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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55333</law_id><section_number>29.1-734</section_number><catch_line>Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-51.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Boating Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Boating Safety</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of real estate which touches any of the waters of this Commonwealth or the agent of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> may <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to authorize the placing of markers approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> around a public swimming or bathing area. <a id="paragraph-202908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-734/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, upon receiving the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and sufficient proof that the water adjacent to the real estate is used in whole or in part as a public swimming or bathing area, may authorize the placement of the markers to designate the area as a swimming or bathing area. <a id="paragraph-202909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-734/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The cost of the purchase and placement of the markers shall be borne by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> requesting the placement of the markers. <a id="paragraph-202910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-734/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No person shall <span class="dictionary">operate</span> a <span class="dictionary">motorboat</span> or manipulate skis within the area of the <span class="dictionary">waters of the Commonwealth</span> marked under this section. Persons violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-202911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-734/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1964, c. 654, &#xA7; 62-174.5:1; 1968, c. 659, &#xA7; 62.1-171; 1983, c. 475; 1987, c. 488.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
