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NH Rev Stat § 270-E:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:12 - Rulemaking.

    270-E:12 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:||I. The information to be contained in an application for registration.||II. Decals necessary to implement this chapter, including temporary decals.||III. Certificates of numbers.||IV. Display of numbers.||V. Reports on change of address.||VI. Destruction, abandonment, sale or transfer of ownership.||VII. The form of annual reports for common carriers.||VIII. The form of accounts and all other records to be kept by common carriers.||IX. The length of time a common carrier shall keep accounts and records.||X. Procedures allowing for registering a vessel for more than one year if feasible.||XI. All matters necessary for the issuance and revocation of authority to act as a boat agent for the department.||XI-a. Procedures, including documentation, for establishing that a vessel qualifies for a commercial boat exemption from the boat fee required by RSA 72-A.||XII. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1990, 229:1. 1995, 273:5, eff. July 1, 1995. 2012, 171:26, XI, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:13 - Dealer's Registration.

    270-E:13 Dealer's Registration. –||I. A manufacturer or dealer of vessels and outboard motors may make application to the department for a general distinguishing number for his vessels.||II. A manufacturer or dealer shall not loan the numbers which have been assigned to him under this chapter to a sub-agent or to any other person. Such numbers may be used on vessels when used in connection with said manufacturer's or dealer's business or for pleasure purposes, but in no case shall they be used on vessels carrying persons or property for hire or compensation.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:14 - Temporary Registration.

    270-E:14 Temporary Registration. –||A person desiring to register a vessel shall apply for registration and pay the required boat fee and registration fee to the department or an agent of the department. Upon receipt of such application and fees, the department or agent of the department shall issue to the purchaser a receipt for such payment and a decal. The decal issued shall be attached to the vessel. The decal shall be evidence that application has been made for registration, and such vessel or motor may be operated for a period of not more than 30 consecutive days thereafter. Permanent numbers, when received, shall be attached immediately by the applicant.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:15 - Suspension of Dealer's Registration; Penalty.

    270-E:15 Suspension of Dealer's Registration;  Penalty. –||The commissioner shall have the authority to suspend or revoke the registration of any manufacturer or dealer who violates any of the provisions of this chapter. Any manufacturer or dealer who violates any of said provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:16 - Repair Numbers.

    270-E:16 Repair Numbers. –||I. A person who engages in the business of maintaining or repairing vessels may make application to the department for a general distinguishing number for the boats which he is maintaining or repairing.||II. The commissioner may, if he is satisfied of the facts stated in the application, issue to the applicant a certificate containing the name, residence, and address of the applicant and the general distinguishing number assigned together with such provisions as the commissioner may determine. All vessels being maintained or repaired by said person may, while being maintained or repaired, be regarded as being registered under such distinguishing number, provided the number issued by the commissioner is attached to the vessel.||III. A person to whom such number has been assigned shall not loan the number plates to any person. Such numbers may be used on vessels which are being maintained or repaired by him as part of his business only when such vessels are being operated by the person to whom the plates were issued or a person employed by him. In no case shall such plates be used on vessels for any other purpose.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:17 - Revocation of Registration.

    270-E:17 Revocation of Registration. –||In addition to any other authority provided by law, the commissioner is hereby authorized to revoke or suspend any registration issued pursuant to this chapter or any privilege to operate a boat, or both, upon a showing that:||I. The owner has violated any provision of this chapter, RSA 270, RSA 270-A, RSA 270-B, or any rules adopted under these chapters, or has allowed another person to violate any of these laws or rules.||II. The owner has failed to pay the boat fee required by RSA 72-A:2.||III. The owner is physically or mentally an improper or incompetent person to operate a vessel or is operating improperly or so as to endanger the public.||IV. The owner has defaulted on a court summons arising from a violation of boating laws or rules.|||Source. 1990, 229:1. 1991, 369:4, eff. July 2, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:18 - Common Carriers; Applications, Orders.

    270-E:18 Common Carriers;  Applications, Orders. –||I. No person shall operate a vessel as a common carrier of passengers or property on a regular route and schedule between points on public waters of the state, unless the department authorizes the operation.||II. An order authorizing, in whole or in part, an operation for which application is made shall be issued to any qualified applicant.||III. Applications shall:||(a) Be in writing to the department.||(b) Contain the information required by the department.||IV. Conditions for qualification:||(a) The applicant shall be fit, willing and able to properly perform the proposed service.||(b) The applicant shall conform to the provisions of RSA 270 and any rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 270.||(c) The proposed service shall be for the benefit of the present or future public convenience.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:19 - Rates, Charges, and Schedules.

    270-E:19 Rates, Charges, and Schedules. –||Every common carrier by water shall establish and charge just and reasonable rates for transportation of passengers or property on the public waters of the state. Such rates and tariffs, together with a schedule of the service offered, shall be published, filed with the department and kept open to public inspection, and no common carrier shall demand or collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for transportation than the rates specified in the tariff in effect at any time. Any person, organization, or body politic may make complaint in writing to the department that any rate, fare, or charge in effect, or proposed to be put in effect, is or will be unjust or unreasonable. Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or in an investigation on its own initiative, the department shall be of the opinion that any rate, fare or charge in effect or proposed to be in effect is unjust or unreasonable, the department shall determine and prescribe the lawful rate, fare, or charge thereafter to be observed.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:20 - Change in Rates, Charges, and Schedules.

