29.1-736 - Boat rentals; equipment; safety course. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-736. Boat rentals; equipment; safety course.

A. It shall be unlawful to rent a motorboat to any person unless theprovisions of this chapter have been complied with. It shall be the duty ofpersons renting motorboats to equip them as required by this chapter.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to regularly offer a boat or boats,other than a motorboat, for rent for use on the public waters of theCommonwealth unless such person provides, for the use of each passenger inthe boat, a life preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations of theBoard.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person, without first successfully completinga basic boating safety education course approved by the Director, to rent apersonal watercraft to another person.

(1960, c. 500, § 62-174.8; 1962, c. 626; 1968, c. 659, § 62.1-174; 1987, c.488; 1998, c. 515.)