard motor without proper proof of ownership. - Any person coming into possession of a watercraft or outboard...
Section 50-23-295. Transfer of title to watercraft or outboard motor on which property taxes owed; penalty. - (A) A certificate of title to watercraft or an outboard...
Section 50-23-310. Numbering of vessels. - Every vessel using the waters of this State shall be...
Section 50-23-320. Exceptions. - (A) A vessel is not required to be numbered under...
Section 50-23-330. Conformity to United States Government numbering system. - In the event that an agency of the United States...
Section 50-23-340. Application for and issuance of number and certificate; fee. - The owner of each motorboat requiring numbering by this chapter...
Section 50-23-345. Temporary certificate of number. - (A) A transferee shall utilize the temporary certificate of number...
Section 50-23-350. Issuance of certificates of number by agents. - The department may issue any certificate of number directly or...
Section 50-23-360. Display of number. - The owner shall paint on or attach to each side...
Section 50-23-370. Expiration and renewal. - (A) Except as otherwise provided, a certificate of number awarded...
Section 50-23-375. Display of number or decal on watercraft or outboard motor other than that for which it was issued. - It is unlawful to display a registration number or a...
Section 50-23-380. Transfer of registration upon change of ownership; fee. - (A) Upon the transfer of ownership of a watercraft, the...
Section 50-23-385. Houseboats with waste-holding tanks; indefinite mooring; waste pump-out. - Houseboats used for habitation may be indefinitely moored at a...
Section 50-23-400. Notice of change of address. - Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the...
Section 50-23-420. Display of hull identification number. - No vessel constructed after November 1, 1972, shall be offered...
Section 50-23-425. Denial of renewal of registration; proof of payment of property taxes on watercraft. - A registration of watercraft may not be renewed pursuant to...