Motorboats not requiring registration and numbering; prima facie
evidence negating registration exception
Sec. 2. (a) A motorboat does not have to be registered and
numbered under this chapter if any of the following conditions are
met:
(1) The motorboat is legally registered in another state and the
motorboat has not been within Indiana for more than sixty (60)
consecutive days.
(2) The motorboat is from a country other than the United
States temporarily using the waters of Indiana.
(3) The motorboat is a ship's lifeboat.
(4) The motorboat belongs to a class of boats that has been
exempted from registration and numbering by the bureau after
the bureau has found the following:
(A) That the registration and numbering of motorboats of
that class will not materially aid in their identification.
(B) That an agency of the federal government has a
numbering system applicable to the class of motorboats to
which the motorboat in question belongs.
(C) That the motorboat would also be exempt from
numbering if the motorboat were subject to the federal law.
(b) The following are prima facie evidence that a motorboat will
be operated on the waters of Indiana for more than sixty (60)
consecutive days and must be registered under subsection (a)(1):
(1) The rental or lease for more than sixty (60) consecutive days
of a mooring facility that is located on the waters of Indiana for
the motorboat.
(2) The purchase of a mooring facility that is located on the
waters of Indiana for the motorboat.
(3) Any other contractual agreement that allows the use of a
mooring facility that is located on the waters of Indiana for:
(A) the motorboat; and
(B) more than sixty (60) consecutive days.
As added by P.L.71-1991, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.81-1993, SEC.4;
P.L.64-1996, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 27, 2006