Operating motorboats without owner's or operator's security -- Penalty.
Utah Code § 73-18c-302
in effect73-18c-302. Operating motorboats without owner's or operator's security -- Penalty.
(1) Any owner of a motorboat on which owner's or operator's security is required under Section 73-18c-301, who operates the motorboat or permits it to be operated on waters of the state without owner's security being in effect is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(2) Any other person who operates a motorboat upon waters of the state with the knowledge that the owner does not have owner's security in effect for the motorboat is also guilty of a class C misdemeanor, unless that person has in effect owner's or operator's security on a Utah-registered motorboat or its equivalent that covers the operation, by him or her, of the motorboat in question.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
Source: Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel (le.utah.gov)URL: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title73/Chapter18C/73-18c-S302.html?v=C73-18c-S302_2015051220150512Fetched: 10/26/2026