Subdivision 1.Misdemeanors.

Unless a different penalty is specified, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

Attorney's Note

Under the Minnesota Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $1,000
For details, see § 609.02

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 86B.811

  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) violates a provision of this chapter or a rule of the commissioner adopted under this chapter;

(2) operates any watercraft that does not conform to the requirements of this chapter; or

(3) operates a watercraft if the operation is prohibited under subdivision 2.

Subd. 1a.

[Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98]

Subd. 2.Youth operator violations.

(a) An operator age 13 or older but younger than age 18 adjudicated by a juvenile court as having violated section 86B.311, subdivision 1, 86B.341, or 169A.20, shall have the operator’s permit revoked by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner shall issue a new permit to the operator one year after the revocation upon successful completion by the operator of a watercraft safety course.

(c) The judge of a juvenile court that adjudicates an operator of violating any of the laws or rules listed above shall require the surrender of the person’s watercraft operator’s permit and shall forward the operator’s permit to the commissioner with a record of the adjudication.