SUBCHAPTER V
REGULATION OF BOATING
30.501 Capacity plates on boats.
30.505 Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.
30.51 Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.
30.52 Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance.
30.523 Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number.
30.525 Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.
30.53 Certificate of origin; requirements; contents.
30.531 Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.
30.533 Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers.
30.535 Department to examine records.
30.537 Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.
30.539 Contents of certificate of title.
30.54 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
30.541 Transfers of boat titles.
30.543 Report of stolen or abandoned boats.
30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.
30.547 Alterations and falsifications prohibited.
30.549 Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration.
30.55 Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address.
30.553 Sharing boat title records.
30.57 Perfection of security interests.
30.571 Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
30.572 Duties on creation of security interest.
30.573 Assignment of security interest.
30.574 Release of security interest.
30.575 Secured party's and owner's duties.
30.576 Method of perfecting exclusive.
30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title.
30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
30.60 Classification of motorboats.
30.61 Lighting equipment.
30.625 Rental of motorboats.
30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.
30.635 Motorboat prohibition.
30.66 Speed restrictions.
30.67 Accidents and accident reports.
30.675 Distress signal flag.
30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.
30.68 Prohibited operation.
30.681 Intoxicated boating.
30.682 Preliminary breath screening test.
30.686 Report arrest to department.
30.687 Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.
30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.
30.72 Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.
30.73 Use regulations, Brule River.
30.74 Additional functions of department.
30.742 Water exhibitions and races; rules.
30.745 Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.
30.75 Service of process on nonresident.
30.77 Local regulation of boating.
30.772 Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.
30.773 Designated mooring areas.
30.78 Local regulation of seaplanes.
30.79 Local water safety patrols; state aids.
30.81 Local regulations on icebound inland waters.
30.90 Public access to Lake Lions.
30.92 Recreational boating projects.
30.99 Parties to a violation.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
30.01
30.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
30.01(1am)
(1am) "Area of special natural resource interest" means any of the following:
30.01(1am)(b)
(b) A surface water identified as a trout stream by the department.
30.01(1am)(bm)
(bm) A surface water identified as an outstanding or exceptional resource water under
s. 281.15.
30.01(1am)(c)
(c) An area that possesses significant scientific value, as identified by the department.
30.01(1c)
(1c) "Boat shelter" means a structure in navigable waters designed and constructed for the purpose of providing cover for a berth place for watercraft, which has a roof but does not have walls or sides. Such a structure may include a device for lifting a boat.
30.01(1d)
(1d) "Boathouse" means a structure used for the storage of watercraft and associated materials which has one or more walls or sides.
30.01(1g)
(1g) "Bridge" means a structure used to convey people, animals and vehicles over navigable waters and includes pipe arches and culverts.
30.01(1j)
(1j) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
30.01(1m)
(1m) "Designated mooring area" means a mooring area designated by a municipality under
s. 30.773 (2) and
(3), approved by the department and marked as a mooring area.
30.01(1nm)
(1nm) "Duck Creek Drainage District" means Outagamie Drainage District No. 6 that is also known as the Duck Creek Drainage District and is located in Outagamie County.
30.01(1p)
(1p) "Fishing raft" means any raft, float or structure, including a raft or float with a superstructure and including a structure located or extending below or beyond the ordinary high-water mark of a water, which is designed to be used or is normally used for fishing, which is not normally used as a means of transportation on water and which is normally retained in place by means of a permanent or semipermanent attachment to the shore or to the bed of the waterway. "Fishing raft" does not include a boathouse or fixed houseboat regulated under
s. 30.121 nor a wharf or pier regulated under
ss. 30.12 and
30.13.
30.01(1r)
(1r) "Fixed houseboat" means a structure not actually used for navigation which extends beyond the ordinary high-water mark of a navigable waterway and is retained in place either by cables to the shoreline or by anchors or spudpoles attached to the bed of the waterway.
