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Ch. 371 REGULATION OF BOATS; TITLE CERTIFICATES Ch. 371
(10) "Length" means the measurement from
end to end over the deck parallel to the center
line excluding sheer.
(11) "Commercial vessel" means:
(a) Any resident vessel engaged in the
taking of salt water fish or salt water products,
fresh water fish or fresh water products for
sale either to the consumer, retail dealer or
wholesale dealer;
(b) Any vessel engaged in fishing, boating,
sightseeing, transportation or any other purpose
wherein a fee is paid by the user, either
directly or indirectly, to the owner, operator or
custodian of the vessel which is used exclusively
for one or more of these purposes or from
which the owner or operator derives at least
fifty per cent of his total income.
(e) Any rental boat that is made available
for hire throughout the year to an individual
or to the general public.
(12) "Noncommercial vessel" means any
boat other than a commercial boat or vessel as
defined in this section.
(13) "Dealer" means any person engaged
in the business of buying and selling, or manufacturing
for sale, boats and vessels.
(14) "Sailboat" means any boat whose
source of propulsion is the natural element
(i.e., wind).
(15) "Prohibited activity" means such activity
as will impede or disturb navigation
or creates a safety hazard on waterways of this
state.
8Islory.-§l, ch. 59-399 ; U, ch. 63-103 ; 11, ch. 65-361; 117,
ch. 69-216; §§25, 35, ch. 69-106.
.Nole-In order to conform to §25, ch. 69-106, the editors have
substituted a definition of "division" for the definition of
"board." The change will be made by a subsequent reviser's bill.
371.031 Administration, sale of certificates.-
(1) The administration of this part is
under the division of marine resources of the
department of natural resources which shall provide
for issuing, handling and recording of all
applications and all motorboat registration certificates
including the receipt and accounting
of registration fees and payments into the
state treasury except payments made by the
commission as provided in chapter 372.
(2) The division shall record all accidents
and perform such other clerical duties as required.
(3) All records made or kept by the division
under this law shall be public records except
confidential reports.
8Istory.-Il, ch. 59-399; 12, ch. 63-103 ; 11, ch. 65-361 ; U25,
35, ch. 69-106.
371.041 Operation of unnumbered motorboats
prohibited.-Every motorboat propelled
by machinery in excess of ten horsepower and
all vessels required to be registered under
chapters 370 and 372, operating on the waters
of this state shall be registered and numbered
except as specifically exempt. No person shall
operate or give permission for the operation of
any motorboat on such waters unless the mo-
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torboat is registered and numbered with the
identifying number set forth in the certificate
of registration, displayed on each side of the
bow of such motorboat, or in accordance with
applicable federal law, or in accordance with
a federally approved numbering system of another
state, and unless the certificate of number
awarded to such motorboat is in full force
and effect.
810lory.-Il, ch. 59-399; n, ch. 65-361.
371.051 Application, certificate, number, decal,
duplicate certificate.-
(1) (a) The division shall issue all licenses.
The tax collectors of the state and the commission
shall be agents of the division for the
purpose of issuing licenses and collecting the
tax or fee therefor. The owner of each boat
required by this law to pay a registration certificate
tax and secure an identification number
shall file an application with the tax collector
of the county, the division or the commission.
The application shall be signed by the owner
of the boat and shall be accompanied by a payment
of the tax or fee required by this law or
chapters 370 or 372, whichever is applicable,
based upon the use of the boat.
(b) The owner may establish proof of ownership
by submitting with his application a bill
of sale of the boat, or a builder's contract, or
a verification of ownership on a custom-built
boat, or any other document acceptable by the
division and presented at the time of registration
to the agency issuing the registration
certificate.
(2) The annual certificate of registration
and identification numbers for pleasure boats
shall be issued in the county by the tax collector
of each county or his agent. The certificate
and registration shall be renewable annually
on July 1 of each year upon payment of the
registration certificate tax. Each tax collector
shall be assigned a block of numbers, certificates
and annual decals which upon issue, in
conformity with this chapter and with any rules
and regulations of the division, shall be valid as
if issued directly by the division. The county tax
collector or agent authorized to issue a certificate
of registration, decal and number, the
division and the commission shall be allowed a
fee of fifty cents for each certificate issued or
renewed. All moneys collected, except the fifty
cents fee, shall be remitted to the division not
later than forty days following the last day of
the month when the moneys were collected. The
division shall transmit all moneys received to
the state treasurer for deposit and distribution.
(3) The division and the commission shall
issue certificates of registration and numbers to
commercial boat owners required to register
under chapters 370 and 372, at no extra cost
to such owners other than a fifty cents service
fee required when such owners submit to either
the division or the commission a license fee required
under either §370.06 (1), (2), or §§372.63
and 372.64. The division shall assign a block of