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2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.129 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 1)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 13, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(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)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 24 Jun 1997, see footnote
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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories
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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2004 S.B. 920, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 920 § 306.169, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 11, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 15, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 778, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 14, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 16)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 17, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217)
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 1)
Effective 4-01-86
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 494 §§ 1 to 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 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.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 217 § 3, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715, A.L. 2021 S.B. 49)
2023 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).

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 135 § 1)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.250 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• 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.
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(L. 1963 p. 424 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.260 - Boats not to discharge sewage, exception.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
306.260. Boats not to discharge sewage, exception. —
All marine toilets on any boat, operated upon waters of the state, shall be so constructed and operated as to contain all sewage aboard the boat and not to discharge any sewage into the waters directly or indirectly. No boat shall be equipped to permit discharge from or through any marine toilet, or in any other manner, any sewage at any time into waters of the state, and all sewage when removed from any boat shall immediately be placed in an approved septic tank, sanitary lagoon or sewage treatment system. The provisions of sections 306.250 to 306.290 shall not apply to boats engaged in interstate commerce on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
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(L. 1963 p. 424 § 2, A.L. 1971 S.B. 123)
Effective 1-01-73
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.270 - Marine toilets shall have suitable treatment device.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
306.270. Marine toilets shall have suitable treatment device. —
Any marine toilet located on or within any boat operated on waters of the state shall have securely affixed to the interior discharge opening of the toilet a suitable treatment device in operating condition, constructed and fastened in accordance with regulations of the water pollution board or some other treatment facility or method authorized by regulation of the water pollution board. All sewage passing into or through the marine toilets shall pass solely through the devices.
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(L. 1963 p. 424 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.280 - Inspection of boats.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
306.280. Inspection of boats. —
All boats located upon waters of this state are subject to inspection by the clean water commission or by a water patrolman during daylight hours for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of sections 306.250 to 306.290.
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(L. 1963 p. 424 § 4, A.L. 1971 S.B. 2, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.290 - Penalties for violations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
306.290. Penalties for violations. —
Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of sections 306.250 to 306.290 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1963 p. 424 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.325 - Vessels on navigable waterways, restrictions on transporting of foodstuffs and beverages — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
306.325. Vessels on navigable waterways, restrictions on transporting of foodstuffs and beverages — violation, penalty. —
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Navigable waterway"
, any navigable river, lake, or other body of water located wholly or partly within this state and used by any vessel;
(2)
"Vessel"
, any canoe, kayak, or other watercraft which is easily susceptible to swamping, tipping, or rolling, but does not include any houseboat, party barge, runabout, ski boat, bass boat, excursion gambling boat as defined in section 313.800, or similar watercraft not easily susceptible to swamping, tipping, or rolling.
2. Any person entering, traveling upon, or otherwise using navigable or nonnavigable waterways by vessel or innertube and transporting foodstuffs or beverages shall:
(1) Use a cooler, icebox, or similar nonglass container, and shall not use, other than containers for substances prescribed by a licensed physician, any glass container for beverages on a vessel within the banks of navigable waterways;
(2) Use a cooler, icebox, or similar nonglass container sealed in a way which prevents the contents from spilling into the water;
(3) Carry and affix to the vessel a container or bag suitable for containing refuse, waste, and trash materials and which is capable of being securely closed;
(4) Transport all refuse, waste, and trash materials to a place in which such materials may be safely and lawfully disposed; and
(5) Shall safely secure any glass containers to protect them from breakage or discharge into any stream.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 841)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.405 - Certificates of title, delivery of, how, to whom — lienholder may elect to have revenue retain electronic title.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
306.405. Certificates of title, delivery of, how, to whom — lienholder may elect to have revenue retain electronic title. —
1. All certificates of title of an outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft issued by the director of revenue shall be mailed to the owner named therein. If the certificate of ownership is being held electronically by the director of revenue at the election of a lienholder, then confirmation of such ownership shall be electronically transmitted or mailed to the first lienholder named in such certificate.
2. A lienholder may elect to have the director of revenue retain possession of an electronic certificate of title and the director shall issue regulations to govern the procedure for making such an election. Each such certificate of title shall require a separate election unless the director provides otherwise by regulation. A subordinate lienholder shall be bound by the election of the superior lienholder with respect to the certificate involved.
3.
"Electronic certificate of title"
means any electronic record of ownership, including liens that may be recorded.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.705, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2008 merged with S.B. 895)
Effective 8-28-02 (H.B. 2008); 7-01-03 (S.B. 895)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.415 - Assignment of lien or encumbrance by lienholder, rights and obligations — perfection by assignee, how.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
306.415. Assignment of lien or encumbrance by lienholder, rights and obligations — perfection by assignee, how. —
1. A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his or her lien or encumbrance on the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity or effect of the lien or encumbrance, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the lien or encumbrance and the lienholder shall remain liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate of title.
2. An assignee pursuant to subsection 1 of this section may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the director of revenue the certificate of title, an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate of title, and the required fee in the form the director of revenue prescribes.
3. If the certificate of title is being electronically retained by the director of revenue, the original lienholder may mail or deliver a notice of assignment of lien to the director in a form prescribed by the director. Upon receipt of notice of assignment, the director shall update the electronic certificate of title to reflect the assignment of lien and lienholder.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.715, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.420 - Satisfaction of lien or encumbrance, release of, procedure — duties of lienholder and director of revenue — penalty for unauthorized release of a lien.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
306.420. Satisfaction of lien or encumbrance, release of, procedure — duties of lienholder and director of revenue — penalty for unauthorized release of a lien. —
1. Upon the satisfaction of a lien or encumbrance on an outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft, the lienholder shall within ten days execute a release of his or her lien or encumbrance on the certificate, on a separate document, or electronically under section 32.096 and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, and mail or deliver the certificate or separate document to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the documentation. The release on the certificate or separate document shall be notarized. Each perfected subordinate lienholder, if any, shall release such lien or encumbrance as provided in this section for the first lienholder. The owner may cause the certificate of title, the release, and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the director of revenue, who shall release the lienholder's rights on the certificate and issue a new certificate of title.
2. If the electronic certificate of title is in the possession of the director of revenue, the lienholder shall notify the director within ten business days of any release of lien and provide the director with the most current address of the owner. The director shall note such release on the electronic certificate and if no other lien exists, the director shall mail or deliver the certificate free of any lien to the owner.
3. Any person who knowingly and intentionally sends in a separate document releasing a lien of another without authority to do so shall be guilty of a class D felony.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.720, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2008 merged with S.B. 895, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2015 H.B. 524)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.425 - Provisions of 306.400 to 306.430 exclusive — exceptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
306.425. Provisions of 306.400 to 306.430 exclusive — exceptions. —
1. Sections 306.400 to 306.430 shall not apply to or affect:
(1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft;
(2) A lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state;
(3) A lien or encumbrance on an outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft for sale.
2. The method provided in sections 306.400 to 306.430 of perfecting and giving notice of liens or encumbrances subject to sections 306.400 to 306.430 is exclusive.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.725)
Effective 4-01-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.430 - Liens and encumbrances incurred before July 1, 2003 — how terminated, completed and enforced.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
306.430. Liens and encumbrances incurred before July 1, 2003 — how terminated, completed and enforced. —
All transactions involving liens or encumbrances on outboard motors, motorboats, vessels, or watercraft entered into before July 1, 2003, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from such transactions shall remain valid after July 1, 2003, and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by sections 306.400 to 306.430 as though such repeal or amendment had not occurred.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.730, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2008 merged with S.B. 895)
Effective 8-28-02 (H.B. 2008); 7-01-03 (S.B. 895)