(a) A person eighteen years of age or younger may not operate a motorboat unless the person has in his possession aboard the motorboat photographic identification and a boater safety identification card issued by the Department which shows that the person has: (1) successfully completed a Department-approved boater education course that meets the requirements established […]
A person is exempt from section 322 if the person: (a) is licensed by the United States Coast Guard pursuant to 46 CFR Part 10; (b) is a person who operates a vessel under supervision of a certified instructor, or supervision of a person who is exempt from section 323 or who holds an identification […]
(a) A person who is operating a motorboat on any waters of the Virgin Islands and is stopped by a peace officer in the enforcement of this chapter, or the rules adopted under this chapter, shall present to the peace officer proof that he meets the requirements of section 322, or that he is exempt […]
(a) No person may alter, forge, counterfeit or falsify a boating safety identification card, certificate, license, or temporary operating permit or other document required under section 324. (b) No person may be in possession of a boating safety identification card certificate, license, temporary operating permit or other document required under section 324 which has been […]
(a) A person or his agent or employee engaged in the business of renting or leasing motorboats, not exceeding thirty days, may not rent or lease a motorboat to any person for operation on the waters of the Virgin Islands, unless the person: (1) meets the provisions of section 322 or section 323 of this […]
All vessels must be equipped with U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device. Each PFD must be in good condition, the proper size for the intended wearer, and must be readily accessible. Readily accessible means an individual must be able to put the PFD on in a reasonable amount of time in an emergency. (a) No […]
No person may operate a recreational vessel on the waters of the Virgin Islands with any child under the age of seventeen years, unless each child is wearing an appropriate Type I or Type II personal flotation device as outlined in section 327 of this chapter.
Every peace officer in the Virgin Islands and such officers and employees of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, as may be designated by the Commissioner, may enforce the provisions of this chapter, and in the exercise this enforcement authority may stop and board any vessel subject to this chapter.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 324, 325, 326 or 327, of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of $500 for each violation. (b) Any person who violates any provision of section 328 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to […]
