30 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 53 - Registration And Titling Of Boats
Subchapter A. Registration
- Section 5301 - Registration Of Motorboats Required
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 5302 (relating to exemptions), it is unlawful for any person to operate or navigate, or cause to...
- Section 5302 - Exemptions
(a) General rule.--The following classes of boats are exempt from the registration requirements of this subchapter: (1) Foreign boats temporarily using the waters of...
- Section 5303 - Voluntary And Special Registrations
Watercraft other than those required to register under this subchapter may be registered at the option of the owner upon payment of the fee...
- Section 5304 - Issuing Agents
(a) Designation.--The commission may designate as issuing agents the county treasurer (or in counties where, by virtue of an optional plan of government or...
- Section 5305 - Application For Registration
(a) General rule.--Any person owning a boat and desiring to register it in this Commonwealth shall make a written application to the commission or...
- Section 5306 - Certificate Of Registration
(a) Issuance.--Upon receipt of a signed application and upon the payment of the annual registration fee, the commission shall issue to the applicant owner...
- Section 5307 - Dealer Registration
(a) Application and issuance.--The commission will issue to dealers, manufacturers and jobbers special registrations that bear the additional mark "X" upon proper application and...
- Section 5308 - Period Of Registration
Registrations issued under this subchapter to owners and dealers shall be valid from April 1 of one year to March 31 of the succeeding...
- Section 5309 - Change Of Address Of Registrant
Any holder of a certificate of registration shall notify the commission within 15 days if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing...
- Section 5310 - Display Of Registration Number
(a) General rule.--The registration number shown on the certificate of registration shall be painted on or attached to each side of the bow of...
- Section 5311 - Tampering With Identification Numbers Or Capacity Plates
(a) General rule.--No unauthorized person shall erase, deface, change, paint on, alter, remove, destroy or in any way tamper with any registration number or...
- Section 5312 - Transfer, Destruction Or Abandonment Of Boat
The owner of a boat registered in this Commonwealth pursuant to this subchapter or by the Federal Government shall furnish the commission notice of...
- Section 5313 - Records Open To Public
All records relating to registration or numbering made or kept pursuant to this subchapter shall be public records. (July 2, 1996, P.L.467, No.73) 1996...
Subchapter B. Certificate of Title
Subchapter C. Boat and Marine Forfeiture
- Section 5331 - Scope Of Subchapter
(a) General rule.--This subchapter covers boat and marine forfeitures. (b) Legislative intent.--It is the intent of the General Assembly that this subchapter act in...
- Section 5332 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 5333 - Liens
A marine business shall have a lien, dependent upon possession, on a boat and any related equipment belonging to an owner for the balance...
- Section 5334 - Notice For Boats And Related Equipment
Any time 30 days after the terminal date, if a marine business chooses to have all rights, title and interest in a boat or...
- Section 5335 - Notice For Watercraft Trailers
If a watercraft trailer dealer chooses to have all rights, title and interest in a watercraft trailer transferred to a watercraft trailer dealer by...
- Section 5336 - Responsibility Of Commission
(a) Notice to lienholders and other persons.--Upon receipt of the notice specified in section 5334 (relating to notice for boats and related equipment), the...
- Section 5337 - Publication For Boats And Related Equipment
(a) General rule.--At any time after the date the marine business receives notice from the commission pursuant to section 5336 (relating to responsibility of...
- Section 5338 - Publication For Watercraft Trailers
If a watercraft dealer chooses to have all rights, title and interest in a watercraft trailer transferred to a watercraft trailer dealer by operation...
- Section 5339 - Redemption
(a) Notice.--Upon request of the customer, any lienholder or the owner of a boat or any related equipment, the marine business shall provide the...
- Section 5340 - Forfeiture
A boat and any related equipment that is not redeemed within 30 days of the second publication under section 5337 (relating to publication for...
- Section 5341 - Rights Acquired By Good Faith Purchaser
A purchaser in good faith of a boat or any related equipment sold by a marine business after forfeiture under this subchapter takes the...
- Section 5342 - Other Remedies
The provisions of this subchapter are in addition to any and all other remedies available to a marine business. This subchapter shall not foreclose...
- Section 5343 - Construction
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize a marine business to transfer any right, title or interest in a boat or any...
- Section 5344 - Rules And Regulations
(a) General rule.--The commission may promulgate rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. (b) Penalty.--Any person...
Last modified: October 8, 2016