US Lawyer Database

Section 8-726 – Throwing or Dumping Refuse on Waters of State

    (a)    A person may not throw, dump, deposit, or cause to be thrown, dumped, or deposited any trash, junk, or other refuse on any waters of the State.     (b)    The operator or owner, if present, of any vessel on which occurs a violation of subsection (a) of this section is liable.     (c)    The Department shall enforce the provisions […]

Section 8-726.1 – Throwing Certain Waste on Certain Waters of the State

    (a)    This section does not:         (1)    Apply to the improvement of harbors; or         (2)    Affect any act of the General Assembly relating to the construction of a wharf or to the rights of a riparian owner.     (b)    Ballast, ashes, filth, earth, oysters, or oyster shells may not be deposited from a vessel to a site:         (1)    In the Chesapeake Bay […]

Section 8-727 – Enforcement of Subtitle by Officers; Use of Visual or Audible Signals

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Elude” means to evade a police officer’s visual or audible signal to stop by:             (i)    Willfully failing to stop the vessel;             (ii)    Fleeing on foot; or             (iii)    Any other means.         (3)    “Police officer” means an officer who is:             (i)    In uniform, prominently displaying the officer’s badge or other insignia of […]

Section 8-727.1 – Use of Flashing Red and Yellow Lights or Signal Devices; Emergency Vessels

    (a)    (1)    In this section, “public safety activity” includes:             (i)    Patrolling a marine parade, regatta, or special water celebration;             (ii)    Traffic control;             (iii)    Salvage;             (iv)    Fire fighting;             (v)    Medical assistance;             (vi)    Assisting a disabled vessel; and             (vii)    Search and rescue.         (2)    “Public safety activity” does not include routine towing.     (b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual who is on a vessel […]

Section 8-728 – Security Interest in Vessels — Exemptions From 8-729 to 8-736 of This Subtitle

    Sections 8–729 through 8–736 of this subtitle do not apply to or affect:         (1)    A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vessel;         (2)    A lien given by statute to the United States, the State, or any political subdivision of the State;         (3)    A security interest in a […]

Section 8-712.3 – Rentals of Livery Vessels

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    “Livery vessel owner” means a person who engages in whole or in part in the business of renting, leasing, or chartering a Class A vessel for a period of less than 24 hours.         (3)    “Class A vessel” means a motorboat that is less than 16 feet […]

Section 8-713.1 – Operating Vessel With Number, Name, or Home Port Concealed

    (a)    This section does not supersede § 4-1013(a) and (b) of this article, which provides for the display of an oyster dredge boat identification number.     (b)    A person may not operate knowingly a vessel on the navigable waters of the State while the number, name, or home port designation of the vessel, as assigned or documented by […]

Section 8-715 – Owner’s Certificate of Title — in General

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any owner of a vessel principally used on the waters of the State and to be numbered shall apply to the Department for a certificate of title for the vessel.     (b)    Each certificate of title shall contain the information and shall be issued in a form the […]