2023 Utah Code
Title 73 - Water and Irrigation
Chapter 18 - State Boating Act
Section 9 - Exemptions from registration.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 73-18-9 (2023)
Effective 7/1/2021
73-18-9. Exemptions from registration.
Registration under this chapter is not required for any of the following:
  • (1) a motorboat or sailboat that:
    • (a) is already covered by a valid registration issued by its nonresident owner's resident state; and
    • (b) has not been within this state in excess of 60 days for the calendar year;
  • (2) a motorboat or sailboat from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of this state;
  • (3) a motorboat or sailboat whose owner is the United States, a state or subdivision thereof;
  • (4) a ship's lifeboat; or
  • (5) a motorboat or sailboat belonging to a class of vessels which is exempted from registration by the division after the division finds:
    • (a) that the registration of motorboats or sailboats of this class will not materially aid in their identification; and
    • (b) that the United States Coast Guard has a numbering system applicable to the class of motorboats or sailboats to which the motorboat or sailboat in question belongs, and the motorboat or sailboat would also be exempt from numbering if it were subject to federal law.


Amended by Chapter 280, 2021 General Session
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