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86B.515 SIRENS AND SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES.
    Subdivision 1. Sound-producing devices. Motorboats 16 feet or more in overall length using
the waters of this state must carry sound-producing devices as prescribed by the commissioner.
The operator of a motorboat shall sound these devices only when reasonably necessary to insure
safe operation.
    Subd. 2. Sirens. (a) A siren may not be carried or used on a watercraft other than patrol
watercraft.
(b) A siren carried or used in violation of this subdivision may be removed and seized by the
sheriff. A seized siren becomes the property of the county where it was seized and may be used or
disposed of as the county board determines.
History: 1990 c 391 art 9 s 29

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