                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOAT RENTALS; EQUIPMENT; SAFETY COURSE (§ 29.1-736)

A. It shall be unlawful to rent a motorboat to any person unless the provisions
of this chapter have been complied with. It shall be the duty of persons renting
motorboats to equip them as required by this chapter.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to regularly offer a boat or boats, other
than a motorboat, for rent for use on the public waters of the Commonwealth
unless such person provides, for the use of each passenger in the boat, a life
preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the Board.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person, without first successfully completing a
basic boating safety education course approved by the Director, to rent a
personal watercraft to another person.

HISTORY: 1960, c. 500, § 62-174.8; 1962, c. 626; 1968, c. 659, § 62.1-174;
1987, c. 488; 1998, c. 515.