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30 PA Cons Stat § 5124 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 51 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 5124 - Particular areas of water

§ 5124. Particular areas of water. (a) General rule.--The commission may promulgate special rules and regulations for particular artificial or natural areas of water for further limiting, restricting or prohibiting the operation or navigation of boats thereon to promote the interests of the public or to preserve aquatic life.  (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates a rule or regulation promulgated under this section commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)
30 PA Cons Stat § 5124.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 51 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 5124.1 - Liquor or malt or brewed beverages

§ 5124.1. Liquor or malt or brewed beverages. (a) General rule.--In an action or proceeding under this title in which a material element of the offense or action is that a substance is liquor or a malt or brewed beverage, all the following shall apply:  (1) Chemical analysis is not required to prove that the substance is liquor or a malt or brewed beverage.  (2) Circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove that the substance is liquor or a malt or brewed beverage.  (b) Evidence presented by a defendant.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), nothing shall prevent a defendant from presenting evidence that a substance is not liquor or a malt or brewed beverage.  (c) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall apply to proceedings brought by officers authorized to enforce this title under this title, Titles 18 (relating to crimes and offenses), 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure) and 75 (relating to vehicles) and the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code.   (Oct. 31, 1997, P.L.485, No.49, eff. 60 days)   1997 Amendment. Act 49 added section 5124.1.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5126 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 51 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 5126 - Reports by emergency room personnel

§ 5126. Reports by emergency room personnel. (a) General rule.--If, as a result of a watercraft accident, the person who operated or was in actual physical control of any watercraft involved in the accident requires medical treatment in an emergency room of a hospital and if probable cause exists to believe that a violation of section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) was involved, the emergency room physician or his designee shall promptly take blood samples from those persons and transmit them within 24 hours for testing to the Department of Health or a clinical laboratory licensed and approved by the Department of Health and specifically designated for such purpose. This section shall be applicable to all injured occupants who were capable of watercraft operation if the operator or person in actual physical control of the movement of the watercraft cannot be determined. Test results shall be released upon request of the person tested, his attorney, his physician, the commission, the investigating officer or other governmental officials or agencies.  (b) Immunity from civil or criminal liability.--No physician, nurse or technician or hospital employing such physician, nurse or technician and no other employer of such physician, nurse or technician shall be civilly or criminally liable for withdrawing blood or obtaining a urine sample and reporting test results to the commission pursuant to this section or for performing any other duty imposed by this title. No physician, nurse or technician or hospital employing such physician, nurse or technician may administratively refuse to perform such tests and provide the results to the commission except when such refusal is based on unusual medical circumstances that pertain at the time of admission.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   1989 Amendment. Act 102 added section 5126.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5301 - Registration of motorboats required

§ 5301. Registration of motorboats required. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 5302 (relating to exemptions), it is unlawful for any person to operate or navigate, or cause to be operated or navigated, any motorboat upon, over or through the waters of this Commonwealth unless the motorboat is registered in accordance with this subchapter.  (b) Out-of-State registration.--When another state is the state of principal operation of a boat and the boat is numbered and validly registered in that state under a numbering system approved by the Secretary of the Federal Department of Transportation, the boat is deemed in compliance with this chapter while temporarily operating on waters of this Commonwealth.  (c) Moving boat into this Commonwealth.--When Pennsylvania becomes the place of principal operation of a boat, numbered and validly registered in another state, the number issued by the other state shall be recognized for a period of 60 days from the date the boat is moved to Pennsylvania during which time the owner of the boat shall apply for and obtain a Pennsylvania registration and number.  (d) Penalty.--Any person who violates this section commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.; July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73)    1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5301 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5302 - Exemptions

§ 5302. Exemptions. (a) General rule.--The following classes of boats are exempt from the registration requirements of this subchapter:  (1) Foreign boats temporarily using the waters of this Commonwealth. (2) Boats, other than boats used for recreational purposes, which are clearly identified as being:  (i) owned by the United States; and (ii) used solely for public service functions such as search and rescue. (3) Lifeboats on ships. (4) Boats, other than boats used for recreational purposes, possessing a valid marine document issued by the United States Coast Guard, or any Federal successor thereto, or by any foreign government.  (5) Boats not equipped with motors. (b) Exemptions by regulation.--The commission may, by regulation, exempt any additional boat or class of boats from the registration provisions of this subchapter under such conditions as it may prescribe.  (c) Exemption from fees.--The following boats are required to register but are exempt from the owner titling and registration fees of section 5104 (relating to fees):  (1) Motorboats owned or operated by the Commonwealth. (2) Motorboats owned by public service organizations approved by the commission and used exclusively for training, education, water safety and other public service functions.  (3) Motorboats owned by political subdivisions and quasi-public organizations, such as police departments, volunteer fire departments and river rescue units, and used exclusively in the performance of their work in enforcement, furthering safety and search and rescue on the water.   (Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.; July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73)   1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5302 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.  Cross References. Section 5302 is referred to in section 5301 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5303 - Voluntary and special registrations

