2024 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 488 - Watercraft
NRS 488.950 - Penalty for violating provision of chapter: Criminal penalty; authority of court to require successful completion of course in safe boating as prerequisite to operation of vessel upon interstate waters of State.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 488.950 (2024)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person:

(a) Performs an act or attempts to perform an act made unlawful or prohibited by this chapter;

(b) Willfully fails to perform an act required of the person by this chapter; or

(c) Violates any order issued or regulation adopted by the Commission under the provisions of this chapter.

2. A court may prohibit a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter from operating a vessel upon the interstate waters of this State until the person successfully completes, after the date of the violation, a course in safe boating approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. As used in this subsection, "interstate waters of this State" means waters forming the boundary between the State of Nevada and an adjoining state.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 482; A 1991, 857; 2001, 1720; 2023, 553)

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