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2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 830 - Small Watercraft
GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 830.005 - Definitions for chapter.
- Section 830.010 [Formerly 488.005; 1991 c.67 §230; repealed by 1999 c.1051 §97]
- Section 830.015 - Application of ORS 830.005, 830.015 to 830.050, 830.175, 830.210 to 830.420 and 830.475 to 830.490; exemptions.
- Section 830.025 - Other boating laws not affected.
- Section 830.035 - Peace officers to enforce chapter; fleeing; attempts to elude.
- Section 830.037 - Notification of stolen boat; notice in electronic file system; issuance of new title or certificate of number.
- Section 830.040 - Contrary local laws prohibited.
- Section 830.050 - Reporting lost boat.
- Section 830.053 - False or fraudulent report of theft of boat.
- Section 830.055 - Oregon Adopt-a-River Program; implementation; rules.
- Section 830.060 - Consistency with federal law.
- Section 830.080 - Boating Offense Compact.
- Section 830.082 - Mandatory boating safety education program.
- Section 830.084 - Requirements for mandatory boating safety education program; education card; rules; fee.
- Section 830.086 - Boating safety education card; requirements; fee.
- Section 830.088 - Operation of motorboat by person 12 to 15 years of age.
- Section 830.090 - Operation of motorboat by person 16 years of age or older.
- Section 830.092 - Exemption from requirement to obtain boating safety education card.
- Section 830.094 - Boating safety education card required to operate motorboat.
- Section 830.096 - Conditional suspension of fine for violation of boating safety requirements.
- Section 830.100 - Boating safety policy.
- Section 830.105 - State Marine Board.
- Section 830.110 - Powers and duties of board; rules.
- Section 830.115 - Boating survey.
- Section 830.120 - Term; vacancies.
- Section 830.125 - Compensation and expenses.
- Section 830.130 - Officers; quorum; meetings.
- Section 830.135 - State Marine Director.
- Section 830.137 - Disposition of funds received through Clean Vessel Act and through Boating Infrastructure Grant Program; priority.
- Section 830.140 - Boating Safety, Law Enforcement and Facility Account; sources; disposition; enforcement by cities and counties.
- Section 830.145 [Formerly 488.865; 1987 c.905 §24; 1999 c.1051 §298; repealed by 2011 c.597 §118]
- Section 830.150 - Disbursement of funds for boating facilities; priorities; water quality protection; hearing.
- Section 830.155 - Revolving fund; limit.
- Section 830.160 - Board authority to remove obstructions from water.
- Section 830.165 - Boating safety educational program; youthful boat operator program.
- Section 830.170 - Agreements with other jurisdictions.
- Section 830.172 - County boat use permit program review.
- Section 830.175 - Regulations for specific areas; rules.
- Section 830.180 - Use of motors prohibited on certain lakes; exceptions; rules.
- Section 830.185 - Speed restrictions in certain areas.
- Section 830.187 - Restrictions for Waldo Lake.
- Section 830.190 - Temporary suspension of speed restrictions.
- Section 830.195 - Board to protect traditional boating uses and prevent user conflicts.
- Section 830.200 - County boat use permits.
- Section 830.210 - Operating improperly equipped boat prohibited.
- Section 830.215 - Personal flotation devices; rules.
- Section 830.220 - Fire extinguishers; rules.
- Section 830.225 - Lights; rules.
- Section 830.230 - Sound signaling devices; rules.
- Section 830.235 - Carburetors.
- Section 830.240 - Ventilation systems; rules.
- Section 830.245 - Safety devices on boat operated in tidewater; rules.
- Section 830.250 - Additional equipment; rules.
- Section 830.260 - Muffling devices.
- Section 830.270 - Notice to board on noise violation charge; board to supply information to court; suspension of certificate.
- Section 830.300 - Operating boat in violation of chapter prohibited.
- Section 830.302 - Draining water from boat; exceptions.
- Section 830.305 - Unsafe operation.
- Section 830.315 - Reckless boating; speed.
- Section 830.325 - Operating boat while under influence of intoxicants.
- Section 830.330 - Liability of owner for negligent operation of boat.
- Section 830.335 - Operator to maintain lookout.
- Section 830.340 - Navigation rules.
- Section 830.345 - Traffic lanes; swim areas.
- Section 830.350 - Testing racing motorboat.
- Section 830.355 - Overloading.
- Section 830.360 - Riding on bow, gunwale or transom.
- Section 830.362 - Operating motorboat with person holding on to or occupying parts aft of transom.
- Section 830.365 - Waterskiing, surfboarding and similar activities.
