30.678 – Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.
30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors. (1) Motorboats other than personal watercraft. (a) No person under 10 years of age may operate a motorboat. (b) No person who is at least 10 years of age but under 12 years of age may operate a motorboat unless he or she is accompanied in […]
30.68 – Prohibited operation.
30.68 Prohibited operation. (2) Negligent operation. No person may operate or use any boat, or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane or similar device upon the waters of this state in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger that person’s life, property or person or the life, property or person of another. (3) […]
30.681 – Intoxicated boating.
30.681 Intoxicated boating. (1) Operation. (a) Operating while under the influence of an intoxicant. No person may engage in the operation of a motorboat while under the influence of an intoxicant to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safe motorboat operation. (b) Operating after using a controlled substance or alcohol. 1. No […]
30.63 – Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.
30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted. (1) Sale. No person may sell any new outboard motor for use in the waters of this state unless such motor is equipped with a crankcase effectively sealed to prevent the drainage of raw fuel into the waters in which the motor is operated. (2) Use. […]
30.573 – Assignment of security interest.
30.573 Assignment of security interest. (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.308 (5), a secured party may assign, absolutely or otherwise, the secured party’s security interest in a boat to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without […]
30.574 – Release of security interest.
30.574 Release of security interest. (1) Within one month, or within 10 days following written demand by the debtor, after there is no outstanding obligation and no commitment to make advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, secured by the security interest in a boat under any security agreement perfected under ss. 30.57, 30.572 and […]
30.575 – Secured party’s and owner’s duties.
30.575 Secured party’s and owner’s duties. (1) A secured party named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another secured party named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information about the secured party’s security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it. (2) An owner shall promptly deliver the […]
30.576 – Method of perfecting exclusive.
30.576 Method of perfecting exclusive. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and subject to s. 409.311 (4), the method provided in ss. 30.57 to 30.575 of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to those sections is exclusive. Security interests subject to ss. 30.57 to 30.575 are exempt from the provisions of law […]
30.577 – Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration.
30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration. (1) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration for a boat if it finds any of the following: (a) The certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration was fraudulently procured, erroneously issued, or […]
30.578 – Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title. The department shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following exists: (1) The person alleged to be the owner of the boat is not the owner. […]