| | | representative at the place where the watercraft | | departs or returns to the possession of the owner or | | the owner's representative, provided that the person | | leasing or renting the watercraft has a copy of the | | lease or rental agreement that shows the watercraft | | number thereon and the period of time for which the | | watercraft is leased or rented and that is signed by | | the owner or the owner's representative; |
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| | | B.__Operate or give permission to operate a motorboat | | without the identification number and validation stickers, | | assigned by the commissioner and authorized by this chapter, | | displayed on each side of the bow in accordance with | | subsection 12, paragraphs A and B or section 13059, | | subsection 4; or |
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| | | C.__Rent or lease any motorboat not covered by a current | | certificate of number as required by section 13064. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | | for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 | | may be adjudged. |
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| | | 2.__Motorboats requiring.__Except as provided in this | | subsection, the owner of a motorboat, including an airmobile, | | used on the waters of the State as the state of principal use | | shall obtain a certificate of number for the motorboat from the | | commissioner.__No certificate of number may be issued unless the | | owner submits proof that the watercraft excise tax, assessed | | under Title 36, chapter 112, has been paid or that the boat is | | exempt from the watercraft excise tax.__The following motorboats | | are exempt from this subsection: |
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| | | A.__A watercraft that has or is required to have a valid | | marine document as a watercraft of the United States; |
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| | | B.__A motorboat already covered by a current certificate of | | number issued under a federally approved numbering system of | | another state or a federal law, as long as the number so | | issued is displayed on the motorboat and as long as the | | motorboat has not been within this State for a period in | | excess of 60 consecutive days after the state of principal | | use has been changed; |
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| | | C.__Military or public watercraft, except recreational type | | watercraft of the United States; |
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| | | D.__A motorboat whose owner is the United States, a state or | | subdivision thereof that is used for governmental purposes | | and is clearly identifiable as such; |
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