2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 53 - Registration and Titling of Boats
Section 5310 - Display of registration number

     § 5310.  Display of registration number.
        (a)  General rule.--The registration number shown on the
     certificate of registration shall be painted on or attached to
     each side of the bow of the boat in order that it may be clearly
     visible. No other number may be displayed on the bow. The number
     shall be maintained in a legible condition.
        (b)  Exceptions.--The following boats are exempt from the
     display of registration numbers:
            (1)  Boats possessing a valid marine document issued by
        the United States Coast Guard or its successor agency.
            (2)  Any other boat or class of boat which the commission
        determines by regulation to exempt from the display of
        numbers upon a finding that such display is not practicable
        or does not aid materially in the identification of the boat
        and that does not conflict with Federal numbering
        requirements.
        (c)  Penalty.--A person who operates a properly registered
     boat that does not display a proper registration number commits
     a summary offense of the fourth degree.
     (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Dec. 12,
     1991, P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.)

        1991 Amendment.  Section 6 of Act 39 provided that Act 39
     shall apply to boat registrations issued for the calendar year
     1992 and each year thereafter.