§ 29.1-749.3. Personal watercraft instruction; rental agents
Any person who is in the business of renting personal watercraft to the public shall provide to any person who rents a personal watercraft instruction on the laws of the Commonwealth governing motorboat operation, specific operating requirements of the personal watercraft being rented, motorboat safety equipment requirements, requirements in the case of a reportable accident, […]
§ 29.1-750. Exemptions
The provisions of this article shall not apply to participants in regattas, races, marine parades, tournaments, or exhibitions approved by the Board or United States Coast Guard. 1991, c. 320.
§ 29.1-748.1. Local ordinances; operation on lakes; minimum distance from shoreline; penalty
A. Any locality in Planning District 23 may, by ordinance, prohibit the operation of a personal watercraft on a public lake measuring less than 50 acres in extent. Such ordinance shall provide that a violation of the prohibition constitutes a Class 4 misdemeanor. Any violation of such an ordinance shall be subject to the provisions […]
§ 29.1-749. Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of or any person having control of a personal watercraft to authorize or knowingly permit a person under the age of sixteen to operate the personal watercraft, unless the person fourteen or fifteen years of age has successfully completed a boating safety education course as required under […]
§ 29.1-749.1. Identification of personal watercraft rentals
Every business located in a city with a population greater than 390,000 that provides personal watercraft for rent shall place the letter “R,” at least eleven inches in height and eight and one-half inches in width, on both sides of each personal watercraft rental, in either red or black, whichever color represents the clearest contrast […]
§ 29.1-749.2. Local regulation of personal watercraft rentals; penalty
A. The City of Virginia Beach may by ordinance regulate personal watercraft as provided in this section. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section may include any of the following provisions: 1. Any business which offers personal watercraft for rent shall (i) require any person to whom a personal watercraft is rented to present, prior […]
§ 29.1-747. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 1998, cc. 84 and 563, and repealed by Acts 1998, cc. 443, 512, 514, 515, 537, effective January 1, 1999.
§ 29.1-748. Restrictions on operation; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Operate a personal watercraft unless he is at least sixteen years of age, except any person fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be allowed to operate a personal watercraft if he (i) has successfully completed a boating safety education course approved by the Director and […]
§ 29.1-746. Penalties
A. Unless specified otherwise, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor for each such violation. B. Upon the conviction of any person for the violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted thereunder for which […]
§ 29.1-744.1. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 537, effective January 1, 1999.