Title XXII, Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey

I. The operator of a vessel who knows or reasonably should have known that he or she has just been involved in any accident that involved death, personal injury, or damage to property, shall immediately stop said vessel at the scene of the accident, render any assistance that he …

Whoever fails to file the reports required by RSA 270:1-a, I or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements relating to injury to property, or relating to the immediate notification of the incident or report to be made to the department, shall be guilty of a class A misdemean…

Except as provided in RSA 270:1-a, I, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer or to the department of safety or its agents concerning an accident or alleged accident.

The owner shall furnish the department written notice of the transfer of all or any part of his or her interest, other than the creation of a security interest, in a vessel registered in this state pursuant to this chapter or the destruction or abandonment of such vessel within 1…

I. No person shall operate a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of this state without first obtaining a certificate of boating safety education in accordance with this subdivision. II. The commissioner may enter into cont…

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with an internal combustion engine on the open waters of School Pond in the town of Danbury. Use of electric-powered motors is authorized. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.

I. No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 5 horsepower upon Marchs Pond or Chalk Pond in the town of New Durham. II. No person shall use or operate jet skis on Marchs Pond or Chalk Pond. III. Notwithstanding the provisions …

No person shall use or operate jet skis on Pine River Pond in the town of Wakefield. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower upon Hermit Lake in the town of Sanbornton. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall operate any boat equipped with a petroleum-powered motor upon the waters of Clarksville Pond in the town of Clarksville. Any other type of power motor used on Clarksville Pond shall not develop more than trolling speed. Whoever violates this section shall be guilt…

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower upon Spectacle Pond in the towns of Enfield and Grafton. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

I. No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower upon Long Pond in the town of Northwood. II. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation. III. The provisions of this section shall not take ef…

I. No person shall use or operate any boat equipped with a power motor in excess of 10 horsepower on Little Diamond Pond in the town of Stewartstown. II. If the test conducted on Little Diamond Pond in the summer of 1988 indicates oil pollution as a result of petroleum-powered mo…

No person shall waterski within Rattlesnake Cove or Inner and Outer Squaw Coves on Squam Lake. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall operate any powerboat at a speed in excess of 6 miles per hour on White Pond or Duncan Lake in the town of Ossipee. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

I. Any person required to have a safe boater education certificate shall: (a) Possess the certificate when operating a motorized vessel with any type of power motor in excess of 25 horsepower on the public waters of the state. The certificate shall be a physical original or copy,…

I. The commissioner of safety, consistent with the policy of this chapter, shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the following: (a) Required equipment of all boats, including rafts and floats of whatever kind, operated or used on any public waters of the state. (b) The op…

Any person who has a vessel registered in this state shall notify the department in writing within 15 days if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of the notification, furnish the department with his new address.

Any person charged with a violation of the provisions of RSA 270; RSA 270-A; or RSA 270-E on boats, floats, and rafts, excluding any offense for which the penalty is a misdemeanor or felony, may plead guilty or nolo contendere by mail by entering a plea as provided in RSA 502-A:1…

I. No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower upon Upper Kimball Pond in the town of Chatham. II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate any boat equipped with a petroleum-powered motor upon the waters of Waukeena Lake in the town of Danbury. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall operate any vehicle or boat equipped with an internal combustion engine on the ice or open waters of Willand Pond in the cities of Somersworth and Dover. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate a ski craft, as defined in RSA 270:73, V, or a hovercraft, as defined in RSA 270:2, VIII, on Canaan Street Lake in the town of Canaan. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate any petroleum-powered boat equipped with any type of petroleum-powered motor in excess of 30 horsepower upon Bradley Lake in the town of Andover. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

The department of safety, division of state police, shall post at all boat launching sites on the Connecticut River, within the jurisdiction of the state, a speed limit of headway speed within 150 feet of the shoreline. Any person who violates the posted speed limits shall be gui…

No person shall use or operate any powerboat, motorboat, or boat equipped with any type of power motor at a rate of speed exceeding 40 miles per hour during daylight hours and 20 miles per hour during night hours on the waters of Spofford Lake in the town of Chesterfield. As used…

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower on Christine Lake in the town of Stark. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

I. No person shall use or operate any power boat with any type of powermotor in excess of 6 miles per hour upon Indian Pond in the town of Orford. II. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

The use or operation of petroleum-powered boats is prohibited on Wilson Lake in the town of Salem. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a violation.

A person who is licensed by the state of New Hampshire or the United States Coast Guard to operate a commercial vessel shall be exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.

I. The commissioner of safety shall, after receiving a petition signed by 25 or more residents or property owners of each affected town or towns in which a lake, pond or river is located and after notice and hearing, at which it appears that the public interest requires, adopt ru…

The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to: I. The information to be contained in an application for registration. II. Decals necessary to implement this chapter, including temporary decals. III. Certificates of numbers. IV. Display of numbers. V. Report…

I. The director of state police and his or her duly authorized representatives shall have all the powers of a peace officer in all counties in the state in the enforcement of: (a) The provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted hereunder; (b) The provisions of RSA 265-A, rel…

I. No person, while operating or otherwise in charge of a vessel, raft, or float of any kind, type, or character or an amphibian or pontoon aircraft under step speed shall: (a) Knowingly refuse, when requested by a peace officer or agent of the director, to give his name, address…

I. The commissioner of safety may establish a force of individuals to assist the director of state police and the marine patrol officers to patrol the various bodies of water in the state. Any person that patrols any water body on behalf of the department shall either be a certif…

I. Any person who buys, receives, possesses, sells or disposes of a boat, boat engine or outboard motor, with knowledge that a hull identification number or serial number has been removed, defaced or changed, with the intent to conceal or misrepresent the identity, shall be guilt…

I. Any member of the state of Maine marine patrol who, in the course of patrolling the waters of the Piscataqua River or Portsmouth Harbor, observes activity that the officer reasonably suspects may result in loss of life, widespread injury, or widespread or severe property damag…

I. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person shall use or operate any motorboat or any boat equipped with an outboard motor in excess of headway speed of 6 miles per hour upon the waters of the Connecticut River between the Ledyard Bridge in Hanover and a line acro…

No person shall use or operate any powerboat in excess of 40 miles per hour 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset or in excess of headway speed from dusk to dawn on the Piscataquog River in the town of Goffstown and the city of Manchester. Any person who violates the p…

No person shall use or operate a boat equipped with any type of petroleum-powered motor in excess of 5 horsepower on Lake Katherine in the town of Piermont. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate a boat or any other watercraft equipped with any type of power motor, except an electric motor not in excess of 5 horsepower, on Garland Pond in the town of Moultonborough. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate any boat equipped with any type of petroleum-powered motor on Tewksbury Pond in the town of Grafton. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate a boat or any other watercraft equipped with any type of power motor on Goose Pond in the city of Keene. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with any type of power motor in excess of 10 horsepower on Turee Pond in the town of Bow. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.

No person shall operate any boat equipped with any motor, except an electric motor with 50 pounds or less of thrust and a power source of 24 volts or less, on Spoonwood Pond in the town of Nelson. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violati…