Chapter 30, NAVIGABLE WATERS, HARBORS AND NAVIGATION
164 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 30.52 Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance
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30.52 Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance. (1) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRATIONS. (a) Application for certificate of number. 1. Any person who owns a boat required to be covered by a certificate of nu…
Wis. Stat. § 30.523 Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number
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30.523 Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number. (1) CARD TO BE ON BOARD; EXCEPTION. (a) Certificate of number card. If a boat is required to be covered by a certificate of number issued under this chapter and if the owner of …
Wis. Stat. § 30.525 Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats
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30.525 Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats. The department shall encourage owners of boats which are exempt from the certificate of number requirement under s. 30.51 (2) (a) 1. or 2. to contribute funds to be utilized for the development or enhancement of programs or s…
Wis. Stat. § 30.53 Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waivers
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30.53 Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waivers. (1) REQUIREMENTS. No manufacturer, importer, dealer or other person may sell or otherwise dispose of a new boat to a dealer, to be used by the dealer for purposes of display and resale, with…
Wis. Stat. § 30.531 Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions
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30.531 Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions. (1) CERTIFICATE. The owner of a boat subject to registration or certificate of number requirements in this state, whether or not the boat is operated on the waters of this state, shall make application for certificate of titl…
Wis. Stat. § 30.533 Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers
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30.533 Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers. (1) CERTIFICATE; CONTENTS. An application for a certificate of title shall be made to the department and shall be accompanied by the required fee. Each application for certificate of title shall …
Wis. Stat. § 30.535 Department to examine records
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30.535 Department to examine records. Before issuing a certificate of title for a boat, the department shall check the application against the records of stolen boats in the national crime information center. History: 1987 a. 397.
Wis. Stat. § 30.537 Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees
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30.537 Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees. (1) ISSUANCE. The department shall file each application for certificate of title received by it and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of t…
Wis. Stat. § 30.539 Contents of certificate of title
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30.539 Contents of certificate of title. (1) INFORMATION. Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain: (a) The name and address of the owner. (b) The title number assigned to the boat. (c) A description of the boat, including, if applicable, the make, year, l…
Wis. Stat. § 30.54 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates
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30.54 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (1) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, shall promptly make applic…
Wis. Stat. § 30.541 Transfers of boat titles
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30.541 Transfers of boat titles. (1) OWNERS. If an owner transfers an interest in a boat, other than by the creation of a security interest, the owner shall, at the time of the delivery of the boat, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee in the space provid…
Wis. Stat. § 30.543 Report of stolen or abandoned boats
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30.543 Report of stolen or abandoned boats. Each sheriff and police department in the state shall immediately report to the department of justice each boat reported stolen or recovered within its jurisdiction and the department of justice shall subsequently report such informatio…
Wis. Stat. § 30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state
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30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state. For purposes of enforcement, conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner of a boat which was purchased outside of this state and which is subject to the certifica…
Wis. Stat. § 30.547 Alterations and falsifications prohibited
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30.547 Alterations and falsifications prohibited. (1) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate of title or a certificate of title issued under s. 30.537 (1) or 30.541 (4). (2) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate of numb…
Wis. Stat. § 30.549 Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration
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30.549 Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration. (1) DUTY OF SELLER. (a) If the owner of a boat transfers all or any part of the owner’s interest in the boat, other than by the creation of a security interest, the owner sha…
Wis. Stat. § 30.55 Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address
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30.55 Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address. (1) DESTRUCTION OR ABANDONMENT. If a boat covered by a certificate of title and certificate of number or registration issued by this state is destroyed or abandoned, the owner shall notify the department of …
Wis. Stat. § 30.553 Sharing boat title records
