306.122. Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty. - Missouri Statutes

Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty.

306.122. No person under fourteen years of age shall operate anymotorboat or vessel upon the waters of this state unless such person isunder the direct on-board supervision of a parent, guardian or other personsixteen years of age or older, or unless the motorboat is moored. Noperson shall authorize or knowingly permit a motorboat owned by such personor under the person's control to be operated on the waters of this state inviolation of this section, nor shall a parent or guardian authorize orknowingly permit such a child, under fourteen years of age, to operate amotorboat in violation of this section.

(L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379)

Effective 6-24-97

CROSS REFERENCE:

Penalty provisions for violations of this section, RSMo 306.210