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NH Rev Stat § 270-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-A - Use of Houseboats|Section 270-A:4 - Notification of Mooring of Houseboats Required.

    270-A:4 Notification of Mooring of Houseboats Required. –||The owner, lessee, or person otherwise in control of a location at or adjacent to which one or more houseboats are anchored, beached, grounded or tied to the shore for an overnight period, or for any part of an overnight period, shall promptly thereafter give notice of this fact, in writing, to the New Hampshire department of environmental services, stating the number of houseboats moored at such location and the dates of such mooring. Any person who owns or controls a location at which spaces are rented or leased to the general public for the purpose of mooring houseboats at such location, shall keep a log of all houseboats moored at such locations, the name of the owner or other person in control of such houseboats, the registration number of the houseboat, and the dates of such mooring, which log shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by any agent of the New Hampshire department of environmental services. When a houseboat is to be moored at the same location for an extended period of time, one written notification of such fact stating the period of time the houseboat will be so moored to the New Hampshire department of environmental services shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this section. Such written notification shall not be required if the owner of the houseboat furnishes such information on his application for registration of the houseboat to the director of the division of motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of RSA 270:4.|||Source. 1967, 412:1. 1986, 202:6, I(a). 1996, 228:108, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-A - Use of Houseboats|Section 270-A:5 - Penalty for Overnight Mooring at a Prohibited Location.

    270-A:5 Penalty for Overnight Mooring at a Prohibited Location. –||If any person shall violate any provision of this chapter relative to mooring a houseboat overnight in a prohibited location, he shall be guilty of a violation. Each night of mooring a houseboat in a prohibited location shall be considered a separate violation.|||Source. 1967, 412:1. 1973, 531:90, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-A - Use of Houseboats|Section 270-A:6 - Penalty for Failure to Give Required Notification of Mooring.

    270-A:6 Penalty for Failure to Give Required Notification of Mooring. –||If any person shall violate any provision of this chapter relative to giving the required notification of mooring to the New Hampshire department of environmental services, upon conviction thereof, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1967, 412:1. 1973, 531:91. 1986, 202:6, I(a). 1996, 228:108, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-A - Use of Houseboats|Section 270-A:7 - Additional Penalty.

    270-A:7 Additional Penalty. –||In addition to the penalties provided in RSA 270-A:5 and 6, the court may revoke the New Hampshire registration certificate and the right to obtain such a certificate for any houseboat or motor used for propelling such houseboat in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, for a period not to exceed one year from the date of conviction.|||Source. 1967, 412:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:1 - Prohibition.

    270-B:1 Prohibition. –||No person shall abandon any boat at any time on the waters of the state.|||Source. 1971, 219:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:2 - Abandonment.

    270-B:2 Abandonment. –||Any boat found unattended in a sunken, beached, or drifting condition shall be deemed abandoned by the owner. In the interest of the public safety such boat may be removed and impounded for safekeeping and disposal in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1971, 219:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:3 - Jurisdiction.

    270-B:3 Jurisdiction. –||The director of state police or his or her authorized representatives may impound any such abandoned boat or may order the removal and storage at a place of safe keeping of any such abandoned boat. All reasonable charges of such impoundment, removal, and storage shall be a lien against the boat.|||Source. 1971, 219:1. 1981, 353:14, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2011, 224:264, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:3-a - Improperly Registered or Equipped Boats.

    270-B:3-a Improperly Registered or Equipped Boats. –||Nothing in RSA 270-B:3 shall be construed as limiting the power of the director of state police or his or her authorized representatives to tow any boat which they find being operated without proper registration or equipment, but such boat shall not be considered to be abandoned and the provisions of this chapter relating to impoundment, removal, and storage shall not apply.|||Source. 1981, 353:15, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2011, 224:265, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:4 - Notification.

    270-B:4 Notification. –||The director of state police shall notify the owner, if known, of the fact of such impoundment, removal, and storage. If the abandoned boat is registered in this state, such notification shall be mailed to the person identified as the owner on the registration at the address listed on said registration. If the boat is not so registered, notice shall be placed on file with the director of motor vehicles and published in a newspaper of general circulation.|||Source. 1971, 219:1. 1981, 353:16, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2011, 224:266, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:5 - Redemption.

    270-B:5 Redemption. –||The owner of the boat may redeem the boat within 90 days of its removal by payment of the fees and release of the lien identified in RSA 270-B:3.|||Source. 1971, 219:1. 1981, 353:17, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:6 - Exemption From Liability.

    270-B:6 Exemption From Liability. –||No person who impounds, removes, or stores or who is in charge of the storage of any such abandoned boat pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for any damages to the boat arising out of the impoundment, removal, or storage thereof.|||Source. 1971, 219:1. 1981, 353:18, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-B - Abandoned Boats|Section 270-B:7 - Disposal.