§ 5303. Voluntary and special registrations. Watercraft other than those required to register under this subchapter may be registered at the option of the owner upon payment of the fee specified by section 5104 (relating to fees).   (Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.; July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73)   1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5303 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5305 - Application for registration

§ 5305. Application for registration. (a) General rule.--Any person owning a boat and desiring to register it in this Commonwealth shall make a written application to the commission or to a designated issuing agent.  (b) Form and content.--The application shall be made on a form prescribed, prepared and furnished by the commission and, together with such other information as the commission may require, shall state the name and address of the applicant and, if the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of all the partners, and, if the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers.  (c) Penalty.--Any person providing false information in connection with a boat registration commits a summary offense of the second degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.)    1991 Amendment. Section 6 of Act 39 provided that Act 39 shall apply to boat registrations issued for the calendar year 1992 and each year thereafter.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5306 - Certificate of registration

§ 5306. Certificate of registration. (a) Issuance.--Upon receipt of a signed application and upon the payment of the annual registration fee, the commission shall issue to the applicant owner a certificate of registration for his boat. The certificate of registration shall be pocket size.  (b) Carrying on boat.--The certificate of registration shall be available at all times for inspection on the boat for which issued whenever the boat is in operation, and shall be carried in such manner that it can be handed to any Federal, State or local law enforcement officer authorized to inspect it. The commission may, by regulation, exempt certain classes of boats from this requirement or prescribe alternate compliance requirements.  (c) Retention on shore.--The certificate of registration for boats less than 26 feet long, leased or rented for noncommercial use of less than seven days, may be retained on shore by the owner of the boat or his representative at the place from which the boat departs or returns to the possession of the owner or his representative. A boat that does not have the certificate of registration on board shall be identifiable while in use and shall comply with all other requirements.  (d) Duplicates.--The commission may issue a duplicate certificate of registration to the owner of a properly registered boat upon application by the owner on a form prescribed by the commission together with payment of the applicable fee.  (e) Penalty.--Any person violating any provision of this section commits a summary offense of the fourth degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.)    1991 Amendment. Act 39 amended subsecs. (a), (b) and (c). Section 6 of Act 39 provided that Act 39 shall apply to boat registrations issued for the calendar year 1992 and each year thereafter.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5307 - Dealer registration

§ 5307. Dealer registration. (a) Application and issuance.--The commission will issue to dealers, manufacturers and jobbers special registrations that bear the additional mark "X" upon proper application and payment of the applicable fee. Application for dealer registrations shall be made upon a form provided by the commission, shall set forth the full name and business address of the applicant and such other information as the commission may require and shall be signed by the dealer, manufacturer or jobber. The dealer registration number shall be displayed conspicuously on each side of the bow of the boat being used by the dealer. The commission may issue additional registrations to dealers, manufacturers or jobbers upon proper application and the payment of the applicable fee.  (b) Use.--Dealer registrations may be used on any boat owned or in possession of a dealer, manufacturer or jobber and operated by the dealer, manufacturer or jobber or their employees only when the boat is used for any of the following purposes:  (1) In the business of the registrant as a dealer, manufacturer or jobber. (2) For the personal pleasure or use of the dealer, manufacturer, jobber, members of his immediate family and regular employees thereof and members of their immediate families.  (3) For testing or demonstrating boats in the possession of the dealer, manufacturer or jobber.  (4) For lending boats to customers whose boats are being repaired. (5) For lending to prospective buyers for a period not exceeding two days for purposes of demonstrating the boats.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5308 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5308 - Period of registration

§ 5308. Period of registration. Registrations issued under this subchapter to owners and dealers shall be valid from April 1 of one year to March 31 of the succeeding year and shall be renewable. A registration for any year shall be valid and may properly be displayed prior to April 1 within that year. The commission may determine to issue registrations valid for a period not to exceed three years upon payment of a fee equal to the annual registration fee times the number of years for which the multiple-year registration is valid. A multiple-year registration shall be valid from April 1 of the year of its issuance until March 31 of the last year of its validity, but a multiple-year registration issued prior to April 1 of any year is valid and may be displayed at any time within that year. The commission may, by regulation, provide for the transfer of multiple-year registrations upon the sale or conveyance of a boat upon payment of the fee provided in section 5104(8) (relating to fees).  (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73; Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)    1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5308 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5309 - Change of address of registrant

§ 5309. Change of address of registrant. Any holder of a certificate of registration shall notify the commission within 15 days if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of the notification, furnish the commission with his new address. The commission may provide in its rules and regulations for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement with a certificate bearing the new address of the holder.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5310 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5310 - Display of registration number

