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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79496</law_id><section_number>29.1-736</section_number><catch_line>Boat rentals; equipment; safety course</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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> It shall be unlawful to rent a <span class="dictionary">motorboat</span> to any person unless the provisions of this chapter have been complied with. It shall be the duty of persons renting <span class="dictionary">motorboats</span> to equip them as required by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-284778" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-736/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to regularly offer a boat or boats, other than a <span class="dictionary">motorboat</span>, for rent for use on the public <span class="dictionary">waters of the Commonwealth</span> unless such person provides, for the use of each passenger in the boat, a life preserver of the sort prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-284779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-736/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person, without first successfully completing a basic boating safety education course approved by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, to rent a <span class="dictionary">personal watercraft</span> to another person. <a id="paragraph-284780" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-736/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1960, c. 500, &#xA7; 62-174.8; 1962, c. 626; 1968, c. 659, &#xA7; 62.1-174; 1987, c. 488; 1998, c. 515.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
