Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 41-13-101 - Definitions; classification of motorboats(a) As used in this act:(i) "Commission" means the Wyoming game and fish commission;(ii) "Department" means the Wyoming game and fish department;(iii) "Motorboat" means any watercraft propelled in any respect by propulsion machinery powered by an energy source other than human effort;(iv) "Operate" means to navigate or otherwise use a watercraft;(v) "Owner" means a person having the property in or title to a motorboat excluding a lienholder or a lessee under a lease not intended as security;(vi) "Safety equipment" includes personal flotation devices, towing and bailing devices, paddles, fire extinguishers and navigation lights, backfire flame arresters, whistles or other sound producing devices and ventilation systems;(vii) "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on water;(viii) "Waters of this state" means any waters within the jurisdiction of Wyoming;(ix) "This act" means W.S. 41-13-101 through 41-13-220.(b) Motorboats subject to the provisions of this act shall be divided into four (4) classes as follows:(i) Class A. Less than sixteen (16) feet in length;(ii) Class B. Sixteen (16) feet or over and less than twenty-six (26) feet in length;(iii) Class C. Twenty-six (26) feet or over and less than forty (40) feet in length;(iv) Class D. Forty (40) feet or over.