- A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, except section 5-341, subsection A, B, C or D, section 5-349, section 5-350, subsection C, section 5-393, 5-395, 5-396 or 5-397 and subsection C, D, G or H of this section or any rule issued thereunder, is guilty of a petty offense. Any person who violates section 5-350, subsection C is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
- B. All peace officers of the state, counties and cities shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and all laws and rules relating to the operation of watercraft.
- C. In the enforcement of this chapter, the operator of the watercraft on being hailed by any peace officer shall stop immediately and lay to, or maneuver in such a way as to permit the peace officer to come aboard or alongside. The operator may be ordered ashore to correct any unlawful condition, issued a written warning or written repair order or issued a citation for any violation of this chapter.
- D. An operator of a watercraft who wilfully flees or attempts to elude a pursuing law enforcement officer issuing an order pursuant to subsection C of this section is guilty of a class 5 felony. The law enforcement watercraft shall be appropriately marked to show that it is an official law enforcement watercraft.
- E. In the enforcement of this chapter, sections 13-2506 and 13-3903 apply.
- F. Each failure to obey an order or to comply with a warning order issued under subsection C of this section shall constitute a separate offense punishable as a separate violation of this chapter.
- G. A person is guilty of a class 6 felony who knowingly removes, defaces, obliterates, changes, alters or causes to be removed, defaced, obliterated, changed or altered a factory, engine, serial, outdrive, lower unit, power trim or hull identification number or mark on a watercraft.
H. A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:
- 1. Knowingly displays or has in the person's possession a fictitious, stolen, revoked or altered certificate of number, department issued number or annual decal.
- 2. Lends to or knowingly permits the use of the person's certificate of number, department issued number or annual decal on a watercraft for which those items have not been issued.
- I. On receipt of notice of conviction of a person under subsection G or H of this section, the department may revoke the numbers and decals issued to the watercraft that was involved in the violation and any other watercraft owned by the person convicted.