RCW 88.04.075 — Exemptions from chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
- (1) A vessel that is a charter boat but is being used by the documented or registered owner of the charter boat exclusively for the owner's own noncommercial or personal pleasure purposes;
- (2) A vessel owned by a person or corporate entity which is donated and used by a person or nonprofit organization to transport passengers for charitable or noncommercial purposes, regardless of whether consideration is directly or indirectly paid to the owner;
- (3) A vessel that is rented, leased, or hired by an operator to transport passengers for noncommercial or personal pleasure purposes;
- (4) A vessel used exclusively for, or incidental to, an educational purpose; or
- (5) A bare-boat charter boat.
[ 1991 c 45 s 2; 1989 c 295 s 11.]