§ 29.1-734 Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area.
§ 29.1-734.1 Skin and scuba divers.
§ 29.1-735 Regulations for vessel operation and equipment.
§ 29.1-735.1 Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes.
§ 29.1-735.2 Boating safety education required; Board to promulgate regulations.
§ 29.1-735.3 Regulation of parasail operators.
§ 29.1-736 Boat rentals; equipment; safety course.
§ 29.1-737 Muffling devices.
§ 29.1-738 Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc.
§ 29.1-738.01 Operating boat in an improper manner; penalty.
§ 29.1-738.02 Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty.
§ 29.1-738.03 Reckless operation of a personal watercraft.
§ 29.1-738.1 Analysis of breath to determine alcohol content of blood.
§ 29.1-738.2 Consent to blood or breath test.
§ 29.1-738.3 Presumptions from alcohol or drug content.
§ 29.1-738.4 Additional penalty for reckless or intoxicated operation of a watercraft or motorboat.
§ 29.1-738.5 Participation in rehabilitation program.
§ 29.1-738.6 When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removed from scene of arrest.
§ 29.1-739 Duty of operator involved in collision, accident or other casualty; immunity from liability; report of collision, etc.; summons in lieu of arrest.
§ 29.1-739.1 Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty.
§ 29.1-739.2 Conservation police officers to patrol lakes.
§ 29.1-740 Duty to stop and render assistance; penalties for violations.
§ 29.1-741 Furnishing information to agency of United States.
§ 29.1-742 Towing water skis, surfboards, etc.
§ 29.1-743 Repealed.
§ 29.1-744 Local regulation; application for placement or removal of “no wake” buoys, etc.
§ 29.1-744.1 Repealed.
§ 29.1-744.2 Repealed.
§ 29.1-744.3 Slacken speed and control wakes near structures.
§ 29.1-744.4 “Pass-through” zones; local ordinances; penalties.
§ 29.1-745 Enforcement of chapter; vessels displaying Coast Guard inspection decal.
§ 29.1-746 Penalties.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 29.1 > Chapter 7 > Article 3 - Boating Safety.

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Virginia Code 1-257
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Virginia Code 29.1-700
  • No wake: means operation of a motorboat at the slowest possible speed required to maintain steerage and headway. See Virginia Code 29.1-700
  • Operate: means to navigate or otherwise control the movement of a motorboat or a vessel. See Virginia Code 29.1-700
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See Virginia Code 29.1-700
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Personal watercraft: means a motorboat less than sixteen feet in length which uses an inboard motor powering a jet pump, as its primary motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside, the vessel. See Virginia Code 29.1-700
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Virginia Code 29.1-700