    270-E:20 Change in Rates, Charges, and Schedules. –||Unless the department otherwise orders, no change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge or price, which has been filed or published by a common carrier by water in compliance with the requirements hereof, except after 30 days' notice to the department and such notice to the public as the department shall direct.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:21 - Reports; Accounts; Records.

    270-E:21 Reports;  Accounts;  Records. –||I. The department may require:||(a) Annual reports from all common carriers by water.||(b) Specific answers to any questions deemed necessary by the department.||II. The department or its representative shall have access, at reasonable times, to all accounts, records and other documents of a carrier which relate to RSA 270-E.|||Source. 1990, 229:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:22 - Commercial Vessels; Penalty.

    270-E:22 Commercial Vessels;  Penalty. –||I. Any person who shall use any commercial vessel or commercial outboard motor on any public waters in this state without a certificate of inspection, or shall act as captain, master, pilot, engineer or operator on any such boat or launch without having passed an examination administered by the department and having been certified by the department in that capacity, or shall so act when his or her certificate has been revoked or suspended, or who shall violate any rule adopted by the department with reference to the inspection, equipment, or operation of such vessels or launches, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. The commissioner, after hearing, may revoke or suspend the certificate of any captain, master, pilot, or engineer of any commercial vessel for violation of RSA 270 or the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder.||III. All licenses to operate a commercial vessel shall expire 5 years from the date of issuance.||IV. A person who possesses a valid license issued by the federal government shall be deemed to comply with this section.|||Source. 1990, 229:1. 2009, 144:148, eff. Aug. 28, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:23 - License Fees.

    270-E:23 License Fees. –||There shall be paid to the commissioner for every certificate of captain, master, pilot, or engineer, $15. A certificate shall entitle the holder thereof to act in the capacity named on any vessel of the class described in the certificate. Only one certificate shall be required to entitle the holder thereof to act in any or all of the above capacities on any motorized vessel permitted to carry a maximum of 25 persons. If a person fails the examination required by RSA 270-E:22, I, the person may retake the examination for a fee of $10 paid to the commissioner. The fees paid for re-examinations and for certificates issued under this section shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E: 6-a.|||Source. 1990, 229:1. 1999, 193:10. 2009, 144:148, eff. Aug. 28, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:24 - Rental Agent Registration; Fees.

    270-E:24 Rental Agent Registration;  Fees. –||I. Any person renting or leasing motorized watercraft shall register as a rental agent with the department. Applications for registration shall include the name of the applicant, including any additional names under which the applicant may be doing business, the address or addresses of the applicant and rental locations, the vessel registration numbers of all watercraft available for rent or lease, and the fees required by this section. Upon receiving the completed application for registration, the department shall issue the applicant a rental agent safety certificate.||II. The registration fee for rental agents shall be $25, which shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a.||III. All rental agency safety certificates shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are issued.|||Source. 2007, 101:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 270-E:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 270-E - Vessel Registration and Numbering|Section 270-E:25 - Prohibitions; Penalties.

    270-E:25 Prohibitions;  Penalties. –||I. No rental agent shall:||(a) Rent or lease any motorized watercraft to any other person without having a rental agent safety certificate. This subparagraph shall not apply to the use of any motorized watercraft which is included in the rental or lease of real property.||(b) Rent or lease any motorized watercraft to any other person without complying with the requirements of RSA 270-D:2-c.||(c) Rent or lease any motorized watercraft to any person who has not provided proof to the rental agent of having met the requirements of RSA 270-D:10.||(d) Rent or lease any motorized watercraft that is unsafe to any other person.||II. Any person violating subparagraph I(a) shall be guilty of a violation for a first or second offense committed within the same calendar year and guilty of a misdemeanor for any subsequent offense committed within the same calendar year.||III. The commissioner may revoke the rental agent safety certificate upon finding that the certificate holder has violated subparagraph I(b), I(c), or I(d).|||Source. 2007, 101:2. 2009, 298:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:1 - to 271:7 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.

    271:1 to 271:7 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957. –|
NH Rev Stat § 271:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:8 - Dumping in Harbor.

    271:8 Dumping in Harbor. –||If any person shall unload, cast or throw out of any ship, vessel or boat, or from shore or wharf, any ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, dirt, ashes or filth into the harbor, or river of Piscataqua, between the lighthouse at the entrance of said harbor and Dover Point bridge, so called, up said river, or aid and assist therein, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1855, 1694:3. GS 104:7. 1878, 31:1. GL 114:7. PS 120:7. 1911, 153:1. PL 152:9. RL 182:9. RSA 271:8. 1973, 531:92, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:9 - Navigable Waters.

    271:9 Navigable Waters. –||Navigable streams or waters are those which are used, or are susceptible of being used in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade or travel is or may be conducted in the present customary modes of trade or travel on water, and such term shall not apply to streams or waters which are used merely as public highways for floating logs.|||Source. 1911, 21:2. PL 152:11. RL 182:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:10 - to 271:12 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.