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30.553 Sharing boat title records. (1) At time intervals to be determined by the department, but at least quarterly, the department shall, upon request, provide boat manufacturers with the department’s records under ss. 30.537 (2) and 30.541 (4) (c) for the primary purpose of val…
Wis. Stat. § 30.57 Perfection of security interests
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30.57 Perfection of security interests. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a security interest in a boat of a type for which a certificate of title is required is not valid against creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or secured parties of the boat unless perfected a…
Wis. Stat. § 30.571 Notification of person who has perfected security interest
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30.571 Notification of person who has perfected security interest. If the department receives information from another state that a boat that is titled in this state is being titled in the other state and the information does not show that a perfected security interest, as shown …
Wis. Stat. § 30.572 Duties on creation of security interest
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30.572 Duties on creation of security interest. (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if an owner creates a security interest in a boat of a type for which a certificate of title is required, unless the name and address of the secured party already appears on the certificate of title …
Wis. Stat. § 30.573 Assignment of security interest
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30.573 Assignment of security interest. (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 409.308 (5), a secured party may assign, absolutely or otherwise, the secured party’s security interest in a boat to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the val…
Wis. Stat. § 30.574 Release of security interest
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30.574 Release of security interest. (1) Within one month, or within 10 days following written demand by the debtor, after there is no outstanding obligation and no commitment to make advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, secured by the security interest in a boat …
Wis. Stat. § 30.575 Secured party’s and owner’s duties
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30.575 Secured party’s and owner’s duties. (1) A secured party named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another secured party named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information about the secured party’s security agreement and the in…
Wis. Stat. § 30.576 Method of perfecting exclusive
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30.576 Method of perfecting exclusive. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and subject to s. 409.311 (4), the method provided in ss. 30.57 to 30.575 of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to those sections is exclusive. Security interests subject to ss. 30.5…
Wis. Stat. § 30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration
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30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration. (1) The department shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration for a boat if it finds any of the following: (a) The certificate of title, ce…
Wis. Stat. § 30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title
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30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title. The department shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if it has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following exists: (1) The person alleged to be the owner of the …
Wis. Stat. § 30.60 Classification of motorboats
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30.60 Classification of motorboats. For the purposes of ss. 30.61 and 30.62, motorboats are divided on the basis of their length into 4 classes as follows: (1) Class A—those less than 16 feet. (2) Class 1—those 16 feet or over but less than 26 feet. (3) Class 2—those 26 feet or o…
Wis. Stat. § 30.61 Lighting equipment
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30.61 Lighting equipment. (1) WHEN LIGHTS REQUIRED; PROHIBITED LIGHTS. (a) No person shall operate any motorboat at any time from sunset to sunrise unless such motorboat carries the lighting equipment required by this section and unless such equipment is lighted when and as requi…
Wis. Stat. § 30.62 Other equipment
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30.62 Other equipment. (1) WHEN EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. No person shall operate any boat on the waters of this state unless such boat is equipped as required by this section and the rules of the department promulgated under this section. No owner of a boat shall rent such boat to any…
Wis. Stat. § 30.625 Rental of motorboats
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30.625 Rental of motorboats. (1) No person who is engaged in the rental or leasing of motorboats to the public may do any of the following: (a) Rent or lease a motorboat for operation by a person who will be operating a motorboat for the first time in each calendar year and who d…
Wis. Stat. § 30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted
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30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted. (1) SALE. No person may sell any new outboard motor for use in the waters of this state unless such motor is equipped with a crankcase effectively sealed to prevent the drainage of raw fuel into the waters in which the mot…
Wis. Stat. § 30.635 Motorboat prohibition
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30.635 Motorboat prohibition. On lakes 50 acres or less having public access, motorboats may not be operated in excess of slow-no-wake speed, except when such lakes serve as thoroughfares between 2 or more navigable lakes. The department by rule may modify or waive the requiremen…
Wis. Stat. § 30.64 Patrol boats
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30.64 Patrol boats. (1) The operator of a patrol boat, including a commission warden, as defined in s. 939.22 (5), when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, need not comply with this subchapter or ordinances under s. 30…
