Título 52. WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT · Capítulo 7. REGISTRATION, OPERATION, AND SALE OF WATERCRAFT · Artículo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
52-7-6. Exemptions from numbering requirements.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
A vessel shall not be required to be numbered under Code Sections 52-7-4 and 52-7-5 if it is:
- (1)
Not motor propelled; provided, however, that sailboats 12 feet or more in length shall require registration;#
- (2)
Covered by a certificate of number in full force and effect which has been issued to it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another state, provided that such vessel shall not be used on the waters of this state for a period in excess of 60 consecutive days;#
- (3)
From a country other than the United States, provided that such vessel shall not be used on the waters of this state for a period in excess of 60 consecutive days;#
- (4)
A vessel whose owner is the United States, a state, or a subdivision thereof, which vessel is used exclusively in the nonrecreation public service and which is clearly identifiable as such;#
- (5)
A vessel’s lifeboat if the boat is used solely for lifesaving purposes; this exemption does not include dinghies, tenders, speedboats, or other types of craft carried aboard vessels and used for other than lifesaving purposes;#
- (6)
A vessel that is used exclusively for racing;#
- (7)
A vessel belonging to a class of boats which has been exempted from numbering by the department after the department has found that:#
- (A)
The numbering of vessels of such class will not materially aid in their identification;#
- (B)
An agency of the federal government has a numbering system applicable to the class of vessel to which the vessel in question belongs; and#
- (C)
The vessel would also be exempt from numbering if it were subject to the federal law;#
- (8)
Operating temporarily by virtue of evidence that an application for a certificate of number has been submitted within the previous 60 days; or#
- (9)
Used exclusively on privately owned ponds or lakes, except for those licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.#
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History
Ga. L. 1960, p. 235, § 5; Ga. L. 1973, p. 1427, § 5; Ga. L. 1981, p. 147, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 52; Ga. L. 1987, p. 567, § 5; Ga. L. 2006, p. 96, § 4/HB 1490; Ga. L. 2013, p. 892, § 2/HB 497.
Code Commission notes
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the correct spelling of ‘‘exclusively’’ was substituted in paragraph (9).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volumen V40, edición 2021, páginas 107 a 108; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 062775612dfc.