NY Nav L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NAV - Navigation Article 4 - Vessels Part 1 - Vessels, General 47 - Leaving the Scene of an Accident Without Reporting.

§  47.  Leaving  the  scene  of  an accident without reporting. 1. (a) Whenever any vessel, including, but not limited to, rowboats, canoes and kayaks, meets with an accident involving damage to any vessel or to  the real  property  or  to  the personal property, not including animals, of another due to an  accident  involving  such  vessel  and  the  operator thereof  has  knowledge  of  such  accident, such operator shall, before leaving the place where the damage occurred, stop and give  his  or  her name  and  address,  the  name  and address of the owner thereof and the identification number, if any, assigned to such  vessel  to  the  person sustaining  the  damage.  In  the event the person sustaining the damage cannot be located at the place  where  the  damage  occurred,  then  the operator of such vessel shall report the same as soon as physically able to the nearest police officer, police station, bay constable or judicial officer.  (b) A violation of the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall  constitute  a  violation  punishable  as  set  forth  in  section seventy-three-c of this article.   2. (a) Every operator of a vessel,  including,  but  not  limited  to, rowboats,  canoes  and kayaks, who, knowing or having cause to know that personal injury has been caused to another person, or another person has disappeared under the water, due to an accident  involving  such  vessel shall,  before  leaving  the  place  where  the  said incident involving personal injury occurred, stop, give such operator's name  and  address, the  name and address of the owner of such vessel and the identification number, if any, assigned  to  such  vessel  to  the  injured  party,  if practical,  and shall report said accident as soon as physically able to the nearest police officer, police station, bay  constable  or  judicial officer.  (b)  The  first  violation  of the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision involving personal injury to another person resulting solely from the failure of a vessel operator to provide the name and address of the vessel owner and/or the identification number of  the  vessel  shall constitute  a  class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars in addition to  any other  penalties  provided by law. Any subsequent such violation after a conviction for such violation within  the  preceding  five  years  shall constitute  a  class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of  paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,  other  than  the  mere  failure of a vessel operator to provide the name and address of the vessel owner and/or  the identification  number  of  the  vessel,  shall  constitute  a  class  A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation committed by a  person  after  such  person  has previously been convicted of such a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions  of  paragraph  (a)  of this  subdivision,  other  than the mere failure of a vessel operator to provide  the  name  and  address  of  the  vessel   owner   and/or   the identification  number  of the vessel where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical injury, as defined in section  10.00  of the  penal law, or where a person has disappeared under the water as the result of the incident shall constitute a class E felony or (ii) results in death shall constitute a class D felony.    3. The provisions of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  commercial vessels  having a valid marine document issued by the United States or a foreign government.