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235.210 Boats exempt from registration requirement.
(1)
(2)
A motorboat shall not be required to be numbered under this chapter if it is:
(a) Already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded
to it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of
another state; provided, that such boat shall not have been within this state for
a period in excess of sixty (60) consecutive days;
(b) A motorboat from a country other than the United States temporarily using the
waters of this state;
(c) A motorboat whose owner is the United States, a state or a subdivision
thereof, except when such boat is leased to the public for compensation it
must be registered according to KRS 235.080(2);
(d) A ship's lifeboat used or intended to be used as such;
(e) A motorboat belonging to a class of boats which has been exempted from
numbering by the department after said agency has found that the numbering
of motorboats of such class will not materially aid in their identification; and,
if an agency of the federal government has a numbering system applicable to
the class of motorboats to which the motorboat in question belongs, after the
department has further found that the motorboat would also be exempt from
numbering if it were subject to the federal law.
Boats exempt from registration may be required by the department to apply for an
official identification number to be displayed in accordance with KRS 235.110.
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 79, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 14, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 292, sec. 16. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. VIII, sec. 23, effective March
17, 1960.
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