2014 Virginia Code
Title 29.1 - Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating
§ 29.1-744.3. Slacken speed and control wakes near structures
It shall be unlawful to operate any motorboat, except personal watercraft, at a speed greater than the slowest possible speed required to maintain steerage and headway when within 50 feet or less of docks, piers, boathouses, boat ramps, or a person in the water, unless such person in the water (i) is being towed by the motorboat or (ii) is accompanying the motorboat, provided that such motorboat is propelled by an inboard motor.
1998, c. 857; 2012, c. 700.
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