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MO Rev Stat § 306.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.140 - Accident or collision, duties of operator — report required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   306.140. Accident or collision, duties of operator — report required, when. — 1. It shall be the duty of the operator of a watercraft involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, so far as the operator can do so without serious danger to the operator's watercraft, crew and passengers, to render to other persons affected by the collision, accident, or other casualty assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident, or other casualty, and also to give his or her name, address, and identification of his or her watercraft in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, accident, or other casualty.  2. In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a watercraft, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property in excess of five hundred dollars, shall file with the water patrol division a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty, including such information as the patrol may, by regulation, require. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 10, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)
MO Rev Stat § 306.142 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.142 - Personal watercraft, regulations — personal flotation devices — age restriction — reasonable and prudent operation — exceptions.

Effective - 24 Jun 1997   306.142. Personal watercraft, regulations — personal flotation devices — age restriction — reasonable and prudent operation — exceptions. — 1. No person shall operate a personal watercraft unless each person aboard is wearing a type I, type II, type III or type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard.  2. A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard-type engine cutoff switch shall attach such lanyard to the person's body, clothing, or personal flotation device as appropriate for the specific vessel.  3. No person under fourteen years of age shall operate a personal watercraft on the waters of this state, except that a person under fourteen years of age may operate a personal watercraft if a person at least sixteen years of age is aboard the personal watercraft.  4. Every personal watercraft shall at all times be operated in a reasonable and prudent manner. Maneuvers which unreasonably or unnecessarily endanger life, limb or property, including, but not limited to, weaving through congested vessel traffic, jumping the wake of another vessel when visibility around such vessel is obstructed, becoming airborne or completely leaving the water while crossing the wake of another vessel within one hundred feet of the vessel creating the wake, operating at a speed in excess of a slow-no wake speed within fifty feet of any vessel or any person in or on the water, and operating at such a speed and proximity to another vessel so as to require the operator to swerve to avoid collision, shall constitute unsafe or reckless operation of a personal watercraft. No person shall operate a personal watercraft on any waters of this state for towing a person or persons on water skis, or a surfboard, or similar device unless there is a person on the personal watercraft, in addition to the operator, or an approved ski mirror attached to the personal watercraft, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed.  5. No person who owns a personal watercraft or who has charge over or control of a personal watercraft shall authorize or knowingly permit the personal watercraft to be operated in violation of this section, nor shall a parent or guardian authorize or knowingly permit a child of such parent or guardian to operate a personal watercraft in violation of this section.  6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person participating in a regatta, race, marine parade, tournament, or exhibition for which a permit has been issued by the water patrol division. ­­-------- (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 § 306.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.150 - Watercraft livery — records — equipment to be furnished.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   306.150. Watercraft livery — records — equipment to be furnished. — 1. The owner or operator of a watercraft livery shall cause a record to be kept of the name and address of the person or persons hiring any watercraft which is designed or permitted by the owner to be operated as a watercraft, the identification number of vessels hired, the departure date and time, and the expected time of return. The record shall be preserved for at least six months and shall be available for inspection upon request by any law enforcement officer of this state.  2. Neither the owner of a watercraft livery, nor the owner's agent or employee shall permit any watercraft to depart from the owner's premises unless the watercraft has been equipped, either by the owner or the renter, with the equipment required pursuant to section 306.100 or any rules or regulations made pursuant to such section. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 6, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1995 H.B. 217)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
MO Rev Stat § 306.165 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.165 - Water patrol officer, powers, duties and jurisdiction of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   306.165. Water patrol officer, powers, duties and jurisdiction of. — Each patrol officer assigned to the water patrol division by the superintendent of the highway patrol as provided in section 43.390 shall possess all the powers of a peace officer to enforce all laws of this state, upon all of the following:  (1) The waterways of this state bordering the lands set forth in subdivisions (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section;  (2) All federal land, where not prohibited by federal law or regulation, and state land adjoining the waterways of this state;  (3) All land within three hundred feet of the areas in subdivision (2) of this section;  (4) All land adjoining and within six hundred feet of any waters impounded in areas not covered in subdivision (2) with a shoreline in excess of four miles;  (5) All land adjoining and within six hundred feet of the rivers and streams of this state;  (6) Any other jurisdictional area, pursuant to the provisions of section 306.167;  (7) All premises leased or owned or under control of the Missouri state highway patrol. ­­Each patrol officer assigned to the water patrol division may board any watercraft at any time, with probable cause, for the purpose of making any inspection necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Each patrol officer may arrest on view and without a warrant any person he or she sees violating or who such patrol officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated any law of this state, upon any water or land area subject to his or her jurisdiction as provided in this section or may arrest anyone violating any law in his or her presence throughout the state. Each patrol officer, while investigating an accident or crime that was originally committed within such patrol officer's jurisdiction, as set forth in this section, may arrest any person who he or she has probable cause to believe has committed such crime, even if the suspect is currently out of the division of water patrol's jurisdiction. Patrol officers, if practicable, shall notify the sheriff or the police department prior to making an arrest within their respective county or city. Each patrol officer shall comply with the training and certification provisions of chapter 590. