§ 29.1-747 Repealed.
§ 29.1-748 Restrictions on operation; penalty.
§ 29.1-748.1 Local ordinances; operation on lakes; minimum distance from shoreline; penalty.
§ 29.1-749 Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty.
§ 29.1-749.1 Identification of personal watercraft rentals.
§ 29.1-749.2 Local regulation of personal watercraft rentals; penalty.
§ 29.1-749.3 Personal watercraft instruction; rental agents.
§ 29.1-750 Exemptions.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 29.1 > Chapter 7 > Article 4 - Personal Watercraft.

  • 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
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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