    271:10 to 271:12 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957. –|
NH Rev Stat § 271:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:13 - to 271:15 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.

    271:13 to 271:15 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957. –|
NH Rev Stat § 271:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:16 - Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957.

    271:16 Repealed by 1957, 262:3, eff. Sept. 1, 1957. –|
NH Rev Stat § 271:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:17 - Markers Required.

    271:17 Markers Required. –||Any person or corporation harvesting ice upon any of the public waters of this state shall, at the beginning of harvest, indicate with suitable markers the area from which ice is to be taken, and shall maintain such markers as long as any danger exists.|||Source. 1917, 125:1. PL 152:13. RL 182:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:18 - Penalty.

    271:18 Penalty. –||Whoever violates the provisions of RSA 271:17 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1917, 125:3. PL 152:14. RL 182:15. RSA 271:18. 1973, 528:161, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:19 - Exception.

    271:19 Exception. –||This subdivision shall not apply to ponds closed, or areas set off, by order of the director of the fish and game department under authority of RSA 206.|||Source. 1917, 125:2. PL 152:15. RL 182:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:20 - State Water Jurisdiction; Published List of Public Waters; Rulemaking.

    271:20 State Water Jurisdiction;  Published List of Public Waters;  Rulemaking. –||I. All natural bodies of fresh water situated entirely in the state having an area of 10 acres or more are state-owned public waters, and are held in trust by the state for public use; and no corporation or individual shall have or exercise in any such body of water any rights or privileges not common to all citizens of this state; provided, however, the state retains its existing jurisdiction over those bodies of water located on the borders of the state over which it has exercised such jurisdiction.||II. The department of environmental services shall prepare, maintain, and publish an official list of all public waters in the state. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to this publication.||III. The general court finds, based on all available information, that the natural mean high water mark of Ossipee Lake is 407.25 feet above mean sea level.|||Source. 1901, 9:2. PL 152:16. RL 182:17. RSA 271:20. 1977, 24:2. 1990, 177:2, eff. June 26, 1990. 2011, 95:1, eff. July 26, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:20-a - Definition of Public Access.

    271:20-a Definition of Public Access. –||I. Public access to public waters means legal passage to any of the public waters of the state by way of designated contiguous land owned or controlled by a state agency, assuring that all members of the public shall have access to and use of the public waters for recreational purposes.||II. Public access also means that no barriers or other impediments shall exist in the roads and ways leading to any of the public waters.|||Source. 1990, 177:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:20-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:20-b - Frozen Surface of Public Waters.

    271:20-b Frozen Surface of Public Waters. –||The local governing body of a municipality may post warnings for the use of any frozen surface of any public body of water within its boundaries in the interest of public safety.|||Source. 1993, 63:1, eff. June 15, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 271:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 271 - Pilots, Harbor Masters, and Public Waters|Section 271:21 - Repealed by 1977, 24:3, eff. May 28, 1977.

    271:21 Repealed by 1977, 24:3, eff. May 28, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 272:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 272 - Coast Survey|Section 272:1 - Entry on Land.

    272:1 Entry on Land. –||Any person employed under an act of the Congress of the United States, passed February tenth, 1807, and the supplements thereto, may enter upon lands within this state for the purpose of exploring, surveying, triangulating, leveling or doing any other act which may be necessary to effect the objects of such acts, and may erect any works, buildings, stations, or appendages requisite for that purpose, doing no unnecessary damage thereby.|||Source. 1846, 337:1. CS 146:1. GS 132:1. GL 146:1. PS 1:6. PL 1:6. RL 2:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 272:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 272 - Coast Survey|Section 272:2 - Assessment of Damages.

    272:2 Assessment of Damages. –||If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for the damages caused by doing any of the acts aforesaid either of them may petition the superior court for the county in which the land entered upon is situate for an assessment of the damages, and the court shall thereupon assess them by a jury or other method, as the parties may agree.|||Source. 1846, 337:2. CS 146:2. GS 132:2. GL 146:2. PS 1:7. PL 1:7. RL 2:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 272:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 272 - Coast Survey|Section 272:3 - Tender.

    272:3 Tender. –||The person so entering upon land as aforesaid may tender to the party injured sufficient amends therefor, and, if the damages finally assessed do not exceed the amount so tendered, the person so entering shall recover his costs; and in all other cases the party injured shall recover his costs.|||Source. 1846, 337:3. CS 146:3. GS 132:3. GL 146:3. PS 1:8. PL 1:8. RL 2:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 272:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey|Title 272 - Coast Survey|Section 272:4 - Property of Survey Protected.

    272:4 Property of Survey Protected. –||If any person shall wilfully deface, injure, or remove any signals, monuments, buildings, or any appendage thereto, used or constructed under and by virtue of the acts of Congress aforesaid, he shall be fined $50 and shall also be liable for all damages sustained by the United States.|||Source. 1846, 337:4. CS 146:4. GS 132:4. GL 146:4. PS 1:9. PL 1:9. RL 2:4.|