§ 37-1201 Act, how cited; declaration of policy
§ 37-1202 Definitions, where found
§ 37-1203 Vessel, defined
§ 37-1204 Motorboat, defined
§ 37-1204.01 Personal watercraft, defined
§ 37-1205 Owner, defined
§ 37-1206 Waters of this state, defined
§ 37-1207 Person, defined
§ 37-1208 Operate, defined
§ 37-1209 Commission, defined
§ 37-1210 Length, defined
§ 37-1211 Motorboat; numbering required; operationof unnumbered motorboat prohibited; exceptions
§ 37-1212 Manufacturers; retailers; temporary numbering; certificate; fee
§ 37-1213 Vessels; classification
§ 37-1214 Motorboat; registration; period valid; application; registration fee; aquatic invasive species stamp
§ 37-1215 Motorboat; registration period already commenced; registration fee reduced; computation
§ 37-1216 Motorboat; application for registration;issuance of a certificate of number; how displayed
§ 37-1217 Motorboat; registration; fee to recoveradministrative costs
§ 37-1218 Motorboat; registration transmittedto Game and Parks Commission; when; duplicate copy
§ 37-1219 Registration fees; remitted to commission; when; form; duplicate copy
§ 37-1220 Fees; deposited with State Treasurer; placed in State Game Fund
§ 37-1221 Motorboat; number awarded; maintained in legible condition; certificate of number; available for inspection; when removed
§ 37-1222 Vessel; previously numbered under a federally approved numbering system; registration of number; when
§ 37-1223 Motorboat; change of ownership; newapplication; original number retained; when
§ 37-1224 Motorboat; removed from the state or transferred; registration fee; claim for refund; how computed
§ 37-1225 United States Government vessel identification numbering system; effect
§ 37-1226 Motorboat; certificate of numberand number awarded; period valid; renewal; fee
§ 37-1227 Certificate of number; lost or destroyed;replacement; fee
§ 37-1228 Certificate of number; contents
§ 37-1229 Motorboat; transfer, theft, recovery, destruction, or abandonment; notice to commission; certificate; terminated or declared invalid; when
§ 37-1230 Certificate of number; change of address; notice to commission
§ 37-1231 Number other than number awarded attached to bow; prohibited
§ 37-1232 Vessel; carry and exhibit lights; when
§ 37-1233 Class 1 and 2 motorboats; lights required; enumerated
§ 37-1234 Class 3 and 4 motorboats; lights required; enumerated
§ 37-1235 Vessels propelled by sail or hand power; lights required
§ 37-1236 Lights; visibility requirements
§ 37-1237 Vessel propelled by sail and machinery; lights required
§ 37-1238 Lights required by federal rules; commission; option to adopt
§ 37-1238.01 Vessel equippedwith red or blue light; limitation on operation
§ 37-1238.02 Vessel signaled to stop; violation; penalty
§ 37-1239 Class 2, 3, or 4 vessel; sound-producing equipment required
§ 37-1240 Class 3 or 4 vessel; bell required
§ 37-1241 All vessels; floatation device; requirements; exceptions
§ 37-1241.01 Personal watercraft; applicability of laws, rules, and regulations
§ 37-1241.02 Personal watercraft; operation requirements
§ 37-1241.03 Personal watercraft; time restrictions
§ 37-1241.04 Personal watercraft; manner of operation
§ 37-1241.05 Personal watercraft; towing; when permitted
§ 37-1241.06 Motorboat orpersonal watercraft; age restrictions; boating safety course; fee
§ 37-1241.07 Motorboator personal watercraft; age restriction on lease, hire, or rental; restrictionon operation; duties of owner,agent, or employee
§ 37-1241.08 Sections;applicability
§ 37-1242 Motorboat; fire extinguishers required
§ 37-1243 Racing vessels; equipment, exceptions; when
§ 37-1244 Motorboat; engine equipped with flame arrester or similar device; exception
§ 37-1245 Motorboat; proper ventilation of bilges required
§ 37-1246 Federal boating laws or coast guard regulations; equipment requirements; commission; option to adopt
§ 37-1247 Federal boating laws or coast guard regulations; pilot rules; commission; option to adopt
§ 37-1248 Operation of a vessel without required equipment; prohibited
§ 37-1249 Vessels; exemption from numbering
§ 37-1250 Vessel; exempt from numbering by commission rule and regulation
§ 37-1251 Boat livery; records required
§ 37-1252 Boat livery; vessel operated without required equipment; prohibited
§ 37-1253 Motorboat; noise level; restriction; muffling equipment; requirements
§ 37-1254 Prohibited operation; reckless or negligent; proof
§ 37-1254.01 Boatingunder influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; cityor village ordinances; violation;penalty
§ 37-1254.02 Boatingunder influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; implied consent to submit to chemical test; preliminarytest; refusal; advisement;effect; violation; penalty
§ 37-1254.03 Boatingunder influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; choice of test; privileges of person tested
§ 37-1254.04 Boating under influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; unconscious; effect on consent
