2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 41 - Water
Chapter 13 - Watercraft
Article 1 - Registration; Accidents
Section 41-13-101 - Definitions; Classification of Motorboats.

41-13-101. Definitions; classification of motorboats.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Commission" means the Wyoming game and fish commission;

(ii) "Department" means the Wyoming game and fish department;

(iii) "Motorboat" means any watercraft propelled in any respect by propulsion machinery powered by an energy source other than human effort;

(iv) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a watercraft;

(v) "Owner" means a person having the property in or title to a motorboat excluding a lienholder or a lessee under a lease not intended as security;

(vi) "Safety equipment" includes personal flotation devices, towing and bailing devices, paddles, fire extinguishers and navigation lights, backfire flame arresters, whistles or other sound producing devices and ventilation systems;

(vii) "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on water;

(viii) "Waters of this state" means any waters within the jurisdiction of Wyoming;

(ix) "This act" means W.S. 41-13-101 through 41-13-220.

(b) Motorboats subject to the provisions of this act shall be divided into four (4) classes as follows:

(i) Class A. Less than sixteen (16) feet in length;

(ii) Class B. Sixteen (16) feet or over and less than twenty-six (26) feet in length;

(iii) Class C. Twenty-six (26) feet or over and less than forty (40) feet in length;

(iv) Class D. Forty (40) feet or over.