Chapter 4. Territorial Boating Regulations - (Department of Public Safety).

§4197. Department Not to Approve Products of Manufacturers. The Department will not endorse or approve the products of any individual or firm.

§4198. Vessel Capacity Plates: Vessels Affected. (a) Every vessel less than twenty- six (26) feet in length designed to carry two (2) or more persons and to be propelled by machinery as its principal source of power, or designed to be manually propelled shall, if manufactured, as…

§4199. Same: Information Required on Motor boat Capacity Plates. A capacity plate shall bear the following information permanently marked thereon in such manner as to be clearly visible and legible from the position designed for, or normally intended to be occupied by, the operat…

§4200. Same: Maximum Weight Capacity: Inboard and Inboard-Outdrive Boats. (a) The maximum weight capacity marked on a boat that has one or more inboard engines or inboard- outdrive units for propulsion must not exceed W in the formula: W = (Maximum Displacement) - Boat Weight - 4…

§4201. Same: Same: Outboard Boats. (a) The maximum weight capacity marked on a boat that is designed or intended to use one or more outboard motors for propulsion must be a number that does not exceed one- fifth (1/5th) of the difference between its maximum displacement and boat …

§4202. Same: Same: Boats Without Mechanical Propulsion. (a) The maximum weight capacity marked on a boat that is not deigned or intend ed to have mechanical propulsion must not exceed one-fifth (1/5th) of the difference between the boat's maximum displacement and the boat weight.…

§4203. Same: Persons Capacity: Inboard and Inboard- Outdrive Boats. The persons capacity marked on a boat that is designed or intended to use one or more inboard engines or inboard- outdrive units must not exceed the lesser of the maximum weight capacity determined under

§4204. Same: Same: Outboard Boats. The persons capacity marked on a boat that is designed or intended to use one (1) or more outboard motors for propulsion must not exceed the lesser of the maximum weight capacity determined under 2 GAR §8166.3 for the boat or the live load capac…

§4205. Same: Pontoon Boats. (a) Boats which are dependent solely upon the buoyancy of pontoons or similar flotation devices shall deter mine the allowable loading by the following tests, except that the method in Paragraph (b) below may be employed if the conditions stated herein…

§4206. Same: Maximum Horsepower. The horsepower rating on the capacity plate for outboard motorboats shall be determined by the manufacturer and shall be the maximum horse power of the motor which the boat can safely accommodate. Boat manufacturers shall confirm the boat's abilit…

§4207. Same: Director May Authorize Alter native Compliance. If any vessel required by these Rules and Regulations to have a capacity plate affixed thereto is of such design or construction as to make it impracticable or undesirable to affix such plate, the manufacturer or other …

§4208. Same: Director May Exempt Certain Vessels. The Director may exempt from the requirements of the Port vessels which it finds to be of such unconventional design or construction that the information required on capacity plates would not assist in promoting safety or is not r…

§4209. Fines, Penalties, Enforcement and Records: Fines and Penalties. Pursuant to 10 GCA §69104, any person violating any of the provisions of these Rules and Regulations, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or …

§4210. Same: Enforcement Personnel. Pursuant to 10 GCA §69104, the Director, officers and employees of the Department designated by the Director, and every territorial officer charged with the enforcement of Territory laws hereinafter called enforcement personnel shall enforce an…

§4211. Same: Stopping Vessels for Inspection. For the purpose of enforcing the Boating Law (10 GCA Chapter 69) of these Rules and Regulations, any person operating or in charge of a vessel on the waters of the territory of Guam shall stop such vessel after having been requested, …

§4212. Same: Powers of Arrest. An enforcement officer who observes any violation by any person of any of the provisions of 10 GCA Chapter 69 or of these Rules and Regulations may forthwith arrest such person without a warrant. CH. 4 - TERRITORIAL BOATING REGULATIONS - 1997 - P. 6…

§4213. Same: Citation of Violation. Except when required by territorial law to take immediately before a magistrate, a person arrested for a violation of any provisions of these Rules and Regulations, any person authorized to enforce the provisions of these Rules and Regulations,…

§4214. Same: Taking Legal Custody of the Vessel or Property. As an incident to a lawful arrest, the arresting authority may take legal custody of the vessel or any personal property which is the subject of or related to any violation of 10 GCA Chapter 69, or of these Rules and Re…

§4215. Same: Attorney General. The Attorney General may bring appropriate proceedings to enjoin the continuance of any act or omission in violation of the provisions of 10 GCA Chapter 69, or of these Rules and Regulations.

§4216. Same: Records of Conviction. The Department shall file all abstracts of records of conviction received relating to violation of the Territorial Boating Law, these Rules and Regulations, federal laws or regulations governing vessel operations, from other states or elsewhere…

§4217. Same: Records Furnished to Courts. The Department shall, upon written request of a court, furnish to the Court a certified copy of the individual record of any person.

§4218. Same: Reporting Non-Resident Convictions. The Department upon receiving a record of conviction in the territory of Guam of an operator of a vessel numbered in another state of any offense of Chapter 69, Title 10, Guam Code Annotated, or of these Rules and Regulations, shal…