Wis. Stat. § 30.65 Traffic rules
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30.65 Traffic rules. (1) MEETING; OVERTAKING; RIGHT-OFWAY. Every person operating a boat shall comply with the following traffic rules, except when deviation therefrom is necessary to comply with federal pilot rules while operating on the navigable waters of the United States: (a…
Wis. Stat. § 30.66 Speed restrictions
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30.66 Speed restrictions. 30.66(1)(1) Speed to be reasonable and prudent. No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. The speed of a motorboat shal…
Wis. Stat. § 30.67 Accidents and accident reports
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30.67 Accidents and accident reports. 30.67(1)(1) Duty to render aid. Insofar as the operator of a boat can do so without serious danger to the operator’s boat or to persons on board, the operator of a boat involved in a boating accident shall stop the operator’s boat and render …
Wis. Stat. § 30.675 Distress signal flag
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30.675 Distress signal flag. The display on a boat or by a person of an orange flag approximately 18 by 30 inches in size shall indicate that such boat or person is in need of help. (1) Insofar as is possible without serious danger to the operator’s boat or persons on board, the …
Wis. Stat. § 30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors
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30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors. (1) MOTORBOATS OTHER THAN PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. (a) No person under 10 years of age may operate a motorboat. (b) No person who is at least 10 years of age but under 12 years of age may operate a mot…
Wis. Stat. § 30.68 Prohibited operation
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30.68 Prohibited operation. (2) NEGLIGENT OPERATION. No person may operate or use any boat, or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane or similar device upon the waters of this state in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger that person’s life, property or person…
Wis. Stat. § 30.681 Intoxicated boating
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30.681 Intoxicated boating. (1) OPERATION. (a) Operating while under the influence of an intoxicant. No person may engage in the operation of a motorboat while under the influence of an intoxicant to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safe motorboat operation. (b) Ope…
Wis. Stat. § 30.682 Preliminary screening test
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30.682 Preliminary screening test. (1) REQUIREMENT. A person shall provide a sample of his or her breath or oral fluids, or both, for a preliminary screening test if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the person is violating or has violated the intoxicat…
Wis. Stat. § 30.683 Implied consent
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30.683 Implied consent. Any person who engages in the operation of a motorboat upon the waters of this state is deemed to have given consent to provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under s. 30.684. Any…
Wis. Stat. § 30.684 Chemical tests
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30.684 Chemical tests. (1) REQUIREMENT. (a) Samples; submission to tests. A person shall provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis if he or she is arrested for a violation of the intoxicated boating law and if he or sh…
Wis. Stat. § 30.686 Report arrest to department
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30.686 Report arrest to department. If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a violation of the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law, the law enforcement officer shall notify the department of the arrest as soon as practicable. History: 1985 a. 331.
Wis. Stat. § 30.687 Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law
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30.687 Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law. A person arrested for a violation of the intoxicating boating law, may not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered under s. 30.684…
Wis. Stat. § 30.69 Water skiing
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30.69 Water skiing. 30.69(1)(1) Prohibited at certain times; exceptions. 30.69(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may operate a motorboat towing a person on water skis, aquaplane, or similar device unless one of the following applies: 30.69(1)(a)1.1. There is in t…
Wis. Stat. § 30.70 Skin diving
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30.70 Skin diving. No person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of swimming fins or skin diving in waters other than marked swimming areas or within 150 feet of shoreline, and no person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of self-contain…
Wis. Stat. § 30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets
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30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets. (1) In this section, “outlying waters” has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (63). (2) No person may, while maintaining or operating any boat equipped with toilets on the waters of this state, dispose of any toilet wastes in …
Wis. Stat. § 30.72 Watercraft use rules, Lower St
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30.72 Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River. (1) WATER SURFACE USE RULES. (a) The department shall promulgate rules to govern the operation of boats on the Lower St. Croix River. The rules may restrict any or all of the following: 1. The type of boats which may be used on t…
Wis. Stat. § 30.73 Use regulations, Brule River
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30.73 Use regulations, Brule River. (1) PROHIBITED USES. No person may operate, occupy or use any motorboat or any pneumatic inner tube, inflatable raft or similar device on the Brule River or any of its stream tributaries in Douglas County. This subsection does not prohibit a pe…