Title 33, Parks and Wildlife
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-101 Legislative declaration
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It is the policy of this state to administer the registration and numbering of vessels in accordance with federal laws pertaining thereto and to promote the safety of persons and property in connection with the use, operation, and equipment of vessels. Source: L. 84: Entire artic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Motorboat means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion including personal watercraft as defined in subsection (3.3) of this section. (2) Operate …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-103 Numbering of vessels required - rules - repeal
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to operate or use a vessel on the waters of this state or to possess a vessel at a vessel staging area unless the vessel has been numbered and the division has issued a certificate of the number, referred to in this article 13 as a registration, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-104 Application for vessel number - repeal
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(1) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this state shall file an application for a number with the division or any representative approved by the division on forms approved and furnished by the division. The owner of the vessel must sign the application and pay an app…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-105 Seizure of vessels by officers - repeal
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(1) (a) Every parks and recreation officer and other peace officer of this state may seize and hold any vessel if such officer has probable cause to believe that the vessel is not in the lawful possession of the operator or person in charge thereof. (b) It is the duty of any offi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-106 Equipment requirements
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(1) No person shall operate a personal watercraft unless each person aboard is wearing a personal flotation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard that is in a good and serviceable condition. (2) A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by the origina…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-107 Vessel liveries - repeal
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(1) The owner or operator of a vessel livery shall keep a record of the name and address of each person who hires any vessel that is designed or permitted to be operated as a vessel, the hull identification number of the vessel, and the departure date and time and the expected da…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-107.1 Minimum age of motorboat operators - penalty - exception
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(1) An individual under eighteen years of age shall not operate a motorboat in this state except as provided in this section. (2) An individual fourteen years of age or older who has not reached the individual's eighteenth birthday may operate a motorboat only if the individual: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-108 Prohibited vessel operations - rules
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(1) (a) No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel: (I) Which is not equipped as required by this article or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; (II) Which emits noise in excess of the permissible level established in standards promul…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-108.1 Operating a vessel while under the influence - definitions
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(1) (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to operate or be in actual physical control of a motorized, wind-powered, or flying vessel in this state while: (I) Under the influence of alcohol; (II) The amount of alcohol, as shown by analysis of the person's blood or breath, in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-108.3 Records to be kept by the division
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The division shall file all abstracts of court records of convictions of violations of sections 33-13-108.1 and 33-13-108.2 and shall maintain a suitable alphabetical index for such file. Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 1359, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-109 Collisions, accidents, and casualties - rules
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(1) The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty shall, so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers, if any, render to other persons affected by the collision, accident, or casualty such assistance as may …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-111 Authority to close waters - rules
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(1) (a) The commission shall promulgate rules to prohibit the operation of vessels on any waters of the state and ordering the removal of vessels from any waters of the state when such operation constitutes or may constitute a hazard to human life or safety. (b) For purposes of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-112 Enforcement - applicability
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(1) Every parks and recreation officer and other peace officer of this state has the authority to enforce the provisions of this article and, in the exercise thereof, has the authority to stop and board any vessel; except that the officer shall have reasonable suspicion prior to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-113 Municipal corporations or organizations - powers
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations, including, but not limited to, metropolitan recreation districts, from policing lakes or bodies of water located within all or part of the territorial boundaries of any s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-113.5 Report required - when
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The division shall report immediately to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives if funds received from the federal government for recreational boating safety under the state boating safety programs, 46 U.S.C. sec. 13101 et seq., as amended, or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-114 Copies of laws and regulations furnished. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 905, � 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 2003: Entire section repealed, p. 1949, � 25, effective May 22. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 33-31-113 as it existed prior to 1984.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-115 Termination of functions. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 931, � 18, effective April 28. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 333, � 16, effective April 3. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 727, � 3, effective January 1, 1997.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-13-116 Repeal of sections
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Sections 33-13-103, 33-13-104, 33-13-105, and 33-13-107 and this section are repealed, effective September 1, 2026. Prior to the repeal, the function of registration and regulation of vessels shall be reviewed as provided for in section 24-34-104. Source: L. 91: Entire section ad…