2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §5-391  Enforcement; violation; classification

A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, except section 5-341, subsection A, B, C or D, section 5-349, section 5-350, subsection C, section 5-393, 5-395, 5-396 or 5-397 and subsection C, F or G of this section or any rule issued thereunder, is guilty of a petty offense. Any person who violates section 5-350, subsection C or subsection C of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

B. All peace officers of the state, counties and cities shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and all laws and rules relating to the operation of watercraft.

C. In the enforcement of this chapter, the operator of the watercraft upon being hailed by any peace officer shall stop immediately and lay to, or maneuver in such a way as to permit the peace officer to come aboard or alongside. The operator may be ordered ashore to correct any unlawful condition, issued a written warning or written repair order, or issued a citation for any violation of this chapter.

D. In the enforcement of this chapter, the provisions of sections 13-2506 and 13-3903 shall apply.

E. Each failure to obey an order or to comply with a warning order issued under the provisions of subsection C of this section shall constitute a separate offense punishable as a separate violation of this chapter.

F. A person is guilty of a class 6 felony who knowingly removes, defaces, obliterates, changes, alters or causes to be removed, defaced, obliterated, changed or altered a factory, engine, serial, outdrive, lower unit, power trim or hull identification number or mark on a watercraft.

G. A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:

1. Knowingly displays or has in his possession a fictitious, stolen, revoked or altered certificate of number, department issued number or annual decal.

2. Lends to or knowingly permits the use of his certificate of number, department issued number or annual decal on a watercraft for which those items have not been issued.

H. Upon receipt of notice of conviction of a person under subsection F or G of this section, the department may revoke the numbers and decals issued to the watercraft which was involved in the violation and any other watercraft owned by the person convicted.