Tennessee Statutes
§ 69-9-502 — Flotation devices
Tennessee § 69-9-502
JurisdictionTennessee
Title69
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-9-502 (2026).
Text
A person may not operate a personal watercraft on the waters of Tennessee unless each person aboard the vessel, or being towed by the vessel, is wearing a United States coast guard (USCG) approved Type I, II, III, or V personal flotation device in accordance with the USCG approval label.
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Legislative History
Acts 1996, ch. 808, §1; T.C.A. §69-10-502; Acts 2007 , ch. 185, § 18.
Nearby Sections
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§ 69-1-101
Navigable waters are highways§ 69-1-102
Opening and cleaning navigable streams§ 69-1-104
Working on streams as public roads§ 69-1-106
Compensation of supervisor§ 69-1-107
Obstructing river - Penalty§ 69-1-108
Diverting water from main channel§ 69-1-109
Temporary diversion from sluice§ 69-1-110
Damages for diversion of stream§ 69-1-111
County may permit or remove improvements§ 69-1-112
Commissioners of watercourses§ 69-1-113
Forfeiture for obstructing stream§ 69-1-114
Railroad drawbridges - Operation§ 69-1-115
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 69-9-502, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/69-9-502.