§ 37-1254.05 Boatingunder influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; chemical test; violation of statute or ordinance;results; competent evidence; permit; fee;evidence existing or obtained outside state; effect
§ 37-1254.06 Boating under influence of alcoholic liquor or drug; blood test; withdrawing requirements; damages; liability
§ 37-1254.07 Boatingunder influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; violation of city or village ordinance; fee fortest; court costs
§ 37-1254.08 Boatingunder influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; test without preliminary breath test; when; qualifiedpersonnel
§ 37-1254.09 Boating under influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; peace officer; preliminary breath test; refusal; violation;penalty
§ 37-1254.10 Boating during court-ordered prohibition;violation; penalty
§ 37-1254.11 Boating under influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; violation; sentencing; terms, defined; prior convictions;use; prosecutor; present evidence; convicted person; rights
§ 37-1254.12 Boating under influence of alcoholicliquor or drug; penalties; probation or sentence suspension; court orders
§ 37-1255 Collisions, accidents, and casualties; operator of vessel; duties
§ 37-1256 Collision, accident, or other casualty; commission; Nebraska State Patrol; duties
§ 37-1257 Transmittal of information; when
§ 37-1258 Water skis, surfboard, or similar device; observation required
§ 37-1259 Water skis, aquaplane, or similar device; operation; time restrictions
§ 37-1260 Water skis, aquaplane, or similar device; manner of operation
§ 37-1261 Water skis, aquaplane, or similar device; collision; operation to avoid
§ 37-1262 Races and exhibitions; commission authorization
§ 37-1263 Races and exhibitions; application; when; contents
§ 37-1264 Local regulation; extent permitted
§ 37-1265 Local regulation; special rules and regulations
§ 37-1266 Commission; special rules and regulations
§ 37-1267 Civil liability of owner; recovery limited to actual damages
§ 37-1268 Commission; rules and regulations
§ 37-1269 Conservation and peace officers; enforcement of act
§ 37-1270 Violations; general penalty
§ 37-1271 Violations; penalty
§ 37-1272 Operation of vessel in violation of law; penalty
§ 37-1273 Fees; placed in State Game Fund; how used
§ 37-1275 Manufacturer’s or importer’s certificate; required
§ 37-1276 Certificate of title; assignment required; exemption
§ 37-1277 Acquisition of motorboat; requirements
§ 37-1278 Certificate of title; application; contents; issuance; transfer of motorboat
§ 37-1278.01 Bonded certificate of title; requirements; fee
§ 37-1279 Certificate of title; issuance; form; county treasurer; duties; filing
§ 37-1280 Department of Motor Vehicles; powers and duties; rules and regulations; cancellation of certificate of title; removal of improperly noted lien on certificate of title; procedure
§ 37-1281 Motorboat sale; sale instrument; contents
§ 37-1282 Department of MotorVehicles; implement electronic title and lien system for motorboats; security interest; financing instruments; provisions applicable; priority; notationof liens; cancellation
§ 37-1282.01 Printed certificate of title;when issued
§ 37-1283 New certificate; when issued; proof required; processing of application
§ 37-1284 Certificate; loss or destruction;replacement; subsequent purchaser, rights; recovery of original; duty of owner
§ 37-1285 Certificate; surrender and cancellation; when required
§ 37-1285.01 Electronic certificate of title; changes authorized
§ 37-1286 Forms; contents; assignment of hullidentification number; fee
§ 37-1287 Fees; disposition
§ 37-1288 Prohibited acts; penalty
§ 37-1289 Violations; penalty
§ 37-1290 Security interest perfected priorto January 1, 1997; treatment; notation of lien
§ 37-1291 Nontransferable certificate of title;issued; when; effect
§ 37-1292 Salvage certificate of title; terms, defined
§ 37-1293 Salvage branded certificate of title; when issued; procedure
§ 37-1294 Salvage or previously salvaged title brand; procedure; fee
§ 37-1295 Certificateof title; disclosures required
§ 37-1296 Acquisition of salvage motorboatwithout salvage branded certificate of title; duties
§ 37-1297 Sections; how construed
§ 37-1298 Salvage motorboat; prohibited acts; penalty
§ 37-1299 Abandoned motorboat, defined
§ 37-12,100 Abandoned motorboat; title; vest in local authority or state agency; when
§ 37-12,101 Local authority or state agency; powers and duties
§ 37-12,102 State or local law enforcement agency; powers and duties
§ 37-12,103 Custody; who entitled
§ 37-12,104 Proceeds of sale; disposition
§ 37-12,105 Liability for removal
§ 37-12,106 Person cannot abandon a motorboat
§ 37-12,107 Destroy, deface, or remove parts; unlawful; exception; violation; penalty
§ 37-12,108 Costs of removal and storage; last-registered owner; liable
§ 37-12,109 Rules and regulations
§ 37-12,110 Violations; penalty

