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NH Rev Stat § 270:12-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:12-c - Auxiliary Marine Patrol.

    270:12-c Auxiliary Marine Patrol. –||I. The commissioner of safety may establish a force of individuals to assist the director of state police and the marine patrol officers to patrol the various bodies of water in the state. Any person that patrols any water body on behalf of the department shall either be a certified marine patrol officer or an auxiliary officer appointed under the provisions of this section.||II. An individual appointed by the commissioner as an auxiliary officer under this section shall be either a paid part-time employee of the department or a volunteer, and may be, but shall not be required to be, a certified police officer. An auxiliary officer shall be subject to such training requirements as the commissioner shall deem necessary.||III. The report of an auxiliary officer to any peace officer shall be prima facie evidence relative to the violation or offense reported.||IV. The commissioner shall furnish suitable equipment to an auxiliary officer, as he may deem necessary, to distinguish the officer as an individual acting in an official capacity.||V. Any individual who is a volunteer and appointed under this section as an auxiliary officer who is actually performing the duties of an auxiliary officer on a body of water in the state shall be considered a state employee for the purpose of defense and indemnification from civil suits under RSA 99-D; provided, however, that such person shall not be indemnified from any civil suit arising out of a criminal act.|||Source. 1989, 143:1. 1999, 193:4, eff. July 1, 1999. 2011, 224:248, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:12-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:12-d - Penalties.

    270:12-d Penalties. –||I. Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a boat, boat engine or outboard motor, with knowledge that a hull identification number or serial number has been removed, defaced or changed, with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person and guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. It shall be a misdemeanor to buy, receive, possess, sell or dispose of a boat, engine or outboard motor knowing the hull identification number or serial number has been removed, changed or altered. If upon discovery of the removed, defaced, changed, or altered hull identification number or serial number, the person reports it to the nearest police station or the bureau of marine patrol, he shall not be charged with a violation.||III. Anyone who willfully removes, defaces, obliterates, changes or alters a hull identification number, or serial number shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||IV. Any person who operates a boat on public water while knowingly having in his possession or in any part of the boat a controlled drug, in violation of RSA 318-B, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall have his right to operate a boat suspended for a period of one year.|||Source. 1991, 369:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:12-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:12-e - Maine Marine Patrol.

    270:12-e Maine Marine Patrol. –||I. Any member of the state of Maine marine patrol who, in the course of patrolling the waters of the Piscataqua River or Portsmouth Harbor, observes activity that the officer reasonably suspects may result in loss of life, widespread injury, or widespread or severe property damage, shall have the same authority to enter New Hampshire to investigate, detain, and execute an arrest as any member of the New Hampshire marine patrol.||II. Whenever any member of the Maine marine patrol is engaged in New Hampshire in carrying out the purpose of this section, such member shall have all the same privileges and immunities as members of the New Hampshire marine patrol, in addition to privileges and immunities available under Maine law.||III. The provisions of this section shall not be valid unless the state of Maine enacts legislation that is substantially the same as this section and gives reciprocal authority to any member of the New Hampshire marine patrol.|||Source. 2003, 252:3, eff. July 14, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:13 - Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:13 Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:13-a - Operation of Seaplanes or Helicopters on Public Waters.

    270:13-a Operation of Seaplanes or Helicopters on Public Waters. –||I. Any seaplane or any helicopter on floats which lands on public waters shall be exempt from all laws and rules concerning the operation of boats for the purpose of landing and taking off from such public waters.||II. Any seaplane or any helicopter on floats shall exercise due caution and respect for the rights and safety of any person or boat using the public waters.|||Source. 1990, 175:1. 1992, 187:3, eff. July 11, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:14 - to 270:15-c Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:14 to 270:15-c Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:16 - to 270:16-c Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:16 to 270:16-c Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:16-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:16-d - Operation After Suspension or Revocation.

    270:16-d Operation After Suspension or Revocation. –||Any person who knowingly operates or allows to be operated any boat after his privilege or registration to operate said boat has been suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 358:11, III. 1987, 317:2, eff. July 24, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:17 - Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:17 Repealed by 1990, 229:13, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:17-a - Repealed by 1990, 229:13, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:17-a Repealed by 1990, 229:13, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:18 - Penalty.

    270:18 Penalty. –||If any person operates any boat required to be registered under RSA 270-E without registration, or violates any provision of RSA 270, or 270-E, or any rule adopted by the department of safety relating to the equipment or operation of such boats, or does not exhibit, upon request, the certificate of registration of such boat to any duly authorized representative of the department, such person, and the owner of the boat if the boat is operated with his permission or assent, shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:16. RSA 270:18. 1955, 159:2. 1973, 528:158. 1978, 40:16. 1987, 124:18. 1989, 143:2. 1990, 229:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:19 - Agent's Liability.