§ 5310. Display of registration number. (a) General rule.--The registration number shown on the certificate of registration shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the boat in order that it may be clearly visible. No other number may be displayed on the bow. The number shall be maintained in a legible condition.  (b) Exceptions.--The following boats are exempt from the display of registration numbers:  (1) Boats possessing a valid marine document issued by the United States Coast Guard or its successor agency.  (2) Any other boat or class of boat which the commission determines by regulation to exempt from the display of numbers upon a finding that such display is not practicable or does not aid materially in the identification of the boat and that does not conflict with Federal numbering requirements.  (c) Penalty.--A person who operates a properly registered boat that does not display a proper registration number commits a summary offense of the fourth degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Dec. 12, 1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.)    1991 Amendment. Section 6 of Act 39 provided that Act 39 shall apply to boat registrations issued for the calendar year 1992 and each year thereafter.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5311 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5311 - Tampering with identification numbers or capacity plates

§ 5311. Tampering with identification numbers or capacity plates. (a) General rule.--No unauthorized person shall erase, deface, change, paint on, alter, remove, destroy or in any way tamper with any registration number or card, capacity plate, hull identification number or any other identification number on a boat or motor.  (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates this section commits a summary offense of the first degree.   (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000)
30 PA Cons Stat § 5312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5312 - Transfer, destruction or abandonment of boat

§ 5312. Transfer, destruction or abandonment of boat. The owner of a boat registered in this Commonwealth pursuant to this subchapter or by the Federal Government shall furnish the commission notice of the transfer of all or any part of his interest, other than the creation of a security interest, in a boat or of the destruction or abandonment of the boat within 15 days from the transfer, destruction or abandonment. The transfer, destruction or abandonment shall terminate the certificate of registration for the boat except in the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the right of the owner to operate the boat.   (July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73)   1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5312 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5313 - Records open to public

§ 5313. Records open to public. All records relating to registration or numbering made or kept pursuant to this subchapter shall be public records.   (July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73)   1996 Amendment. Section 4(3) of Act 73 provided that the amendment of section 5313 shall take effect six months after the effective date of regulations promulgated under the authority of section 5325.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5321 - Certificate of title required

§ 5321. Certificate of title required. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 5322 (relating to when certificate of title not required), every owner of a boat required to be registered in this Commonwealth shall apply to the commission for a certificate of title to the boat.  (b) Registration without certification prohibited.--The commission shall not register or renew registration of a boat required to be titled under subsection (a) unless a certificate has been issued by the commission or an application for a certificate has been delivered by the new owner to the commission.  (c) Penalty.--Failure to obtain a certificate of title as required by law is a summary offense of the second degree.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5322 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5322 - When certificate of title not required

§ 5322. When certificate of title not required. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no certificate of title shall be required for:  (1) A boat which is not required to be registered under Subchapter A (relating to registration). (2) A new boat which is owned by a manufacturer or registered boat dealer before and until sale.  (3) A boat owned on the effective date of this subchapter, until the boat is sold or otherwise transferred to another owner.  (4) A boat with a model year before 1997. (5) An outboard powered motorboat of less than 14 feet in length. (b) Limitations.--The exemptions set forth in subsection (a) shall not apply to any boat previously titled in Pennsylvania or any other state, provided that the owner of a boat titled in another state shall not be required to obtain a Pennsylvania title for such boat until it is registered in Pennsylvania or until its ownership is transferred to another person.    Cross References. Section 5322 is referred to in section 5321 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5323 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5323 - Content and effect of certificate of title

§ 5323. Content and effect of certificate of title. (a) Identification and encumbrances.--A certificate of title shall contain such description and other evidence of identification of the boat for which it was issued as the commission may deem necessary, together with a statement of any liens or encumbrances, including the names and addresses of the holder or holders of the liens and encumbrances.  (b) Certificate as evidence and notice.--A certificate of title issued by the commission is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on the certificate. Except as otherwise provided in 13 Pa.C.S. §§ 9311(d) (relating to perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties), 9315(c) and (d) (relating to secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds) and 9316(d) and (e) (relating to effect of change in governing law), the certificate shall be adequate notice to the Commonwealth, creditors, subsequent lienholders and purchasers that a lien against the boat exists.  (June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, eff. July 1, 2001; June 27, 2013, P.L.154, No.30, eff. July 1, 2013)    2013 Amendment. Act 30 amended subsec. (b).
30 PA Cons Stat § 5324 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats|Section 5324 - Refusing issuance of certificate of title

§ 5324. Refusing issuance of certificate of title. The commission may refuse issuance of a certificate of title when it has reasonable grounds to believe:  (1) A required fee has not been paid. (2) Taxes payable under the laws of this Commonwealth on or in conjunction with or resulting from acquisition or use of the boat have not been paid.  (3) The applicant is not the owner of the boat. (4) The application contains false or fraudulent statements. (5) The applicant has failed to furnish required information or documents or any additional information the commission reasonably requires.