Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 Vehicles: Article III - Registration Of Motorboats And Sailboats Over 12 Feet In Length

• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-1
  Unlawful operation of unnumbered watercraft. Every watercraft other than non-powered watercraft on waters within the jurisdiction of this State shall be numbered. No person may...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-1.5
  Water usage stamp. Any person using a non-powered watercraft on the waters of this State shall have a valid water usage stamp affixed to an...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-2
  Identification number application. The owner of each watercraft requiring numbering by this State shall file an application for number with the Department on forms approved...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-3
  Identification number display. A. The owner shall paint on or attach to both sides of the bow (front) of a watercraft the identification number, which...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-4
  Destruction, sale, transfer or abandonment. The owner of any watercraft shall within 15 days notify the Department if the watercraft is destroyed or abandoned, or...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-5
  Transfer of Identification Number. The purchaser of a watercraft shall, within 15 days after acquiring same, make application to the Department for transfer to him...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-6
  Conformity with United States Government. In the event that an agency of the United States Government has in force an over-all system of identification...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-7
  Loss of certificate. Should a certificate of number or registration expiration decal become lost, destroyed, or mutilated beyond legibility, the owner of the watercraft...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-7.5
  Replacement water usage sticker. If a water usage sticker is lost, destroyed, or mutilated beyond legibility, a new water usage sticker shall be required before...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-8
  Department records.) All records of the Department made or kept pursuant to this Article shall be public records. (Source: P.A. 86-1088.)
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-9
  Certificate of Number. Every certificate of number awarded pursuant to this Act shall continue in full force and effect for approximately 3 years unless sooner...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-10
  Registration list. A boat registration list may be furnished for official use at no charge only to such federal, state, county and municipal enforcement...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-11
  Penalty. No person shall at any time falsely alter or change in any manner a certificate of number or water usage stamp issued under the...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-12
  Exemption from numbering provisions of this Act. A watercraft shall not be required to be numbered under this Act if it is: A. A watercraft...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-13
  Hull identification numbers. Any watercraft manufactured after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall have a hull identification number carved, burned, stamped, embossed,...
• Illinois Boat Registration and Safety Act. - 625 ILCS 45, Section 3-14
  A. The Department may issue a historical watercraft identification plaque for a boat that is (1) at least 25 years of age and (2)...

Last modified: February 18, 2015