306.140. Accident or collision, duties of operator--report required, when. - Missouri Statutes

Accident or collision, duties of operator--report required, when.

306.140. 1. It shall be the duty of the operator of a watercraftinvolved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, so far as theoperator can do so without serious danger to the operator's watercraft,crew and passengers, to render to other persons affected by the collision,accident, or other casualty assistance as may be practicable and as may benecessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by thecollision, accident, or other casualty, and also to give his or her name,address, and identification of his or her watercraft in writing to anyperson injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision,accident, or other casualty.

2. In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving awatercraft, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or othercasualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property inexcess of five hundred dollars, shall file with the Missouri state waterpatrol a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty,including such information as the patrol may, by regulation, require.

(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 10, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)