    270:19 Agent's Liability. –||If any such boat is owned by a corporation, sentence may also be imposed upon any officer or agent of said corporation having the custody and control of said boat and committing, or permitting or assenting to the violation of RSA 270:18.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:20 - to 270:24 Repealed by 1990, 229:13, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

    270:20 to 270:24 Repealed by 1990, 229:13, X, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:25 - Muffling Devices.

    270:25 Muffling Devices. –||I. No person shall own or operate or sell or offer for sale, within the jurisdiction of this state, a boat propelled in whole or in part by gas, gasoline, diesel, or naphtha unless the boat is provided with an underwater exhaust or other muffling device constructed and used so as to muffle the noise of the explosion. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require an underwater exhaust or other muffling device on a boat that is being sold for salvage purposes.||II. A boat may be equipped with a switchable device that will reduce the exhaust noise level in compliance with the limits established by RSA 270:37.||III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique boats or classic boats which have met the decibel levels established in RSA 270:37 and have been issued a permit exempting them from this section. For the purposes of this section "antique boat" means a boat built prior to 1943 and "classic boat" means a boat built between 1943 and 1968 inclusive.||IV. No person shall own, operate, sell, or offer for sale any boat which is capable of discharging exhaust above the water unless the boat is equipped with muffling devices.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:23. RSA 270:25. 1971, 239:1. 1981, 353:11. 1987, 370:3. 1991, 369:1. 1992, 132:4. 2006, 234:1, eff. June 1, 2006. 2011, 18:1, eff. June 24, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:25-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:25-a - Airboats.

    270:25-a Airboats. –||I. No airboat shall be operated in the state unless, in addition to complying with the provisions of this chapter, it complies with the following provisions:||(a) The airboat shall be equipped with an enclosure to prevent contact with the propeller;||(b) The airboat shall not be operated within 150 feet from shore except to go directly to and from a point of destination on the shore and then only at a course which is as close to 90 degrees to the shore as possible;||(c) The airboat shall be throttled up only to the minimum extent necessary to raise it onto the air cushion and move at headway speed within 150 feet from shore.||II. The director shall prohibit the use of an airboat wherever such use adversely affects the fish and wildlife habitat, interferes with the operation of other watercraft, threatens the public safety, or adversely affects the natural environment. For the purposes of enforcing this paragraph, the commissioner of safety may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1987, 370:4, eff. July 25, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:26 - Injuring Buoys, Placing Obstructions.

    270:26 Injuring Buoys, Placing Obstructions. –||I. Any person who knowingly removes, destroys, moves, or injures any buoy, beacon, or other navigational aid placed in, on, or adjacent to any of the public waters of the state for the purpose of guiding and protecting navigation and boating thereon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. Any person who knowingly places an obstruction dangerous to navigation in any of the public waters of the state without reasonable precaution to protect the public from such obstruction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||III. Any person who shall moor or make fast a boat, vessel, raft, or float of any description to a buoy, beacon, or other navigational aid placed in, on, or adjacent to the public waters of the state shall be guilty of a violation.||IV. (a) Any person who knowingly places a swim line in any public body of water without first obtaining a permit issued by the director of state police shall be guilty of a violation.||(b) Any person who operates a boat within any permitted swim line on any public body of water without the permission of the permittee shall be guilty of a violation.||(c) The commissioner is authorized to establish fees and expiration periods for permits issued under subparagraph (a). The fee for a permit shall not be greater than $50 and all permits shall expire no later than 5 years after the date of issuance. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:24. RSA 270:26. 1973, 528:160. 1987, 317:3. 2007, 74:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. 2011, 224:249, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:26-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:26-a - Interference With a Vessel.

    270:26-a Interference With a Vessel. –||No person shall, without the consent of the owner of the vessel, wilfully and maliciously cut away or let loose any vessel which is fastened to any mooring place or lying at anchor. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 87:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:26-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:26-b - Certain Containers Prohibited as Floats.