    270-B:7 Disposal. –||Upon expiration of the 90-day period identified in RSA 270-B:5, the director of state police may dispose of any unredeemed boat by destroying such boat or by offering such boat for sale at public auction or the director may retain such boat for use by the state; provided, however, that if the boat is sold or retained, the purchaser or the state, in the event of retention, shall pay the cost of impoundment, removal, and storage, and shall obtain release of the lien described in RSA 270-B:3. Any money received by reason of sale of such abandoned boat at public auction shall be deposited in the state general fund.|||Source. 1971, 219:1. 1981, 353:19, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2011, 224:267, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:1 - Definitions.

    270-D:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Boat" means every description of watercraft other than seaplanes, capable of being used or used as a means of transportation on the water and which is primarily used for noncommercial purposes, or leased, rented, loaned or chartered to another for such use.||II. "Commercial vessel" means any vessel carrying passengers for hire as a common carrier of passengers or property.||III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of safety.||IV. "Director" means the director of the division of state police, department of safety.||V. "Division" means the division of state police, department of safety.||VI. "Headway speed" means the slowest speed that a boat can be operated and maintain steerage way.||VI-a. "Inflatable tube" means an inflatable device manufactured and designed for the specific purpose of towing persons behind a motorboat. Such device shall be manufactured with a point of attachment for a tow line in addition to any safety handles, ropes, or lines, for each person being towed.||VII. "Motorboat" means any vessel being propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion.||VIII. "No wake area" means an area where a boat is to be operated only at headway speed.||IX. "PFD" means a personal flotation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard.||X. "Person" means person as defined in RSA 21:9.||XI. "Vessel" means any type of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except a seaplane.||XII. "Wake" means any disturbance created on the surface of the water as a result of combined vessel motion and hull displacement.||XII-a. "Wake surfing" means a person using a surfboard, wakeboard, or similar device to ride on or in the wake directly behind a vessel that is underway. Wake surfing shall not include a person who is water skiing.||XIII. "Water skiing" means a person being towed behind a moving motorboat on skis or on aquatic equipment designed for towing an aquaplane or any other device, including bare feet of a person, but excluding a person being towed on an inflatable tube or in another boat or motorboat.|||Source. 1990, 171:1. 1995, 273:2, eff. July 1, 1995. 2011, 224:268, eff. July 1, 2011. 2012, 168:2, 3, eff. June 7, 2012. 2019, 96:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2019. 2021, 129:1, eff. Sept. 21, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:2-a - Boaters Guide.

    270-D:2-a Boaters Guide. –||The department of safety, division of state police, shall publish the New Hampshire Boaters guide.|||Source. 1996, 269:1. 2002, 254:4, eff. July 1, 2002. 2011, 224:269, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:2-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:2-b - Repealed by 2002, 254:5, II, eff. July 1, 2002.

    270-D:2-b Repealed by 2002, 254:5, II, eff. July 1, 2002. –|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:2-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:2-c - Boating Safety Checklist.

    270-D:2-c Boating Safety Checklist. –||I. No person shall rent a vessel for operation on any waters of this state, including tidal and coastal waters and all inland waters, unless the rental operator initials a rental safety checklist, prepared by the department of safety, which certifies the rental operator's knowledge of boating safety laws and which certifies that the rental operator possesses a safe boater education certificate or its equivalent. In addition, no person shall rent or lease any motorized watercraft to another person without providing the renter or lessee with written instructions on operating the watercraft in accordance with New Hampshire law, and reviewing with the renter or lessee such written instructions and the guidelines on New Hampshire navigation laws provided by the division.||II. (a) The rental safety checklist shall include, but shall not be limited to, knowledge of the following provisions of the marine laws:||(1) Safe passage.||(2) DWI.||(3) Headway speed.||(4) Safety equipment.||(5) Navigational lights requirements.||(b) The checklists shall include a provision which states that the rental operator is responsible for anyone who operates the vessel in accordance with RSA 270-D.||III. The rental safety checklist shall include a provision in which the operator acknowledges that the director may require the operator to attend a boat safety course, as provided in RSA 270:46-a, for violating any of the boating laws or rules of the division.|||Source. 1996, 245:3. 2002, 272:11. 2007, 101:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:3 - Motorboats Towing Water Skiers and Aquaplanes.

