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Harbors and Navigation Code § 651.5

ARTICLE 1. Operation and Equipment

Current as of September 28, 2026Harb. & Nav. Code, § 651.5Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 216, Sec. 3. Effective June 29, 1988.

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide every person who originally registers, or who acquires the ownership certificate of, a vessel required to be numbered pursuant to Division 3.5 (commencing with Section 9840) of the Vehicle Code with a copy of guidelines for safe vessel operation prepared by the Department of Boating and Waterways.