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Ch. 371 REGULATION OF BOATS; TI'TLE CERTIFICATES Ch. 371
CHAPTER 371
REGULATION OF BOATS; TITLE CERTIFICATES
PART I REGULATION OF BOATS (§§371.011-371.68)
PART II BOATS; TITLE CERTIFICATES (§§371.75-371.83)
371.011 Short title.
371.021 Definitions.
371.031 Administration, sale of certific·ates.
371.041 Operation of unnumbered motorboats
prohibited.
371.051 Application, certificate, number, decal,
duplicate certificate.
371.071 Special manufacturers' and dealers'
number.
371.081 Reciprocity of foreign boats.
371.082 Military personnel, registration.
371.091 Federal numbering system adopted.
371.101 Change of interest and address.
371.111 Only authorized number to be used.
371.131 Exemption from numbering provisions.
371.141 Collisions, accidents, and casualties.
371.151 Transmittal of information.
371.161 Rules and regulations.
371.171 Motorboating revolving trust fund;
appropriation.
371.50 Reckless or negligent operation of
vessel.
371.503 Interference with navigation.
371.504 Incapacity of operator.
371.51 Operating vessel while under influence
of intoxicating liquor or narcotic
drugs.
371.011 Short title.-Part I of chapter 371
shall be known as "the Florida boat registration
and safety law."
Hlotor)'.-11, ch. 59-399; II, ch. 65-361.
371.021 Definitions.-As used in this part,
unless the context clearly requires a different
meaning:
(1) "Vessel" is . synonymous with boat and
means a motor or artificially propelled vehicle
registered as provided herein or by chapters
370 or 372, as property and defined in § 1 (b),
Art. VII of the state constitution, and every
other description of watercraft and air boats,
other than a seaplane on the water, used or
capable of being used as a means of transportation
on water.
(2) "Motorboat" means any boat or vessel
propelled or powered by machinery in excess
of ten horsepower whether or not such machinery
is the principal source of propulsion.
(3) "Owner" means a person, other than a
lien holder, having the property in or title to a
motorboat. The term includes a person entitled
to the use or possession of a motorboat subject
to an interest in another person, reserved
or created by agreement and securing payment
of performance of an obligation, but the term
PART I
REGULATION OF BOATS
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371.52 Boat declared Qangerous instrumentality;
civil liability.
371.521 Uniform waterway markers for safety
and navigation.
371.522 Restricted area.
371.53 Skiing prohibited while under influence
of liquor or narcotics.
371.54 Water skis and aquaplanes regulated.
371.55 Regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments
or exhibitions.
371.56 Muffling devices.
371.561 Boat liveries; safety regulations;
. penalty.
371.57 Boat safety regulations; equipment
requirements; lighting.
371.571 Ventilator ducts; backfire flame control.
371.58 Safety inspections; qualified.
371.59 Local regulation qualified.
371.60 Maximum safety load plate attached.
371.62 Legislative intent.
371.63 Legislative declaration.
371.64 Exemption from personal property tax.
371.65 Classification and tax.
371.66 Jurisdiction.
371.67 Enforcement.
371.68 Penalty.
excludes a lessee under a lease not intended
as security.
(4) "Waters of this state" means any navigable
waters of the United States within the
territorial limits of this state, and the marginal
sea adjacent to this state and the high seas
when navigated as a part of a journey or ride
to or from the shore of this state, and all the
inland lakes, rivers and canals under the jurisdiction
of this state.
(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership,
firm, corporation, association, or other entity.
(6) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise
use a boat or a vessel.
* (7) ["Division" means the division of
marine resources of the department of natural
resources.]
(8) "Commission:' means Florida game and
fresh water fish commission of the department
of natural resources.
(9) "Registration certificate tax" means a
state tax on boats propelled in whole or in
part by machinery in excess of ten horsepower
which are issued an identifying number, an
annual certificate of registration and a tag or
decal designating the year the tax is paid.