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 424 §1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 2, A.L. 1977 S.B. 194, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2001 H.B. 732 merged with S.B. 443, A.L. 2004 S.B. 920, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Scholarships or grants for disabled personnel injured or survivors of personnel killed in the line of duty, 173.260
MO Rev Stat § 306.167 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.167 - Powers of peace officer when working in cooperation with other law enforcement agency.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   306.167. Powers of peace officer when working in cooperation with other law enforcement agency. — The uniformed members of the water patrol division, with the exception of radio personnel, shall have full power and authority as now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers when working with and at the special request of the sheriff of any county, the chief park ranger of any first class county not having a charter form of government and containing a portion of a city with a population exceeding four hundred thousand inhabitants, the chief of police of any city, or the superintendent of the state highway patrol; provided, however, that such power and authority shall be exercised only upon the prior notification of the chief law enforcement officer of each jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2004 S.B. 920, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
MO Rev Stat § 306.168 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.168 - Search warrants, water patrol division may request application for and serve, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   306.168. Search warrants, water patrol division may request application for and serve, when. — In the investigation of an accident or crime that was originally committed within such patrol officer's jurisdiction, as set forth in section 306.165, the members of the water patrol division may request that the prosecuting or circuit attorney apply for, and members of the water patrol division may serve, search warrants anywhere within the state of Missouri, provided the sheriff of the county in which the warrant is to be served, or his designee, shall be notified upon application by the applicant of the search warrant. The sheriff or his designee shall participate in serving the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to boating while intoxicated and the investigation of vessel accidents. Any designee of the sheriff shall be a deputy sheriff or other person certified as a peace officer under chapter 590. The sheriff shall always have a designee available. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 920 § 306.169, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
MO Rev Stat § 306.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.170 - Accident reports to United States on request.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.170. Accident reports to United States on request. — In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official or agency of the United States, any information compiled or otherwise available to the water patrol division pursuant to subsection 2 of section 306.140 shall be transmitted to said official or agency of the United States. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 11, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.180 - Motorboat fund in state treasury, source and use.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.180. Motorboat fund in state treasury, source and use. — All moneys collected and received by the department of revenue pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and shall, by the state treasurer, be placed in a separate fund to be known as the "Motorboat Fund", which is hereby established. No money shall be paid out of this fund except by appropriation of the general assembly for the purposes of the construction and maintenance of boating facilities, education and instruction in boating safety, the enforcement of this chapter, and to reimburse the counties for expenditures made in the enforcement of this chapter, upon the recommendation of the water patrol division. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 15, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.185 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.185 - Water patrol division fund created, use of proceeds.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   306.185. Water patrol division fund created, use of proceeds. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Water Patrol Division Fund", which shall consist of money collected under section 306.030. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for the expenses of the Missouri state highway patrol, water patrol division, including but not limited to personnel expense, training expense, and equipment expense for the purpose of enforcing the laws of this chapter.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.  3. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 778, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
MO Rev Stat § 306.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.190 - Applicability of regulations — local regulations — special local rules prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   306.190. Applicability of regulations — local regulations — special local rules prohibited. — 1. The provisions of this chapter and of other applicable laws of this state shall govern the operation, equipment, numbering and all other matters relating thereto whenever any watercraft shall be operated on the waters of this state, or when any activity regulated by this chapter shall take place thereon; but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the adoption of any ordinance or local law relating to operation and equipment of watercraft the provisions of which are identical to the provisions of this chapter, amendments thereto or regulations issued thereunder; except that the ordinances or local laws shall be operative only so long as and to the extent that they continue to be identical to provisions of this chapter, amendments thereto or regulations issued thereunder.  2. Any city or subdivision of this state may adopt special rules and regulations with reference to the operation of watercraft on any waters owned by the city or political subdivision.  3. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to farm ponds not commercially operated for boating purposes.  4. No city or political subdivision of this state shall adopt special rules and regulations with reference to restricting the operation of personal watercraft on waters of this state. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 14, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)
