Navigable waters, harbors and navigation
Wis. Stat. ch. 30
in effectContents
section30.01. Definitionssection30.03. Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rightssection30.05. Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelandssection30.06. Waiver of certain provisions of this chaptersection30.07. Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; placement of objects in navigable waterssection30.10. Declarations of navigabilitysection30.11. Establishment of bulkhead linessection30.12. Structures and deposits in navigable waterssection30.13. Regulation of wharves, piers and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead linessection30.14. Reports of and hearings on violationssection30.15. Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waterssection30.16. Removal of obstructions to navigationsection30.18. Withdrawal of water from lakes and streamssection30.19. Enlargement and protection of waterwayssection30.20. Removal of material from beds of navigable waterssection30.21. Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilitiessection30.24. Bluff protectionsection30.25. Wolf River protectionsection30.025. Permit procedure for utility facilitiessection30.26. Wild riverssection30.27. Lower St. Croix River preservationsection30.027. Lower Wisconsin State Riverwaysection30.28. Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinationssection30.29. Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibitedsection30.30. Municipal authority to make harbor improvementssection30.31. Procedural and other requirements to be followed in making harbor improvementssection30.32. Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptionssection30.33. Harbor railway belt linessection30.34. Financing harbor improvements and operations generallysection30.35. Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notessection30.37. Boards of harbor commissioners authorizedsection30.38. Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissionerssection30.40. Definitionssection30.41. Creationsection30.42. Departmental duties, powers, prohibitionssection30.43. Board dutiessection30.44. Permits and waivers; board proceduressection30.45. Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverwaysection30.46. Agricultural usesection30.47. Restrictions on recreational usesection30.48. Applicabilitysection30.49. Enforcementsection30.50. Definitionssection30.51. Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptionssection30.52. Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuancesection30.053. Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundmentssection30.53. Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waiverssection30.54. Lost, stolen or mutilated certificatessection30.55. Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of addresssection30.056. Exemption from certain permit requirementssection30.57. Perfection of security interestssection30.60. Classification of motorboatssection30.61. Lighting equipmentsection30.62. Other equipmentsection30.63. Sale and use of certain outboard motors restrictedsection30.64. Patrol boatssection30.65. Traffic rulessection30.66. Speed restrictionssection30.67. Accidents and accident reportssection30.68. Prohibited operationsection30.69. Water skiingsection30.70. Skin divingsection30.71. Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toiletssection30.72. Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix Riversection30.73. Use regulations, Brule Riversection30.74. Additional functions of departmentsection30.75. Service of process on nonresidentsection30.77. Local regulation of boatingsection30.78. Local regulation of seaplanessection30.79. Local water safety patrols; state aidssection30.80. Penaltiessection30.81. Local regulations on icebound inland waterssection30.90. Public access to Lake Lionssection30.92. Recreational boating projectssection30.99. Parties to a violationsection30.102. Website informationsection30.103. Identification of ordinary high-water mark by town sanitary districtsection30.105. Determining footage of shorelinesection30.121. Regulation of boathouses and houseboatssection30.122. Unauthorized structuressection30.123. Bridges and culvertssection30.124. Waterfowl habitat managementsection30.125. Shoreline maintenance in outlying waterssection30.126. Regulation of fishing raftssection30.131. Wharves and piers placed and maintained by persons other than riparian ownerssection30.132. Riparian rightssection30.133. Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rightssection30.134. Use of exposed shore areas along streamssection30.135. Regulation of water ski platforms and jumpssection30.195. Changing of stream coursessection30.196. Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalitiessection30.201. Financial assurance for nonmetallic miningsection30.202. Dredge disposal in and near the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers by the U.S. corps of engineerssection30.203. Lake Winnebago comprehensive projectsection30.204. Lake acidification experimentsection30.205. Water resources development projectssection30.206. General permitssection30.207. General permit pilot programsection30.208. Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinationssection30.209. Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial reviewsection30.255. Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Centersection30.265. Adopt a river programsection30.275. Scenic urban waterwayssection30.277. Urban rivers grant programsection30.285. Records of exemptions and permitted activitiessection30.291. Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activitiessection30.292. Parties to a violationsection30.294. Nuisances, abatementsection30.298. Penaltiessection30.435. Board powerssection30.443. Erosion prevention and controlsection30.445. Pierssection30.452. Prohibited activities in the riversection30.455. Department of transportation activitiessection30.501. Capacity plates on boatssection30.505. Certificate of number system to conform to federal systemsection30.523. Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification numbersection30.525. Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boatssection30.531. Certificate of title; requirements; exemptionssection30.533. Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numberssection30.535. Department to examine recordssection30.537. Certificate of title; issuance, records, feessection30.539. Contents of certificate of titlesection30.541. Transfers of boat titlessection30.543. Report of stolen or abandoned boatssection30.544. Inspection of boats purchased out-of-statesection30.547. Alterations and falsifications prohibitedsection30.549. Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registrationsection30.553. Sharing boat title recordssection30.571. Notification of person who has perfected security interestsection30.572. Duties on creation of security interestsection30.573. Assignment of security interestsection30.574. Release of security interestsection30.575. Secured party’s and owner’s dutiessection30.576. Method of perfecting exclusivesection30.577. Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registrationsection30.578. Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of titlesection30.625. Rental of motorboatssection30.635. Motorboat prohibitionsection30.675. Distress signal flagsection30.678. Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minorssection30.681. Intoxicated boatingsection30.682. Preliminary screening testsection30.683. Implied consentsection30.684. Chemical testssection30.686. Report arrest to departmentsection30.687. Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating lawsection30.742. Water exhibitions and races; rulessection30.745. Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalitiessection30.772. Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permitssection30.773. Designated mooring areassection30.1255. Report on control of aquatic nuisance speciessection30.1335. Marina condominiumssection30.2022. Activities of department of transportationsection30.2023. Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basinssection30.2025. Lake Koshkonong comprehensive projectsection30.2026. Lake Belle View and Sugar River projectsection30.2034. Change to existing approvalssection30.2035. Shoreline protection studysection30.2037. Big Silver Lake high-water marksection30.2038. Milwaukee shoreline establishedsection30.2039. Great Lakes and river waterfront propertysection30.2065. General permit for certain wetland restoration activitiessection30.2095. Limits and conditions for permits and contracts
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/30Fetched: 10/7/2026