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MO Rev Stat § 306.075 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.075 - Motorized amphibious vehicle, defined — treated as a vessel, not a motor vehicle, exceptions — license required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.075. Motorized amphibious vehicle, defined — treated as a vessel, not a motor vehicle, exceptions — license required. — A "motorized amphibious vehicle" is a self-propelled vehicle designed or used for transporting property or eight or more persons on the highways and waters of this state. A motorized amphibious vehicle shall not be considered a motor vehicle for the purpose of titling and registration as defined in chapter 301 and shall not be considered a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700. A motorized amphibious vehicle shall be treated as a vessel as defined in this chapter for the purposes of titling and registration and shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter. Such vehicles are to be treated as a motor vehicle only for the purposes of complying with the provisions of sections* 302.010 to 302.605 and chapters 303, 304, 307 and 577 while the vehicle is being operated on the highways of this state. Every operator of a motorized amphibious vehicle shall hold a valid license to operate a motor vehicle when operating the vehicle on the highways of this state and is subject to any licensing requirements of the United States Coast Guard and the provisions of this chapter when operating such vehicle on the waters of this state. ­­-------- (L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3 § 1)  Effective 7-27-89  *Word "chapters" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 306.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.080 - Vessels exempt from numbering requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   306.080. Vessels exempt from numbering requirements. — A vessel shall not be required to be numbered under this chapter if it is:  (1) Already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another state; except that the boat shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of sixty consecutive days;  (2) A vessel from a country other than the United States using the waters of this state for not more than sixty consecutive days;  (3) A vessel whose owner is the United States;  (4) A ship's lifeboat which is used solely for lifesaving purposes;  (5) A vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard or any federal successor thereto; or  (6) A motorboat designed and intended solely for racing while competing in any race previously approved by the water patrol division in accordance with section 306.130. This exemption shall include operation within a twenty-four-hour period prior to such approved race in order to test or tune up the motorboat. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 5, A.L. 1969 S.B. 194, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1993 H.B. 218, A.L. 1994 S.B. 477, et al., A.L. 1995 H.B. 217)
MO Rev Stat § 306.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.090 - Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   306.090. Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to operate a recreational motorboat upon the waters of this state in any manner under any condition so that the recreational motorboat emits sound at a level exceeding eighty-six decibels on an A-weighted scale when measured from a distance of fifty or more feet from the recreational motorboat.  2. This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit use of any exhaust system or device, including but not limited to those not discharging water with exhaust gases as long as the device or system emits sound at a level in compliance with subsection 1 of this section.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to motorboats operated under permit pursuant to section 306.130, nor to trial runs for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race, nor to official trials in competition for speed records for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 7, A.L. 1977 S.B. 151)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Peace disturbance, 574.010
MO Rev Stat § 306.109 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.109 - Alcoholic drinking devices and containers prohibited on rivers — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories   306.109. Alcoholic drinking devices and containers prohibited on rivers — violation, penalty. — 1. No person shall possess or use beer bongs or other drinking devices used to consume similar amounts of alcohol on the rivers of this state. As used in this section, the term "beer bong" includes any device that is intended and designed for the rapid consumption or intake of an alcoholic beverage, including but not limited to funnels, tubes, hoses, and modified containers with additional vents.  2. No person shall possess or use any large volume alcohol containers that hold more than four gallons of an alcoholic beverage on the rivers of this state.  3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons on the Mississippi River, Missouri River, or Osage River. ­­-------- (L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2011 S.B. 135)
MO Rev Stat § 306.113 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.113 - Operate defined — probable cause required.

Effective - 30 Jun 1993   306.113. Operate defined — probable cause required. — 1. For purposes of sections 306.111 to 306.119*, the term "operate" means to physically control the movement of a vessel in motion under mechanical or sail power in water.  2. No arrest shall be made under sections 306.111 to 306.119* unless probable cause exists for that arrest. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 167)  Effective 6-30-93  *Section 306.111 was transferred to section 577.025 and the following sections were repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17:   306.112 306.116 306.118    306.114 306.117 306.119
MO Rev Stat § 306.115 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.115 - Parasailing, requirements, prohibited, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.115. Parasailing, requirements, prohibited, when. — 1. No person shall engage in the activity of parasailing unless there is in the watercraft a person of at least twelve years of age, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed.  2. No person shall engage in the activity of parasailing during the time between sunset and sunrise. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.120 - Towing persons on skis or surfboard, regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   306.120. Towing persons on skis or surfboard, regulations. — 1. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this state for towing a person or persons on water skis, or a surfboard, or similar device unless there is in the vessel a person, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed, unless such vessel is equipped with a ski mirror as approved by the division of water safety.  2. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, or similar device, nor shall any person engage in water skiing, surfboarding, or similar activity during the time between sunset and sunrise.  3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do not apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a person or persons engaged in an activity authorized under section 306.130.  4. No person shall operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, a surfboard, or similar device may be affected or controlled in a way to cause the water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide with or strike against any object or person. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 12, A.L. 1969 S.B. 194)
MO Rev Stat § 306.122 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.122 - Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty.