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > State Boat Act

  • Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Action shall: include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Commission: shall mean the Game and Parks Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1209
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Cost of repairs: means the estimated or actual retail cost of parts needed to repair a motorboat plus the cost of labor computed by using the hourly labor rate and time allocations for repair that are customary and reasonable. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Late model motorboat: means a motorboat which has (a) a manufacturer's model year designation of, or later than, the year in which the motorboat was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed, or any of the six preceding years, or (b) a retail value of more than ten thousand dollars until January 1, 2006, a retail value of more than ten thousand five hundred dollars until January 1, 2010, and a retail value of more than ten thousand five hundred dollars increased by five hundred dollars every five years thereafter. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Magistrate: shall include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Motorboat: shall mean any watercraft propelled in any respect by machinery, including watercraft temporarily equipped with detachable motors, but shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States Government or any federal agency successor thereto. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1204
  • Oath: shall include affirmation in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Operate: shall mean to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or vessel. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1208
  • Owner: shall mean a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1205
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Peace officer shall: include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person: shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, firm, corporation, association, or other entity. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1207
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal watercraft: shall mean a class of motorboat less than sixteen feet in length which uses an internal combustion engine powering a jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the watercraft rather than in the conventional manner of boat operation. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1204.01
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Previously salvaged: means the designation of a rebuilt motorboat which was previously required to be issued a salvage branded certificate of title. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retail value: means the actual cash value, fair market value, or retail value of a motorboat as (a) set forth in a current edition of any nationally recognized compilation, including automated databases, of retail values or (b) determined pursuant to a market survey of comparable motorboats with respect to condition and equipment. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Salvage: means the designation of a motorboat which is:

    (a) A late model motorboat which has been wrecked, damaged, or destroyed to the extent that the estimated total cost of repair to rebuild or reconstruct the motorboat to its condition immediately before it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed and to restore the motorboat to a condition for legal operation, meets or exceeds seventy-five percent of the retail value of the motorboat at the time it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292

  • Salvage means the designation of a motorboat which: is:

    (a) A late model motorboat which has been wrecked, damaged, or destroyed to the extent that the estimated total cost of repair to rebuild or reconstruct the motorboat to its condition immediately before it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed and to restore the motorboat to a condition for legal operation, meets or exceeds seventy-five percent of the retail value of the motorboat at the time it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1292

  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Vessel: shall mean every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1203
  • Violate: shall include failure to comply with. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Waters of this state: shall mean any waters within the territorial limits of Nebraska. See Nebraska Statutes 37-1206
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801