§ 59-21-29. Registration of serial numbers of outboard motors
Each person registering a boat or boats under this chapter may at the same time register with the commission the serial numbers of all outboard motors owned by said person.
§ 59-21-31. Alteration of identification numbers or marks on vessels, outboard motors, boats or boat trailers; purchase, sale or possession of vessels, outboard motors, boats or boat trailers with altered identifications; examinations and reports
No person shall remove, change or in any manner mutilate or deface any number awarded a vessel, or any motor number or other stamped, cast, or forged numbers or letters or other marks upon any vessel, outboard motor, boat or boat trailer, or assist in so doing, or, having knowledge of such change, fail to […]
§ 59-21-33. Seizure and forfeiture of vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers with altered identification numbers or marks
All vessels, outboard motors, boats and trailers having awarded numbers or identification numbers or marks which have been removed, changed, mutilated or defaced contrary to this chapter are subject to forfeiture. Any such property shall be seized by any conservation officer or enforcement officer of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, or other officer […]
§ 59-21-41. Duplication of boat hulls and parts by direct molding process
As used in this section: “Direct molding process” means any process in which the original manufactured boat hull or component part of a boat is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item. “Mold” means a matrix or form in which a substance […]
§ 59-21-15. Certified statement of ownership as evidence of ownership; effect of liens as to determination of ownership; application for number by person obtaining title through default in terms of lien instrument
The certified statement of ownership on the application for the award of a number shall constitute prima facie evidence of proof of ownership. Liens of all kinds, including reservations or transfers of title to secure debts or claims, will be disregarded in determining ownership under this chapter. A lienholder who acquires possession and title by […]
§ 59-21-1. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the “Mississippi Boating Law of 1960.”
§ 59-21-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: “Commission” means the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. “Length” means the length of the vessel measured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer. “Livery boat” means any boat for rent or hire. “Machinery” means inboard and outboard engines […]
§ 59-21-5. Requirement of numbering of undocumented vessels
All sailboats and every undocumented vessel equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, using the territorial and navigable waters of the State of Mississippi, and every such vessel owned in the State of Mississippi and using the high seas shall be numbered in accordance with this chapter, […]
§ 59-21-7. Numbering pattern
The numbering pattern to be used shall be as follows: The number shall be divided into three (3) parts. The first part shall consist of the symbol MI; the second part shall consist of a numerical group having a maximum of four (4) digits; the third part shall consist of an alphabetical group having a […]
§ 59-21-9. Display of awarded number on vessel; use of other numbers prohibited
The number awarded shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued. The numbers shall be placed on each side of the forward half of the vessel in such position as to provide clear legibility for identification. The numbers shall read from left to […]