Effective - 24 Jun 1997   306.122. Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty. — No person under fourteen years of age shall operate any motorboat or vessel upon the waters of this state unless such person is under the direct on-board supervision of a parent, guardian or other person sixteen years of age or older, or unless the motorboat is moored. No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motorboat owned by such person or under the person's control to be operated on the waters of this state in violation of this section, nor shall a parent or guardian authorize or knowingly permit such a child, under fourteen years of age, to operate a motorboat in violation of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379)  Effective 6-24-97  CROSS REFERENCE:  Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
MO Rev Stat § 306.124 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.124 - Aids to navigation and regulatory markers defined — water patrol may mark waters, hearing, notice — markings, effect of — disaster, closing of certain waters — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   306.124. Aids to navigation and regulatory markers defined — water patrol may mark waters, hearing, notice — markings, effect of — disaster, closing of certain waters — violation, penalty. — 1. (1) "Aids to navigation" means buoys, beacons or other fixed objects in the water which are used to mark obstructions to navigation or to direct navigation through safe channels.  (2) "Regulatory markers" means any anchored or fixed markers in or on the water or signs on the shore or on bridges over the water other than aids to navigation and shall include but not be limited to bathing markers, speed zone markers, information markers, danger zone markers, boat keep-out areas, and mooring buoys.  2. The water patrol division after a public hearing pursuant to notice thereof published not less than ten days prior thereto in each county to be affected may provide for the uniform marking of the water areas in this state through the placement of aids to navigation and regulatory markers. The water patrol division shall establish a marking system compatible with the system of aids to navigation prescribed by the United States Coast Guard. No city, county, or person shall mark or obstruct the water of this state in any manner so as to endanger the operation of watercraft or conflict with the marking system prescribed by the water patrol division.  3. Whenever, due to any actual or imminent man-made or natural disaster, the navigation or use of any waters of this state presents an unreasonable danger to persons or property, the water patrol division may, with the consent of the director of the department of public safety, close such waters.  4. The operation of any watercraft within prohibited areas that are marked shall be prima facie evidence of negligent operation.  5. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft on the waters of this state in a manner other than that prescribed or permitted by regulatory markers.  6. No person shall moor or fasten a watercraft to or willfully damage, tamper, remove, obstruct, or interfere with any aid to navigation or regulatory marker established pursuant to sections 306.010 to 306.126. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 3, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)
MO Rev Stat § 306.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.125 - Operation of watercraft, how — restricted areas, certain vessels, speed allowed, penalty for violations — rulemaking authority — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   306.125. Operation of watercraft, how — restricted areas, certain vessels, speed allowed, penalty for violations — rulemaking authority — exceptions. — 1. Every person shall operate a motorboat, vessel or watercraft in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of care.  2. No person shall operate a motorboat, vessel or watercraft at any time from a half-hour after sunset until an hour before sunrise the following day at a speed exceeding thirty miles per hour.  3. Vessels shall not be operated within one hundred feet of any dock, pier, occupied anchored boat or buoyed restricted area on any lake at a speed in excess of slow-no wake speed. The operator of any watercraft in violation of this subsection is guilty of an infraction and shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars; however, if the operator cannot be identified, the owner of the watercraft shall be subject to such penalty. Notwithstanding any provision of law or court rule to the contrary, no court costs shall be imposed on any person due to a violation of this subsection.  4. The department of public safety shall promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the implementation and administration of a no-wake cove for class 3 vessels in a cove with its main juncture less than 800 feet, measured from shore to shore, at the main channel. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2018, shall be invalid and void.  5. Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to a motorboat or other boat race authorized under section 306.130. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715, A.L. 2018 H.B. 2116)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
MO Rev Stat § 306.126 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.126 - Motorboats, regulations as to passenger seating while under way — person in water, flag required, when — slow speed required, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   306.126. Motorboats, regulations as to passenger seating while under way — person in water, flag required, when — slow speed required, when — penalty. — 1. The operator of a motorboat shall not allow any person to ride or sit on the gunwales, decking over the bow, railing, top of seat back or decking over the back of the motorboat while under way, unless such person is inboard of adequate guards or railing provided on the motorboat to prevent a passenger from being lost overboard. As used in this section, the term "adequate guards or railing" means guards or railings having a height parameter of at least six inches but not more than eighteen inches. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that passengers or other persons aboard a motorboat cannot occupy the decking over the bow of the boat to moor it to a mooring buoy or to cast off from such a buoy, or for any other necessary purpose. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels propelled by sail or vessels propelled by jet motors or propellers operating on a stretch of waterway not created or widened by impoundment.  2. Whenever any person leaves any watercraft, other than a personal watercraft, on the waters of the Mississippi River, the waters of the Missouri River or the lakes of this state and enters the water between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and sunset, the operator of such watercraft shall display on the watercraft a red or orange flag measuring not less than twelve inches by twelve inches. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to watercraft that is moored or anchored. The flag required by this subsection shall be visible for three hundred sixty degrees around the horizon when displayed and shall be displayed only when an occupant of the watercraft has left the confines of the watercraft and entered the water. The flag required by this subsection shall not be displayed when the watercraft is engaged in towing any person, but shall be displayed when such person has ceased being towed and has reentered the water.  3. No operator shall knowingly operate any watercraft within fifty yards of a flag required by subsection 2 of this section at a speed in excess of a slow-no wake speed. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with H.B. 2116)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
MO Rev Stat § 306.128 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.128 - Boating offenses, offender requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   306.128. Boating offenses, offender requirements. — Beginning January 1, 2005, any person convicted of an offense pursuant to section 577.024*, 577.025*, 306.112**, 306.127, 306.132, or 306.141** shall:  (1) Enroll in and successfully complete, at his or her own expense, a boating safety education course that meets minimum standards established by the water patrol by rule;  (2) File with the court proof of successful completion of such course and submit a certified copy to the water patrol; and  (3) Not operate a vessel until such filing. ­­-------- (L. 2003 S.B. 1)  *Section 306.110 was transferred to section 577.024 and section 306.111 was transferred to section 577.025 by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. **Sections 306.112 and 306.141 were repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.
MO Rev Stat § 306.129 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.129 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   306.129. Rulemaking authority. — 1. The water patrol division is authorized to promulgate such rules as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of sections 306.127 and 306.128.  2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2003, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2003 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 306.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.130 - Regattas, races and other activities, authorization, regulation of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.130. Regattas, races and other activities, authorization, regulation of. — 1. The water patrol division shall authorize the holding of regattas, motorboat or other watercraft races, marine parades, tournaments, parasail operations or exhibitions on any waters of this state when it has determined that said event will not create conditions of excessive danger for the participants, observers or operators of other watercraft nor unduly disrupt navigation. It shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend regulations concerning the safety of motorboats and other watercraft and persons thereon, either observers or participants. Whenever a regatta, motorboat or other watercraft race, marine parade, tournament, parasail operation or exhibition is proposed to be held, the person in charge thereof shall, at least fifteen days prior thereto, file an application with the water patrol division for permission to hold the regatta, motorboat or other watercraft race, marine parade, tournament, parasail operation or exhibition, and it shall not be conducted without authorization of the water patrol division in writing.  2. The provisions of this section shall not exempt any person from compliance with applicable federal law or regulation, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the securing of a state permit pursuant to this section if a permit therefor has been obtained from an authorized agency of the United States. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 13, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.132 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.132 - Watercraft to stop on signal of water patrol or emergency watercraft, when — authorized speed near emergency watercraft — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   306.132. Watercraft to stop on signal of water patrol or emergency watercraft, when — authorized speed near emergency watercraft — penalty. — 1. Any person operating a watercraft on the waters of this state shall stop such watercraft upon a signal of any member of the water patrol division and obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such member of the water patrol division given in directing the movement of traffic on the waters of this state.  2. Any person operating a watercraft upon the waters of this state shall immediately stop or position such watercraft in such a way as to give the right-of-way on the water to any emergency watercraft, as established by the water patrol division, when such emergency watercraft gives an audible signal by siren or gives a visible signal by having at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a red or blue light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such emergency watercraft.  3. Vessels shall not be operated at a speed in excess of slow no-wake speed within one hundred feet of any emergency vessel that has red or blue lighting displayed.  4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)