    270:26-b Certain Containers Prohibited as Floats. –||I. No owner of any float, dock, raft or similar device or structure shall employ for flotation in the public waters of the state any container which formerly contained any hazardous or toxic substance, as defined by RSA 147-B:2, which poses a danger to public health or the environment unless such container has been rendered harmless by internal treatment for the removal of the hazardous or toxic substance.||II. Any container which is to be used as a flotation device in the public waters of the state and which is subject to deterioration shall be treated externally so as to preserve the integrity of the container and prevent its deterioration. No container shall be treated in any manner which would pollute the public waters of the state.||III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any flotation device in current use for any of the purposes described in paragraph I, on January 1, 1987, shall be exempt from this prohibition.||IV. Any owner who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||V. This section may be enforced by any duly authorized peace officer as defined in RSA 594:1 or by qualified employees of the department of environmental services.|||Source. 1986, 88:1. 1996, 228:46, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:27 - Boat Racing.

    270:27 Boat Racing. –||No commercial boat, private boat, or sail boat shall race with another such boat over a predetermined course on any of the public waters of the state unless the course is laid out and marked in a manner satisfactory to the director of state police and said race is held under a permit issued by said director to a recognized sponsoring organization stating the date and place of the race.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:25. 2011, 224:250, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:28 - Clearing Course.

    270:28 Clearing Course. –||While motorboats are racing on a course as described in RSA 270:27, no aircraft, in landing or taking off from the water, and no boat, however propelled, shall traverse or cross said course within 1/2 mile of an approaching boat, except in an emergency or when engaged in the common carriage of passengers or freight operating on a regular schedule.|||Source. 1941, 160:1. RL 181:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:29 - Operation Prohibited.

    270:29 Operation Prohibited. –||It shall be unlawful to operate a boat or canoe propelled by mechanical power on any stream or body of water within the boundaries of that part of the White Mountain National forest that is situated within the state of New Hampshire. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following bodies of water: Stinson Lake in Rumney, the North and South Percy Ponds in Stark and Kimball Pond in Chatham, and in Long Pond in the town of Benton, nor to persons engaged in emergency rescue operations or public service. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1963, 67:1. 1965, 347:3. 1973, 530:41, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:29-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:29-a - Careless and Negligent Operation of Boats.

    270:29-a Careless and Negligent Operation of Boats. –||Any person who shall operate a power boat upon any waters of the state in a careless and negligent manner or so that the lives and safety of the public are endangered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1981, 353:12, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:30 - Minimum Age for Operation.

    270:30 Minimum Age for Operation. –||I. No person under 16 years of age shall operate a motorized vessel having power in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of this state unless the person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who has a valid safe boater education certificate, and such person shall be liable for personal injury or property damage which may result from such operation.||II. No person under 16 years of age shall operate a commercial vessel on any of the public waters of the state.||III. No person 16 years of age or older but under 18 years of age shall operate a commercial vessel on any of the public waters of the state unless such person has a valid certificate to act as operator of a commercial vessel. Such operation shall be subject to the following limitations:||(a) Such vessel must be 16 feet in length or less.||(b) Such vessel may be operated only for the safety support of other boaters, swimmers, or other persons in or on the water, and for incidental transportation of passengers, towing of other vessels, refueling, or servicing.||(c) No such vessel shall tow a water skier, aquaplane, or similar device.||IV. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1963, 138:1. 1985, 347:3. 1988, 56:1. 2000, 52:1. 2002, 272:1, eff. May 18, 2002. 2010, 148:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:30-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:30-a - Persons 12 Years of Age or Under.

    270:30-a Persons 12 Years of Age or Under. –||No child 12 years of age or under shall operate, control, or be transported on the deck of a boat or vessel which is underway upon the public waters of the state unless said child is wearing a personal flotation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard; provided, however, boats, vessels and ships with continuous side rails enclosing the perimeter of the boat, vessel, or ship, 3 feet or more in height and enclosed between the deck and the top of the railing in a way that would reasonably prevent passage of a small child are exempted from the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1985, 347:4. 2007, 176:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 270:30-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:30-b - Repealed by 1988, 283:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1988.

    270:30-b Repealed by 1988, 283:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270:30-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270 - Supervision of Navigation; Registration of Boats and Motors; Common Carriers by Water|Section 270:30-c - Sailboards.

    270:30-c Sailboards. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law except RSA 270:30-a, sailboards shall not be required to be equipped with personal flotation devices, and persons on sailboards shall not be required to wear these devices or to have them readily available. For the purposes of this section, "sailboard" means any unsinkable surfboard with a free-falling mast, sail and boom attached by means of a swivel or flexible universal joint to the hull, which free-falling mast, sail and boom are supported by the sailor in use and act as a sea anchor when released.|||Source. 1991, 24:1, eff. April 19, 1991.|