MO Rev Stat § 306.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.200 - Peace officers to enforce.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   306.200. Peace officers to enforce. — Any peace officer of this state and its subdivisions shall and any agent of the conservation commission may enforce the provisions of this chapter and arrest violators thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 306.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.210 - Penalties for violations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   306.210. Penalties for violations. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 306.015 to 306.060 and 306.090 to 306.150 for which no other penalty is provided is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 17, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217)
MO Rev Stat § 306.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.215 - Inspections of boats, refusal of or interference with — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   306.215. Inspections of boats, refusal of or interference with — penalty. — Any person who refuses or interferes with the inspection of any boat or vessel located upon the waters of this state, when such inspection is conducted for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 1)  Effective 4-01-86
MO Rev Stat § 306.217 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.217 - Scuba diver's marker, flag required — flag described — boats to avoid — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.217. Scuba diver's marker, flag required — flag described — boats to avoid — penalty. — 1. Persons engaged in the aquatic sports known as skin or scuba diving shall mark their general location within or under the water with a red flag with a diagonal white bar to be displayed on the water or from a boat or raft in the vicinity of the diver's location. All diving shall be within a fifty-yard radius of said flag. No warning flag shall be placed as to impede the normal flow of motorboat traffic.  2. No boat operator shall knowingly operate within fifty yards of such flag.  3. The water patrol division shall prescribe and define the size and method of locating the warning flag mentioned in subsection 1 of this section.  4. Any person who violates subsection 1 or 2 of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 494 §§ 1 to 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.220 - Personal flotation device, who must wear, when, exception, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.220. Personal flotation device, who must wear, when, exception, penalty. — Each person under the age of seven who is on board any watercraft which is on the waters of this state shall wear a personal flotation device which is approved by the United States Coast Guard. Any person who allows a person under the age of seven to be on board any watercraft which is on the waters of this state without wearing a personal flotation device shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor. This section does not apply when the person under the age of seven is in a part of a watercraft which is fully enclosed, where such enclosure will prevent such person from falling out of or being thrown from the watercraft. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.221 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.221 - Obstruction of traffic or access to boat docks — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   306.221. Obstruction of traffic or access to boat docks — violation, penalty. — 1. No person shall operate or otherwise position a vessel or other object or any person in such manner as to obstruct or impede the normal flow of traffic on the waters of this state.  2. No person shall anchor a vessel positioned within one hundred feet of a permitted boat dock on the waters of this state in a manner that obstructs ingress or egress of watercraft to or from the dock, unless authorized by the boat dock permit holder.  3. No person shall secure a vessel to or enter upon a private permitted boat dock on the waters of this state unless authorized to do so by the boat dock permit holder. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply during inclement weather conditions or other emergencies, or actions taken to prevent an unsecured vessel from becoming a navigational hazard.  4. Any person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 217 § 3, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715, A.L. 2021 S.B. 49)
MO Rev Stat § 306.225 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.225 - Certain counties may regulate size and operation of watercraft on lakes, when (Clay and Jackson counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   306.225. Certain counties may regulate size and operation of watercraft on lakes, when (Clay and Jackson counties). — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 306.190, to the contrary, any first class county containing all or part of a city with a population of at least four hundred thousand inhabitants may adopt orders or ordinances regulating the size and operation of watercraft upon lakes constructed or maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers within such county. Such orders or ordinances may be more, but shall not be less, stringent than the provisions of this chapter. Any law enforcement officer of such county may enforce the orders or ordinances adopted by the county pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 135 § 1)  Effective 5-25-89
MO Rev Stat § 306.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation|Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division|Section 306.250 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   306.250. Definitions. — As used in sections 306.250 to 306.290 the following words mean:  (1) "Boats", any vessel or watercraft moved by oars, paddles, sails, or other power mechanism, inboard or outboard, or any other vessel or structure floating upon the water whether or not capable of self-locomotion, including but not limited to houseboats, barges and similar floating objects;  (2) "Marine toilets", any toilet on or within any boat. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 424 § 1)