Navigable Waters, Shipping and Watercraft: Related Laws
U.S.
- U.S. Code > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
- U.S. Code > Title 33 > Chapter 36 > Subchapter III - Inland Waterway Transportation System
- U.S. Code > Title 46 - Shipping
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 37 > Chapter 7 > Article 2 - Determining Navigability
- Arizona Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 3 > Article 2.1 - Colorado River Boundary Markers Division
California
- California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 1 - Department of Boating and Waterways and the Boating and Waterways Commission
- California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 2 - Navigation
Connecticut
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 265 - Coast Survey
Delaware
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 65 - Delaware River Basin Compact
- Delaware Code > Title 17 > Chapter 18 - Delaware River and Bay Authority
- Delaware Code > Title 23 - Navigation and Waters
Florida
- Florida Regulations > Division 61G14 - Board of Pilot Commissioners
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 62D-15 - Myakka River Wild and Scenic River Rule
- Florida Regulations > Chapter 66B-3 - Florida Inland Navigation District Land Acquisition Procedures
Hawaii
Idaho
- Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 85 - Lake Pend Oreille, Pend Oreille River, Priest Lake and Priest River Commission
- Idaho Code > Title 70 - Watercourses and Port Districts
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 70 > River Conservancy
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 615 - Waterways
Iowa
- Iowa Code > Chapter 307C - Missouri River Barge Compact
- Iowa Code > Chapter 462A - Water Navigation Regulations
- Iowa Code > Chapter 464A - Dams and Spillways
- Iowa Code > Chapter 464B - Dams
Kansas
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 34 - Navigation and Shipping
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 38 > Chapter 11 - Sabine River Authority
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 38 > Chapter 20 - Intermodal Transportation Act
- Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 2 - Canals
Maine
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 401 - Maine's rivers
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 402 - Declaration of policy
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 403 - Special protection for outstanding rivers
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 403-A - Definitions
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 404 - Finance Authority of Maine
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 88 - Ferries, Canals and Public Landings
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 91 - Waterways
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 81-113 > Act 215 of 1895 > Chapter XVII - Harbors, Wharves and Harbormasters
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 281 > Act 53 of 1961 - Ferry Dock At Straits of Mackinac
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 324 > Act 10 of 2013 - Marina Dredging Loan Origination Act
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 485 - Canal, Harbor, and River Improvement Companies
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 233-A - Access to Public Waters
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Title XXII - Navigation; Harbors; Coast Survey
New York
- New York Laws > Canal
- New York Laws > Executive > Article 42 - Waterfront Revitalization of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways
- New York Laws > Navigation
North Carolina
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 76 - Navigation
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 76A - Navigation and Pilotage Commissions
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 77 - Rivers, Creeks, and Coastal Waters
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 104 > Article 2 - Inland Waterways
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-6 - Obstructions to Navigation
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-6.1 - Maintenance of Marine Waterways and Boating Facilities
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-7 - Stakes and Buoys
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 46-10 - Shipwrecks
- Rhode Island General Laws 46-11-1. Taking of seaweed by inhabitants of Barrington
South Carolina
- South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 59 - The River Basins Advisory Commissions
- South Carolina Code > Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters
Tennessee
- Tennessee Code > Title 64 > Chapter 1 - River Basin Development Authorities
- Tennessee Code > Title 69 > Chapter 1 - Watercourses
- Tennessee Code > Title 69 > Chapter 2 - Landing and Loading Facilities
- Tennessee Code > Title 69 > Chapter 8 - Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact
Texas
- Texas Occupations Code > Title 14 > Subtitle B - Regulations Related to Vessels
- Texas Special District Local Laws Code > Title 5 > Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities
- Texas Special District Local Laws Code > Title 6 > Subtitle G - River Authorities
- Texas Transportation Code > Title 4 > Subtitle A - Waterways and Ports
- Texas Transportation Code > Title 4 > Subtitle B - Pilots
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 49 - Protection of Navigable Waters and Shorelands
- Vermont Statutes > Title 25 - Navigation and Waters
Virginia
Washington
- Washington Code > Chapter 43.372 - Marine waters planning and management
- Washington Code > Chapter 47.60 - Puget Sound ferry and toll bridge system
- Washington Code > Chapter 47.72 - Navigation canals
- Washington Code > Chapter 81.116 - Marine pilotage tariffs
- Washington Code > Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Constitution Article IX § 1 - Jurisdiction on rivers and lakes; navigable waters
- Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation
- Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters
- Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 33 - Public inland waters