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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 488 - Watercraft
NRS 488.585 - Use of engine cut-off switch link required under certain circumstances; attachment of engine cut-off switch link.

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NV Rev Stat § 488.585 (2025)
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1. A person who operates a recreational power-driven vessel that:

(a) Is less than 26 feet overall in length;

(b) Has a main helm that is not installed within an enclosed cabin;

(c) Is capable of developing 115 pounds or more of static thrust; and

(d) Is equipped with an engine cut-off switch or built on or after December 4, 2019,

shall use the engine cut-off switch link when the vessel is on plane or above displacement speed.

2. A person shall not operate a recreational power-driven vessel that is equipped with an engine cut-off switch unless the operator has attached the engine cut-off switch link to his or her body, clothing or properly worn personal flotation device.

3. As used in this section:

(a) "Engine cut-off switch" means a switch that, when activated in an emergency, provides the means to stop the mechanical propulsion system.

(b) "Engine cut-off switch link" means a device designed to attach the operator of a vessel to the system that stops the engine under emergency conditions. The term includes a lanyard or other mechanical device and a wireless cut-off device.

(c) "Static thrust" means the forward or backward thrust developed by propulsion machinery while stationary.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 405; A 2023, 552)

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