    270-D:3 Motorboats Towing Water Skiers and Aquaplanes. –||I. (a) No person shall operate a motorboat while towing water skiers, aquaplanes, or similar devices, or while engaged in wake surfing, unless another person is present in the motorboat who is physically able to observe and assist the person or appurtenance being towed or wake surfing. The observer shall be 13 years of age or older.||(b) For water skiers only, an observer shall not be required if the motorboat is a tow boat that has been approved by the American Water Ski Association and operated by a person at least 18 years of age. The motorboat shall be equipped with a wide-angle mirror having a viewing surface of at least 48 square inches and operated within a slalom course approved by the American Water Ski Association. The course shall have a valid state police permit.||II. The operator of the motorboat shall be responsible for compliance with the navigation requirements under this subdivision for both the vessel and the person or appurtenance being towed or wake surfing. In addition, any person being towed by or wake surfing behind a motorboat shall comply with all navigation rules.||III. No more than 6 persons may be towed on one or more inflatable tubes and no more than 2 persons may be towed on water skis, aquaplanes, or other devices from the same motorboat at the same time. When 3 or more persons are being towed, 2 observers, in addition to the operator, shall be in the towing vessel. Such observers shall be 13 years of age or older. Notwithstanding this paragraph, more than 2 skiers may be towed if a special permit is issued by the director.||IV. Except in connection with water events and exhibitions authorized by the director, no towing of water skiers, aquaplanes or similar devices shall be conducted during the period between sunset and sunrise. In addition, no person shall operate a boat engaged in wake surfing during the period between sunset and sunrise.||V. No person shall be towed on water skis or other appurtenances unless the person is wearing a Coast Guard approved type 1, 2, or 3 PFD, except when directly participating or competing in an American Water Ski Association approved event or exhibition, authorized by a special permit issued by the director of state police.||VI. No person shall engage in wake surfing unless such person is wearing a Coast Guard approved PFD.|| VII. No person shall operate a motorboat propelled by an outboard motor, inboard/outboard motor, or water jet while a person is wake surfing in or on the wake of such motorboat, unless the propulsion system is designed by the manufacturer for that activity.|||Source. 1990, 171:1. 1994, 200:1, eff. May 24, 1994. 2011, 224:270, eff. July 1, 2011. 2012, 168:1, eff. June 7, 2012. 2015, 26:1, eff. July 6, 2015. 2021, 129:2, eff. Sept. 21, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:4 - Permit for Water Events.

    270-D:4 Permit for Water Events. –||Any person who undertakes any of the following activities on the public waters of the state shall first obtain a permit from the commissioner, subject to such conditions as he shall establish by rule:||I. Sponsor a water event, including but not limited to, a carnival or exhibition.||II. Place a water ski jump.||III. Tow a kit glider or parasail.||IV. Tow more than 2 skiers.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:4-a - Participation in Water Event; Failure to Disperse; Penalties.

    270-D:4-a Participation in Water Event;  Failure to Disperse;  Penalties. –||Any person who participates in a water event for which a permit has not been issued as required by RSA 270-D:4, shall be guilty of a violation and fined not less than $100. Any person who continues to participate in or refuses to disperse from the location of such an event after being ordered by a marine patrol officer or other local, county, or state law enforcement officer to cease participation and disperse shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 2006, 283:4, eff. June 15, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:5 - Overloading.

    270-D:5 Overloading. –||No vessel shall be operated while carrying passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration weather and other operating conditions.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:6 - Inspections.

    270-D:6 Inspections. –||All vessels afloat on public waters may be inspected by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative, to determine their seaworthiness and safety equipment at any time. No person shall allow any vessel which fails to pass such inspection to be used or operated on the waters of this state until brought into compliance.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:7 - Riding on Gunwales, Bow and Transom.

    270-D:7 Riding on Gunwales, Bow and Transom. –||No person shall operate a motorboat or ride as a passenger in a motorboat while sitting on either the starboard or port gunwales or the transom, and no person shall straddle the bow while the motorboat is in operation underway.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:7-a - Shore Lights.

    270-D:7-a Shore Lights. –||No person shall display, at any point on the shore visible from the water, any lights deemed by the division of state police, marine patrol bureau to resemble in color or configuration the required navigation lights of any vessel.|||Source. 2006, 283:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2019, 90:1, eff. June 18, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:8 - Rulemaking.

    270-D:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, regarding:||I. Special permits to be issued under RSA 270-D:4.||II. Inspection of vessels under RSA 270-D:6.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:9 - Penalties.

    270-D:9 Penalties. –||Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under RSA 270-D:8 shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1990, 171:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-D:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-D - Boating and Water Safety on New Hampshire Public Waters|Section 270-D:10 - Certificate Required.

    270-D:10 Certificate Required. –||I. No person shall operate a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of this state without first obtaining a certificate of boating safety education in accordance with this subdivision.||II. The commissioner may enter into contracts with individuals, public or private corporations or institutions for assistance in developing, assisting, and conducting safe boater education courses.||III. The commissioner shall establish minimum requirements for the qualification of safe boater education instructors. The minimum requirements shall include, but not be limited to, the following:||(a) The instructor shall be 18 years of age or older.||(b) The instructor shall have at least 2 years of recent boating experience.||(c) The instructor shall hold a certificate evidencing successful completion of a safe boater education course that meets or exceeds the requirements of this subdivision, a certificate from the United States Coast Guard, or a certificate from the United States Power Squadron.||IV. The commissioner may appoint one or more training specialists who shall assist in establishing safe boater education courses throughout the state, support and implement program guidelines and supervise instructors.||V. In establishing the safe boater education course of instruction and examination pursuant to this section, the commissioner may offer a correspondence course through electronic or other means that is consistent with the applicable standard of competency and safety established by this section.|||Source. 2000, 52:3. 2002, 272:2, eff. May 18, 2002. 2021, 204:2, Pt. V, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 10, 2021.|