Missouri
Boating Law of the Month.....
Accident or collision, duties of
operator--report required, when.
306.140. 1. It shall be the duty of the operator of a watercraft
involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, so far as the
operator can do so without serious danger to the operator's watercraft,
crew and passengers, to render to other persons affected by the
collision, accident, or other casualty assistance as may be practicable
and as may be necessary in order to save them from or minimize any
danger caused by the collision, accident, or other casualty, and also to
give his or her name, address, and identification of his or her
watercraft in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any
property damaged in the collision, accident, or other casualty.
2. In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a
watercraft, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or other
casualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property in
excess of five hundred dollars, shall file with
the Missouri state water patrol a full description of the
collision, accident, or other casualty, including such information as
the patrol may, by regulation, require.
(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 10, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2005
H.B. 353)
Patrolman Lou Amighetti
Public Information Officer
Missouri State Water Patrol
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