- Section 830.370 - Mooring to buoys and beacons; defacing or destroying navigational markers.
- Section 830.375 - Authorization required to hold marine event; rules.
- Section 830.380 - Peace officer authority to require operator to remedy especially hazardous condition.
- Section 830.383 - Person required to remedy especially hazardous condition.
- Section 830.385 - Commercial fishing boats exempt from regulation of especially hazardous condition.
- Section 830.390 - Minimum equipment and safety requirements for vessels engaged in Klamath Lake plankton fishery.
- Section 830.410 - Operator of boat livery to provide properly equipped boats.
- Section 830.415 - Records of operator of boat livery.
- Section 830.420 - Minimum equipment requirements for rental or charter boats; rules; inspection; cancellation or revocation of certificate for failure to comply.
- Section 830.425 - Minimum requirements for boat livery operation.
- Section 830.430 - Definitions for ORS 830.430 to 830.465 and 830.997.
- Section 830.435 - Charter boat license; reciprocity with Washington license holders.
- Section 830.437 - Licensing; safety standards; rules.
- Section 830.440 - License application; contents; fees; bond or financial security; transfer of license; rules.
- Section 830.445 - Liability insurance form; notice to board upon termination of coverage; license suspension for failure to maintain insurance.
- Section 830.447 - Optional charter boat licensing; rules.
- Section 830.450 - Equipment requirements; rules.
- Section 830.460 - Prohibited activities.
- Section 830.465 - Disciplinary actions.
- Section 830.475 - Duties of operators and witnesses at accidents.
- Section 830.480 - Accident report required; rules.
- Section 830.485 - Form of report; sending death record to State Marine Board.
- Section 830.490 - Confidential nature of report.
- Section 830.495 - Report of accident resulting in death or disappearance; duties of passengers.
- Section 830.505 - Implied consent to chemical tests for intoxicants; refusal to submit; consequences.
- Section 830.510 - Chemical evidence of use of intoxicants.
- Section 830.515 - Evidence of refusal to submit to test in legal proceeding.
- Section 830.520 - Circumstances under which chemical tests may be administered.
- Section 830.525 - Chemical tests obtained by subject.
- Section 830.535 - Criteria for chemical analyses.
- Section 830.545 - Information about rights and consequences.
- Section 830.550 - Implied consent to field sobriety tests for intoxicants; refusal to submit; consequences.
- Section 830.555 - Additional penalties for failing to submit to testing for intoxicants.
- Section 830.560 - Launching boat with aquatic invasive species prohibited; rules.
- Section 830.565 - Permit required.
- Section 830.570 - Board to issue permit; fees.
- Section 830.575 - Annual fee for permit.
- Section 830.580 - Rules.
- Section 830.585 - Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund; uses of fund.
- Section 830.587 - Definitions for ORS 830.589, 830.591, 830.594, 830.998 and 830.999.
- Section 830.589 - Watercraft check stations; rules; penalty.
- Section 830.591 - Request to proceed to nearest station; penalty.
- Section 830.594 - Report of prevention efforts.
- Section 830.600 - Applicability of boating laws to seaplanes.
- Section 830.605 - State Marine Board and Oregon Department of Aviation to distribute information on regulation of seaplanes.
- Section 830.615 - Waterway Access Fund.
- Section 830.618 - Grants for nonmotorized boat waterway access; rules.
- Section 830.621 - Grants for boating safety education, boating equipment and waterway access to underserved communities; rules.
- Section 830.624 - Permit requirements for person 14 years of age or older; exceptions; rules.
- Section 830.627 - Fees for issuance of permit.
- Section 830.630 - Issuance of permits; agents.
- Section 830.640 - Towed watersports program.
- Section 830.643 - Towed watersports endorsement and certificate; issuance; fees; rules.
- Section 830.646 - Fees; rules.
- Section 830.649 - Newberg Pool Congested Zone.
- Section 830.652 - Additional penalties for violations occurring within Newberg Pool Congested Zone.
- Section 830.655 - Suspension.
- Section 830.700 - Definitions for ORS 830.060 to 830.140 and 830.700 to 830.870.
- Section 830.705 - Applicability of numbering, title and license requirements.
- Section 830.710 - Report of transfer, abandonment or destruction of boat, boathouse or floating home or change of address of owner.
- Section 830.715 - Record of certificates and numbers; fees for furnishing information.
- Section 830.720 - Cancellation of title upon scrapping of boat, boathouse or floating home.
- Section 830.725 - Distribution of lists of owners.
