§ 50-23-190 — Unlawful acts; possession, operation, or transfer without certificate; failure to surrender certificate; improper disposal of rejected or defective hull or motor.

No person may: (1) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a watercraft or an outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required unless a certificate of title has been issued to the owner; (2) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a watercraft or an outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required upon which the certificate of title has been canceled; (3) be in possession of or operate on the waters of this State a sailboat or outboard motor required to be titled without properly displaying the title decal; (4) sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or an outboard motor without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's statement of origin assigned to the purchaser or transferee as required by this chapter; (5) fail to surrender to the department a certificate of title upon cancellation of the title by the department for a valid reason set forth in this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant to it; or (6) dispose of a rejected or defective watercraft hull or outboard motor in the manufacturing process except by upgrading the hull to meet United States Coast Guard requirements or destroying the hull or outboard motor.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 70-295.119; 1971 (57) 915; 1989 Act No. 190, SECTION 13; 1993 Act No. 128, SECTION 12; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1270; 2008 Act No. 344, SECTION 17, eff six months after approval (approved June 11, 2008). Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment added item (3) relating to sailboats and outboard motors required to be titled; redesignated items (3) to (5) as items (4) to (6); and, in item (4), substituted "statement of origin" for "certificate".