Title XXII, Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey

I. The commissioner or designee shall issue a safe boater education certificate to a person 16 years of age or older who: (a) Passes a safe boater education course approved by the commissioner in accordance with the criteria of the National Association of State Boating Law Admini…

The commissioner, or designee, shall issue a temporary certificate of safe boating education to a person 16 years of age or older who passes a temporary safe boater examination administered by the department or its agents and approved by the commissioner. The temporary certificat…

A person shall not be required to obtain a certificate of boating safety education if the person holds a certificate from any state indicating successful completion of boating safety education that meets or exceeds the requirements of this subdivision, a certificate from the Unit…

Upon request, the commissioner or agent authorized by the commissioner shall provide safe boater education materials to persons who plan to take the safe boater education course.

I. (a) The department shall charge a fee of $10 for issuing a safe boater education certificate. (b) The fee for a temporary certificate shall be $10. II. (a) The department may charge a fee for offering a safe boater education course or exam. The fee shall not exceed the costs i…

The insurance commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A requiring admitted insurers to provide a reduction in premium rates for vessel liability insurance to qualified vessel operators who provide proof of successful completion of an approved safe boater education course.

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person who is 16 years of age or older from attending a safe boater education course approved by the commissioner under this subdivision and obtaining a safe boater education certificate upon successful completion of the safe boater educ…

I. Vessels shall be operated at headway speed only, while passing under all bridges. II. (a) It shall be the duty of each vessel to keep to the right when vessels are approaching each other head on. (b) When the courses of vessels are so far to the starboard of each other as not …

The department of safety, division of state police, shall publish the New Hampshire Boaters guide.

I. No person shall rent a vessel for operation on any waters of this state, including tidal and coastal waters and all inland waters, unless the rental operator initials a rental safety checklist, prepared by the department of safety, which certifies the rental operator's knowled…

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Approval of boating safety education courses. II. Criteria for boating safety equivalency examinations. III. The enforcement of provisions of this subdivision and the rules adopted pursuant to it.

I. (a) No person shall operate a motorboat while towing water skiers, aquaplanes, or similar devices, or while engaged in wake surfing, unless another person is present in the motorboat who is physically able to observe and assist the person or appurtenance being towed or wake su…

Any person who undertakes any of the following activities on the public waters of the state shall first obtain a permit from the commissioner, subject to such conditions as he shall establish by rule: I. Sponsor a water event, including but not limited to, a carnival or exhibitio…

Any person who participates in a water event for which a permit has not been issued as required by RSA 270-D:4, shall be guilty of a violation and fined not less than $100. Any person who continues to participate in or refuses to disperse from the location of such an event after …

No vessel shall be operated while carrying passengers or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration weather and other operating conditions.

All vessels afloat on public waters may be inspected by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative, to determine their seaworthiness and safety equipment at any time. No person shall allow any vessel which fails to pass such inspection to be used or operated on the wa…

No person shall operate a motorboat while a person is sitting on the gunwale, transom, or straddling the bow while the motorboat is in operation underway.

No person shall display, at any point on the shore visible from the water, any lights deemed by the division of state police, marine patrol bureau to resemble in color or configuration the required navigation lights of any vessel.

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, regarding: I. Special permits to be issued under RSA 270-D:4. II. Inspection of vessels under RSA 270-D:6.

Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under RSA 270-D:8 shall be guilty of a violation.