- Section 830.730 - False information prohibited.
- Section 830.740 - Perfection of security interest in boats, boathouses and floating homes covered by certificate of title; applicability of Uniform Commercial Code.
- Section 830.745 - Notation on title of creation, satisfaction or assignment of security interest; fee.
- Section 830.750 - Transfer of title subject to security interest; dealer transferees; fee.
- Section 830.755 - Transfer by operation of law of title subject to security interest; fee.
- Section 830.770 - Certificate of number required on boat; exceptions.
- Section 830.775 - Operation of certain boats without certificates of registration.
- Section 830.780 - Identifying number on forward half of boat.
- Section 830.785 - Application for boat number.
- Section 830.790 - Certificate or registration fees.
- Section 830.795 - Issuance of certificate of number and validation stickers; stickers placed on boats.
- Section 830.800 - Expiration of certificate of number; renewal of certificate and stickers.
- Section 830.805 - Application by owner having number awarded by federal government or another state.
- Section 830.810 - Certificate of title; exceptions; rules; application fees; penalty fee.
- Section 830.815 - Refusal to issue or suspension or cancellation of certificate.
- Section 830.820 - Duplicate certificates or validation stickers.
- Section 830.825 - Hull identification number required.
- Section 830.830 - Dealer or boat manufacturer number; fee.
- Section 830.850 - Identifying number plate required on floating homes and boathouses; certificate of title required; fee.
- Section 830.855 - Application for floating home or boathouse identifying plate; fee; issuance of certificate of title.
- Section 830.860 - Validity of certificate of title; new certificates; fee.
- Section 830.865 - Rules.
- Section 830.870 - Duplicate certificate of title; fee.
- Section 830.875 - Definitions for ORS 830.880 to 830.895.
- Section 830.880 - Seizure of boats and equipment from which identification number has been removed; inspection of property; check for stolen boats; renumbering.
- Section 830.885 - Return of seized property; investigation to determine ownership; notice to owner.
- Section 830.890 - Public notice to persons having interest in seized property; court action; sale of property at public auction; disposition of proceeds.
- Section 830.895 - Renumbering; inspection requirement.
- Section 830.905 [Formerly 488.650; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.907 [1999 c.692 §2; 2003 c.693 §4; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.908 - Definitions for ORS 830.908 to 830.948.
- Section 830.909 [1999 c.692 §3; 2003 c.693 §5; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.910 [Formerly 488.655; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.911 - Authority to seize abandoned vessel or derelict vessel.
- Section 830.912 [1999 c.692 §4; 2003 c.693 §6; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.914 [1999 c.692 §5; 2003 c.693 §7; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.915 [Formerly 488.660; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.917 [1999 c.692 §6; 2003 c.693 §8; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.918 - Preseizure notice.
- Section 830.919 [1999 c.692 §7; 2003 c.693 §9; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.920 [Formerly 488.665; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.922 [1999 c.692 §8; 2003 c.693 §10; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.923 - Seizure without notice.
- Section 830.924 [1999 c.692 §9; 2003 c.693 §11; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.925 [Formerly 488.670; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.926
- Section 830.927 [1999 c.692 §10; 2003 c.693 §12; repealed by 2013 c.680 §16]
- Section 830.928 - Manner and time of seizure.
- Section 830.930 [Formerly 488.675; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.931 - Post-seizure notice.
- Section 830.933 - Reclamation of seized vessel.
- Section 830.935 [Formerly 488.680; repealed by 1999 c.692 §13]
- Section 830.936 - Hearing.
- Section 830.938 - Liability for costs of salvage, towing and storage.
- Section 830.940 - Use of contractor.
- Section 830.944 - Offenses.
- Section 830.948 - Salvaged Vessel Subaccount; sources; limits; uses.
- Section 830.950 - Definitions for ORS 830.955.
- Section 830.955 - Prohibition of installation of submersible polystyrene device.
- Section 830.990 - Penalties.
- Section 830.992 - Penalty for purchase of boat or equipment from which hull or component identification number removed.
- Section 830.993 - Penalties for violation of ORS 166.155 or 166.165.
- Section 830.994 - Additional penalties for violation of ORS 830.325.
- Section 830.995 [Formerly 488.995; repealed by 1999 c.1051 §97]
- Section 830.997 - Penalty for charter boat violations.
- Section 830.998 - Penalty for failing to stop at an aquatic invasive species check station.
- Section 830.999 - Penalty for transporting aquatic invasive species; exceptions; use of penalty moneys; rules.
Note: 830.587, 830.589 and 830.594 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 830 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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